The so-called Messiah

Pada 1665 Masihi, Messiah telah tiba. Seperti yang diramal. Seperti yang ditunggu.

Dalam kebanyakan kitab agama ada menceritakan ketibaan penyelamat terakhir. Dalam Veda pun ada. Mereka menanti ketibaan Kalki Avatar (aku dah delete pula post pasal ini)

Pada tahun 1665, satu kenyataan telah menggemparkan dunia Islam, Kristian dan Yahudi. Kenyataan ini dikeluarkan oleh Nathan of Gaza melalui suratnya yang mengumumkan kedatangan Penyelamat Terakhir ini.
Suratnya berbunyi:

"Hear ye, brethren in Israel that our Messiah is come to life in the city of Ismir and his name is Shabbetai Zevi. Soon, he will show forth his kingdom to all and will take the royal crown from the head of the Sultan and place it on his own. When nine months have passed, our Messiah shall vanish from before the eyes of Israel, and no one should be able to say if he is alive or dead. He will cross the river Sambatyon, which as all men know no mortal has ever crossed. There, our Messiah shall ride forth through Jerusalem, with Moses and all the Jews of old mounted on horses. He himself shall ride on a dragon, and his bridle rein shall be a snake with seven heads. On his way, he will be attacked by Gog and Magog, the enemies of Israel, with a mighty arm. But the Messiah with the breath of his nostril shall he rout them, and by his word alone, shall he utterly destroy them. And when he is entered in Jerusalem, God will send down a temple of gold and precious stones from heaven, and it will fill the city with its brilliance. And on that day shall the dead throughout the world rise from their graves. I hasten to tell you these tidings."

 Sabbatai Zevi

Berita ini memberi semangat kepada Yahudi. Mereka mula menjual segala harta dalam persediaan menuju Jarusealem.

Siapakah Messiah ini? Dia ialah Sabbetai Zevi. Dan dakwaan dia sebagai penyelamat dibuktikan dengan beberapa peristiwa, antaranya ialah perkahwinan dia dengan Sarah. Dia juga dibenarkan oleh Abraham ha-Yakini , katanya:

"I, Abraham, was confined in a cave for forty years, and I wondered greatly that the time of miracles did not arrive. Then was heard a voice proclaiming, 'A son will be born in the Hebrew year 5386 [English calendar year 1626] to Mordecai Zevi; and he will be called Shabbethai. He will humble the great dragon; ... he, the true Messiah, will sit upon My throne."

Berita ini sampai ke Khalifah. Sabbatai Zevi ditangkap dan dimasukan dalam penjara. Dia ditangkap ketika masuk ke Turki, dan ketika itu pengikutnya telah sampai beribu-beribu. Namun, dia bukan saja masuk penjara, malah dia juga masuk Islam! Pengikut-pengikutnya yang beribu-ribu itu turut masuk Islam. Dia mengIslamkan beribu-ribu manusia…. Sabbatai Zevi, kau betul-betul penyelamat!

mereka tunggu siapa sebenarnya? Penyelamat terakhir dah pun lebih sampai seribu tahun yang lalu

kokuyu suggested me to use this instead of the bridge... :)
*tapi jambatan free~