(October 19, 2017 at 10:55 am)Khemikal Wrote: Suck it up and stop claiming knowledge that you do not possess, I guess? I know, I know, sounds crazy.
Well, this is one of the themes in Quran. The "waiting" was predicted before, and it had precisely to do with "the hiding is for God" which pertained to the "sign/proof" and Quran says Mohammad during that time was the clear proof while for every people there is a Guide and a Witness, a leader we will be called with on the day of judgement.
And during Mohammad time, it was hidden as well to most of the world, and so the position of the leader and guide in spiritual kingdom was not manifest to most people on earth and the authority of God was not established in a clear conveyance to most of the world despite Messengers having been sent previously everywhere, the revelations were hidden and distorted by what today we term "Illuminati" even if the original term "Illuminati" had nothing to do with these people, today that is their code name.
So his hiddenness and the number of Imams (Twelve after Prophet) is all there in Quran and the philosophy of the waiting period is there as well.
And the clear proof is also the Quran but only when properly recited and interpreted through the Guide of time, which we still can connect to spiritually and if we really lucky he will come to us physically.
The reminder is always a book, in it is the reminder we seek, but it also a human, and the rope of God is always a rope from him and a rope from humans, together, coupled together.
And the book itself is said to be "hidden", and that no one will even begin to recite it truly but those who are being purified (ie. those who are journeying to God).
It says in its own words, it increases the unjust but in destruction and loss.