Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, Jan. 1, 2025 By AimanAbir18plus – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
From a Biblical Christian Perspective
From a Christian standpoint, the claims made by the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light regarding the formation of a “unified community” under their so-called Mahdi are both theologically flawed and spiritually deceptive. While unity is indeed a biblical principle, that unity must be rooted in truth—specifically, the truth revealed in Jesus Christ. Any movement that denies Christ’s divinity, His atoning death, and His bodily resurrection ultimately leads people away from salvation.
The Ahmadi community claims to be forming a unified body based on the call of the Mahdi, misapplying the biblical language of brotherhood and covenant to justify their movement. However, true spiritual unity and covenant status can only be found in those who have been born again through faith in Jesus Christ:
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”¹.
The idea that people can become God’s chosen family through allegiance to a new “divine” figure directly contradicts the gospel message. The New Testament is clear that it is only through Jesus Christ—the Son of God—that we enter into the covenant family of God. Claims of restored tribes, divine covenants, or end-time fulfilment apart from Christ are false.
The Ahmadi reinterpretation of Revelation 7—which speaks of 144,000 sealed from the twelve tribes of Israel—as a fulfilment through their own community is a distortion of Scripture. This passage, when read within its biblical context, symbolises the completeness of the redeemed—both Jews and Gentiles—who belong to Jesus, the true Lamb of God:
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number… clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried… Salvation to our God… and unto the Lamb”².
The Lamb here is not the Mahdi, but Jesus Christ, whom John the Baptist declared:
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world”³.
In contrast, the Ahmadi movement denies the atoning sacrifice of Christ, replacing it with a Mahdi figure who seeks to establish justice through political revolution and societal reform. Yet Scripture teaches that the true kingdom of justice will not be established by any earthly figure, but by Jesus Himself at His second coming:
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse… and His name is called The Word of God… And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS”⁴.
The Ahmadi’s utopian vision of a borderless, classless society where money is abolished and communal work is elevated may superficially resemble early Christian communities. However, the early church was formed and sustained by the Holy Spirit and faith in the resurrected Christ, not by human ideology or Mahdist political theology.
“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers”⁵.
In fact, the idea that one must “work until your breath is cut out” in devotion to a human figure echoes legalistic bondage, not the freedom found in Christ. Jesus invites all people into rest and grace—not burdensome servitude:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”⁶.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith… not of works, lest any man should boast”⁷.
Furthermore, the attempt to create a “New World State” under the leadership of the Mahdi is a false substitute for the true Millennial Kingdom of Christ, described in Revelation 20. This kingdom is not established by man but by the sovereign rule of Jesus, who will return to judge the nations and rule with righteousness.
In conclusion, the Ahmadi vision borrows the language of the Bible while denying the heart of the gospel—Jesus Christ crucified and risen. Any message that removes Jesus from the centre of God’s redemptive plan is not from God but is, by definition, antichrist:
“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist…”⁸.
Only Christ offers salvation, true unity, and eternal peace. All other kingdoms, ideologies, and so-called divine reformers will fall.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ”⁹.
Footnotes:
1 Corinthians 3:11 (KJV)).
John 1:12 (KJV)
Revelation 7:9-10 (KJV)
John 1:29 (KJV)
Revelation 19:11–16 (KJV)
Acts 2:42 (KJV)
Matthew 11:28 (KJV)
Ephesians 2:8–9 (KJV)
1 John 2:22 (KJV)