would be the Sign that the Hour is close. Ahmadiyya In Ahmadiyya Islam, the present age (the Messianic age) has been a witness to the wrath of God with the occurrence of the World Wars and the frequency of natural disasters. In Ahmadiyya, Ghulam Ahmad (d.1908) is seen as the promised Messiah whose teachings will establish spiritual reform and ultimately establish an age of peace upon earth. This age continues for around a thousand years as per Judeo-Christian prophecies; and is characterised by the assembling of mankind under one faith as per Ahmadiyya belief. Baháʼí Faith In the Baháʼí Faith, the "Messianic Age" refers to a 1000-year period beginning with the Declaration of Baháʼu'lláh in 1863. Baháʼís believe the period of peace and prosperity is gradually unfolding and will culminate in the appearance of "The Most Great Peace". See also Millennialism is a belief held by some Christian denominations that there will be a Golden Age or Paradise on Earth in which "Christ will reign" for 1000 years prior to the final judgment and future eternal state (the "World to Come" of the New Heavens and New Earth). The technological singularity - a hypothetical event that is sometimes likened to the advent of the messiah, with an artificial superintelligence playing the role of the messiah References Apocalypticism Bahá'í terminology Christian eschatology Christian terminology Islamic terminology Islamic eschatology Messianism Jewish eschatology Judaism terminology Biblical cosmology Mythical utopias Periodization