Apocalyptic Expectation
Orthodox Islam beleives that Jesus will return to the earth and establish Islam as the religion of the Earth.

Jesus in Quran

The Quran says:

'I said nothing to them except that which Thou didst command me - Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou, hast been the Watcher over them, and Thou art Witness over all things'

(Quran, Chapter 5, verse 118)

Islam - What is left of the second coming?

The Ahmadi Muslims believe that the hadith referring to the return of Jesus are metaphorical, and point to some other individual who will appear. This individual will be someone who will carry the same peaceful qualities of Jesus

In support of this viewpoint of a spiritual, rather than a physical, return of Jesus Christ, it is very interesting that the Ahmadis reference a Christian source—the Gospels—as an example:

“Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” (Matthew 11: 11-15)

In Matthew 11:11-15 Jesus Christ claims that John the Baptist, a contemporary of Jesus who baptized Jesus, actually is the “return” of Elias, who the Old Testament foretold would return. Drawing a parallel, the Ahmadiyya viewpoint claims Jesus Christ will not return physically—as orthodox Muslims and orthodox Christians believe—since he is dead and buried in the Roza Bal.

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Ahmadiyya Sect
There presently exists only one religious group that holds survival from the cross and the natural death of Jesus Christ as fundemental to its belief. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.