Death of Jesus

  Questions about the return of Jesus have stirred hearts across centuries and faiths. Many Christians expect a literal, dramatic “second coming” — a descent from the skies in glory — while many Muslims likewise anticipate the physical return of ʿĪsā (Jesus) as a sign of the Last Days. That shared expectation has produced a thousand sermons, headlines and doomsday-scenarios. But the Ahmadiyya Muslim perspective reads these texts differently: rather than a bodily, miraculous descent from heaven in our lifetime, mainstream Ahmadiyya interpretation holds that Jesus completed his earthly mission, died a natural death, and left a continuing spiritual legacy. In short — from this viewpoint, asking “Will Jesus return in 2026?” misunderstands what the Ahmadiyya teachings actually mean by the “coming” of the Messiah. Jesus: alive in the skies — a common image, but not the only reading Across cultures the image of Jesus ascending and later returning is powerful and visceral. It’s no surprise...