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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Philosophic Conceptualities of the Self in Messianism / Mahdism Supremacy of Each Tradition and Infallibility of Sacred Texts Christians and Muslims who believe in the cataclysmic end to history as recorded in their sacred texts believe only one group will be saved. The first thing that will occur under the rule of the Mahdi is the conversion of the whole world to Islam.

The followers of all other religions will embrace Islam and profess faith in one God, just as He has said in the Qur'an: "…to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly and unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned" (3:82). For Christians, the second coming of Christ signals a period of rapture for the believer but tribulation for non-believer. Those who have not accepted Christ as the Savior of the world will be left behind, and, if not converted, will ultimately perish.

According to the Christian faith, the establishment of this Divine kingdom on earth is the great theme of the Bible. The call of the Gospel is to participation with Christ in that kingdom. He comes to reward his followers, and to assert his authority throughout the earth, "for the nation and kingdom that will not serve him shall perish; they shall be utterly wasted" (Isaiah 60:12).

The establishment of Christ as the undisputed Savior is best established the passage in John where Jesus states: "I am the way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

In the apocalyptic texts of Matthew, we see Christ encouraging his disciples to spread the Good News of the gospel ("Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19) and ultimately separating the believer from the non-believer and ("And before Him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats." (Matthew 25:32).

An attitude of supremacy and inerrancy regarding the texts of each tradition permeates each faith as well. Muslims acknowledge the divine attributes of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures but maintain that the Qur'an stands apart in that it has remain pure and unaltered through the centuries.