Specifying the Time of the Promised Return of the Savior and the Emergence of New Denominations: Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and Bahais

After the verbal disputes on the subject of God's attributes, perhaps the most important religious discussion and dispute that have led to the creation of new religious groups has been the belief in apocalyptic ideas. The authors of this article believe that one of the reasons for the emergence of new religious sects is the prediction of a specific time for the Presence of the Savior. Sometimes, setting a specific time in the future has led a group to come together based on this belief and share common values and notions and finally form a common religious group. They, even after their predictions are seen wrong after the due date, still continue to emphasize the common values and ideas they retain. In Christianity, Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses are noted and in Islam, the Bahai Faith is an example. These new religious sects are based on the prophetic vision of their leaders, and yet they played a different role and have had special effect on each of them.