Analyzing the Timing and its Damages in Abrahamic Religions

One of the common teachings of the Abrahamic religions is the belief in a “Promised Savior” who appears at the end of the time to bring peace and security, establish justice, and eradicate oppression and corruption of the human society. This belief is so important and enthusiastic among the followers of Abrahamic religions that each of the followers nourishes the desire to be alive at that time in their minds. Thus, one of the topics discussed among the followers of Abrahamic religions is the “Timing” or “determining the time of the arrival of the Promised Savior” and this issue has led to the fact that some people have specified a time for the arrival of the Savior and therefore caused a false enthusiasm among people even for a short time. Timing, especially when raised by the scholars, has had irreversible consequences for the religion and its followers. This paper investigates the principle of legitimacy of “Timing” according to the scriptures of every religion and the sayings of its scholars, then, it explains the damages the Timing makes to that religion and its followers.