Here's a quote from Donald Soper* (look him up, he was a fascinating person).
"The most important thing about prophesy is to have plenty of it".
I guess the meaning is plain, but I'll set it out in case anyone doesn't get it. If you have lots of prophesy some of it will probably be close enough to actual events to be considered true.
I wonder if it is possible to list prophesy that definitely didn't come true. I suspect that believers would say they were not true prophesies. If that's true, I'd ask how does one distinguish a true prophesy from a fake one (in advance, not after the event did or didn't happen).
(* He was given a life peerage for his work among the poor in the East End of London, and became Lord Soper. He would joke that there were many Church of England Ministers (Bishops) in the House of Lords, but only one Methodist.)
Prophecy given by Messengers will come to pass, it is true prophecy.
So in the 1800's Baha'u'llah offered the vision of the future, what must come to pass for peace, Abdul'baha explained it while in America in 1912.
"The time must come when the imperative necessity for the holding of a vast, an all-embracing assemblage of men will be universally realized. The rulers and kings of the earth must needs attend it, and, participating in its deliberations, must consider such ways and means as will lay the foundations of the world’s Great Peace amongst men. Such a peace demandeth that the Great Powers should resolve, for the sake of the tranquillity of the peoples of the earth, to be fully reconciled among themselves. Should any king take up arms against another, all should unitedly arise and prevent him. If this be done, the nations of the world will no longer require any armaments, except for the purpose of preserving the security of their realms and of maintaining internal order within their territories. This will ensure the peace and composure of every people, government and nation."
2 attempts at that so far, both the League of Nations and the United Nations never were given the required mandate, and were not elected on the required foundations. So this will have further fulfillment.
This is what will unfold.
"True civilization will unfurl its banner in the midmost heart of the world whenever a certain number of its distinguished and high-minded sovereigns—the shining exemplars of devotion and determination—shall, for the good and happiness of all mankind, arise, with firm resolve and clear vision, to establish the Cause of Universal Peace. They must make the Cause of Peace the object of general consultation, and seek by every means in their power to establish a Union of the nations of the world. They must conclude a binding treaty and establish a covenant, the provisions of which shall be sound, inviolable and definite. They must proclaim it to all the world and obtain for it the sanction of all the human race. This supreme and noble undertaking—the real source of the peace and well-being of all the world—should be regarded as sacred by all that dwell on earth. All the forces of humanity must be mobilized to ensure the stability and permanence of this Most Great Covenant. In this all-embracing Pact the limits and frontiers of each and every nation should be clearly fixed, the principles underlying the relations of governments towards one another definitely laid down, and all international agreements and obligations ascertained. In like manner, the size of the armaments of every government should be strictly limited, for if the preparations for war and the military forces of any nation should be allowed to increase, they will arouse the suspicion of others. The fundamental principle underlying this solemn Pact should be so fixed that if any government later violate any one of its provisions, all the governments on earth should arise to reduce it to utter submission, nay the human race as a whole should resolve, with every power at its disposal, to destroy that government. Should this greatest of all remedies be applied to the sick body of the world, it will assuredly recover from its ills and will remain eternally safe and secure."
Regards Tony
