Re: Promised Land
The Messiah and the Mahdi are two different persons. The Messiah for us is Jesus Christ (AS) whilst Imam Mahdi (AS) is a descendent of the last Prophet (S).
According to our traditions the Mahdi will appear first, he will be from the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) through the descendents of his daughter Faatimah (R) and her husband ‘Ali (R), his name will be the same as that of our Prophet (SAW) i.e. Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, he will be the Leader (Imam/Ameer) of the Believers.
During the reign of Imam Mahdi, the Anti-Christ/False-Messiah (al-Maseeh al-Dajjaal) will appear and spread corruption throughout the land.
Then the true Messiah, Jesus (‘Eesa) will descend back down to earth to kill the Anti-Chrsit, God (Allah) raised Prophet Jesus Christ up to the Heavens when the Disbelievers (Kuffaar) wanted to crucify him on the cross and God put his likeness on one of their own men so they thought they'd killed him when they had only killed one of their own.