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A Glorious Prospect |
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The Bahá’í glad tidings disclose a vision of the Bounty of
God and of the future progress of humanity, which is surely
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the greatest and most glorious Revelation ever given to mankind,
the development and fulfillment of all previous Revelations.
Its purpose is nothing less than the regeneration of mankind
and the creation of “new heavens and a new earth.” It is
the same task to which Christ and all the Prophets have devoted
Their lives, and between these great teachers there is no
rivalry. It is not by this Manifestation or by that, but by all together,
that the task will be accomplished.
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It is not necessary to lower Abraham to raise Jesus. It
is not necessary to lower Jesus to proclaim Bahá’u’lláh.
We must welcome the Truth of God wherever we behold
it. The essence of the question is that all these great Messengers
came to raise the Divine Standard of Perfections.
All of them shine as orbs in the same heaven of the Divine
Will. All of them give Light to the world.
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The task is God’s, and God calls not only the Prophets but
all mankind to be His co-workers in this creative process. If we
refuse His invitation, we shall not hinder the work from going
on, for what God wills shall surely come to pass. If we fail to
play our part He can raise up other instruments to perform His
purpose; but we shall miss the real aim and object of our own
lives. At-one-ment with God—becoming His lovers, His servants,
the willing channels and mediums of His Creative
Power, so that we are conscious of no life within us but His
Divine and abundant life—that, according to the Bahá’í teaching,
is the ineffable and glorious consummation of human
existence.
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Humanity, however, is sound at heart, for it is made “in the
image and likeness of God,” and when at last it sees the truth,
it will not persist in the paths of folly. Bahá’u’lláh assures us
that erelong the call of God will be generally accepted, and
mankind as a whole will turn to righteousness and obedience.
“All sorrow will then be turned into joy, and all disease into
health,” and the kingdoms of this world shall become “the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for
ever and ever” (Rev. xi, 15). Not only those on earth, but all
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in the heavens and on the earth, shall become one in God and
rejoice eternally in Him.
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