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The Supreme Manifestation
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Pages 125-126
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The Supreme Manifestation
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Like all the other Prophets, Bahá'u'lláh states His own Mission
in the most unmistakable terms.
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In the Lawh-i-Aqdas, a Tablet addressed especially to Christians,
He says: --
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Surely the Father hath come and hath fulfilled that
which you were promised in the Kingdom of God. This
is the Word which the Son veiled when He said to those
around Him that at that time they could not bear it. But
when the stated time was ended, and the Hour arrived, the
Word shone forth from the Horizon of the Will. Beware,
O Concourse of the Son (i.e. Christians)! Cast it not
behind you, but hold thereunto. It is better for you than
all that which is before you! ... Verily, the Spirit of
Truth is come, to guide you into all Truth. Verily, He
speaketh not from Himself, nay, but rather from the All-Knowing
and Wise. He is the One Whom the Son hath
glorified. ... Abandon that which is before you, O
people of the earth, and take that which is commanded
you by Him Who is the Powerful, the Faithful.
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And in a letter to the Pope, written from Adrianople in
1867, He says: --
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Beware lest celebration hinder you from the Celebrated
and worship hinder you from the Worshipped One! Behold
the Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing! He hath
come to minister to the life of the world, and for the
uniting of whatever dwelleth therein. Come, O ye people,
to the Dawning-place of Revelation! Tarry not, even for
an hour! Are ye learned of the Gospel, and yet are unable
to see the Lord of Glory?
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This beseemeth you not, O learned concourse! Say
then, if ye deny this matter, by what proof do you believe
in God? Produce your proof. ...
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Just as in these letters to Christians He announces the fulfillment
of the Gospel promises, so He proclaims also to Muhammadan,
Jews, Zoroastrians and the people of other faiths the
fulfillment of the promises of their Holy Books. He addresses
all men as the sheep of God, who have hitherto been divided
into different flocks and sheltered in different folds. His message,
He says, is the Voice of God, the Good Shepherd, Who
has come in the fullness of time to gather His scattered sheep
into one flock, removing the barriers between them, that "there
may be one fold and one shepherd."
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