-----Original Message----- I think that's it exactly. In the Gleanings Baha'u'llah wrote:
"It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation of God hath lived is divinely ordained, and may, in a sense, be characterized as God's appointed Day. This Day, however, is unique, and is to be distinguished from those that have preceded it. The designation 'Seal of the Prophets' fully revealeth its high station. The Prophetic Cycle hath, verily, ended. The Eternal Truth is now come." (Gleanings p. 60, XXV) Likewise in the Most Holy Book Baha'u'llah wrote that the Manifestation's claim to Divinity is "assigned exclusively to this sublime, this unique and wondrous Revelation." (The Kit�b-i-Aqdas, p. 72, Paragraph 143) Brent ---- I seem to remember Abdu'l-Baha encouraging an indepth understanding of other religions as vital to dialogue and responding to the conceptual differences that might otherwise be a barrier between people of other religions understanding the Baha'i Faith. So we do need to have a relevant understanding of the way people of Faith view the teachings of their religion whether we agree with that view or interpretation or not. On the other hand, taking this view of the end of days and the end of prophecy, and other teachings from Baha'u'llah such as "The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System -- the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed. (Gleanings p. 136) "Cast away that which ye possess, and, on the wings of detachment, soar beyond all created things. Thus biddeth you the Lord of creation, the movement of Whose Pen hath revolutionized the soul of mankind" (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings , p. 139) Which have been elaborated by Shoghi Effendi that in one respect indicates, "That God-born Force, irresistible in its sweeping power, incalculable in its potency, unpredictable in its course, mysterious in its workings, and awe-inspiring in its manifestations -- a Force which, as the B�b has written, "vibrates within the innermost being of all created things," and which, according to Bah�'u'll�h, has through its "vibrating influence," "upset the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life" -- such a Force, acting even as a two-edged sword, is, under our very eyes, sundering, on the one hand, the age-old ties which for centuries have held together the fabric of civilized society, and is unloosing, on the other, the bonds that still fetter the infant and as yet unemancipated Faith of Bah�'u'll�h. (Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 46) Are we benefitted in any other way, from anguishing over dilemnas presented in the writings of old religions? Owen ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public) ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
