As I understand, what you are saying is this: God was
> perfectly manifested in Jesus. Now I have a couple questions and
> observations. I asume that by adding the word "perfect" you are
> implying that God does indeed manifest himself in other people, just not
> perfectly (leaving aside Moses, Mohammud, etc..), correct?
Not quite, we believe that God always manifests Himself perfectly in the Daystars of His Revelation. Jesus was one such perfect Manifestation. Mankind in general, not being part of the Kingdom of the Manifestations cannot manifest Himself perfectly in man. Man only knows God through behold ing the Daystars of Revelation Who reflect the attributes of God perfectly. As to the "minor" prophets in Arabic there is a way to distinguish between them and the Manifestation the word for prophet (with a little "p', is "Nabi". The Prophet with a capital "P" is a "Rasul".]
The answer to both questions is: Yes. They came into being perfect choices for God.
>> Basically, is there any other difference between God manifesting himself
> pefectly in Jesus and God manifesting himself in some regular devout
> believer, aside from the fact that the latter is not "perfect"? "
Yes, there is. The Divine Manifestation is in a perfect degree of communication with the Holy Spirit, we are not.
>> By saying that Jesus was a perfect manifestation of God, do you
> mean that only his actions and beliefs were perfect, or that every
> single aspect of Jesus was and always was a perfect manifestation.
> There is more to someone than just their actions, like their humanity
> for example. I suppose my question is this, was God perfectly
> manifested in Jesus' human nature or just through his actions and beliefs?
The Manifestation has choice like we do. He could in all reality choose NOT to follow God's Will, but he doesn't. It is part of His attunement to God that He acts of God and not always of Himself. So Jesus lived a perfect life by choice and by nature.
> Finally, you have said in the past that it is correct to address
> Jesus as "God". When you call him God, do you mean that He is God in
> the same way that the Father is God? Is it appropriete to worship and
> pray to Jesus?
I refer you to the Iqan for this one. In the section where He speaks of the nature of the Manifestations and how it is proper to speak of them as individuals, as one and the same and as God. ----------
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