"Pointing with her finger unto My head, she addressed all who are in heaven and all who are on earth, saying: By God! This is the Best-Beloved of the worlds, and yet ye comprehend not. This is the Beauty of God amongst you, and the power of His sovereignty within you, could ye but understand. This is the Mystery of God and His Treasure, the Cause of God and His glory unto all who are in the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation, if ye be of them that perceive. This is He Whose Presence is the ardent desire of the denizens of the Realm of eternity, and of them that dwell within the Tabernacle of glory, and yet from His Beauty do ye turn aside."
Comments:
Let’s repeat the incredible pronouncements that the Maid of Heaven (representing the Most Great Spirit) makes concerning Baha’u’llah:
· “the Best-Beloved of the worlds”;
· “the Beauty of God amongst” us;
· “the power of His[God’s] sovereignty within” us;
· “the Mystery of God and His[God’s] Treasure;
· “the Cause of God and His[God’s] glory unto all who are in the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation”;
· “He Whose Presence is the ardent desire of the denizens of the Realm of eternity..”;
· “He Whose Presence is the ardent desire of … them that dwell within the Tabernacle of glory…”
These are awe-inspiring references!
As we know the Bab explains that all Manifestations of God are representations of one Entity -- the Primal Will of God. The attributes of the Primal Will that these Manifestations of God were allowed by God to gradually and progressively reveal to mankind, however, were in accordance to our evolving capacity. Baha’u’llah’s mission was to bring the attributes of “Glory” and “Splendor” to our midst – in both this life and the life after!
Here is the reference from the Bab about the Primal Will of God:
“If, however, thou art sailing upon the sea of creation, know thou that the First Remembrance, which is the Primal Will of God, may be likened unto the sun. God hath created Him through the potency of His might, and He hath, from the beginning that hath no beginning, caused Him to be manifested in every Dispensation through the compelling power of His behest, and God will, to the end that knoweth no end, continue to manifest Him according to the good-pleasure of His invincible Purpose.
And know thou that He indeed resembleth the sun. Were the risings of the sun to continue till the end that hath no end, yet there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun; and were its settings to endure for evermore, still there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun. It is this Primal Will which appeareth resplendent in every Prophet and speaketh forth in every revealed Book. It knoweth no beginning, inasmuch as the First deriveth its firstness from It; and knoweth no end, for the Last oweth its lastness unto It.
In the time of the First Manifestation the Primal Will appeared in Adam; in the day of Noah It became known in Noah; in the day of Abraham in Him; and so in the day of Moses; the day of Jesus; the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God; the day of the 'Point of the Bayan'; the day of Him Whom God shall make manifest; and the day of the One Who will appear after Him Whom God shall make manifest. Hence the inner meaning of the words uttered by the Apostle of God, 'I am all the Prophets', inasmuch as what shineth resplendent in each one of Them hath been and will ever remain the one and the same sun.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 125)
Baha’u’llah also explains that the capacity of humanity has now reached a level that the Manifestation of God could directly convey the directives of the Primal Will of God to us. Those who received the inestimable grace of being allowed to be in the presence of Baha’u’llah while He was revealing the Word of God have left us amazing testimonies regarding the overwhelming power and majesty that they witnessed. In previous Dispensations, for example Judaism, this process was symbolized by the “Burning Bush” speaking to Moses and then Moses telling the followers what the Burning Bush (a representation of the Primal Will of God) had told Him. Now, it is as if Moses (reincarnated in Baha’u’llah) is conveying the Words of the Burning Bush directly to mankind!
Another insight that we can gain from this paragraph is the fact that the Reality that manifests Itself in the Manifestations of God, namely, the Primal Will of God, is also known as “the Cause of God.” For example the following statement from Baha’u’llah addressed to an individual who caused tremendous suffering to many Baha’is:
"Thine act hath consumed the hearts of the Concourse on high, and those of such as have circled round the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds."
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 80)
Questions:
· Who are the “the denizens of the Realm of eternity”?
· Who are “them that dwell within the Tabernacle of glory…”
· Now that we know the Manifestations of God are His “Mystery” and “Treasure”, can we moral beings ever fully understand Their Reality?
Comments:
Let’s repeat the incredible pronouncements that the Maid of Heaven (representing the Most Great Spirit) makes concerning Baha’u’llah:
· “the Best-Beloved of the worlds”;
· “the Beauty of God amongst” us;
· “the power of His[God’s] sovereignty within” us;
· “the Mystery of God and His[God’s] Treasure;
· “the Cause of God and His[God’s] glory unto all who are in the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation”;
· “He Whose Presence is the ardent desire of the denizens of the Realm of eternity..”;
· “He Whose Presence is the ardent desire of … them that dwell within the Tabernacle of glory…”
These are awe-inspiring references!
As we know the Bab explains that all Manifestations of God are representations of one Entity -- the Primal Will of God. The attributes of the Primal Will that these Manifestations of God were allowed by God to gradually and progressively reveal to mankind, however, were in accordance to our evolving capacity. Baha’u’llah’s mission was to bring the attributes of “Glory” and “Splendor” to our midst – in both this life and the life after!
Here is the reference from the Bab about the Primal Will of God:
“If, however, thou art sailing upon the sea of creation, know thou that the First Remembrance, which is the Primal Will of God, may be likened unto the sun. God hath created Him through the potency of His might, and He hath, from the beginning that hath no beginning, caused Him to be manifested in every Dispensation through the compelling power of His behest, and God will, to the end that knoweth no end, continue to manifest Him according to the good-pleasure of His invincible Purpose.
And know thou that He indeed resembleth the sun. Were the risings of the sun to continue till the end that hath no end, yet there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun; and were its settings to endure for evermore, still there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun. It is this Primal Will which appeareth resplendent in every Prophet and speaketh forth in every revealed Book. It knoweth no beginning, inasmuch as the First deriveth its firstness from It; and knoweth no end, for the Last oweth its lastness unto It.
In the time of the First Manifestation the Primal Will appeared in Adam; in the day of Noah It became known in Noah; in the day of Abraham in Him; and so in the day of Moses; the day of Jesus; the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God; the day of the 'Point of the Bayan'; the day of Him Whom God shall make manifest; and the day of the One Who will appear after Him Whom God shall make manifest. Hence the inner meaning of the words uttered by the Apostle of God, 'I am all the Prophets', inasmuch as what shineth resplendent in each one of Them hath been and will ever remain the one and the same sun.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 125)
Baha’u’llah also explains that the capacity of humanity has now reached a level that the Manifestation of God could directly convey the directives of the Primal Will of God to us. Those who received the inestimable grace of being allowed to be in the presence of Baha’u’llah while He was revealing the Word of God have left us amazing testimonies regarding the overwhelming power and majesty that they witnessed. In previous Dispensations, for example Judaism, this process was symbolized by the “Burning Bush” speaking to Moses and then Moses telling the followers what the Burning Bush (a representation of the Primal Will of God) had told Him. Now, it is as if Moses (reincarnated in Baha’u’llah) is conveying the Words of the Burning Bush directly to mankind!
Another insight that we can gain from this paragraph is the fact that the Reality that manifests Itself in the Manifestations of God, namely, the Primal Will of God, is also known as “the Cause of God.” For example the following statement from Baha’u’llah addressed to an individual who caused tremendous suffering to many Baha’is:
"Thine act hath consumed the hearts of the Concourse on high, and those of such as have circled round the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds."
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 80)
Questions:
· Who are the “the denizens of the Realm of eternity”?
· Who are “them that dwell within the Tabernacle of glory…”
· Now that we know the Manifestations of God are His “Mystery” and “Treasure”, can we moral beings ever fully understand Their Reality?
