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Glad Tidings
12/6/2007 10:18:56 AM
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This is the Call of the All-Glorious, which is proclaimed from the supreme Horizon in the Prison of Akká
He is the Expounder, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call and in proclaiming His sublime Word is that the ear of the entire creation may through the living waters of divine utterence, be purged from lying tales and become attuned to the holy, the glorious and exalted Word which hath issued forth from the repository of the knowledge of the Maker of the Heavens and the Creator of Names. Happy are they that judge with fairness.
O people of the earth!
The first Gladtidings
which the Mother Book hath, in this Most Great Revelation, imparted unto all the peoples of the world is that the law of holy war hath been blotted out of the Book. Glorified be the All-Merciful, the Lord of grace abounding, through Whom the door of heavenly bounty hath been flung open in the face of all that are in heaven and on earth.
The second Glad-Tidings
It is permitted that the peoples and kindreds of the world associate with another with joy and radiance. O people! Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship. Thus hath the day-star of His sanction and authority shone forth above the horizon of the decree of God, the Lord of the worlds.
The third Glad-Tidings
concerneth the study of divers languages. This decree hath formerly streamed forth from the Pen of the Most High: It behooveth the sovereigns of the world - may God assist them - or the ministers of the earth to take counsel together and to adopt one of the existing languages or a new one to be taught to the children in schools throughout the world, and likewise one script. Thus the whole earth will come to be regarded as one country. Well is it with him who hearkeneth unto His Call and observeth that whereunto he is bidden by God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
The fifth Glad-Tidings
In every country where any of this people reside, (The Bahais)they must behave towards the government of that country with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness. This is that which hath been revealed at the behest of Him Who is the Ordainer, the Ancient of Days.
It is binding and incumbent upon the peoples of the world, one and all, to extend aid unto this momentous Cause which is come from the heaven of the Will of the ever-abiding God, that perchance the fire of animosity which blazeth in the hearts of some of the peoples of the earth may, through the living waters of divine wisdom and by virtue of heavenly counsels and exhortations, be quenched, and the light of unity and concord may shine forth and shed its radiance upon the world..
We cherish the hope that through the earnest endeavours of such as are the exponents of the power of God - exalted be His glory - the weapons of war throughout the world may be converted into instruments of reconstruction and that strife and conflict be removed from the midst of men.
The sixth Glad-Tidings
is the establishment of the Lesser Peace*, details of which have formerly been revealed from Our Most Exalted Pen. Great is the blessedness of him who upholdeth it and observeth whatsoever hath been ordained by God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Bahaullah
to be continued The Lesser Peace is a political peace. In a not too distant future the world's people will see the necessity of such a peace and enact it. It is "inevitable": we, peoples of the earth will see the necessity to hold each others hands across all borders. The long awaited Spiritual Peace with the establishment of the World Order of Bahaullah will be ushered in during the centuries that follow. It is called the Most Great Peace.It is antecipated by all the peoples of the world and is not specifically a Christian concept. The more we, the Bahais, spread the teachings of Bahaullah and more people join Bahaullahs and assist His Cause, the sooner that most cherished hope of mankind will be fulfilled. The Cause of Bahaullah is the Cause of the Most Great Peace, and will be universal. The World order of Bahaullah consist of local and national spiritual assemblies, headed by the Universal House of Justice, which is located in Haifa, Israel. See also www.Bahai.org and www.Bahai.us. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bahaullah+and+the+bahai+faith&search=Search
Greetings from Laila Falck
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