throne of divine concealment Were any of the all-embracing …. Manifestations of God to declare am God,’ He verily speaketh the truth.” ‘I Bahá’u’lláh declares also that Jesus, addressing one day his disciples, referred to his passing and said unto them, go away and come again unto you,” and in another “I place he said, go and another will come who will tell you all that I have not told “I you and will fulfil all that I have said.” Both these sayings have but one meaning (Book of Certitude, p. 20). writing for an English newspaper in 1911, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, stated: the teaching of the prophets is one: one faith, one divine light shining “All throughout the world. Now under the banner of the oneness of humanity all people of all creeds should turn away from prejudice and become friends and believers of all the prophets” (‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 33). In one of his letters to an American believer he wrote: this sense Christ is an expression of the divine reality, the simple essence “In and heavenly entity which hath no beginning or ending. It hath appearance, arising, manifestation and setting in each of the cycles” (Epistles i. 138). This contemporary teaching does but corroborate and expand the evidence of Scriptures. Muḥammad testified to the same unity when in the Koran Sura II he said: make no distinction at all between His Messengers I am all the “We …. prophets I am the first Adam, Noah, Moses and Jesus We have but one …. …. command.” So likewise did Jesus in his statement to the Jews (John viii. 56 and 58): father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad “Our …. Verily, verily, I say unto you: before Abraham was, I am.” The immediate followers of Jesus learned this truth from their Master and testified to it. The author of the Apocalypse called Jesus and Omega, the “Alpha beginning and the ending, which is and which was and which is to come” (Rev. i. 8). The author of the Hebrews states that Moses esteemed reproach of Christ” “the higher than the pleasures of Pharaoh’s court. And Paul speaking of the desert
throne of divine concealment …. Were any of the all-embracing Manifestations of God to declare ‘I am God,’ He verily speaketh the truth.” Bahá’u’lláh declares also that Jesus, addressing one day his disciples, referred to his passing and said unto them, “I go away and come again unto you,” and in another place he said, “I go and another will come who will tell you all that I have not told you and will fulfil all that I have said.” Both these sayings have but one meaning (Book of Certitude, p. 20). ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, writing for an English newspaper in 1911, stated: “All the teaching of the prophets is one: one faith, one divine light shining throughout the world. Now under the banner of the oneness of humanity all people of all creeds should turn away from prejudice and become friends and believers of all the prophets” (‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 33). In one of his letters to an American believer he wrote: “In this sense Christ is an expression of the divine reality, the simple essence and heavenly entity which hath no beginning or ending. It hath appearance, arising, manifestation and setting in each of the cycles” (Epistles i. 138). This contemporary teaching does but corroborate and expand the evidence of Scriptures. Muḥammad testified to the same unity when in the Koran Sura II he said: “We make no distinction at all between His Messengers …. I am all the prophets …. I am the first Adam, Noah, Moses and Jesus …. We have but one command.” So likewise did Jesus in his statement to the Jews (John viii. 56 and 58): “Our father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad …. Verily, verily, I say unto you: before Abraham was, I am.” The immediate followers of Jesus learned this truth from their Master and testified to it. The author of the Apocalypse called Jesus “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, which is and which was and which is to come” (Rev. i. 8). The author of the Hebrews states that Moses esteemed “the reproach of Christ” higher than the pleasures of Pharaoh’s court. And Paul speaking of the desert