September Renews Meaning of Covenant for Baha'is

September 19, 2003

By VICTOR WOODS for the Missoulian

September is the month for the realization of the everlasting covenant embodied and upheld in the Baha'i Revelation, and as expounded and proclaimed by the founder of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah.

Baha'u'llah fulfills the ancient prophecies for the second coming of Christ, and is the fulfillment of the everlasting covenant as described in the Book of Genesis, 17:4-7:

"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of many nations. And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and you descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant."

With nations of the world raging and their bloodstained daily account of current wars and rumors of wars continuing to flood our lives, the evidence of a unifying message of peace is being revealed through the Baha'i faith.

Abraham is described as the Father of a Multitude: Three main religions that make up the Middle East and the United States - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - all have the central belief that their founders are descended from Abraham and are a part of this Everlasting Covenant.

Abraham had three wives: from Sarah came Moses, Jesus and Baha'u'llah; from Abraham's second wife, Hagar, came Muhammad and the forerunner of Baha'u'llah, the Bab; from Keturah came the three eastern prophets of Krishna, Buddha and Zoroaster.

Baha'u'llah is a direct descendant of King David, his lineage being able to be traced back in an unbroken chain of father-to-son descendants to King David himself. This is proven historically and accepted, as Baha'u'llah was of the line of Kings of the descendants of David who sat on the Throne of David.

"The Most Great Law is come, and the Ancient Beauty ruleth upon the throne of David. Thus hath My Pen spoken that which the histories of bygone ages have related."(Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, page 89)

The genealogy of Baha'u'llah is available online at http://www.UHJ.net.

Baha'u'llah embodies all the religions of the world, and is the fulfillment of the specific prophecies concerning each religion's expectation for a great World Redeemer. Baha'u'llah is descended from both Sarah through King David, and Keturah through Zoroaster. The Bab, the Herald and Forerunner of Baha'u'llah, is descended from Muhammad.

Why is it that religions of the world cling to their messenger but deny the fulfillment of the message when it arrives? This is the day of judgment, but it is not God judging humanity, but humanity judging whom to believe.

The Great-Great Grandson of Baha'u'llah, Neal Chase Ben Joseph Aghsan of the Baha'i Faith, has been warning the world and the Missoula area for more than 10 years of the disaster of the war in Iraq and the next retaliation of the Muslims against New York City.

The people of the world have not heeded these warnings or this message. The Baha'i Faith is the message of the kingdom of God on Earth, and of an achievable, global, peaceful world civilization.

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September Renews Meaning of Covenant for Baha'is