Hi Daler, how do you come to believe that the Glory of The Lord refers to Baha’u’llah?
Are you believing “He” is Baha’u’llah?
Same? “Him” is Baha’u’llah??
Pork,
For some time I wrestled with this matter of which you ask. That is, how does one take these references to “Glory”, or God’s Glory, etc, and apply them to the person of Baha’u’llah, or to any “person”. For to me, “Glory”, or even “Glory of God”, naturally seemed like any other set of adjectives describing God.
While the English translation of the phrase: “Baha ‘u’ llah” is “Glory of God” (also “Light” or Splendor of God in its broader sense) , that did not, of course, automatically translate into being a “reference” to a Prophet named “Glory of God”, or “Baha’u’llah” in Arabic.
After the study of many prophecies it began to fall into place (for me) that some of these references were really pointing to the coming of a “Prophet” who would be called the “Glory of God”. As that concept gradually soaked into my head, it began making more and more sense, as I looked at this phrase in various context. Not just within the context of the usage of that phrase, “Glory of God”, but in the context of these many other prophecies, of which only a few have been shared with you so far.
What you are referring to as quoted by Micah is indeed (for Baha’is) prophecies specifically about and fulfilled by the coming of Baha’u’llah. That is what we believe. That is part of what all the excitement is about among the Baha’is.
Let me point out that it is also our understanding that in these many prophecies God has purposely “veiled” the meaning so that it would become apparent only to those “who have eyes to see”, a recurrent theme in the Bible. So there is a kind of testing, or sifting, going on. It requires spiritual discernment to “recognize” a Manifestation of God, for when He appears, some recognize Him at once, like Peter, while others, such as the Pharisees are veiled by their learning and pride.
What baffles me is the words of Jesus just before His crucifixion when He turns to His captors and says, “Beholdest thou not the Son of Man seated upon the right hand of power and glory?”
No… they did not!! To me, that is incredible. It says something about the power of “spiritual vision”, and the necessity to “Watch!” as Jesus often said.
It is the same with the coming of Baha’u’llah. His captors who tortured and imprisoned Him “beheld” only a man. Hence they carried on their cruelties. A few, whose hearts were pure, beheld once again the face of their Lord.
Please forgive me, for it is nearly midnight, and I must get some sleep. I will try to give a more adequate reply tomorrow, and introduce a few more of the many prophecies which Baha’is believe to be fulfilled in the coming of Baha’u’llah.
Thank you for your patience. God bless, Dale
