Dear friend, as can be seen in the case of Baha’u’llah (and Muhammad for that matter), there are certain instances that God speaks “through” Baha’u’llah as the first Person, and there are times when Baha’u’llah speaks on God’s behalf. (and there are times when Baha’u’llah is engaged in conversation with God)
This has been clarified completely in Baha’u’llahs’ Revelation, and when investigated thoroughly, it gives supreme light onto the nature of Jesus’ relationship with God.
I cannot do that investigative procedure for you. Your spiritual welfare depends upon your own, independent volition and drive to seek this Truth out for yourself. God instilled this drive and will within you, use it!
In other words, where ever it is convenient in the Baha’i Faith to make Jesus’
words Jesus’ or God’s, is where you draw the line. Context matters not?
I have read Zecheriah 12 several times now. I cannot see which verse refers to Jesus and the Father being the same being. Can you please assist my misguidedness
Let me zoom in then:
And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn. In that day there shall be a great lamentation in Jerusalem like the lamentation of Adadremmon in the plain of Mageddon. And the land shall mourn: families and families apart: the families of the house of David apart, and their women apart: The families of the house of Nathan apart, and their women apart: the families of the house of Levi apart, and their women apart: the families of Semei apart, and their women apart. All the rest of the families, families and families apart, and their women apart.
– (Zechariah 12:10-14)
Chapter 12 is a prophecy is talking about the End of Days, the speaker of YHWH who
is the Divine Creator, not manifestation, and when he comes, the inhabitants of Israel
will see YHWH whom they have pierced, who is Jesus, not Baha’u’llah. The Speaker
continues to speak about him, proceeding from first person to third person, “look up-
on me” to “mourn for HIM”, still in context speaking of YHWH, as well as Jesus who
is the same being. Read Chapter 12 again.
Don’t think Zechariah is talking about Jesus? Cross reference then with John,Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and **every eye shall see him, and **
they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall be-
wail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.
– (Revelation 1:7)
My apologies, it was Google Books, here:
books.google.com.au/books?id=5-nRmv8oCdkC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22thousand+two+hundred%22+dinkird&source=bl&ots=b2DUW-B6iZ&sig=DNsvwipTOsrrvPjSZ8nyqxSpc4c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=027nUrDYJcmkkgX_kYCYCA&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22thousand%20two%20hundred%22%20dinkird&f=false
R.J. Konczyk is not a Baha’i. So there are non-Baha’i references to this as well
As well as Muhammad Natiq (who is not someone I would just make up) who is a Zoroastrian poet (I think he is probably the best authority on this available, don’t you?)
As I say I can send you screen shots of the Persian and you can get it translated for yourself.
You will notice that the page brought up Moses, Krishna, Zoroaster, Buddha, etc,
progressive revelations, manifestations, and so forth, 1800s, and how some eight
pages before appears “To the people of Israel that person is Moses; to the Hindu,
it is Krishna; to the Zoroastrians, Zoroaster; to the Buddhists, it is Buddha; to the
Christians,Jesus the Christ; to the Muslims, it is Muhammad and to the Bahá’ís,
it is Bahá’u’lláh” (page 165)… it is talking Baha’i here.
You might not have made up Muhammad Natiq yourself, but again I find hardly
anything that tells me of his existence beyond mostly Baha’i sources. Perhaps
then you should send the Persian to me please. No screen shots though, just
the links.
Not sure what you mean here brother …
You said you’d sacrifice your life for Jesus, I asked which one.
You then answered “not sure,” but then proceeded about what
I believed instead, and I don’t like how that is being turned.
The term “Promised One” is not necessarily exactly and specifically used in all the religious Traditions and Books. It is a term used to indicate that there is “someone” promised to “Return”
For Christians, it was the Return of Jesus
For Muslims, it is the Return of Imam Mahdi and Jesus
For Buddhists, it was the Fifth Buddha
etc etc
Baha’u’llah is the embodiment of all of those “promises”…
Which brings us back to Zechariah 12, which tells us that this return of Jesus will not oc-
cur until the End of Days, and by then we will be able to identify him, by the holes in his
hands, feet, even by his side which was pierced.