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AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:28 "Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will flock together. [Job 39:30] |
Subject: Who is Jesus? |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, In many of the Christian churches which I visit, such as Baptist, Full Gospel, Seventh Day Adventist, Evangelical Free, Pentecostal and others, I hear variations of the explanation that the brilliance of the Lord's coming will instantly perish the wicked on Earth. You wrote: "you will know because great crowds will encircle Him they will be drawn by nature." Who are the "crowds" of you explanation? Do you believe that they are believers? It is interesting to note that ample historical documentary testifies that such crowds did in fact flock to the main Founder of the Baha'i Faith, amongst which large numbers were religious leaders and govenment officials, which constant attention resulted in His exile as a prisoner of the state, to various cities, Baghdad, Constantinople, Adrianople and eventually Akka' in Palestine. The brilliance of His Light attracted those crowds and produced fear in the hearts of political leaders. Those are indisputable historical facts. And Even the encyclopedia Britannica provides a fairly accurate account of the martyrdom of His Holiness the Bab, where there were many thousands of eye witnesses. There is nothing mystical about those realities, because they are fulfillment. The mystical aspect is within the prophecies. Baha'is do not search for mysticism in Holy Prophecy. The mysticism is often part of prophecy. Rather they search for its understanding. Ignoring or avoiding mystical prophetic verses does not produce understanding of those verses, such as Isaiah 22:25. Many Christians whom I have approached to seek their understanding of that verse, for example, have displayed the attitude that there is no need to consider such verses, that they are superfluous for Christians. They appear to have abandoned the principle which states: "Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every utterance proceeding forth from the mouth of the Lord". Cordially, Ross |