The kingdom of God. (ritual, Earth, spiritual, faith, Baha'i)

[kassi]

How do you percieve the Kingdom of God? What do you think it is?

[jewscout]

Olam Haba - The World to come

and, G-d willing, I shall see it in the world or the next

[Caprice]

Originally Posted by jewscout

G-d willing,

Just curious, you wouldn't happen to be willing to explain the significance of the hyphen rather than just writing the word out would ya? I've seen this in a few places but never understood it.

[jewscout]

Originally Posted by Caprice

Just curious, you wouldn't happen to be willing to explain the significance of the hyphen rather than just writing the word out would ya? I've seen this in a few places but never understood it.

Deut. 12:3 is a prohibition against erasing the name of G-d, so some, just to be safe, write it w/ the dash so that they never write His name out to be inadvertantly erased or destroyed...
http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm#Writing

[Caprice]

Originally Posted by jewscout

Deut. 12:3 is a prohibition against erasing the name of G-d, so some, just to be safe, write it w/ the dash so that they never write His name out to be inadvertantly erased or destroyed...
http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm#Writing

Thank you

[Lloyd]

the world order of Baha'u'llah

a global social, political, and spiritual arrangement ordered around the teachings of Baha'u'llah in which all the earth becomes one human family united under the teachings of God, the Father of that family

I think that's the shortest synopsis of the Baha'i faith that I've ever composed.

[EnhancedSpirit]

I found a book on the topic: