Okay, so would you like to answer what I asked about what its meaning in Job would be?
Briefly in My view that is a whole symbolic story to teach that we should not blame God for things. It's not like there was actually a person Satan talking with another person, Lord. Job also, although in part of the story is a reference to the Prophet Job who was righteous, but also in part of the story may represent People of Job. So, the scriptures is using this indirect addressing, to use Job as expression of His people, who were blaming God.
But I feel that is whole different topic....
Where does it say this is the length?
"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." 2 Peter 3:9 (also in Psalm)
Day of Lord, in my view, is a Term that is used, for appearance of Manifestations of God, in every about a 1000 years.
The Six day of creation of Adam, in Baha'i View, is 6000 years spiritual creation of human civilization, from Adam till year 1844, when the Bab appeared on the seventh day.
Now Abraham is a "Manifestation" too? There is nothing that indicates an "Age" is such a 1000-1500 year time period.
Well, Jesus said, before Abraham He existed. That means, that His type existed, not that He Himself physically existed. Type is the Manifestation of God, which is a different creation that regular human beings.
If the rose flower that exist this spring, says, I was last spring too, that doesn't mean, itself with the same particle existed, but it is the same type that was last spring.
Jesus was the representation of the Father but not the Father himself.
Depends what you mean by representation.
I would say, He was representative of God, in a sense that He was given Authority to act on behalf of God.
But let's say, if we draw the picture of the Sun, then we have an image or representation of the Sun. But that is not the relation between Divine Prophet and God for the light of the Sun is not reflected by a picture or representation. But if we use a Mirror, then the light is reflected. Hence the Manifestation is a better term.
That does not make him a manifestation.
Depends how you define Manifestation. If to you Mean Manifestation as in incarnation, then you are right. See below from dictionary:
It appears Baha'ullah had his own definition of "Manifestation" that differs from standard English usage. Perhaps in Farsi or whatever he spoke the word translates to something else.
I think the Word Manifestation is a very Good Translation of the Word "Mazhar".
Let's go back to your dictionary:
"An indication of the existence, reality, or presence of something"
manifest - definition of manifest by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
" To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal"
Since when a divine Prophet appears, the Will and attributes of God are revealed and demonstrated through them, they are called the Manifestation of God. Since the coming of a divine Prophet is the indication of reality of God, they are called Manifestation.
Now, the difference between God and His Manifestation is this:
In the Divine Prophet, the Attributes and Will of God are fully manifested, but NOT the essence of God. That means, the essence of God is different than Manifestations. God is infinitely higher than Manifestations.
Similar to comparing the Image of the Sun in Mirror, with Sun Itself.
These are the usage of the Word:
"He manifested his character in his behaviour."
That means that for example, God has certain attributes, such as "Power, Glory, Kindness, Patience, Justness, ..."
These attributes are revealed into the World through His Divine Manifestations, who are His Mirrors.
In addition to having a strange use of "Manifestation", what does "embodiment" mean in your special use of the terms?
Well, when I said embodiment, i didn't mean literally.
According to this terminology that Spirit is inside the Body, then Our Body is the embodiment of the Spirit. But for Manifestations of God, they are the embodiment of Holy Spirit, which is a higher creation than spirit.
But in reality, the spirit is not a physical thing of any form and is not literally inside the Body. For example, it is said "Love" is in the Heart. But it is not really inside the Heart physically.
Do you believe the attributes of God change over the "ages"?
No, God is Absolute Perfection, and there is no change in God. He can neither get better, nor get worst. "I am what I am"
Do I have to get into the Memra/Logos Theology here too?
Not that if you don't feel like.
No, he's saying that only God is good. That verse does not have any implication that Jesus is declaring to be God. This is comparable to how badly Trinitarians twist verses.
That's right. I think you misunderstood me. Since I agree with what you say.
Okay, so Baha'ullah believed he was God, great. That doesn't change the actual meaning of the Scripture in question.
No, He did not. People of His time thought He claimed to be God, and He responded to them:
“Certain ones among you, have said: ‘He it is Who hath laid claim to be God.’ By God! This is a gross calumny. I am but a servant of God Who hath believed in Him and in His signs... My tongue, and My heart, and My inner and My outer being testify that there is no God but Him, that all others have been created by His behest, and been fashioned through the operation of His Will.... I am He that telleth abroad the favors with which God hath, through His bounty, favored Me. If this be My transgression, then I am truly the first of the transgressors....” Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 228.
Nope, as I've argued countless times on the forum, Jesus did NOT annul or change some of the laws, what he was annulling was Pharisee misinterpretations.
Then I won't argue since you seem to have done too much about this before.
What about the Law of divorce? and How about, the Law of Noah, Abraham comparing to Moses Law?
You're the one who said that Prince of this world was the same as Prince of the air.
No, Prince of this world is Not the same as Prince of the air. "Prince of the air" is the evilness in the World. Prince of the World in our View is Baha'u'llah
And who exactly was the message intended for? Are those who are blinded those who are already blinded by their own intellectual dishonesty?
I think the Message is Primarily for the Divines of the Age. The Clergy who before the coming of the Manifestation, are considered Seeing. They are considered Seeing, because, they are learned among people.
So, for example, Before Jesus comes, the Jewish Divines were considered the Seeing. Before Baha'u'llah comes, the Muslim Clergy were considered Seeing.
But for example, before Jesus starts His mission, Peter was only a Fisher Man. He was not a learned. Likewise there was even a Prostitute. These were blinds. But when Jesus came, those who were blind, became Seeing, since they believed in Him, and those divines who were seeing, were considered blinds in the sight of God. What caused those Seeing to become blind, was their "Pride".
In fact the story of Satan, means, that even if a human is as good as He can be, to the Level of an Angel, if "Pride" takes over him, He can turn to an evil person.