And the last time He was here He clamed that He did not come to bring peace or to be a ruler/king, but to cause conflict which He successfully did. Technically He would be the Lord and Savior of those of us that are His followers but not the Messiah that was foretold in the Old Testament Prophecy until He returns and becomes the Ruler/King of the Earth, apparently for one thousand years.
In Hebrew Scriptures, there are prophecies regarding two Persons. One is called the Messiah, the other one is called 'the everlasting father, the prince of peace'.
Jesus is the Messiah, Baha'u'llah is the Father, the Prince of Peace. We notice that New Testament never calls Jesus, the Prince of peace or the Father. He is called the Son. But Baha'i Scriptures refers to Baha'u'llah as the Father, Prince of the peace. My suggestion is to use the Scriptures as is, to see where it takes us.
The missions of Manifestations of God is progressive. The Peace and Unity has been a progressive and gradual process to be established, step by step. The older Manifestations such as Jesus and Moses, had a Mission to unite the tribes, sects or cities, that was first steps, but the Mission of Baha'u'llah is to unite the whole earth, by bringing teachings that gradually transforms the earth into another earth, 'regardless if everyone becomes a Baha'i or Not'. That was the next step....
At this point in time Lord Jesus is not the ruler of this world unless one considers Him an incarnation of God because God is suppose to be the ruler of everything. And even then He can't actively be the ruler or King of this world/system at this point in time because He has left and has not come back yet.
Here is an analogy is used to explain the station of Manifestations of God:
If God is the Sun (See Psalm 84:11), a Manifestation of God is Like a clean Mirror facing the Sun of Reality (
See References). If we place a Mirror facing the Sun, What do you see in the Mirror? you see the Sun. and if tomorrow you place another Mirror facing the Sun, what do you see in the Mirror? You see the Sun again. Now, one Mirror was Jesus, and another Mirror was Baha'u'llah. Therefore since both showed the same image of the Sun (God), in reality they are the same, and one is considered the return of the other one. Also, when the Sun appears in the Mirror, it does not move from Heaven into Mirror, but only it manifests itself in Mirrors, rather than incarnation, hence scriptures call Jesus, 'image of God', instead of incarnation.
Therefore when God, the Ruler Manifested Himself, in Moses, who was the Ruler? That's right, it was Moses who was the Ruler (See Acts 7:35)
Jesus leaving because a prince is coming that has nothing to do with Him; and a prince that is encouraging stubborness. Humm?
You understood well so far what I posted, but except for a couple of things. One is that the verse does not say 'has nothing to do with Me', but it say 'has nothing in Me'. You know Christ said I am 'in' the Father, and my disciples are 'in' Me? That means the Glory that is manifested 'in' Me, is in my Father, and the glory that is Manifested 'in' my Disciples is from Me. But the Next Manifestation of God is independent of Glory of Christ. He has His own glory independent of Christ.
The other is that the Prince or Ruler of this World is a different being than Prince of the power of the air (who is possibly reference to Satan).
Now, Let's concentrate on Prince or Ruler of the World. In the Scriptures God is like the Sun, and coming of a Manifestation of God is like the Sun that appears in the Morning to give light of knowledge. If the Sun does not leave today, the next day Sun does not come. That is what the Jesus said basically. I the Sun came, and have given my light today, and I have completed my mission today, Now I must leave so, the night comes (see John 9:4-5), then tomorrow the Sun comes again and He gives you the Light of knowledge again. I have nothing more to say, because the Ruler (The Sun) comes tomorrow.
and generally speaking Lord Jesus is not considered to be the ruler of this world until He returns.
I don't know why you say that? Doesn't the Scriptures call Jesus the Ruler or Prince? My suggestion is let's go just by what the Scriptures say, to see where it takes you.
Invesitage Truth, your prophet can not be Lord Jesus' replacement because Lord Jesus is still coming back. The best that your prophet can be is a gift from God to help mankind into the days of Lord Jesus' return.
With explanation of the Analogy of Mirrors above, He is the return of Christ.
"He, verily, hath again come down from heaven, even as He came down from it the first time."
Bahá'í Reference Library - Tablets of Baháulláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Pages 9-17