Baha’is believe there is only one God and that all humanity are the children of God and that the Kingdom of God will embrace all humanity and all religions will become one.
My belief is that there is one God also, but his activities and his own agenda, as reported in the Bible (his only communication with the human race) reveal the exclusive nature of his worship. His one truth was the possession of one people. He gave them his laws and provided a history of NO tolerance of what he deemed to be false religion. (Exodus 20:3) Those of other nations and religions who wanted to serve the true God, had to leave their false religious beliefs behind, learn about Yahweh, and adopt the worship of “the only true God” and of the only “Christ” he ever sent into the world. (John 17:3)
This begs the question of why false religion even exists?
If we go back to the beginning, we will see why. A rebellious spirit started his own religious empire by siphoning the worship of the true God over to himself. How did he do that? He divided man’s loyalties by lying to them....he lied about God, he lied about his motives and he dismantled the penalty for their defection. Thus he separated them from the true God by becoming a substitute god for them.
Humans, now with a sinful nature, were easy to manipulate. Satan could create an empire where humans would give him the worship and glory instead of the true God. How Yahweh handled the situation with his free willed creatures was nothing short of genius!
He allowed them to experience the full consequences of living under the rule of the god they chose. (Luke 4:5-8) It was now a battle for the hearts and minds of men. Like an extraordinary court battle, God would provide his witnesses and satan would provide his. We would have to choose our god according to the evidence, and determine our own destiny in the process.
The devil is so masterful at deception, that the Bible says he can “transform himself into an angel of light” and that his “ministers” (those he uses to deceive) will be viewed as “ministers of righteousness”....so here you have the contenders, the issue, and the ‘modus operandi’.
God is not bringing all mankind together as one....quite the opposite in fact....he is separating people into two camps....”sheep and goats” and Jesus is clear about what the difference is between the two....what the criteria is for life....and the outcome for both as well. (Matthew 25:31-34: 41; 46)
One inherits everlasting life because of staying loyal to the true God and obeying the teachings of Jesus Christ....these will qualify as citizens of God’s incoming Kingdom. But those who choose to serve other gods (all created personas of the devil) will be shown the door to everlasting death. That is not something Baha’is want to hear. Their beliefs are tantamount to telling God his business and dictating their own preferred outcome. Sorry....God has already told us the ending....and it does not fit the Baha’i model at all.
By the power of God this is being established. Just as the Sun of Jesus rose gradually until it encompassed the earth so too will the oneness of all humanity spread all over the world. We believe God made Himself known to all people through different Faiths and that now the time for the ingathering of all humanity has come.
The Bible is at odds with you on that. The gathering of God’s worshippers is along religious lines, with strict boundaries about what is acceptable to God and what is not.
Jesus was clear....those “not doing the will of his Father” will not be citizens of the Kingdom. (Matthew 7:21-23) Interfaith is not ever promoted in the Bible and it will never be tolerated by the true God because of who created all religion in opposition to Yahweh.
Christ spoke of this day when He mentioned that there would be one Shepherd and One Fold and those who were not in the fold would be brought together. We believe this refers to all religions becoming united under belief in one God.
That is not even close to what Jesus said. Jesus was Jewish and he referred to himself as the “Fine Shepherd” who would bring his sheep out of a corrupted religious system and into a new fold. That particular fold was chosen for rulership in heaven, but because they were a limited number, there were “other sheep” who would come into his fold, who were not destined for heaven, but who would become citizens of God’s Kingdom here on earth. All were to be viewed as brothers in Christ, but with different destinies.
They are seen in Revelation 7:2-4; 9-10; 13-14 as an unnumbered “great crowd” standing apart from the 144,000 chosen for heaven. They are survivors of the coming “great tribulation” which is the prelude to the final war of God at Armageddon. Those who are not part of that “great crowd” will be judged as goats.
Today, people from all religions Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian are becoming united into one common Faith, one universal cause which is none other we believe than the Kingdom of God.
Jehovah’s Witnesses can say the same thing. But we recognize that God’s worship is exclusive of any other belief system. There is no such thing as a universal religion in this present system and it is a pipe dream to imagine that religious divisions and hatred could ever be eradicated by human efforts.
God’s Kingdom is not coming in like a lamb, but like a lion. It is going to be introduced by God’s power according to his will, and it will crush all opposers in its wake. (Daniel 2:44)
We believe that just as God spoke through Moses and Jesus, He also spoke through Krishna, Buddha, Muhammad and now the Bab and Baha’u’llah.
We all have free will and we have all been exposed to the truth. Some are drawn to it, others are repelled by it.....that is the divisive nature of it. (Matthew 10:32-39) Jesus said that it is God who draws people to his truth. (John 6:44: 65)
All these religions, not just Christianity have foretold a Great One to Come Who would bring peace and unity to our divided warring world. We believe that is Baha’u’llah.
You are free to believe whatever you wish.....that is just the point. We are all choosing our god and our own future by who and what we choose to believe. The power of God’s word is such that it gets to the core of who we are. We have to demonstrate whose side we are on. (Hebrews 4:12-13; Matthew 12:30)
Prejudices of race, religion and nationality are being questioned and discarded as humanity is discovering that we are all really one. Those who have divided us into warring factions over the centuries - the religious leaders and kings have had their power seized from them and a new Day has dawned when people can read and write and investigate the truth for themselves and no longer follow blind imitation which has divided us one against the another. The wolf and the lamb, the contending sects, races and nations will find peace and live in the utmost harmony.
This is simply not true. If the world is becoming more united it is because of casting off the shackles of religion and adopting atheism because it looks like freedom. Violence and immorality is what this world feeds on....when it’s not real, it is sought in graphic, gratuitous entertainment. Children in schools are more violent and immoral than they have ever been....social media facilitates this more than anything. Only God will put an end to this rot which the Bible ties in with Christ’s return. (Matthew 24:37-39) When he sits in judgment there will be no prisoners. There is only life or death....that’s it...and by our choices we will reap what we have sown.
We believe that this is the day of the coming of age of the entire human race. Of this day Baha’u’llah spoke to the only western person to meet Him, Orientalist, Professor EG Browne...
That all nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled—what harm is there in this? . . . Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the “Most Great Peace” shall come. Do not you in Europe need this also? Is not this that which Christ foretold? Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind. (Baha’u’llah)
Baha’u’llah Is not the one people should be listening to. He is self-proclaimed, with no credential whatsoever except his words. You are free to believe him, but if he is a “minister” of the “angel of light” then don’t expect him to appear to be anything but a saint, telling you what you want to hear.
Sorry, but I see a great con job being served to you people. The reason why you swallow it is because you are
good people who want to believe that this outcome can be achieved as Baha’u’llah says it will......but God never said he was going to save “
good” people....he says that he will save
obedient ones. We have to be found “doing the will” of God, not following the words of a false prophet because of having our “ears tickled”. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)
That is how I see things from the Bible.
