Clearly, it is not the corruptible Jesus that comes in glory, but the risen and glorified Son of Man. This only adds weight to the argument that it cannot be Baha'ullah, who was without question a 'flesh and blood' man. Why would the risen Christ reappear in flesh?
The Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory was not slated to be Jesus, it was Baha’u’llah.
I explained why it could not be Jesus on this thread:
Who is the Son of man who will come in the clouds of heaven?
Indeed, why would the risen Christ reappear in flesh given that Jesus was raised in a spiritual body, not on a physical body, which is what it means to be “raised in glory.”
1 Corinthians 15 New Living Translation
40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
Baha’u’llah was not the reappearance of Jesus in the flesh; He was the reappearance of the Christ Spirit in the flesh.
Hebrews 9:27,28. 'And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and
unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.'
That’s correct. As I said above the Christ Spirit did appear a second time in Baha’u’llah and those who looked for Him recognized Him.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die = Jesus
but after this the judgment = Baha’u’llah
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many = Jesus
and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation = Baha’u’llah
(without sin because Jesus already died for our sins).
Sometimes it amazes me just how accurate the Bible is.
So, there may be some truth in your belief that the Son of Man will not appear again....because those that are not HIS OWN will not see him. This may be the sad truth of God's judgement.
You are right that the Son of Man, Jesus, will not appear again, but one ‘like’ the Son of Man was prophesied to appear.
Daniel 7:13-14 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Jesus
ascended into heaven in the clouds. Baha’u’llah,
one like a son of man,
descended from the clouds of heaven of the Will of God, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. These verses are about an earthly Kingdom, not a heavenly Kingdom. Jesus’ Kingdom was in heaven, Baha’u’llah’s Kingdom was on earth.
And that’s what all the verses that say that the Son of Man will come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory are referring to. (Mark 13:26, Mark 14:62, Matthew 24:30, Matthew 26:64)
Look how beautifully these two verses below fit together. When Jesus answered the question posed to Him in verse 63, in verse 64 he intimated that He was the Christ, the Son of God; but then Jesus said that
hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. In verse 64, Jesus was not referring to Himself, He was referring to Baha’u’llah.
Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
This is what it says in Matthew's Gospel: 'Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.'
Even if the coming of the Son of Man is a spiritual and glorified coming [
Matthew 24:27], it will still be marked by certain visible events, notably a sign in heaven and a rapture of saints. As it says in
Matthew 24:40, 'Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.'
You are correct. It was a spiritual and glorified coming but it was also marked by certain visible events.
It just so happens that I posted a thread entitled
Son of Man Coming in the Clouds on my forum over six years ago, so I will copy it and paste it here.
“And now, concerning His words: “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven.”
By these words it is meant that when the sun of the heavenly teachings hath been eclipsed, the stars of the divinely-established laws have fallen, and the moon of true knowledge—the educator of mankind—hath been obscured; when the standards of guidance and felicity have been reversed, and the morn of truth and righteousness hath sunk in night, then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in heaven. By “heaven” is meant the visible heaven, inasmuch as when the hour draweth nigh on which the Day-star of the heaven of justice shall be made manifest, and the Ark of divine guidance shall sail upon the sea of glory, a star will appear in the heaven, heralding unto its people the advent of that most great light. In like manner, in the invisible heaven a star shall be made manifest who, unto the peoples of the earth, shall act as a harbinger of the break of that true and exalted Morn.
These twofold signs, in the visible and the invisible heaven, have announced the Revelation of each of the Prophets of God, as is commonly believed.
Among the Prophets was
Abraham, the Friend of God. Ere He manifested Himself, Nimrod dreamed a dream. Thereupon, he summoned the soothsayers, who informed him of the rise of a star in the heaven. Likewise, there appeared a herald who announced throughout the land the coming of Abraham.
After Him came
Moses, He Who held converse with God. The soothsayers of His time warned Pharaoh in these terms: “A star hath risen in the heaven, and lo! it foreshadoweth the conception of a Child Who holdeth your fate and the fate of your people in His hand.” In like manner, there appeared a sage who, in the darkness of the night, brought tidings of joy unto the people of Israel, imparting consolation to their souls, and assurance to their hearts. To this testify the records of the sacred books.
In like manner, when the hour of the Revelation of
Jesus drew nigh, a few of the Magi, aware that the star of Jesus had appeared in heaven, sought and followed it, till they came unto the city which was the seat of the Kingdom of Herod. The sway of his sovereignty in those days embraced the whole of that land.”
The Kitáb-i-Íqán, pp. 61-64
“And now concerning this wondrous and most exalted Cause. Know thou verily that many an astronomer hath announced the appearance of its star in the visible heaven. Likewise, there appeared on earth Ahmad and Kázim,
26 those twin resplendent lights—may God sanctify their resting-place!”
The Kitáb-i-Íqán, p. 66
