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Acts 13:34-37 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
Psalm 16:9-10 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Deeje said: This is why I asked you about Jesus' tomb......he was resurrected and it was prophesied in the Psalms that his flesh would not be corrupted in the grave. His remains are not in a tomb. Your prophet's tomb no doubt has his remains in it. There is no way he can be the returned Christ.
Baha’u’llah’s flesh rested in hope. His soul did not go to hell, it went to heaven. Finally, Baha’u’llah did not see corruption.
That he will not “see corruption” has nothing to do with the flesh in the grave.
Baha’u’llah saw no corruption in the sense of the definition below.
1 a
: dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers)
: depravity
b
: inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (such as bribery)
c
: a departure from the original or from what is pure or
correct
Definition of CORRUPTION
Jesus fulfilled some of the Old Testament prophecies but not all of them and that is one reason why Jews rejected Jesus as being the Messiah they were waiting for. But for the sake of argument, let’s just say that Jesus could return as you believe He will.
A prophecy can be fulfilled by more than one person. Prophecies can have manifold meanings, but sometimes they are more specific. Let’s look at just one verse from Isaiah 53 for example.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Jesus and Baha’u’llah both fulfilled the first part of this prophecy (Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin)
“Bahá’u’lláh was twice stoned, once scourged, thrice poisoned, scarred with hundred-pound chains which cut through his flesh and rested upon the bones of his shoulders. He lived a prisoner and an exile for nearly half a century.” Thief in the Night, p. 157
Baha’u’llah sacrificed 30 years of His life for our sins against God:
“May my life be laid down for the transgressions of such as transgress against Thee, for through them the breath of Thy grace and the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness are made known and diffused amongst men. May my inmost being be offered up for the sins of them that have sinned against Thee, for it is as a result of such sins that the Day Star of Thy manifold favors revealeth itself above the horizon of Thy bounty, and the clouds of Thy never-failing providence rain down their gifts upon the realities of all created things.” Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 311
Deeje said: The second coming of Christ was not to be in the flesh.
If the second coming was not to be in the flesh, then there is
no way that Jesus can see His seed.
Jesus’ days were cut short, not prolonged.
Jesus did not and cannot ever fulfill all of this prophecy. (There are other prophecies that Jesus cannot possibly fulfill in this same chapter of Isaiah and other chapters, but I want to focus on this one verse for now, in order to show that all of it cannot apply to Jesus.)
The following happened to Baha’u’llah and as a result of His Coming:
First He had a son and
then He lived into old age, and
then the pleasure of the LORD prospered as a result of His Coming. It all happened in the exact order stated in the verse:
“he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”
Jesus’ physical body is dead so Jesus can never see His seed. Baha’u’llah saw His seed.
“… he shall see his seed …” Isaiah 53:10.
- Bahá’u’lláh did see his ‘seed’. He wrote a special document called the Book of the Covenant, in which he appointed his eldest son to be the Centre of his Faith after his own passing. This very event was also foretold in the prophecies of the Psalms that proclaim:
- “Also I will make him my first-born higher than the kings of the earth … and my covenant shall stand fast with him.” Psalms 89:27, 28
- The ‘first-born’ son of Bahá’u’lláh, was named ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, which means ‘the servant of Bahá’(‘u’lláh). Bahá’u’lláh appointed him as his own successor in his Will and Testament. He called ‘Abdu’l-Bahá the Centre of his Covenant.
Thief in the Night, p. 158
Jesus’ days were not prolonged; they were cut short by the crucifixion. Baha’u’llah’s days were prolonged because He lived into old age.
8. Isaiah’s prophecy continues:
“He (God) shall prolong his days …” Isaiah 53:10.
- Bahá’u’lláh’s days were prolonged. He was born in 1817 and passed away in the Holy Land in 1892. In the last years of his life, Bahá’u’lláh was released from his prison cell. He came out of the prison-city of ‘Akká and walked on the sides of Mount Carmel. His followers came from afar to be with him, and to surround him with their love, fulfilling the words of the prayer of David spoken within a cave: “Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.” Psalms 142:7.
- These events in the valley of ‘Akká with its strong fortress prison had been foreshadowed in Ecclesiastes (4:14):
Thief in the Night, pp. 158-159
