We ain't seen nothin' yet!
We see the UN as "the image of the wild beast"...a toothless tiger for most of its useless existence as an organization for keeping global peace. But we expect that we will eventually see this entity given some real teeth in the near future.
"Babylon the great" will be destroyed and "the great tribulation" will begin......this will be followed by the manifestation of Jesus Christ which will be seen by all humanity, according to Luke.
Luke 21:25-31:
“Also, there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea and its agitation. 26 People will become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But as these things start to occur, stand up straight and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is getting near.”
29 With that he told them an illustration: “Notice the fig tree and all the other trees. 30 When they are budding, you see it for yourselves and know that now the summer is near. 31 Likewise also you, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near."
The sign that Jesus gave to indicate his "presence" (parousia) was to identify the time when he began ruling as king. It was not a visible event but something Daniel wrote about over 500 years before Jesus was even born. (Daniel 7:13-14)
The kingdom will come by God, not by any man. (Daniel 2:44)
http://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/some-answered-questions/#f=f5-234
I'm sorry but I do not accept Baha'i reference works as scripture. There is only one Bible for Christians. We need nothing to be added by anyone else.
The book of Revelation takes us a thousand years into the future and much of it's prophesy, we believe, has taken place "in the Lord's day" (from 1914 onward) where John said he was 'transported' to when writing his revelation. What do you perceive the "Lord's day" to be?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Coming#Baha.27i_Faith
That belief requires you to take the word of a man, who by his life and death was nothing like Christ.
This is the shrine to Baha’u’llah, which according to this site...."to his followers, the most sacred spot on Earth."
Baha'u'llah
Can you direct me to a shrine for Jesus Christ?
Can you point me to the Kingdom of God that Christ and his bride bring to the earth so that......."The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”....? (Revelation 21:2-4)
"The Baha’is view Baha’u’llah as the promised Lord of Hosts of the Jews; the reincarnation of Krishna and the Tenth Avatar to the Hindus; the fifth Buddha, named Maitreye, the Buddha of universal fellowship to the Buddhists; the return of Christ “in the glory of the Father” to the Christians; the return of the Imam Husayn to the Shi’a Muslims; the descent of the “Spirit of God” to the Sunnis."
Wow! What a grandiose claim! And how do you confirm that he is all he claimed to be? Whose word do you have for that?
"Raised in his father’s Islamic faith, Baha’u’llah broke away from those traditions by becoming a Babi, the revolutionary new belief that promised the advent of a messenger from God who would unite the world’s peoples, nations and religions"
Jesus said that 'salvation originated with the Jews', (John 4:22) not Islam....not Baba, not Baha’u’llah.
Jesus Christ is the founder of my faith....I recognize no other.
I will never recognize any other prophet as a teacher for Christians, except Jesus Christ....sorry.
As the apostle Paul said.....
Hebrews 1:1-4:
"Long ago God spoke to our forefathers by means of the prophets on many occasions and in many ways. 2 Now at the end of these days he has spoken to us by means of a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the systems of things. 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact representation of his very being, and he sustains all things by the word of his power. And after he had made a purification for our sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 4 So he has become better than the angels to the extent that he has inherited a name more excellent than theirs."
Jesus 'sat at the right hand of God' waiting for the further outworking of God' purpose.....to 'place his enemies as a stool for his feet'....then he was to "go subduing in the midst of his enemies". (Psalm 110:1, 2)
There is no other heir.....the kingdom is not in the hands of a dead man.....it is all under the control of the living Christ.
I understand that, but it was foretold by Jesus himself....if you have no reputation as a hated minority in the whole world, then you don't even have a hat in the ring.....who hates Baha'i's? Most people here in Australia have never heard of them.
John 15:18-21:
"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Keep in mind the word I said to you: A slave is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours. 21 But they will do all these things against you on account of my name, because they do not know the One who sent me."
It has to be the same kind of hatred that was endured by Jesus and his early disciples...for doing the same work of bearing witness to God's kingdom as the only hope for mankind....not any man made institutions controlled by God's adversary. (1 John 5:19)
These are the reasons I could never accept the teachings of Baha'i's. You seem to want to be part of this world whereas we have separated ourselves from it, as Jesus instructed.
