THE FIRST PROPHET OF THE NEW AGE

[DJ,DZ]ITEM DZ01...BAHA’U’LLAH [THE MESSIAH] Baha’is of Canada $15

Baha’u’llah (1817-1892) was a Persian who claimed direct descent from Abraham, Zoroaster, and Jesse (King David’s father) and that he was the legitimate Sassanid King.  On May 2, 1863, he also first claimed to be the promised Messiah of six major religions, specifically fulfilling:

1]the expectations of Jews for an incarnation of the Everlasting Father [Isaiah 9:6]

2]the expectations of Christians for an incarnation of the Comforter [John 14]

3]Zoroastrianism’s expectation of an incarnation of Varjavand

4]Shiite Islam’s expectation of an incarnation of Imam Hasayn

5]Sunni Islam’s expectation of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ [called Isa in their religion – this is a belief they currently more fervently hold than the Christians who also await the Second Coming], and

6]Babism’s expectation of “He whom God shall make manifest”.

Baha’u’llah did not himself claim, but his followers do, that he was the tenth and final incarnation of Hinduism’s God Vishnu and that he was Maitreya Buddhism’s prophesied Dharmic Buddha.

Baha’u’llah spent almost half a century in jail, exile or house arrest, during which time he wrote prolifically, producing triple the sacred writing produced by all six of his messianic religions combined – more than 15,000 items were written [only a small fraction has been translated into English to date].  Although his exile or imprisonment was occasionally under harsh conditions, it was generally under far better conditions than other prisoners because Baha’u’llah was in receipt of political support at the ambassadorial level from the psychics and spiritualists of the Russian royal court and from the English squawk centred on Cambridge University [those two groups being the ultimate source of today’s New Age movement].  He corresponded with major world leaders, Pope Pius IX being one of those who rejected official conversion to the new religion.

Baha’u’llah fostered a one-world government for peace and prosperity, disarmament, the unification of all religions, the renunciation of materialism, the conciliation of civil disputes, enlightenment, tolerance, and love.  Although he was physically the fulfillment of all messiahships, henceforth everyone can be spiritually their own messiah.  Thus, Baha’u’llah is truly the First Prophet of the New Age.

This book is a brief highlighting and summary of Baha’u’llah’s teachings, prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Canada for propaganda purposes on the 100^th anniversary of their god’s death.  Resurrection is not currently anticipated.

ISBN 0888670672; 65 pages; 1991 paperback; some cover wear, otherwise good.