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Baha’u’llah and the New Era

CHAPTER 15: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
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Not only those on earth, but all in the heavens and on the earth, shall become one in God and rejoice eternally in Him.
Renewal of Religion The state of the world today surely affords ample evidence that, with rare exceptions, people of all religions need to be reawakened to the real meaning of their religion; and that reawakening is an important part of the work of Baha'u'llah.

He comes to make Christians better Christians, to make Muslims real Muslims, to make all men true to the spirit that inspired their Prophets.

He also fulfills the promise made by all these Prophets, of a more glorious Manifestation which was to appear in the "Fullness of Time" to crown and consummate Their labors.

He gives a fuller unfolding of spiritual truths than His predecessors, and reveals the Will of God with regard to all the problems of individual and social life that confront us in the world today.

He gives a universal teaching which affords a firm foundation on which a new and better civilization can be built up, a teaching adapted to the needs of the world in the new era which is now commencing.
Need for New Revelation The unification of the world of humanity, the welding together of the world's different religions, the reconciliation of Religion and Science, the establishment of Universal Peace, of International Arbitration of an International House of Justice, of an International Language, the Emancipation of Women, Universal Education, the abolition not only of Chattel Slavery, but of Industrial Slavery, the Organization of Humanity as a single whole, with due regard to the rights and liberties of each individual--these are problems of gigantic magnitude and stupendous difficulty in relation to which Christians, Muhammadans and adherents of other religions have held and still hold the most diverse and often violently opposed views, but Baha'u'llah has revealed clearly defined principles, the general adoption of which would obviously make the world a paradise.


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