Reports from Light Bearers
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Mount Zion
I was doing research for the video The Mystery of
God Revealed. I am always amazed at what I find,
and am deeply thankful to God. The religious
scriptures and the history of God is rich and deep,
and God is in everything. Abdul Baha considered it
urgent to build a
temple
in the west and said:
When the Divine Edifice is completed, a most
wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in human
existence... It marks the inception of the Kingdom
of God on Earth.
The Bahai Faith: Its History and Teachings, pg 282,
by
William McElwee Miller |
As the son of
Baha'u'llah, Abdul Baha spent
his childhood at times poor in the streets as his
father was imprisoned. He had experienced ridicule
and rejection at the young age of 8, but he still
had great love for God.
I was reading
copies of a newsletter written for the Bahai Faith
called Star of the West that was released in the
United States between 1912 and 1935.
Abdul Baha wrote for Star of the West 19 times a
year, and in 1912 scheduled a trip to the United
States. At the time, his planned visit to the United
States received much media attention, and he was offered tickets to travel on the Titanic. He
refused to travel in luxury, gave the tickets
away to be sold for charity, and traveled on a
slower boat. When later asked if he knew at the time what was
going to happen, he said Man has intuition. God
protected Abdul Baha so that he could break ground
for the first Bahai Temple in the West located
inWilmette, Illinios, United States.
Over three hundred people gathered from all over the
world on a windy day in May of 1912 for this special
event. All religions were represented as Abdul Baha
used a golden trowel to break the ground for this
new temple. Each person used an axe and shovel on
the ground until all had had the chance. A
photographer captured the moment in which all had
the love of God in their hearts as the wind blew
leaves from the trees into the air, forming what
appears to be an image of
Mount Zion. Afterwards, a seven year plan was
developed to convert people to the Bahai Faith. The
people in that day felt the great joy of the
beginning of the Kingdom, but the Kingdom of God did
not come in Abdul Baha's lifetime. The temple has since
been named one of the
seven wonders of Illinois.
In 1974 on a visit with his cousin, Maitreya (Seventh
Angel of Revelation) walked up the steps of the
Bahai temple in Wilmette, Illinois, and saw the most
beautiful white building with a swastika
(Mystical Paths), the Star of David (Judaism), the
cross (Christianity), the moon and star (Islam), and
the nine pointed star (Bahai Faith) carved on the
pillars. It was in this moment that Maitreya had the
realization that was the beginning of The Greatest
Sign and the teachings of THOTH. In 1982, 70 years
after Abdul Baha used a golden trowel to break
ground for the temple, Maitreya announced his
mission to the world. God is truly amazing in all
things.
Reading the
beautiful words of Abdul Baha's writing and
speeches, I had a deeper appreciation for what has
been given to us with Maitreya, and it has inspired
me to write another essay that is still in progress. For those of us who realize the truth of Maitreya's
teachings, there is a responsibility to humanity and
to God to spread these teachings far and wide. The
internet is large, and many people have not heard
the name Maitreya, and do not associate the name
with the person their religion is expecting. I have
started to compile lists of places to visit in order
to spread the good news, starting with inter-faiths
and then other religions. I continue to talk to
people about the Mission and its teachings, and
there are several people I talk with several times a
month, as I continue spreading the good news. Maitreya
is the Christ. Christ is with us, and God is surely
with Him.
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May God's blessing and grace be with all of you.
All Thanks to God,
Note: The picture above was taken from a copy of
the Star of the West Newsletter that I purchased from
http://www.bahai-education.org/star/. The image of Mount Zion above
the heads of the people in the picture appears to have been created by
the leaves blowing from the trees on a windy day in Wilmette, Illinois.
Note:
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