If any one of us stops
his progress in the school of the religion of God,
he will be a failure, but if he believes in progress and wisdom of divine
Manifestations, he will try to qualify himself
in such a way as to
be able to receive a greater measure of knowledge from the
divine Teacher who has
brought the lessons for his age.
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Baha'u'llah has taught
that the foundation of all religion is one. In all the standards
of school one is taught to be honest, to be truthful, to be kind etc. These
fundamental rules don not change when we move into a higher standard.
Be it in the first, second or third standard,
these heavenly attributes
are always praised. They are eternal Truths , true in every
age. These are
the foundations. But the foundation alone is not enough. Something
must be built on this
foundation which will suit our needs in different ages. This is exactly
what the religions
of God do. On the same foundation of truth, which is unchangeable,
they develop knowledge and capacity of man to a higher degree at every
stage of his growth. In doing so they still base
their rules on the foundations of knowledge
taught by the
previous Manifestations
of God, just as the algebra taught in the higher standards of a
school is
based on the elementary arithmetic rules
we study in our childhood.
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Now we are living in
a new cycle of human power which means we are now living in a new
age and have greater
powers and capacities than we have ever had before. Thanks to
the Manifestations of
the past we have been prepared to receive a great measure
of the knowledge of
God through His Mouthpiece for this new age Baha'u'llah.
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Baha'u'llah teaches
us the oneness of God, the oneness of religion and the oneness
of mankind. He has praised
all the prophets of the past and has pointed out to us how all of
Them have given
the glad-tidings that in the fulness of time Their beloved Promised
One
will come. The golden
chain of prophethood has been linked together through
Baha'u'llah. It is a
beautiful story.
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