The Summons of the Lord of Hosts eBook

Bahá'u'lláh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 233 pages of information about The Summons of the Lord of Hosts.

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts eBook

Bahá'u'lláh
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 233 pages of information about The Summons of the Lord of Hosts.

124 O people!  Hearken unto that which hath been revealed by your All-Glorious Lord, and turn your faces unto God, the Lord of this world and of the world to come.  Thus doth He Who is the Dawning-Place of the Daystar of divine inspiration command you as bidden by the Fashioner of all mankind.  We, verily, have created you for the light, and desire not to abandon you unto the fire.  Come forth, O people, from darkness by the grace of this Sun which hath shone forth above the horizon of divine providence, and turn thereunto with sanctified hearts and assured souls, with seeing eyes and beaming faces.  Thus counselleth you the Supreme Ordainer from the scene of His transcendent glory, that perchance His summons may draw you nigh unto the Kingdom of His names.

125 Blessed the one who hath remained faithful to the Covenant of God, and woe betide him who hath broken it and disbelieved in Him, the Knower of secrets.  Say:  This is the Day of Bounty!  Bestir yourselves that I may make you monarchs in the realms of My Kingdom.  If ye follow Me, ye shall behold that which ye were promised, and I will make you My companions in the dominion of My majesty and the intimates of My beauty in the heaven of My power forevermore.  If ye rebel against Me, I will in My clemency endure it patiently, that haply ye may awaken and rise up from the couch of heedlessness.  Thus hath My mercy encompassed you.  Fear ye God and follow not in the ways of those who have turned away from His face, though they invoke His name in the daytime and in the night season.

126 Verily, the day of ingathering is come, and all things have been separated from each other.  He hath stored away that which He chose in the vessels of justice, and cast into fire that which befitteth it.  Thus hath it been decreed by your Lord, the Mighty, the Loving, in this promised Day.  He, verily, ordaineth what He pleaseth.  There is none other God save He, the Almighty, the All-Compelling.  The desire of the Divine Sifter hath been to store up every good thing for Mine own Self.  Naught hath He spoken save to acquaint you with My Cause and to guide you to the path of Him whose mention hath adorned all the sacred Books.

127 Say:  O concourse of Christians!  We have, on a previous occasion, revealed Ourself unto you, and ye recognized Me not.  This is yet another occasion vouchsafed unto you.  This is the Day of God; turn ye unto Him.  He, verily, hath come down from heaven even as He came down the first time, and He desireth to shelter you beneath the shade of His mercy.  He, verily, is the Exalted, the Mighty, the Supreme Helper.  The Beloved One loveth not that ye be consumed with the fire of your desires.  Were ye to be shut out as by a veil from Him, this would be for no other reason than your own waywardness and ignorance.  Ye make mention of Me, and know Me not.  Ye call upon Me, and are heedless of My Revelation, notwithstanding that I came unto you from the heaven of pre-existence with surpassing glory.  Rend the veils asunder in My name and through the power of My sovereignty that ye may discover a path unto your Lord.

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