"These Magi said: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him!” "

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"In like manner, when the hour of the Revelation of Jesus drew nigh, a few of the Magi, aware that the star of Jesus  had appeared in heaven, sought and followed it, till they came unto the city which was the seat of the Kingdom of Herod. The sway of his sovereignty in those days embraced the whole of that land.

These Magi said: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him!”48 When they had searched, they found out that in Bethlehem, in the land of Judea, the Child had been born. This was the sign that was manifested in the visible heaven. As to the sign in the invisible heaven—the heaven of divine knowledge and understanding—it was Yaḥyá, son of Zachariah, who gave unto the people the tidings of the Manifestation of Jesus. Even as He hath revealed: “God announceth Yaḥyá to thee, who shall bear witness unto the Word from God, and a great one and chaste.”49 By the term “Word” is meant Jesus Whose coming Yaḥyá foretold. Moreover, in the heavenly Scriptures it is written: “John the Baptist was preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”50By John is meant Yaḥyá."

~Bahá'u'lláh

Note: 48 - Matthew 2:2
Note: 49 - Qur’án 3:39
Note: 50 - Matthew 3:1–2.

" ... I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image ..."

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"O SON OF MAN! 
Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"I have made death a messenger of joy to thee."

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"O SON OF THE SUPREME! 
I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?"



~Bahá'u'lláh

"Ask not of Me that which We desire not for thee ..."

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"O SON OF SPIRIT! 
Ask not of Me that which We desire not for thee, then be content with what We have ordained for thy sake, for this is that which profiteth thee, if therewith thou dost content thyself."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"Forget all save Me and commune with My spirit."

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF LIGHT! 
Forget all save Me and commune with My spirit. This is of the essence of My command, therefore turn unto it."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself?"

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF SPIRIT! 
I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I molded thee, how dost thou busy thyself with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting."

~Bahá'u'lláh

" ... Rise then unto that for which thou wast created."

© 2017 Chuck Egerton

"O SON OF SPIRIT! 
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created."

~Bahá'u'lláh