By God! He Who hath been named YHWH "Jehovah" in the Torah hath come

He (Baha'u'llah) it is Who, in the Old Testament (Torah) hath been named YHWH "Jehovah” …

Text in AQA, Vol. 2, p. 28; trans. Shoghi Effendi, cited in The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah, p. 13 (adapted).

He (Baha'u'llah) it is Who, in the Old Testament (Torah) hath been named YHWH "Jehovah”

In a number of his epistles of the late ‘Akka period, Bahá'u'lláh clearly claimed to be YHWH, the Divinity Who conversed with Moses from the burning bush and whose eschatological advent as “YHWH of hosts” (“the Lord of hosts”) was predicted by the Israelite prophets. In, for example, the following lines addressed to a Jewish convert to the Baha'i Faith named Aqa Jan, Baha'u'llah writes:

The Face of the Ancient One [Baha'u'llah] hath turned towards the sages (hukama) in the Land of al-ha' and al-mim [Hamadan, in Iran] and announceth unto them the glad-tidings of the Ridvan (Paradise) of God, the Lord of all the worlds: “By God! He Who hath been named YHWH "Jehovah" in the Torah hath come.

Translated from an unpublished and uncatalogued manuscript of epistles of Baha'u'llah

No God is there except Me, the Mighty, the Knowing

This is the Day in which He Who cried out on the Mount (munad at-tur) hath held converse and the Lord of Hosts proclaimed before all the world: “No God is there except Me, the Mighty, the Knowing.” ¹ ‘Abdu’l-Baha specifically identified the Biblical “Lord of Hosts” with his father and spoke of the “hosts" as the stalwart members of the Baha’i community. ²

^1. Text in AQA, Vol. 2, p. 28; trans. Shoghi Effendi, cited in The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah, p. 7.
^2. See ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Tablets of the Divine Plan, pp. 17-23 (Let¬ter of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, dated April 19, 20, and 22. 1916).

He (Socrates) is the most distinguished of all philosophers

He is the most distinguished of all philosophers and was highly versed in wisdom...He dissuaded men from worshipping idols and taught them the way of God, the Lord of Mercy, until the ignorant rose up against him. (Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh p 146) Likewise, he praised Empedocles, Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle. (Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh p 147)

...there is no man that sinneth not... We all are sinners

...there is no man that sinneth not... We all are sinners...

‘Abdu’l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 176; see also Abdul-Baha, Selections 138:5 (p. 159); Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations 81:5 (p. 137).

Baha'u'llah is Lord of creation, the movement of Whose Pen hath revolutionized the soul of mankind

Baha’u’llah said : He was the “Lord of creation, the movement of Whose Pen hath revolutionized the soul of mankind.” (Baha’u’llah: The Kitab-i-Aqdas, Page: 39) Also, He spoke of Himself as “He, for Whose sake the world was called into being.” (Baha’u’llah: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Page: 56) Finally, He calls upon us to ‘proclaim’ this new announcement: “Behold, your Well-Beloved hath come among men! . . . Lo, the Adored One hath appeared arrayed in the fullness of His glory!” (Baha’u’llah: Gleanings, Page: 320) and “The Promised Day is come and the Lord of Hosts hath appeared.” (Baha’u’llah: Tablets of Baha'u'llah, Page: 239)

Do the sons recognize the Father, and acknowledge Him, or do they deny Him

Now, I am asking you to renew your faith in Christ Jesus, by recognizing Him Who is the return of that same Jesus. I am bringing you His message that “the Father hath come” and I bring you as well His appeal to Christians: “Tell Me then: Do the sons recognize the Father, and acknowledge Him, or do they deny Him, even as the people aforetime denied Him (Jesus)?

Baha’u’llah: Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, Page: 97