Tag: "New Jerusalem"

tag name	New Jerusalem	type:	Religions, Middle Eastern
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/New_Jerusalem
related tags	Book of Revelation (Bible); City of Certitude; Ezekiel (Prophet); Holy of Holies; Jerusalem, Israel; Prophecies
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... the divine Jerusalem has appeared and the Holy of Holies has become manifest. Among the people of true knowledge, the Holy of Holies refers to the essence of the religion of God and His true teachings, which have remained unchanged throughout all the prophetic Dispensations, as was explained previously, while Jerusalem encompasses the reality of the religion of God, which is the Holy of Holies, as well as all the laws, transactions, rites, and material ordinances, which constitute the city. That is why it is called the heavenly Jerusalem. Briefly, in the course of the Dispensation of the Sun of Truth, the lights of God will shine forth with the utmost splendour, and thus the essence of the divine teachings will be realized in the world of being, the darkness of ignorance and folly will be dispelled, the world will become another world, spiritual illumination will encompass all, and hence the Holy of Holies will appear..." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, 11.42 "... the religion of God is described as the Holy City or the New Jerusalem. Clearly, the New Jerusalem which descends from heaven is not a city of stone and lime, of brick and mortar, but is rather the religion of God which descends from heaven and is described as new. For it is obvious that the Jerusalem which is built of stone and mortar does not descend from heaven and is not renewed, but that what is renewed is the religion of God.." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, 13.3 "... The descent of the New Jerusalem denoteth a heavenly Law, that Law which is the guarantor of human happiness and the effulgence of the world of God..." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, 29.7 "... the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Alluded to in the Kitáb-i-Íqán; the principal repository of that Law which the Prophet Isaiah had anticipated, and which the writer of the Apocalypse had described as the “new heaven” and the “new earth,” as “the Tabernacle of God,” as the “Holy City,” as the “Bride,” the “New Jerusalem coming down from God” ..." – Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, pp. 213
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jerusalem; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="New Jerusalem"

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