Dear Friends,
I seek you, my people, on every level of my existence in every act of living and of dying, in every way and in every day. We will find each other in ever greater numbers, and we will be one. I was created to know you and to love you with all of my strength and with all of my soul and with all of my might as we grow in deeply and radiantly reflecting back to each other attributes of the Divine Creator whom we were created to know and to worship (Baha'i Daily Obligatory Prayer, and Christ's Two Greatest Commandments).
I will not be weakened anymore by bringing the lasting metal purified in me through embraced suffering (Malachi 3:3) into harmful unions with evanescent clays satisfied with eroding pleasures (Ecclesiastes 8:15) that can only continue to weaken me. In the metaphorical imagery of iron mixed with clay during late world history as described in the book of Daniel, I see this new dimension to the admonish in the Christian dispensation not to be unequally yoked (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). For reference, here is that original metaphor:
Daniel 2:41-44
41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
It is time that Christ's kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The world is far too unjust of a place. Far too many are suffering horrifically. I cannot stand for it any longer. I cannot be part of the pain. I must be part of the solution. And whether it costs me blood, sweet, or tears, I am in. And this is why I write. This is the call, and these are the words of my Lord Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God, who wants me to be a living letter as one of His angels bringing in the new world order:
"Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the ink of light upon the tablet of thy spirit. Should this not be in thy power, then make thine ink the essence of they heart. If this thou canst not do, then write with that crimson ink that hath been shed in My path. Sweeter indeed is this to Me than all else, that its light may endure for ever" (Arabic Hidden Word 71).
Moreover, the Servant of the Glory of God, Abdu'l-Baha, wrote of us becoming God's angels in this manner:
"Ye are the angels, if:
(1) your feet be firm,
(2) your spirits rejoice,
(3) your secret thoughts pure,
(4) your eyes consoled,
(5) your ears opened,
(6) your breasts dilated with joy,
(7) and your souls gladdened,
(8) and if you arise to assist the Covenant,
(9) to resist dissension and to be attracted to the Effulgence!
Oh Great God on High! Find me these angelic friends! Make me such an angelic friend! United us all together to do Thy great work, in the name of Christ Jesus, Baha'u'llah, and all your Manifestations in every time and place!
Amen.
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