Mirza Husayn Alí Núrí (1817-1892)
Dear Christian,
Do you believe that Jesus died for your sins and mine~indeed all the sins of mankind~ upon the Cross of Calvary, and is the Very Savior of Man?
SO DO WE!
Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, born of a virgin by a miraculous act of God?
SO DO WE!
Do you believe that Jesus arose from the dead, appeared to His disciples, and ascended into Heaven to be at the right-hand of the Father?
SO DO WE!
Who are "WE"?
We are the Baha'is ("Bah-highz"); the followers of Baha'u'llah ("Bah-HAH-o-LAH").There are over 7 million of us in over 200 countries and territories in the world today.
Q. Who is this Baha'u'llah?
A. He is THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH that Jesus promised His disciples would come and teach us "all things" as pertaining to the Kingdom of God on earth!
The Lord of the Vineyard
He is the 'Lord of the Vineyard' that Jesus said would come to the Vineyard (The Holy Land) sometime after the "Son" was sent to the Vineyard and rejected and killed (Mark 12:1-9). In Jesus' Parable of the Lord of the Vineyard He says that Servants (Prophets) shall be sent to the Vineyard and be beaten, and some killed, then the Lord of the Vineyard would sent "His only beloved Son" to the Vineyard, and He would be rejected and killed, then the 'Lord of the Vineyard' (the Father) would come Himself to the Vineyard. Baha'u'llah identified Himself as the Manifestation of God Who came in the station of the "Father". He was exiled from His native Persia (Iran) to Baghdad, then to Turkey, and finally to the prison city of Akka; in what is now northern Israel. He pitched His tent upon Mount Carmel in the years 1890-91; which signified that the "Kingdom of the Father" had come. In Hebrew, CARM-EL means "Vineyard of God".
Baha'i Faith=Millennial Kingdom
The Baha'i Faith is not a "Church", but an independent World Religion. It seeks to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. The Baha'i Faith accepts Jesus Christ as "the Very Savior of Man". It accepts the Bible as the "Word of God", but not the only Word of God. It accepts Christianity as a True Religion, but not the only True Religion; nor the last Revelation of God for mankind.
Baha'is believe that Baha'u'llah is the Manifestation of God for OUR DAY; meaning our time. We believe He is our "Heavenly Father" come in the flesh; just as the Son did. They believe that the Baha'i Faith is the "Kingdom of the Father" that Jesus spoke about, and that is mentioned in His prayer "Our Father in Heaven, holy be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven."(Luke 11:2 etc.).
Just about ALL Christians believe that JESUS shall come and reign for 1000 years over His Kingdom (referred to often as "The Millennial Kingdom"), but Jesus nowehere says this! The Bible doesn't say this! Jesus preached that the "Father's Kingdom" would come, and it has!
Jesus~the Son of God
Baha'is also accept Jesus as a Manifestation of God and the Only Virgin-born Son of God, but not the ONLY Son of God. Even Adam is referred to as "the Son of God". (Luke 3:38). Jesus is the only Son of God we know of to be born of a virgin. Hense, He is God's Only Virgin-born Son, but not His only Son. All the Manifestations of God are the Sons of God.
Even Paul writes that there are "Sons of God" other than Jesus:
"For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the manifestation of the Sons of God." (Romans 8:10)Adam, in the Gospel of Luke, is called "the Son of God" (Luke 3:38). Jesus is not the "ONLY" Son of God, but the Only Virgin-born Son of God. In that respect He is unique among the Sons of God.
Baha'is are those who not only accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, but they also accept Baha'u'llah as the promised "Spirit of Truth" Who was to come and teach us "all things" pertaining to the Kingdom of God the Father.
There are Baha'is in just about every country on the globe. They belong to almost every ethnic group. Most of them are former Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Nestorians, Jacobites, Coptics, Anglicans, Baptists, Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pentecostals, Christadelphians, Mormons, Muslims, Methodists, Hindus, Sihks, Jains, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, New Agers, Pagans, Wiccans, Animists, Atheists, and Agnostics. They have heard the Words of Baha'u'llah being recited, and they have recognized the Father's Voice and have responded to His call to become "quickeners of mankind".
Salvation for all Humanity
The Message of Baha'u'llah is that Mankind is unjust and sinful and will incure the Wrath of God upon this planet unless the Justice of God is established worldwide.
Humanity's only future and hope as a living species upon this planet is the establishement of the World Order of Baha'u'llah; otherwise known as The New Jerusalem.
The Baha'i Faith is not a sect, or cult, or anti-Christian conspiracy. It is nothing more or less than the fulfillment of Bible prophecy concerning the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth.