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Napoleon's rejoiner was a contemptuous refusal. Within a year he was defeated as Sedan and lost his empire and his throne. (82:3) Baha'u'llah announced to Pope Pius Ix "He Who is the Lord of Lords is come," and he who is the Rock (meaning Peter), crieth out "Lo, the Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the Kingdom is fulfilled." He bade him "Arise in the name of thy Lord, the God of Mercy, amidst the peoples of the earth, and sieze thou the Cup of Life with the hand of confidence, and first drink thou therefrom, and proffer it then to such as turn towards it amongst the peoples of all faiths... sell all the embellished ornaments thou dost possess and expend them in the path of God... Abandon they kingdom unto the kings, and emerge from thy habitation... speak forth the praises of thy Lord betwixt earth and heaven." (82:4) Baha'u'llah added an appeal couched in language of the warmest love and longing to the followers of Christ, urging them to recognize and flock into the Kingdom of God which others were already entering though they had not the first right to it.
(82:5)
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