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Hendriksen writes: [The] coming of the Son of man is going to occur when it must occur, because morally and spiritually mankind will have deteriorated to such an extent that it will resemble carrion ready to be devoured by vultures. (New Testament Commentary 848) (101:4) In Baha'u'llah's discourse on Matthew 24:29-30, as mentioned earlier, He speaks of the tribulation as a time when the leaders (of religion, in particular), like 'voracious beasts have gathered and preyed upon the carrion of the souls of men' (Certitude 31). This may be a subtle reference to Matthew 24:28. If the vultures are corrupt leaders exploiting the lost souls of humankind, then this is an inevitable condition which, as Scripture indicates, must precede the Second Advent - a subject which the next verse anticipates.
(101:5)
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