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As the development of humanity has no end, revelation, too, cannot be final. In this sense religious truth is not absolute but relative. The phenomenon of religions is created by these divine acts of revelation which are progressive and recur in cycles: all the great religions of humanity are divine in their origin and are reflections of the one truth, however little their present form may testify to this. In the common heart of all the religions their unity can be seen. Having grasped this fact, one can see its consequence: Baha'u'llah is not the last of God's messengers. In the new age introduced by him the "Gates of Mercy" will be opened, whenever it pleases God to do so, until "the end that hath no end".
(124:1)
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