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Baha'u'llah teaches that with the coming of each prophet of God a new force was released into the world which had the power to transform man as well as the order of things, an impulse which, however, was consumed in the course of history. Man's mental capacity and his cultural situation were relative to his environment and to the time in which he lived. Earthly conditions are constantly changing. All living things, including religions, are exposed to time's process of deterioration. This is why God speaks to mankind anew whenever He pleases: "for every age requireth a fresh measure of the light of God. Every Divine Revelation hath been sent down in a manner that befitted the circumstances of the age in which it hath appeared." (Gl).
(24:1)
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