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Only the setting and dawning points of the sun change, not the sun itself. The same Spirit, the same Word, which the Bab calls 'the Primal Will,' appears in all great Messengers and Redeemers: (1:14) And know thou that He indeed resembleth the sun. Were the risings of the sun to continue till the end that hath no end, yet there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun; and were its settings to endure for evermore, still there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun. It is this Primal Will which appeareth resplendent in every Prophet and speaketh forth in every revealed Book.4 The Bab (1:15) God is one and indivisible: (1:16) I am...the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Christ (Rev. 21:6) (1:17) Ponder the following verses. They declare that there never has been nor will ever be any Prophet other than the Bab: (1:18) I [the divine Spirit] have appointed Thee to be the Beginning and the End, the Seen and the Hidden. Verily We are the All-Knowing. No one hath been or will ever be invested with prophethood other than Thee, nor hath any sacred Book been or will be revealed unto any one except Thee.5 The Bab (1:19) In our solar system, has there ever been or will there ever be a sun other than the sun? This principle is so powerful, it eliminates every trace of prejudice, separation, and superiority. The following verses show that God Himself is the Savior. Since there is only one God, all those who speak for Him must also be one: (1:20) For I am your Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior...I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. Isaiah 43:3, 11 (1:21) There is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. Isaiah 45:21-22 (1:22) Because of their belief in the oneness of religion and the progressive revelation of truth, Baha'is can communicate with the followers of all great religions. In general, the followers of each of the world's great religions accept only their own Messenger and the ones who came before Him but deny the rest. For instance, Jews accept only three Messengers-- Noah, Abraham, and Moses-- but deny the rest. Christians accept only four Messengers-- Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus-- but deny all the rest. Even the ones they accept, they do not consider equal with Jesus. Baha'is revere, in a spirit of oneness, all great Messengers and Teachers of the past: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah. They also recognize Buddha, Zoroaster, and Krishna, who are denied by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. (1:23) Baha'u'llah's message of oneness has unified millions from every religion, race, creed, and culture. The new Faith is a laboratory in which the unity of religion has been tested and tried with phenomenal success. It blends the peoples of our planet like threads of light into a tapestry of the utmost beauty and splendor.
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