In His general letters to the kings of East and West, Baha'u'llah warned that if they ignored His advice, a resistless 'Divine chastisement' would overwhelm them. Absolute monarchy- the standard and time- honoured mode of government during Baha'u'llah's lifetime- has since been transformed by a rising tide of calamities into the quaint relic of a bygone age (179:5)

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He Cometh with Clouds
Gary L Matthews