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HE WILL SEND FORTH HIS ANGELS-- 31)And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect (131:1) ..(24:31) The Meaning of Angels Christians who believe that Jesus' Olivet Discourse is not about the return of Christ but about the coming victory of Christ through the establishment of the Church, believe that the 'gathering together of the elect' refers to the missionary outreach of the Church. That is, it represents the process of Christians (angels) travelling throughout the earth and converting (gathering together) new persons (His elect) to the cause of Christ. (131:2) The more commonly-accepted view argues that the gathering together of the elect refers to angels of Christ bringing together all the true Christians at the time of Christ's return. This view coincides with Baha'u'llah's explanation: (131:3) And now, concerning His words: 'And He shall send His angels...' By 'angels' is meant those who, reinforced by the power of the spirit, have consumed, with the fire of the love of God, all human traits and limitations, and have clothed themselves with the attributes of the most exalted Beings and of the Cherubim.
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