The Apocalypse:- At this he soars me in an ecstatic trance over a godless Middle East. Next, I feel greed crazed by violence against the faithful and by violence against the divine Delegates of Jesus. At seeing it, I am bewildered beyond belief. (17:6) Vd see orig At this, Baha'u'llah tells me: John, why be bewildered! I, Baha'u'llah, shall tell you the secret of the greed and of the Muslim brutality that bears it with its seven territories and its ten regimes. (17:7) see orig The Muslim brutality that you saw began with the Umayyad Caliphate. Then it ceased. Then it came back as the Ottoman Sultanate in its spiritual error. It shall be destroyed. Folk living in the Middle East who cannot be acclaimed as living decent lives due to a founding of a militaristic Muslim world order marvel at seeing this brutality-- for it began, then ceased, then came back-- (17:8) Vz see orig -Here indeed deep insight!- As for the Muslim brutality that came, then ceased, this same force drove the eighth Ottoman Empire, as it were of the seven. It also shall be destroyed. (17:11) see orig As for the ten names that you saw, they are ten Qajar shahs, the shahs who had not yet gained sovereign power. They gained power as brutal Qajar rulers in the 1800s. (17:12) Vg see orig These shahs have a single aim. They have devoted their power and authority to brutality. These shahs have fought the Bab. But the Bab has prevailed over them. For he is a Lord of lords and a King of kings. And we his Babi faithful are motivated, select, and true. (17:13) Vh see orig Continuing, he tells me: The nations, crowds, peoples, and language-groups that you see where seductive greed rules are eleven billion people set to populate the planet. (17:15) see orig As for the ten rogue Muslim systems that you saw, as well as their brutality, these shall abhor seductive greed. They shall attack and strip it bare, swallow up its wealth, and destroy it ferociously. For Allah is fueling their fanaticism to carry out His plan, to shoot for a single goal, and to commit their sovereign power to brutality until we Speakers for God, the Bab and I, prevail. (17:16) see orig And the greed that you saw will be the monstrous system that lords it over the leaders of all lands.
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