The Creator’s Messengers: Our Letters From the Beloved
By Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff Jan 25, 2025
“The Baha’i teachings say that the purpose of the appearance in history of people like Krishna, Christ, and Baha’u’llah is to reflect the spiritual qualities of God — so that we might behold those qualities in another human being and be able to emulate them.
…I shared one of Baha’u’llah’s explanations about how an unknowable Essence chose to make Itself known:
“The door of the knowledge of the Ancient of Days being thus closed in the face of all beings, the Source of infinite grace, according to His saying: “His grace hath transcended all things; My grace hath encompassed them all” hath caused those luminous Gems of Holiness to appear out of the realm of the spirit, in the noble form of the human temple, and be made manifest unto all men, that they may impart unto the world the mysteries of the unchangeable Being, and tell of the subtleties of His imperishable Essence. These sanctified Mirrors, these Daysprings of ancient glory are one and all the Exponents on earth of Him Who is the central Orb of the universe, its Essence and ultimate Purpose. “
…Christ shares with his disciples, as recorded in Chapter 15 of the Gospel of John, the simple idea that the cause of their connection to God is love — their love for God and their love for each other: “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”