Some Answered Questions
Some Christian Subjects
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The Second Coming Of Christ And
The Day Of Judgment
It is said in the Holy Books that Christ will come again, and that His coming depends upon the fulfillment of certain signs: when He comes, it will be with these signs. For example, “The sun will be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven.... And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
1 Bahá’u’lláh has explained these verses in the
Kitáb-i-Íqán.
2 There is no need of repetition; refer to it, and you will understand these sayings.
But I have something further to say upon this subject. At His first coming Christ also came from heaven, as it is explicitly stated in the
Gospel. Christ Himself says: “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
3It is clear to all that Christ came from heaven, although apparently He came from the womb of Mary. At the first coming He came from heaven, though apparently from the womb; in the same way, also, at His second coming He will come from heaven, though apparently from the
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