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This process, by which mankind will enter into universal religious fellowship, Baha'u'llah viewed, not as a supplanting of the Faiths of the world with a new one, but rather as the long awaited fulfillment of all of them. Religion, He says, is one evolving story, which has been revealed to humanity progressively, throughout the ages. The Founders of the great religious systems have appeared to different segments of humanity, in different ages, with messages differing according to the maturity of man, and the requirements of the times, but they have, essentially, unfolded the same religion: (161:6) It is clear and evident to thee that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Cause of God, Who have appeared clothed in divers attire. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold Them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith. Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 52
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