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The fact that the Baha'is see themselves as spiritually awakened and the rest of the world as spiritually asleep does not engender in them a sense of superiority, neither does it lead to complacency through a feeling that they have been "saved" and have therefore fulfilled their purpose in life. On the contrary, as in the case of the early Christians, although words cannot express the gratitude to God which fills their hearts, their conscious knowledge of the gift they have been given produces a profound sense of urgency and responsibility to their fellow man. For it is they, themselves, who must awaken the masses of humanity to the light of God's Message; they themselves, who must "teach all nations" . Throughout the history of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'is have sacrificed their lives and their lifetimes to bring the Message of Baha'u'llah to humanity (106:1) Baha'is believe that Christ has returned, that He has come in a way which no one could have predicted, and that His coming is not only for Christians, but for the salvation of all the peoples of the world. The more we ponder the First Coming of Christ and the response of human beings to it, the more we can understand the Second Coming of Christ and the response of human beings to it (106:2) As in the case of His First Coming, His followers are able to recognize Him at the Second Coming, but the rest of the world for the most part still fails to recognize and accept the One Promised in their own scriptures (106:3) Not surprisingly, the more we ponder the First Coming of Christ, the more we realize why humanity has failed to realize the real meaning of the Second Coming, why it has yet to properly acknowledge and appreciate the stupendous Revelation which has been promised it down through the ages and which has now been conferred upon it, but which it so strangely and willfully refuses to accept (106:4) It would not be the first time, and it probably will not be the last time, that humanity has complained to God and demanded an answer to the problems and perplexities of life, the suffering and the sorrow of the world, and then obstinately refused to listen when God granted the answer
(106:5)
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