The Suffering of the Chosen Ones of God-
How could He have come a second time and once more suffered and been rejected by man? Wasn't all this supposed to be different at His return? Didn't Christ Himself give clear prophecies regarding His triumph? (98:1)

He did, indeed. The fact is, however, that even at His First Coming, the prophecies seemed to point clearly to an earthly and visibly established sovereignty of the Ruler in Israel during His lifetime here on earth (98:2)

The problem is, of course, our interpretation. At His Second Coming, yes, we must believe that He will come "in the clouds" , but the question is, exactly what does this mean? Yes "every eye shall see Him" , but does this have a literal meaning, or a symbolic one? And yes He will reign as "King of kings" , but are we to assume, as those living at the time of His First Coming assumed, that He will rule as an earthly king? (98:3)

Baha'u'llah has explained that the word of God has many meanings. In fact, it can never be exhausted. Human beings tend to reduce the meanings to one, to something that is immediately and easily understandable - in many cases taking a purely literal meaning of those words. The First Coming has shown us, however, that the literal meaning can be very misleading (98:4)

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