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Another Comforter (67:0) This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2ti 3:1) (67:1) For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, (2ti 3:2) (67:2) And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (joh 14:16) (67:3) see But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (joh 14:26) (67:4) see And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (mat 24:14) (67:5) see When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:). (mat 24:15) (67:6) see Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:(mat 24:16-20) (67:7) see For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. (mat 24:21-22) (67:8) see Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (mat 24:29) (67:9) see 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. (mat 24:30) (67:10) see And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (mat 24:31) (67:11) see And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. (dan 12:1) (67:12) see Prince of Peace (68:0) Most Christians accept these (prophecies referring to the Prince of Peace).. as applied to Christ; but with regard to similar prophecies about the latter-day Messiah.. take up the same attitude as the Jews, expecting a miraculous display on the material plane which will fulfill the very letter of the prophecies. (ne 214:1) (68:1) ".. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.. upon the throne of David.. to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." (Isa ix:2-7) (ne 214:3) (68:2) see This is one of the prophecies that has often been regarded as referring to Christ, and much of it may quite fairly be thus applied, but a little examination will show how much more fully.. it applies to Bahá'u'lláh.. dealing at great length.. with questions of government and administration, and showing how they may best be solved, has "taken the government upon His shoulders" in a way that Christ never did.. Bahá'u'lláh repeatedly refers to Himself as the manifestation of the Father, of whom Christ and Isaiah spoke, whereas Christ always referred to Himself as the Son; and Bahá'u'lláh declares that His mission is to establish peace on earth, while Christ said: "I came not to send peace but a sword," and.. during the whole of the Christian era wars.. have abounded. (ne 215:1) (68:3) see Prophecy of the Branch
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