Bahá'í
Faith and Other Religions
Each of the world's major religions contain prophecies foretelling
the coming of a Promised One. Each of the great world religions'
Founders either promised to send another like himself, personally
return himself, or in some instances... promised to do both.
For example, Christians await the return of Christ and the coming
of "another comforter." The Jewish scriptures foretell the coming
of "another Prophet" like Moses and Elijah's return from heaven.
Many Moslems await the appearance of Mahdi and Meseeh. Krishna promised
to personally return from age to age. Buddha said that he was not
the first Buddha ever to appear and that another "supremely enlightened"
Buddha was still yet to come. Zoroastrian prophecies foretell the
coming of a "World-renovator." Native American prophecies foretell
the coming of a bearded white man from the east who will bring teachings
which will restore the "hoop of unity."
Each religion, in its own way, has foretold the coming of a great
'religion restoring', 'world uniting', 'peace bringing' Messiah.
For centuries, people from all over the world have been hoping and
praying that they will be the generation which will witness the
appearance of their Promised One. Not many have considered the possibility
that these prophecies from the various religions might actually
all be foretelling the exact same event.
Members of the Baha'i Faith believe that in the middle of the last
century these prophecies actually were fulfilled and that the Promised
One truly did appear. Baha'u'llah,
the Prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith, claims to be the Promised
One whose coming was explicitly foretold, not only in the Old and
the New Testaments... but also in the prophecies of the Buddhist,
Hindu, Islamic, Zoroastrian, and other religions.
If Baha'u'llah
truly is the Promised One, then His appearance is one of the greatest
events of human history. Are Baha'u'llah's claim true? How can we
know for certain? Just take a look at some of the proofs and prophecies...
and then decide for yourself.
The links above take you to the Prophecy Fullfilled
Web page, which publishes inteteresting articles that contain thought-provoking
insights into the Writings of other religions.
To access an abundance of the Baha'i Sacred Writings online,
visit the Baha'i
Reference Library.
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