GOD'S NEW RELIGION IS EQUIVALENT TO PRICELESS PEARLS

The following biblical prophecies are contained in the last chapter of Revelation, chapter twenty two. They are about to reveal to us that God's new religion, the new Jerusalem that has come down out of Heaven from God, is alike priceless pearls. Its principles will carry mankind far into the new era. We studied those powerful important principles in a previous chapter.

We have already discovered that the Great Spirit sitting on God's throne in the heavenly world was the spirit of Christ. He is also the Glory of God, which literally means Baha'u'llah. He is also the Archangel Michael who has taken on mortality. God's new Messenger came to deliver new teachings to the world in 1853. We then discovered that his coming was prophesied in the fascinating writings of Revelation, which we will soon succeed to unseal in its entirety.

Then he showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the city's street. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, which yields twelve crops of fruit, one for each month of the year ; the leaves of the trees serve for the healing of the nations. Every accursed thing shall disappear.

The throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants shall worship him ; they shall see him face to face, and bear his name on their foreheads. There shall be no more night, nor will they need the light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will give them light; and they shall reign for evermore. Revelation 22 : 1 to 22 : 5

All of those sayings are very symbolically described. Therefore, the many events happening in the heavenly world can only be guessed at. The river that contains the water of spiritual life represents the flow of events occurring before God's throne, it is bringing to our world the much needed new principles.

The tree of spiritual life is God's Messenger or prophet. This time He is bringing to our world twelve crops of fruit, meaning twelve necessary sound principles that are badly needed by all of the people of our world. Revelation has labelled them as 12 priceless pearls.

THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST RETURNS AFTER 2 000 YEARS

Then He said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord God who inspires the prophets has sent his angel to show his servants what must shortly happen. And, remember, I am coming soon!" Revelation 22 : 6

John is now told that the word of God is prophetical as well trustworthy and true. The words given to him by the Lord God himself is what has inspired all of the prophets of past eras and all of His servants. This happened when God sent one of his angelic entities to John to show him what would shortly happen to our world in the very near future, meaning in a short period of time after the spirit of Jesus Christ left this world and returned to Paradise.

The spiritual entity who is the Spirit of Christ says that he is coming real soon. We previously discovered that He did come exactly as prophesied. He was the Glory of God ; he was Michael of Persia ; he was God's great Captain ; but mainly, he was the Spirit of Christ who inhabited a new shell. He was Baha'u'llah who is the founder of the Baha'i Faith, God's new religion for mankind has twelve new principles that we are told are as precious as priceless pearls. Baha'u'llah's coming has also been foretold by many of the prophets of past eras.

The reason for our missing him, at his promised return, is probably the same reason why the Jews missed recognizing Christ at his first coming. Some of the religious teachers of our world are again guilty because they still do not accept anything that does not come from their own mouths, they consider themselves as the sole literal interpreters of God's word and have disregarded the symbolic meaning of many biblical sayings.

When God sends a new Messenger to our world, they will not listen to him nor will they do any research into what he has to say. I have read some material from religious teachers who wrote against the Baha'i religion, what they have said contains proofs in itself that they have never investigated it. Had they investigated it with a true sense of research, they would have discovered the truth and then the people of this world would also have accepted that truth. Have they closed their minds to the truth that is directly under their noses?

It is so easy to criticize new teachings which are the basis of that new religion than it is to search for the real truth which requires a clear purpose, a pure mind, and a pure heart in order to really discover that truth. We have to forget the old for a while and begin searching for the new. God has already given it to us.

Happy is the man who heeds the words of prophecy contained in this book! It is I, John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell in worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me. But he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets and those who heed the words of this book. It is God you must worship."

Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, for the hour of fulfilment is near. Meanwhile, let the evil-doer go on doing evil and the filthy-minded wallow in his filth, but let the good man persevere in his goodness and the dedicated man be true to his dedication. Revelation 22 : 7 to 22 : 11

John says that those who heed to the prophetical sayings contained in these writings will be very happy that they have done so. Then he says that it was him who heard and saw all that is being described in these writings which have been labelled with the name of Revelation. It is truly a divine Revelation, is it not? It is something new which adds to the old teachings that we were previously given and which are thousands of years old. Is it not what mankind presently needs in order to continue its evolution on a much better footing?

Who is the angelic entity who says that he is but a fellow servant with John and his brothers the prophets, and who says that it is God that you must worship? In order to answer that question, we must continue remembering that the visions of Revelation are given to John and to Jesus Christ. That entity cannot be identified presently because not enough information is given. We have no choice but to say that John is mentioned as being a (minor) prophet. The proof is in the saying of Revelation. The message that is addressed to John says : "Your brothers the prophets and those who feed the words of this book".

The Apostle John is the one who wrote down all of those happenings. He wrote down everything he heard and saw in that spiritual Realm. The prophecy says that the hour of fulfilment for the mentioned prophecies was near. We discovered through our research that the prophecies of Revelation began happening soon after Jesus Christ left the scene.

"Yes, I am coming soon, and bringing my recompense with me, to requite everyone according to his deeds! I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Revelation 22 : 12-13

Then the Spirit of Christ, who was the first to animate us, reminded us that he was coming (again) soon. He is the great animating Spirit who is also telling us that he will be the last to do so. Which means that mankind will soon become of age and will no longer need to be told by God's Messengers what he must do.

The twelve principles, given by Christ when he returned under the title of the Glory of God, will sustain man for centuries to come. Baha'u'llah, the Holy Spirit who sits on the heavenly throne, was the beginning of the prophetical cycle. He is also the end of that cycle of happenings. He was the one who could not reveal himself to Moses when he spoke to him in the burning bush because no one would have understood Him. So he said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites that I am that I am".

Had it been possible for him to reveal himself at that time he probably would have said : "I am the Great Spirit who sits on the same Throne as the Almighty God himself. I sit at his right hand, my name is Baha'u'llah. I am also known as the Glory of God. I am (the archangel) Michael, the great spiritual prince of Persia and God's great captain. In the heavenly world, I shine like the sun itself. Therefore, It is said that I am God's greatest spiritual beauty. I am also the one who spoke like the thunder and roared like a lion, it means that I am also one of the four living creatures of Revelation. I am the star of Dawn and the return of the Spirit of Christ, Son of God and Son of man by title. I am the first who animated the great prophets Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mahomet, etc - and I was the last who animated Michael. I am the tree of spiritual life, all of those who wish to be saved spiritually must come through me as I am the only way to spiritual life. You must listen to the new teachings, the new Jerusalem that has descended from heaven (paradise), because most previous teachings given to mankind from the prophets of old have all been corrupted by religious teachers who have given their followers only a literal interpretation of their scriptures.

Happy are those who wash their robes clean! They will have the right to the tree of life and will enter by the gates of the city. Outside are dogs, sorcerers and fornicators, murderers and idolaters, and all who love and practice deceit. Revelation 22 : 14-15

Happy are those who lead a clean life because they will discover who the tree of spiritual life is, they will also enter that new city which is the new Jerusalem that descended from God, meaning they will now accept God's new teachings. They will become believers and be amongst those who believe that the word of God has been renewed. In other words, they will enter into that city (that new religion) by its gates, meaning through its much needed new principles.

All of those who love to practice deceit will not be allowed in to the new city, they are those who continuously break God's commandments and who have no desire to become anything but beastly. Like mad dogs they will be kept on the outside of this new city which is this new God sent religion.

I, Jesus Christ, have sent my angel to you with the testimony for the churches. I am the scion and offspring of David, the bright star of Dawn." Revelation 22 : 16

It is God who is supposed to be speaking to the spirit of John and to that of Jesus Christ. Then why is the paragraph saying I Jesus Christ instead of I the Lord your God? It is God who sent His angelic entity to John. It is obviously another corruption of the original writings of the Bible, we shall discover others as we proceed with our research. The spirit who spoke to John is the Holy Spirit which the bible mentions in many places. We have discovered that the great Spirit who shares the same throne as God himself is the returned Christ whose name is Baha'u'llah, He has been there since the beginning of time.

It is another corrupted paragraph. The prophecy, that was most probably re-written by the first Christian writers, should most probably read :

I, the Lord your God, have sent my angel to you with the testimony for the churches (religions).

Baha'u'llah, the Great Spirit who sits on God's throne, is the one who animated the first earthly prophet to the new race of mankind, who was Abraham. He then animated all of the prophets who came after him. He was the last, he came himself as the great Spirit in the person of Baha'u'llah. He is God's right hand Spirit, He is the one who shares the same throne as the Almighty Himself. He is the Alpha and He is also the Omega, he is the beginning and He is also the end of a great prophetical cycle.

Baha'u'llah is the one mentioned in chapter one, it says that He looks like a son of man and that He has a golden girdle around his waist. He is the one who has hair as white as snow and has eyes that flame like fire. He is also the one who has feet which resembles burnished brass. His voice is a very powerful voice that sounds like rushing waters. His countenance is like that of rare gems, He shines like the sun itself.

His name is Baha'u'llah and He is God's greatest spiritual beauty. He is the return of the Spirit of Christ and He came to us like a thief in the night, He came to us exactly as prophesied. He gave new teachings to the world and then He died and left this world once again. He is also the star of dawn who came to illuminate humanity spiritually similarly to that of a morning star.

How many of you will accept him as being the Greatest as well as the promised one of all ages? A few million people from various countries of our world have already accepted him, they are mostly those who have searched for him. The majority of the people who have accepted Him are mostly from India, millions of them. If the people of this world continue to believe only in what some religious teachers of old world religions teach them, then they will never discover the real truth which will continue to evade them for years and perhaps for eras and eras to come.

"Come!" say the spirit and the bride."Come!" Let each hearer reply. Come forward, you who are thirsty; accept the water of life, a free gift to all who desire it. Revelation 22 : 17

All the listeners of prophecy are then invited to come forward and accept the water of spiritual life that will quench their thirst. That water represents the twelve new principles. It is a free gift from God and it is given to all those who desire it. It is what our world needs badly at the present time, is it not?

For my part, I give this warning to everyone who is listening to the words of prophecy in this book : should anyone add to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book; should anyone take away from the words in this book of prophecy, God will take away from his share in the tree of life and the Holy City, described in this book. He who gives this testimony speaks; "Yes, I am coming soon!" Amen. Come Lord Jesus Christ! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Revelation 22 : 18 to 22 : 21

I strongly suspect that the above paragraph was fabricated so that the early Christian fathers could perhaps hide the fact that they have added and deleted certain words and certain paragraphs from the writings known to us as Revelation. It does not make any sense because it says "I am coming soon" and then it says "come Lord Jesus Christ! That paragraph can only be a fabrication, another corruption of the Word of God.

Jesus Christ told us, in the 24th chapter of the Apostle Matthew, that He was coming back soon. Those of us who have searched for him already know that He Has already returned with a new name, exactly like He said He would. Baha'u'llah is a very strange name indeed, the people of this world still have trouble accepting it. In many of His writings, Baha'u'llah addressed the people of the world, saying, "Is it because of my (strange) name that you cannot accept me" (as God's new envoy). The Baha'i faith is not a sect of any existing religions because it is brand new and its principles, which have descended from God, are also brand new. It is the city of God, it is the new Jerusalem that has come down from heaven. This is not Christianity being explained in a different way. It is the culmination of various prophecies that may be found in most major world religions. How about it, searcher of the truth, are you willing to spend a little bit of your spare time to investigate it? What have you got to lose? I promise you that you will gain greater spiritual insight, should you continue your investigation so that you may discover greater truth.

The Spirit of Christ returned to this world in 1853. He returned exactly as it was prophesied in biblical writings and as it was decreed by God himself. His strange new name is Baha'u'llah, He is the one who came to us with new teachings for mankind. It has been a well hidden prophetical secret, has it not? I think so, it most certainly has and I was most amazed when I discovered it. Did I not promise to reveal to you the strange name of the Holy Spirit who also sits on God's heavenly throne? I did exactly as It was promised, are you capable of accepting it? Will you carry out your own investigation into this new truth and perhaps discover even more than I did?

Everything which has been described to you in these presentations is the result of many years (since 1970) of personal research. They were not written in order to try and sell or make you accept another religion without your investigation. May God forbid such a thing. No, It was written in order to help those who read such presentations and who may be searching for greater truth.

Should you decide to become a member of that new world religion, after you have studied it very carefully, the decision must be your own and nobody else's. Should you finally make that decision, make sure that you study everything very thoroughly first and that you do not go in unprepared no matter what anyone tells you.

Before you get yourselves involved in something new, make sure that you know what they will be expecting of you, do not go in too soon no matter how anxious you or they may be because you may not be ready. Do not be afraid to ask questions and more questions, insuring that you get some reasonably good answers.

This particular presentation was written because I love to search for the truth and I also wish to share my findings with everyone who may be searching for new truths. This was done before my spirit decides to leave this world and returns to its abode in the spiritual Realm. This will be soon because I have recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The results of this research, which are contained in this paper, is the proof that the truth often remains hidden from us and that it can only be discovered by beginning to do a personal search of that truth. We must attempt not to make the same mistakes as our forefathers did. The people of the past, our ancestors, accepted religious teachings given to them by their religious teachers but most of them did it without asking any valid questions.

If we continue to do the same thing which is to accept some old religious principles that no longer have a leg to stand on, or principles that do not make any sense or that are against the law of the land, we shall fall into the same trap as our ancestors did. The eldest son of Baha'u'llah, the Branch from the most of Holy trees, has told us that anything which does not make sense we are not obliged to accept. I strongly believe that he was trying to tell us that we should reject anything that resembles fairy tales. God knows that we have been given many in the past.

He also recommends that all nonsense should be rejected by the people of this world. Most religions of the past went astray almost immediately after they were given to humanity, so says John in his writings of Revelation. It is what God has attempted to tell us in those writings which are described to us so well, in a symbolic language that has yet to be understood by the majority of the people of this world.

Many of the past religions obviously when astray when they started changing or adding principles or laws that do not make any sense. Many churches also became very ritualistic. Many religious teachers often put a heavy burden on their own flock, financial or otherwise. The time will come for all of mankind to take the reins of religion into their own hands and to lay aside all of the nonsense and the fairy tales that does not belong to it.

It is God's will that mankind should be more aware what religion teaches. It is the reason why He has warned us so strongly in the writings of Revelation. Perhaps his warnings are also part of the seven thunders that John was told not to reveal, perhaps God wanted us to figure this one out by ourselves. We will shortly study whatever the seven thunders of chapter ten had to tell us. I am certain that many people are not ready to accept such messages, especially certain people who label themselves as being very religious and who are very impatient and very inappropriate in their actions against other people who have less knowledge than they do. Those religious intolerants are those who know how to hide their own sins in the closet, they know how to do that very well. They also accept false information concerning certain people, propagating lies and destroying the reputation of others they dislike. They are the abomination of the earth. I have also discovered that some governments are attempting to eradicate these new teachings by giving out false information to the people of this new religion so that they begin to hate one another. God will intervene as He has done it in the past, He will not allow the new teachings to be destroyed by certain governmental agencies, by religious organisations or by anyone else.

* LEADERS OF RELIGION, IN EVERY AGE, HAVE...

Baha'u'llah, the returned Christ, has given us strong warnings pertaining to the false teachings given us by the religious teachers of the past:

* Leaders of religion, in every age, have hindered their people from attaining the shores of eternal salvation, inasmuch as they held the reins of authority in their mighty grasp. Some for the lust of leadership, others through want of knowledge and understanding, have been the cause of the deprivation of the people. By their sanction and authority, every Prophet of God has drunk from the chalice of sacrifice, and winged His flight unto the heights of glory. What unspeakable cruelties they that have occupied the seats of authority and learning have inflicted upon the true Monarchs of the world, those Gems of divine virtue! Content with a transitory dominion, they have deprived themselves of an everlasting sovereignty. Thus, their eyes beheld not the light of the countenance of the Well-Beloved, nor did their ears hearken unto the sweet melodies of the Bird of Desire. For this reason, in all sacred books mention has been made of the divines of every age.
Thus He said :
* "O people of the Book! Why disbelieve the signs of God to which you yourselves have been witnesses?"

He also said :

* "O people of the Book! Why clothe the truth with falsehood? Why wittingly hide the truth?"
Again, He said :
* "Say, O people of the Book! Why repel believers from the way of God?" It is evident that by the "people of the Book," who have repelled their fellow-men from the straight path of God, is meant none other than the divines (the religious teachers) of that age, whose names and character have been revealed in the sacred books, and alluded to in the verses and traditions recorded therein, were you to observe with the eye of God.

RELIGIOUS TEACHERS

We previously discovered that Jesus Christ was most probably a Jewish Rabbi, one of the proof was found in the writings of Matthew. For that reason, He was allowed to teach in the Jewish Temples and in their Synagogues. The following paragraphs contains a statement concerning many of the Jewish religious teachers of His time. He most probably made that mention while teaching in one of those Synagogues. Do you understand why the Jewish high priests hated Him so much? It would seem that He spoke out against them in their own Houses of worship.

Jesus then addressed the people and his disciples in these words: "The doctors of the law and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses; therefore do what they tell you; pay attention to their words. But do not follow their practice; for they say one thing and do another. They make up heavy packs and pile them on men's shoulders, but will not raise a finger to lift the load themselves. Whatever they do is done for show. They go about with broad phylacteries and with large tassels on their robes; they like to have places of honour at feasts and the chief seats in synagogues, to be greeted respectfully in the street, and to be addressed as "Rabbi". Matthew 23 : 1 to 23 : 7

'Alas, alas for you, lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces; you do not enter yourselves, and when others are entering, you stop them. 'Alas for you lawyers and pharisees, hypocrites! you travel over sea and land to win one convert; and when you have won him you make him twice as fit for hell as you are yourselves.

'Alas for you, blind guides! You say, "If a man swears by the sanctuary, that is nothing; but if he swears by the gold in the sanctuary, he is bound by his oath." Blind fools! Which is the more important, the gold, or the sanctuary which sanctifies the gold? Or you say, "If a man swears by the altar, that is nothing; but if he swears by the offering that lies on the altar, he is bound by his oath." What blindness! Which is the more important, the offering, or the altar which sanctifies it? To swear by the altar, then, is to swear both by the altar and by whatever lies on it; to swear by the sanctuary is to swear both by the sanctuary and by him who dwells there; and to swear by heaven is to swear both by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

'Alas for you, lawyers and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin; but you have overlooked the weightier demands of the Law, justice, mercy, and good faith. It is these you should have practised, without neglecting the others. Blind guides! You strain off a midge, you gulp down a camel !

'Alas for you, lawyers and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of cup and dish, which you have filled inside by robbery and self indulgence! Blind Pharisee! Clean the inside of the cup first; then the outside will be clean also.

'Alas for you, lawyers and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like tombs covered with whitewash; they look well from outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all kinds of filth. So it is with you : outside you look like honest men, but inside you are brim-full of hypocrisy and crime.

'Alas for you, lawyers and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build up the tombs of the prophets and embellish the monuments of the saints, and you say, "If we had been alive in our father's time, we should never have taken part with them in the murder of the prophets." So you acknowledge that you are the sons of the men who killed the prophets. Go on then, finish off what your fathers began! Matthew 23 : 13 to 23 : 32

Those messages of condemnation were addressed to Jewish religious teachers. They are mentioned in those prophecies as the lawyers of the Jewish law. They are the Jewish Rabbi's and the Pharisees who were members of the Jewish religious sect. They are those who enforce the laws of the Torah which is the Jewish holy Book.

Remember, the above written prophecies were given us by Jesus Christ himself. He was the one who described those spiritual teachers. He says that they are Hypocrites and very self righteous. What would Jesus Christ say if he was here today? What would He say about our present day religious teachers? My own opinion is that he would most probably say the same thing concerning many religions and many of their teachers, especially most Christian television evangelists who are in that type of work for the money which they keep on requesting and which some touched souls keep on sending to them. He would probably leave very few of them out. So says He in the book of Revelation, many of them have gone far astray.

The eldest son of Baha'u'llah, who was also called the master by his father and whose biblical title is that of the Most Great Branch, has told us that we must show forth tenderness and love towards every human being, even to those we consider as our enemies. We must welcome all of them, with no exception, to friendship, good cheer, and loving-kindness. How can anyone add anything positive to those wonderful words of wisdom?

In his writings, Baha'u'llah condemns especially the world's ecclesiastical leaders. He has written :

* "The source and origin of tyranny have been the divines... "When we observed carefully, we discovered that our enemies are, for the most part, the divines."

He thus addresses the divines, the religious teachers, by saying to them :

* "You shall not henceforth behold yourselves possessed of any power inasmuch as We have seized it from you... Had you believed in God when He revealed Himself, the people would not have turned aside from Him, nor would the things you witness today have befallen Us".

God speaking through the returned Christ is labelling the religious teachers as the divines. He says that they have been the enemies of all the God sent Messengers who descended from the spiritual Realm. In other words, religious teachers have taken over the reins of every major world religion that God has sent to us and they have opposed God's new Manifestations at everyone of their coming. They have also corrupted their religion by giving false teachings in addition to re-writing their holy books. Some religions have even gone as far as adding new principles which they are enforcing their flock to follow. Will the mistakes of Christianity and of other old religions be repeated all over again? Hopefully not.

In many of these presentations, many mentions where made of religious teachers who keep on telling their flock not to investigate anything outside of their old family religion which is thousands of years old. The people of this world cannot ever discover the real truth concerning this new God sent religion unless they decide to investigate it on their own, there is no other possible solution. Try it and you will gain great joy in your new findings, you will also realize that God has not forgotten humanity. He has given us something new. What should we do, remain with the old and the outdated or study the new? The longer we wait, the longer it will take for this world to cleanse itself spiritually.

In the following presentations we shall study the seven thunders, the seven plagues and the seven bowls full of God's wrath. It will be explained that God has actually given us the message of the seven thunders in another chapter of Revelation, although He originally forbade John to reveal it to us in chapter ten of Revelation.

The seven thunders