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A Poem for Christmas Day

ʻIdál (Justice), 14 Masáʼil (Questions) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, December 25, 2019

"For a single purpose were the Prophets, each and all, sent down to earth; for this was Christ made manifest, for this did Baha’u’llah raise up the call of the Lord: that the world of man should become the world of God, this nether realm the Kingdom, this darkness light, this satanic wickedness all the virtues of heaven — and unity, fellowship and love be won for the whole human race, that the organic unity should reappear and the bases of discord be destroyed and life everlasting and grace everlasting become the harvest of mankind."

Abdu’l-Baha12

Manifested
         to proclaim God's love to the world,
         to reveal God's word to humanity,
         and to unite the children of Earth
                   in love and fellowship
Christ--
         like all the proceeding and following
                   Manifestations of God--
was born,
         lived,
                   suffered,
                             and died.

Footnotes
1  Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 30.
2  Quoted in Abdu’l-Baha’s First Christmas by David Langness https://bahaiteachings.org/abdul-bahas-first-christmas.