The Book of Certitude (186-89)

[BruceDLimber]

Hi, there! :-)

One clarification that should help in re "the last day" and in particular "the end of the world" is this:

The word in the original Greek New Testament is "eras," which means "world" or "age."

But the translators of the King James Bible picked the wrong meaning: hence all the talk about "the end of the world."

What the text actually means is "the end of the Age," which in the Baha'i view already came and went a century and a half ago!

Best regards, :-)

Bruce

[Dah-veeth]

Originally Posted by BruceDLimber

Hi, there! :-)

One clarification that should help in re "the last day" and in particular "the end of the world" is this:

The word in the original Greek New Testament is "eras," which means "world" or "age."

But the translators of the King James Bible picked the wrong meaning: hence all the talk about "the end of the world."

What the text actually means is "the end of the Age," which in the Baha'i view already came and went a century and a half ago!

Best regards, :-)

Bruce

Yep, when the Bab came it wasn't the end of the world, it was the end of an age and the beginning of a new one. You could say, though, that it is a new world

"The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System -- the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed." -Baha'u'llah