rp sword! The throne upon which He sat is
the Eternal Throne from which Christ reigns forever, a heavenly
throne, not an earthly one, for the things of earth pass away but
heavenly things pass not away. He reinterpreted and completed the
Laws of Moses and fulfilled the Law of the Prophets. His Word
conquered the East and the West. His kingdom is everlasting. He
exalted those Jews who recognized Him. They were men and women of
humble birth, but contact with Him made them great and gave them
everlasting dignity. The animals who were to live with one another
signified the different sects and races, who, once having been at
war, were now to dwell in love and charity, drinking together the
Water of Life from Christ the Eternal Spring.

Most Christians accept these interpretations of Messianic prophecies as
applied to Christ; but with regard to similar prophecies about the
latter-day Messiah, many of them 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.

Prophecies about the Bab and Baha'u'llah

According to the Baha'i interpretations, the prophecies which speak of
"the time of the end," the "last days," the coming of the "Lord of hosts,"
of the "everlasting Father," refer especially, not to the advent of Jesus
Christ, but to that of Baha'u'llah. Take, for instance, the well-known
prophecy in Isaiah:--

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the
light shined.... For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and
the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day
of Midian. For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise,
and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and
fuel of fire. 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, Counsellor, The might God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon
his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and
with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord
of hosts will perform this.--Isa. ix, 2-7.

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