accomplished by the appearance
of another person, born of another mother, but showing forth the Spirit
and Power of God even as Christ did. Baha'u'llah explains that the "coming
again" of Christ was fulfilled in the advent of the Bab and in his own
coming. He says:--

Consider the sun. Were it to say now, "I am the sun of yesterday,"
it would speak the truth. And should it, bearing the sequence of
time in mind, claim to be other than that sun, it still would
speak the truth. In like manner, if it be said that all the days
are but one and the same, it is correct and true. And if it be
said, with respect to their particular names and designations,
that they differ, that again is true. For though they are the
same, yet one doth recognize in each a separate designation, a
specific attribute, a particular character. Conceive accordingly
the distinction, variation, and unity characteristic of the
various Manifestations of holiness, that thou mayest comprehend
the allusions made by the creator of all names and attributes to
the mysteries of distinction and unity, and discover the answer to
thy question as to why that everlasting Beauty should have, at
sundry times, called Himself by different names and
titles.--Kitab-i-Iqan, 21-22.

'Abdu'l-Baha says:--

Know that the return of Christ for a second time doth not mean
what the people believe, but rather signifieth the One promised to
come after Him. He shall come with the Kingdom of God and His
Power which hath surrounded the world. This dominion is in the
world of hearts and spirits, and not in that of matter; for the
material world is not comparable to a single wing of a fly, in the
sight of the Lord, wert thou of those who know! Verily Christ came
with His Kingdom from the beginning which hath no beginning, and
will come with His Kingdom to the eternity of eternities, inasmuch
as in this sense "Christ" is an expression of the Divine Reality,
the simple Essence and heavenly Entity, which hath no beginning
nor ending. It hath appearance, arising, manifestation and setting
in each of the cycles.

The Time of the End

Christ and His apostles mentioned many signs which would distinguish the
times of the "Return" of the Son of Man in the glory of the Father. Christ
said:--

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know