arkness of ignorance and want of knowledge
will be dispelled. The world will become a new world, and enlightenment
will prevail. So the Holy of Holies will appear.

"And the temple of God was opened in heaven"(69) means also that by the
diffusion of the divine teachings, the appearance of these heavenly
mysteries, and the rising of the Sun of Reality, the doors of success and
prosperity will be opened in all directions, and the signs of goodness and
heavenly benedictions will be made plain.

"And there was seen in His temple the ark of His Testament"(70)--that is to
say, the Book of His Testament will appear in His Jerusalem, the Epistle
of the Covenant(71) will be established, and the meaning of the Testament
and of the Covenant will become evident. The renown of God will overspread
the East and West, and the proclamation of the Cause of God will fill the
world. The violators of the Covenant will be degraded and dispersed, and
the faithful cherished and glorified, for they cling to the Book of the
Testament and are firm and steadfast in the Covenant.

"And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great hail,"(72) meaning that after the appearance of the
Book of the Testament there will be a great storm, and the lightnings of
the anger and the wrath of God will flash, the noise of the thunder of the
violation of the Covenant will resound, the earthquake of doubts will take
place, the hail of torments will beat upon the violators of the Covenant,
and even those who profess belief will fall into trials and temptations.

12: COMMENTARY ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH

In Isaiah, chapter 11, verses 1 to 10, it is said: "And there shall come
forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his
roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick
understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the
sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the
meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And
righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his reins. The wolf also shall dwel