hich is a state attained to by the intelligence,
is an intellectual condition; and entering and coming out of the mind are
imaginary conditions; but the mind is connected with the acquisition of
knowledge, like images reflected in a mirror.

Therefore, as it is evident and clear that the intellectual realities do
not enter and descend, and it is absolutely impossible that the Holy
Spirit should ascend and descend, enter, come out or penetrate, it can
only be that the Holy Spirit appears in splendor, as the sun appears in
the mirror.

In some passages in the Holy Books the Spirit is spoken of, signifying a
certain person, as it is currently said in speech and conversation that
such a person is an embodied spirit, or he is a personification of mercy
and generosity. In this case, it is the light we look at, and not the
glass.

In the Gospel of John, in speaking of the Promised One Who was to come
after Christ, it is said in chapter 16, verses 12, 13: "I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the
Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall
not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak."

Now consider carefully that from these words, "for He shall not speak of
Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak," it is clear
that the Spirit of truth is embodied in a Man Who has individuality, Who
has ears to hear and a tongue to speak. In the same way the name "Spirit
of God" is used in relation to Christ, as you speak of a light, meaning
both the light and the lamp.

26: THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

It is said in the Holy Books that Christ will come again, and that His
coming depends upon the fulfillment of certain signs: when He comes, it
will be with these signs. For example, "The sun will be darkened, and the
moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven....
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall
all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."(90)
Baha'u'llah has explained these verses in the Kitab-i-Iqan.(91) There is
no need of repetition; refer to it, and you will understand these sayings.

But I have something further to say upon this subject. At His first coming
Christ also came from heaven, as it is explicitly stated in the Gospel.
Chr