September 14, 2024

Bahá’u’lláh tells Pope Pius IX that “The Word which the Son concealed is made manifest…in the form of the human temple”; “The Father is come”

The Word which the Son concealed is made manifest. It hath been sent down in the form of the human temple in this day. Blessed be the Lord Who is the Father! He, verily, is come unto the nations in His most great majesty. Turn your faces towards Him, O concourse of the righteous! ...This is the day whereon the Rock [Peter] crieth out and shouteth, and celebrateth the praise of its Lord, the All-Possessing, the Most High, saying: ‘Lo! The Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the Kingdom is fulfilled!...’ My body longeth for the cross, and Mine head waiteth the thrust of the spear, in the path of the All-Merciful, that the world may be purged from its transgressions.... 

- Baha’u’llah  (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)