Predictions of the Great Messengers of God Presenter: Dr. George Via, J.D

TIME PROPHECIES FROM

THE BIBLE

Predictions of the Great Messengers of God

Presenter: Dr. George Via, J.D.

UNDERSTANDING BIBLE PROPHECIES

Biblical Prophecies are, for the most part, beyond the ordinary comprehension of “Mortal Man”

“seal the book even to the time of the end” Daniel 12:4

“no man was found worthy to open the book” Revelation 5:3

“the Lion of the tribe of Judah … a lamb … took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.” Revelation 5:5,6,7

Discerning the hidden, or secret, meaning of Prophecies requires a Divine Intermediary:

“None knoweth the meaning thereof except God, and them that are well grounded in knowledge.”

—Bahá’u’lláh

GOD’S COVENANT WITH MANKIND

God will never abandon Man to himself God will always send a Divine

Messenger, a specially appointed Soul Each Messenger has a mission: to

guide Humanity to the Path of Righteousness

Each Messenger acknowledges former Messengers, and foretells His Return

WHAT IS A TIME PROPHECY?

A Time Prophecy foretells the appearance of a Messenger of God, or a significant event Jesus Messiah the Prince Muhammad My two witnesses Baha’u’llah

Michael, the great Prince The Lord of Hosts The Ancient of Days The everlasting Father The Glory of the Lord The mighty God The Glory of the God of Israel

Restoration of Israel Specifies length of time & Originating event

BIBLE TIME PROPHECIES

Seven times Two thousand three hundred days Seventy weeks A time, times, and an half

One thousand two hundred and sixty days Three and a half days Forty-two months One thousand two hundred and ninety days One thousand three hundred five and thirty days

An hour, a day, a month and a year A season and time 666

677 BC

Seven Times

457 BC

70 weeks

34AD 1844622 AD

2300 days

Birth of Christ

Manassah Temple Edict

Hejira

1260 days / 3 ½ times (Daniel)

Time Prophecy Timeline

612 AD

1863

1290 days

1335 days

1957

19631953

10-year crusade

Lunar years

Solar years

Nebuchadnezzar

602 BC

Seven Times

Key:Leviticus:Daniel:Revelation:

Declatation of the Bab

Birth of Abdu’l-Baha

Ridvan GardenDeclaration of Baha’u’llah

House of Justiceelected

Passing of Shoghi Effendi

666 AD

The Number of the Beast

42 months (the beast)

Edict of Toleration

677 BC

Seven Times Lev. 26:18 – 28 Punishment of Israel

457 BC

70 weeks Dan. 9:24

34AD 1844622 AD

2300 days Dan. 8:14 “Transgression of Desolation”

Birth of Christ

Sin of KingManassah

Temple Edict

Hejira

1260 days Rev. 11:3 & 12:6


612 AD

1863

1290 days Dan. 12:11

1335 days Dan. 12:12

1957

19631953

10-year crusade

Lunar years

Nebuchadnezzar

602 BC

Seven Times Dan. 4:16 - 32






Passing of Shoghi Effendi666 AD

“The Number of the Beast”

42 months Rev. 11:2 & 12:5

Edict of Toleration:Jews return to Holy Land

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“Messiah the Prince”

Crucifixiion

Caliphate overthrows Islam

“My two witnesses”

3 ½ times Dan. 7:25 & 12:8 “Ancient of Days”“Michael the great prince”

The beast with 10 horns 7 heads & 10 horns

“Abomination that maketh desolate”

“Second Woe” Rev. 11:14

“Blessed is he that waiteth”

May 23, 1844

“let seven times pass over him.”

Baha’i Faith begin

s

“Third Woe”

Solar years

BIBLE PROPHECIES The Lord of Hosts

Isaiah 9:6 – 7 “For unto us a child is born,

unto us a son is given.” “Then I will punish you seven times” Lev. 26

The Book of Revelation “My two witnesses” -- Time prophecy Rev. 12

“a beast having seven heads and ten horns” Rev.

13 “Six hundred three score and six” 666

The Ancient of Days “a fourth beast” -- Time prophecy Dan. 7

“and it had ten horns” One horn subdues three other horns

“THE LORD OF HOSTS”ISAIAH 9:6 – 7

6 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 mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

7 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.

“THE LORD OF HOSTS”ISAIAH 9:6 – 7

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 mighty 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.

IsraelMount Carmel

Baha’u’llah Abdu’l-Baha The Bab

House of Justice

Shoghi Effendi

Guardian

THE PROPHECY OF “SEVEN TIMES”

The significance of 7: 7 days in a week (Gen.) Ceremonial annointing (Lev.) “Seven Churches” “Seven

Candlesticks” “Seven Stars” (Rev. ch. 1)

“Seven Portals” to Hell (Qur’an 15:44)

“Seven Valleys” or “Seven Cities” of Mystical Search


The significance of 7:

“The stages that mark the wayfarer’s journey from the abode of dust to the

heavenly homeland are said to be seven. Some have called these Seven Valleys,

and others, Seven Cities.”

Bahá'u'lláh, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, p. 4


Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image ….

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments …

Then I will give peace in the land ….And ye shall chase your enemies, and

they shall fall before you by the sword.

—Leviticus 26:1, 3, 6, 7


And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

—Leviticus 26:11-12


But if ye will not hearken unto me ...But that ye break my covenant ...I also will do this unto you ...Ye shall be slain before your enemies ...And I will scatter you among the heathen

—Leviticus 26:14-17, 33


And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

—Leviticus 26:18, 21


Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

—Leviticus 26:24, 28


If they shall confess their iniquity ...Then will I remember my covenant ...And ... I will not cast them away, neither

will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly.

—Leviticus 26:40, 42, 44


Israel obeys God

God walks among them

Israel disobeys God

God punishes Israel

“Seven Times”

God saves Israel

Let’s review:


Israel obeys God

God walks among them

Israel disobeys God

God punishes Israel

“Seven Times”

God saves Israel

QUANTIFYING “SEVEN TIMES”

How Long is “Seven Times”?

Reckoning for a “Time”

Determine Event for Beginning or End of Period

Calculate Forward or Backward to Confirm


According to Christian scholars, a “Time” equals a “Year”

See, Motlagh, I Shall Come Again, p 337

“Each day, according to the text of the Holy Book, is a year. For in the Bible it is said: ‘The day of the Lord is one year.’”

`Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 40


How Long is “Seven Times”?

A “Time” equals one year. One year has 12 months of 30 days = 360

days 360 days/years in a “Time” “Seven Times” equals 2,520 years The duration of Israel’s punishment

(and Gentile rule of the Holy Land)


What Event Provoked God’s Wrath?

Reign of King Manasseh (Judah) Idol Worshiping in the Temple Name of God Expunged from Scriptures Public Lectures ridiculing Torah Manasseh captured by Esarhaddon and

Replaced as puppet leader

Motlagh, I Shall Come Again, p. 340


What Event Provoked God’s Wrath?

“And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah, 15:4


Calculating “Seven Times”

Manasseh: Reigned 55 years from 698 - 643 B.C. Taken Captive in 22nd year: 677 B.C. *

677 B.C. + 2520 = 1844 A.D.

* The Encyclopedia Judaica, pp. 852-54

WHAT HAPPENED IN 1844

Edict of Toleration signed March 21, 1844by Sultan of Turkey

Ottoman Empire submits to Britain and European Nations

Jews Allowed to Return to Palestine In America, Mordechai Noah pleads

with Christians to help Jews resettle in Palestine

THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he

gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Psalm

147:2

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 11:12

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Isaiah 27:13

Biblical references to

THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts

of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

Isaiah 56:8

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Jeremiah 30:17

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. Jeremiah 49:36


THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL And it shall come to pass in that day, that the

remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

Isaiah 10:20-21

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

Micah 5:7-8


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http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=Micah+5:7&version=9


Siyyid Ali Muhammad A young merchant from Shiraz, Iran

Descendant of the Prophet Muhammad

Declared He was “The Báb”The Gate of God

The Herald of Bahá’u’lláhBeginning of the Bahá’i Faith

May 23, 1844


Abdu’l-Baha was bornThe Son of Bahá’u’lláhThe Most Great Branch

Successor to Bahá’u’lláh The Center of His Covenant Interpreter of the Holy Word

Perfect Exemplar of His Teachings“Whoso turneth towards Him hath turned towards

God” God Passes By, p.242

May 23, 1844

THE GREAT REDEEMERTHE PROMISED ONE OF ALL AGES

Daniel’s Prophecy ofMichael the Great Prince

The Ancient of Days

MICHAEL THE GREAT PRINCE

“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince... and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time.”

Daniel, 12:1

“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon...”

Revelation, 12:7


Daniel 9:25 foretells the coming of Christ:“Messiah the Prince”

Daniel 8:13-14 foretells the return of Christ “Unto two thousand three hundred days”

As Christ does in Matthew 24:3, 15 “When ye therefore shall see the

abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place.”


“When shall these thing be?”

“End of the World” Matt. 24:338 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

“End of these Wonders” Daniel 12:6“Time of the End” Daniel 12:4“Times of the Gentiles be fulfilled”

Luke 21:24… and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the

times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.


Daniel’s vision of the Modern World

“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”

Daniel, 12:4


Daniel’s vision of the Modern World

“Time of the End” End of Gentile Rule Restoration of Israel

Rapid Transmigration Exponential Increase in Human Learning

Behold, I make all things new. Rev. 21:5


Daniel and Revelation Foretellthe Coming of The Great Redeemer:

Daniel 8:14 2300 DaysRev. 1:1, 3Things which must shortly

come to pass.For the Time is at Hand.


“And one said to the man clothed in linen ... How long shall it be to the end of

these wonders?”

“And I heard the man clothed in linen ... sware by him that liveth for ever that

it shall be for a time, times, and an half ...”(3½ times)

Daniel 12:6-7


“The day of the Lord is a year”

1 “Time”= 1 Year 1 Year = 360 Days 360 Days = 360 Years

3½ Times 360 Years x 3.5 = 1260 Years

622 + 1260 ≠ 18441260 AH = 1844 AD


Revelation 11:3

“And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy athousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.”


Revelation 11:3 This foretells the coming of Islam

“These two witnesses are Muhammad the Messenger of God,

and ‘Alí, son of Abú Tálib.” *‘Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 48


Revelation 11:7

“And when they shall have finished their testimony the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.”


Revelation 13:1, 5

“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast … and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. ”

42 x 30 = 1260


Revelation 11:7

“This beast means the Umayyads who attacked them from the pit of

error, and who rose against the religion of Muhammad.”

‘Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 51


Revelation 13

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

“These signs are an allusion to the dynasty of the Umayyads who

dominated the Muhammadan religion. Seven heads and seven crowns mean seven countries and dominions over

which the Umayyads had power.”

Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 69

UNDERSTANDING ORIGINS OF ISLAM

Seven Dominions of Umayyads

Roman dominion (Damascus) Persia Arabia Egypt Africa (Tunis, Morocco and Algeria) Andalusia (Spain) Turks of Transoxania

Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 69

Seven Dominions of Umayyads

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

The ten horns mean the names of the Umayyad rulers -- that is, without repetition, there were ten names of rulers, meaning ten names of commanders and chiefs -- the first is Abu Sufyan and the last Marvan -- but several of them bear the same name.

So there are two Muaviya, three Yazid, two Valid, and two Marvan; but if the names were counted without repetition there would be ten.


THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

Ten “Horns” of Umayyad Leaders

1. Abi Sufyan (Mu’aviya I) 6. Walid I, II 2. Yazid I, II, III 7. Sulaiman 3. Mu’aviya II 8. Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz 4. Marwan I, II 9. Hisham5. Abd al-Malik 10. Ibrahim

THE ANCIENT OF DAYSDaniel, Chapter 7

1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

Abraham

Hagar

Ishmael

Sarah

Isaac, Jacob12 Tribes of Israel

Arabia

Moses

Holy LandKings & Prophets

Katura

PersianDynasties

Zoroaster

JesusMuhammad

Expected Promised Ones

Lord of HostsMessiah

Father & SonLord & the Lamb

Shah han ShahHushidar

Divine PresenceQa’im

“Messiah the Prince” Dan. 9:25

“King of the Jews” Magi

“My two witnesses”Rev. 11:3 (+ Ali)

Midian

Rev. 22:22

“The Glory of God”

Ancient of Days Spirit of Truth

“The Gate”

“The Glorious Servant ”

The Mystery of God

“As for Ishmael: 12 princes and a great nation.” Gen. 17:20

Joseph

1330 BC

1000 BC

622 AD

~ 2000 BC

Gen. 25:4

“King of Kings”

“The Gate of Wisdom”

“For unto us a child is born,”“unto us a son is given.”

“Law Giver”

“The Prophet”

“Son of God”

Isaiah 9:6

“The Religion of the Arabian”

“He Who Ariseth”

“The Iranians will kill the Promised One.”

“Him Whom God will make manifest”KI,p. 199

“Friend of God” -- Gleanings, p. 56

“These shall war with the Lamb.”

17:14

Michael, the Great Prince

“Muhammad is

not the Father...

“... Seal of the Prophets.”Qur’an 33:40

12 Apostles12 Imams‘I am Jesus.’ Kitab-i-Iqan, p.20

Torah

Avesta

GospelQur’an

“The Cause of the True Joseph”

“He is the King of Glory.”Psalms 24:10

1844

1863

CaliphateUmayyadsThe Beast666 AD

“HeWho held converse with God” Gleanings, p. 56

“Shah Bahram”

“Christ, the Anointed One”

Sel. Wri. Bab, p. 49

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth

beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS The Ridvan Tablet

The Day which is … the sign of the Ancient of Days.I am, verily, the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.

Within this Paradise, and from the heights of its loftiest chambers,

the Maids of Heaven have cried out and shouted: "Rejoice, ye dwellers of the realms above,

for the fingers of Him Who is the Ancient of Days are ringing,

in the name of the All-Glorious, the Most Great Bell, in the midmost heart of the heavens.”

Rejoice with exceeding gladness, O people of Baha, as ye call to remembrance the Day of supreme felicity,

the Day whereon the Tongue of the Ancient of Days hath spoken,

as He departed from His House, proceeding to the Spot from which He shed upon the whole of creation the splendors of His

name, the All-Merciful.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the

other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

References to One Horn and Three Horns:

8 there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:

20 and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell;

24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

So there are two Muaviya, three Yazid, two Valid, and two Marvan; but if the names were counted without repetition there would be ten.


1 + 3 = 4Plucked / Fell / Subdued (rendered ineffective) = Their offspring do not

count 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Seven Times = 2520 solar years3 ½ Times = 1260 lunar years

Changed Shari’a law to be punitive

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

677 BC

Seven Times

457 BC

70 weeks

34AD 1844622 AD

2300 days

Birth of Christ

Manassah Temple Edict

Hejira

1260 days / 3 ½ times (Daniel)


612 AD

1863

1290 days

1335 days

1957

19631953

10-year crusade

Lunar years

Solar years

Nebuchadnezzar

602 BC

Seven Times






Passing of Shoghi Effendi

666 AD

The Number of the Beast

42 months (the beast)

Edict of Toleration

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ISLAM

The Shi’a – Sunni RiftThe Rise of the Caliphate

MUHAMMAD & ISLAM

The Prophet “Apostle of God” Descendant of Abraham through Hagar & Ishmael

Gen. 17:20: “12 princes” and “a great nation” Married to Khadijah

Fatimah Ali ibn Talib (cousin & son-in-law)

622 AD Hijira Migration from Mecca to Medina Qur’an “The Recitation” Islam “Submission” Muslims m’Islam Ascension in 632 AD

OF SUCCESSORSHIP AND REBELLION

Old TestamentAaron and “The Golden Calf”Quelled by MosesMoses “laid his hands” on Joshua

New TestamentBetrayal by JudasPaid for by ChristPeter: “Upon this rock I will build my church”

IslamRebellion by Omar Against ‘Ali


Ali’s Successorship Selected by Muhammad “Commander of the

Faithful” Cousin & Son-in-law

Prophet’s lineage Father of progeny Siyyid

12 Imams Appointed by God Without sin 260 years All assassinated 9 ordered by Caliphs

Omar’s Rebellion Rejected Ali

Insisted on elections Traditional

Absence of a Will No Religious Precedent Induced after treachery “The Book of God

sufficeth” Caliph

“Successor” (“the name of blasphemy”)

Abu Bakr Omar Uthman


“Rashidun” Caliphs Abu Bakr

632 – 634 Islam by the sword Died of illness

Omar 634 – 644 Nominated by Abu Bakr Murdered by Abu Lulu Intrigues begin

Uthman 644 – 656 Murdered by rebels


Shi’a Ali Party of Ali Shi’ite Interpret Shari’a law Transcribed Qur’an Hadith

Sunni Islam Traditional practice Reject Caliph as divine Hadith

Mu’aviyah’s Rebellion Umayyad family Rejected Ali’s authority Controlled north Discontinued elections

OPEN REBELLION

Ali assassinated in 661 Hasan Husayn

Attempt made on Mu’aviyah “but his deadly wound was healed” Usurped Caliphate

Agreement with Hasan (plotted assassination in 680)

Voided election of Caliph Umayyad dynasty

Desecrated Mecca and sacked Medina Moved Capital to Damascus in 666 AD

THE MARK OF THE BEAST REVELATION, CH. 13

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of

those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

666 A.D.

THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

In 666 A.D.

Caliph Mu’aviyyih:Sacked Medina (resting place of Muhammad)

Desecrated Mecca (Kaaba)

Moved Capital to Damascus

Moffat, New Keys to the Book of Revelation, p. 78quoting Shoghi Effendi

THE COMING OF CHRIST FORETOLD BY DANIEL:

THE TIME PROPHECY OF“SEVENTY WEEKS”

“SEVENTY WEEKS”

... Gabriel … talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

Daniel 9:21, 22

“SEVENTY WEEKS”

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people [the Jews] and upon thy holy city, [Jerusalem]

Daniel 9:24

“SEVENTY WEEKS”

to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,

and to seal up the vision and prophecy,

and to anoint the most Holy [Jesus

Christ].Daniel 9:24

BREAKDOWN OF THE “SEVENTY WEEKS”

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of

the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem

unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and

two weeksDaniel 9:25


And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, And he shall confirm the covenant

with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he

shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease

Daniel 9:26, 27

QUANTIFYING “SEVENTY WEEKS”

70 weeks equals 490 days

“Each day, according to the text of the Holy Book, is a year. For in the Bible it is said: ‘The day of the Lord is one year.’”`Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions

“I have appointed thee each day for a year.”

Ezekiel, 4:6


70 weeks equals 490 days

Therefore:

490 days equals 490 years


From the Edict to rebuild Jerusalemto the Advent of “Messiah† the Prince‡”

490 years

†Messiah and Christ mean “Anointed One”

‡ The Prince is the Son of the King


4 Decrees were Issued to Rebuild Jerusalem:

1st Decree: 536 BC by Cyrus (Ezra 1:2)2nd Decree: 519 BC by Darius (Ezra 6:1)3rd Decree: 457 BC by Artaxerexes (Ezra 7)4th Decree: 444 BC by Artaxerexes (Neh. 2)See, ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 40; Uriah Smith,

Thoughts, Critical and Practical on the Book of Daniel, p. 247


The Decree in 457 BC by King Artaxerexes

Rebuilt Jerusalem and Restored Israel’s Civil State and

Polity


457 BC to 408 BC 49 yearsJerusalem Rebuilt

408 BC to 27 AD 434 years (62 weeks)

John the Baptist appears

27 AD to 34 AD 7 years Total: 490 years


John the Baptist appeared 27 AD

Ministry of Jesus Christ 31-34 AD

Jesus Christ is crucified 34 AD


And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, And he shall confirm the covenant

with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he

shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease

Daniel 9:26, 27


And after threescore and two weeks the Messiah shall appear His ministry shall encompass 7

years in the midst of His ministry He will

declare a New Mission and break the traditions of the past

THE PROPHECY OF “2300 DAYS”

Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

Daniel 8:13


Unto two thousand and three hundred days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Daniel 8:14


The starting date for “2300 Days” is the same for “Seventy Weeks”

457 BC + 2300 years = 1844 AD

See, ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 40


The “Seventy Weeks” prophecy offered the Jews an opportunity to

atone for the sins of Manassehby embracing Christ.

The “2300 Days” prophecy is a second opportunity to turn to God

By embracing the Báb.Or by returning to Israel


“Consider how clearly the manifestation of the Báb is spoken of in the Old Testament and in the Gospel.”

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 42-3


How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of

desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the

host to be trodden under foot?

Daniel 8:13


When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)

Matthew 24:15


“Stand in the Holy Place”Daniel received the vision of 2300 years

in the land of Elam Elam is an area in Persia near Shiraz In 1844, the Báb declared His Mission

in Shiraz


“Stand in the Holy Place” And I saw in a vision; and it came

to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in

the province of ElamDaniel 8:2

And I will set my throne in ElamJeremiah 49:38


“Stand in the Holy Place”

When the 2300 years comes upGo to ShirazThe Promised One shall

appear


“Stand in the Holy Place” Who may go up the mountain of

the Lord? And who may stand in his holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not set his mind on falsehood, and has not committed perjury.

Psalms 24:3-4 NEB


“Stand in the Holy Place” Lord, who may dwell in your

sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?

He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous.

Psalms 15:1-2 NIV


“Stand in the Holy Place”

Carmel means “the Vineyard of God”The House of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

is on Mount Carmel

‘Abdu’l-Bahá is the Son of Bahá’u’lláh. He is described by Shoghi Effendi (the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith):


the Center of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant

the perfect Exemplar of His teachings

the unerring Interpreter of His Word

the embodiment of every Bahá'í ideal

the incarnation of every Bahá'í virtue

Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 134

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