Devotional Poetry

God's Promise Kept

God's Promise Kept

The same Divine Reality
in a different human temple.
The same Word of God,
with a different name.

Those who say: "I am Christ!"
Deceive the world today
for by this name He will not come
again unto this plane.

The Prince foretold by Daniel has come;
chariot jostle in the streets;
many people run to and fro;
knowledge has increased.

Sent as a prisoner to Assyria:
Exiled from Tehran to Baghdad,
from Constantinople to Adrianople,
and to Akka by the sea.

Akka, the Door of Hope,
Saw the Prince of Peace,
walk upon Carmel Mountain,
saw Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God.

Christ taught what humanity could comprehend,
withheld what it could not,
Baha'u'llah a fuller measure of knowledge
brought to humankind.

To those who wait
for the Lord of Host, the Return of Christ,
The Mihdi, the fifth Buddha,
Shah Bahram, or the reincarnation of Krishna.

He has come
bearing a new name.
Out of Zion goes forth God's law,
uniting humanity.

Jerusalem, the hills, and the land
are filled with the Glory of the Lord,
the Holy City, the New Jerusalem
has descended upon Mount Carmel.

Poet's Note: ▼

I wrote this poem in 148 B.E. The original title was "The Time of The End".