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Midweek Reflections on Knowledge

‘Idál (Justice), 1 ‘Ilm (knowledge) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Feast of Knowledge

"The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion."
‘Abdu'l-Bahá

The basis of religion--
         love of God,
         prayer,
         fasting,
         and the golden rule--
do not change from dispensation to dispensation,
from Manifestation to Manifestation.

The essentials,
the spiritual laws,
may be restated
in a language easier
for maturing humanity to understand,
but they do not change.

As the race matures,
evolves,
both spiritually
and materially
each Manifestation
brings laws and teaching
appropriate to human kinds
stage of growth.

In the present age,
when Earth can be seen
as a single planet,
a single country,
God has sent
The Bab and Baha'u'llah
to reveal the knowledge
of the unity of the human species
and the common foundation of religion.