This painting depicts the Bahá'í concept of "Progressive Revelation." The Suns shown, are in essence the same sun. They are the Divine Messengers that have appeared to mankind through out history at different times, and different locations of the world. |
" God has ever been divine; He hath ever exercised His sovereignty and still possesses everlasting divinity and sovereignty. He is like the sun, which has ever had its splendor, heat and radiance and will continue to possess these bounties and attributes. If at any time its splendor and heat should cease, it would no longer be pronounced the sun. Therefore, the sound reasoning mind concludes that the bounties of the Holy Spirit are continuous and that holy souls are ever the recipients of these divine emanations. The potency of the Holy Spirit is everlasting, not temporary; for the sanctity of the Holy Spirit is its power and efficacy manifest in the spirits it quickens " |
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"By the righteousness of God! Whoso openeth his lips in this Day and maketh mention of the name of his Lord, the hosts of Divine inspiration shall descend upon him from the heaven of My name, the All Knowing, the All Wise. On him shall also descend the Concourse on high, each bearing aloft a chalice of pure light. Thus hath it been foreordained in the realm of God's Revelation, by the behest of Him Who is the All Glorious, the Most Powerful." Bahá'u'lláh This painting depicts the souls of the early believers of the Faith, who were called The Dawn Breakers, and were martyred for the Cause. They are also referred to as the being within the "Concourse On High" which is the gathering of the Prophets and holy souls in the next world |
