THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH

 “A hundred times it has been foretold that the violators are lying in ambush and by a certain means desire to cause dissension among the friends so that this dissension may end in violation of the Covenant.  Notwithstanding this warning, how is it that the friends have neglected this explicit declaration?”  Abdu’l-Baha, July 18, 1919.  Star of the West, Vol. 10, No. 14, p. 277.

  “Every word of the passages contained in it is significant.  There are no loose phrases, no vague evasions of crucial issues.  The style is one which renders it possible to state basic truths in parentheses and to list in one sentence the chief events of a lifetime.  Such writing needs , and is worthy of study, for the implications of its phrases are almost as important as the explicit statements made.”  - Preface Guidance for Today and Tomorrow. “Proclaim National Assemblies of East and West weighty epoch-making decision of formation of International Baha'i Council, forerunner of supreme administrative institution destined to emerge in fullness of time within precincts beneath shadow of World Spiritual Center of Faith…most significant milestone in evolution of Administrative Order…first embryonic International Institution, marking its development into officially recognized Baha'i court, it’s transforma...

 "I am astonished to find that even here the administration has not been studied at all." Emogene Hoagg letter to Charles Mason Remey, 21 December, 1936.

 “Souls are still unaware of the power of the Covenant.  This testament is neither a tradition or a tale.  It has been established through the pen of His Holiness Baha’u’llah with the utmost firmness and undoubtedly if all the people of the world join in endeavoring to uproot it, they will all eventually fail and be disappointed.”  Abdu’l-Baha.  Star of the West, Vol.  1, No. 18, p. 307.

      "The recrudescence of religious intolerance, of racial animosity, and of patriotic arrogance; the increasing evidence of selfishness, of suspicion, of fear and of fraud; the spread of terrorism, of lawlessness, of drunkenness and of crime; the unquenchable thirst for, and the feverish puruit after, earthly vanities, riches and pleasures; the weakening of family solidarity; the laxity in parental control; the lapse into luxurious indulgence; the irresponsible attitude towards marriage and the consequent rising tide of divorce; the degeneracy of art and music, the infection of literature, and the corruption of the press; the extension of the influence and activities of those "prophets of decadence" who advocate companionate marriage, who preach the philosophy of nudism, who call modesty an intellectual fiction, who refuse to regard the procreation of children as the sacred and primary purpose of marriage, who denounce religion as an opiate of the people, who woul...

                            Leland Jensen claimed to fulfill prophecy as the ‘establisher’ of the Bahá’í Faith.   In reality, he was a cult leader who followed the pattern of all cult leaders.   Jensen was a sexual predator who served time in prison for assaulting a juvenile patient in his chiropractic office.   Instead of accepting his conviction and punishment, he turned himself into the charismatic leader of his cult.   He claimed to have a spiritual experience in prison while reading Zechariah 3 in the Old Testament.   Jensen decided that ‘the stone with seven eyes’ mentioned in Zechariah 3 was the very prison in which he was confined, as a sex offender, because it had seven watchtowers.   Instead of seeking treatment to overcome his criminal sexual impulses, he elevated himself to increasingly exalted stations l...