28th
January 2012
Divine Love
Cont’d from
last
Weeeknd Voice
 Consider
to what extent the love of God makes itself
manifest. Among the signs of His love which
appear in the world are the dawning-point of
His Manifestations. What an infinite degree
of love is reflected by the divine Manifestations
toward mankind! For the sake of guiding the
people they have willingly forfeited their lives
to resuscitate human hearts. They have accepted
the cross. To enable human souls to attain the
supreme degree of advancement, they have suffered
during their limited years extreme ordeals and
difficulties. If His Holiness Jesus Christ had
not possessed love for the world of humanity,
surely he would not have welcomed the cross.
He was crucified for the love of mankind. Consider
the infinite degree of that love. Without love
for humanity John the Baptist would not have
offered his life. It has been likewise with
all the prophets and holy souls. If His Holiness
the Báb had not manifested love for mankind,
surely he would not have offered his breast
for a thousand bullets. If His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh
had not been aflame with love for humanity he
would not have willingly accepted forty years’
imprisonment.
Observe how rarely human souls sacrifice their
pleasure or comfort for others; how improbable
that a man would offer his eye or suffer himself
to be dismembered for the benefit of another.
Yet all the divine Manifestations suffered,
offered their lives and blood, sacrificed their
existence, comfort and all they possessed for
the sake of mankind. Therefore consider how
much they love. Were it not for their love for
humanity, spiritual love would be mere nomenclature.
Were it not for their illumination, human souls
would not be radiant. How effective is their
love! This is a sign of the love of God; a ray
of the Sun of Reality.
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