June 4. On this date in 1919, 'Abdu'l-Bahá listed several Biblical verses that "refer to the century of the Blessed Beauty" and to "the Blessed Beauty".

 

June 4. On this date in 1919, 'Abdu'l-Bahá listed several Biblical verses that "refer to the century of the Blessed Beauty" and to "the Blessed Beauty".

1715. References to Bahá'u'lláh

"As to the questions thou hast asked: Concerning Malachi, chapter 3, verses 16, 17 and 18 refer to the friends of God, and in St. Matthew, chapter 25, the object of verses 31, 32 and 33 is the Blessed Beauty. As to Micah, chapter 5, the 4th verse refers to Christ. In Zephaniah, chapter 1, verses 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, and in Zechariah, chapter 2, verses 10, 11, 12 and 13, and in St. Luke, chapter 21, verses 20 to the end--all these refer to the century of the Blessed Beauty."

(Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas, translated by Shoghi Rabbani, June 4, 1919: Star of the West, Vol. X, No. 12, p. 232)