Are there any good commentaries of the Revelation of John?
How do you know what it’s prophesying?
I came across a Baha’i intrepration of the 11th chapter in particular. The two witnesses are Muhammad and Ali (founder of Shia Islam) and the Beast is the Umayyads who rose up against the faith.
Then it prophecies the coming of Bahá’u’llá after the Quranic revelaton.
“And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.”36 As was already explained, in the terminology of the Sacred Scriptures three days and a half signifies three years and a half, and three years and a half represents forty-two months, and forty-two months—1,260 days. Since according to the explicit text of the Bible each day is equivalent to a year, this means that for 1,260 years, which is the duration of the Qur’anic Dispensation, the nations, tribes, and peoples would behold their bodies; that is, they would keep the religion of God before their eyes but would not act in accordance with it. Yet they would not suffer these bodies—the religion of God—to be laid to rest in the grave. That is, they would hold fast to its outward form and not let it entirely vanish from their midst nor allow the body to be wholly destroyed and annihilated. Rather, they would forsake its reality while out-wardly preserving its name and remembrance.”
Some Answered Questions
So why I am supposed to take your intrepration over this one? Obviously you don’t think Islam is a witness to God and you don’t think Bahá’u’llá is a spiritual return of Jesus. But how can we know, apart from faith, what these passages really mean? Because based on faith on the Spirit, I believe the Baha’i version. But rationally it seems to say whatever you want it to
How do you know what it’s prophesying?
I came across a Baha’i intrepration of the 11th chapter in particular. The two witnesses are Muhammad and Ali (founder of Shia Islam) and the Beast is the Umayyads who rose up against the faith.
Then it prophecies the coming of Bahá’u’llá after the Quranic revelaton.
“And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.”36 As was already explained, in the terminology of the Sacred Scriptures three days and a half signifies three years and a half, and three years and a half represents forty-two months, and forty-two months—1,260 days. Since according to the explicit text of the Bible each day is equivalent to a year, this means that for 1,260 years, which is the duration of the Qur’anic Dispensation, the nations, tribes, and peoples would behold their bodies; that is, they would keep the religion of God before their eyes but would not act in accordance with it. Yet they would not suffer these bodies—the religion of God—to be laid to rest in the grave. That is, they would hold fast to its outward form and not let it entirely vanish from their midst nor allow the body to be wholly destroyed and annihilated. Rather, they would forsake its reality while out-wardly preserving its name and remembrance.”
Some Answered Questions
So why I am supposed to take your intrepration over this one? Obviously you don’t think Islam is a witness to God and you don’t think Bahá’u’llá is a spiritual return of Jesus. But how can we know, apart from faith, what these passages really mean? Because based on faith on the Spirit, I believe the Baha’i version. But rationally it seems to say whatever you want it to
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