…the address of the angels to the people of Galilee, “That
this Christ will return in the same way and that He will descend from heaven,”
is a spiritual address. For when Christ appeared, He came from heaven, although
He was outwardly born from the womb of Mary. For He said: “No man hath ascended
up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven.” He said: “I came down from
heaven and likewise will go to heaven.” By “heaven” is not meant this infinite
phenomenal space, but “heaven” signifies the world of the divine kingdom which
is the supreme station and seat of the Sun of Truth.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1')
