One of the great events which is to occur in the Day of the
manifestation of that Incomparable Branch (Bahá’u’lláh) [Isaiah, chapter 11,
verses 1 to 10] is the hoisting of the Standard of God among all nations. By
this is meant that all nations and kindreds will be gathered together under the
shadow of this Divine Banner, which is no other than the Lordly Branch itself,
and will become a single nation. Religious and sectarian antagonism, the
hostility of races and peoples, and differences among nations, will be
eliminated. All men will adhere to one religion, will have one common faith,
will be blended into one race, and become a single people. All will dwell in
one common fatherland, which is the planet itself. Universal peace and concord will
be realized between all the nations, and that Incomparable Branch will gather
together all Israel, signifying that in this cycle Israel will be gathered in
the Holy Land, and that the Jewish people who are scattered to the East and
West, South and North, will be assembled together.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, table talks
in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha; ‘Some Answered Questions’)
