Know that the return of Christ for a second time doth not
mean what the people believe, but, rather, signifieth the One promised to come
after Him. He shall come with the Kingdom of God and His power which hath
surrounded the world. This power (or reign) is in the world of hearts and
spirits and not in that of matter (or bodies). For the material world is not
comparable to a single wing of a fly, or rather less in the sight of thy Lord,
wert thou of those who know! Verily Christ came with His Kingdom from the
beginning which hath no beginning and will come with His Kingdom to the
eternity of eternities, inasmuch as in this sense Christ is an expression of
the divine reality, the simple essence and heavenly entity which hath no
beginning or ending. It hath appearance, arising and manifestation and setting
in each of the cycles.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
