You have asked Me a question with regard to the gathering of
the children of Israel in Jerusalem, in accordance with prophecy.
Jerusalem, the Holy of Holies, is a revered Temple, a
sublime name, for it is the City of God... The gathering of Israel at Jerusalem
means, therefore, and prophesies, that Israel as a whole, is gathering beneath
the banner of God and will enter the Kingdom of the Ancient of Days. For the
celestial Jerusalem, which has as its center the Holy of Holies, is; a City of
the Kingdom, a Divine City. The East and West are but a small corner of that
City.
Moreover, materially as well (as spiritually), the
Israelites will all gather in the Holy Land. This is irrefutable prophecy, for
the ignominy which Israel has suffered for well-nigh twenty-five hundred years
will now be changed into eternal glory, and in the eyes of all, the Jewish
people will become glorified to such an extent as to draw the jealousy of its
enemies and the envy of its friends.
- Abdu'l-Bahá (From a Tablet revealed
in 1897 to a Jewish community in the Orient; published in ‘Baha’i News’, no.
250, December 1951; included in a letter dated 22 December 1993 written on
behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
