Re: no new revelations
aaron corkill-bomgaars (acorkill@d.umn.edu)
Mon, Apr 17 1995 11:45:32 GMT
Jaafar (jaafar@cape.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: In article <3mmlg2$ild@gemini.cs.cornell.edu>,
: aaron corkill-bomgaars <acorkill@d.umn.edu> wrote:
: :abethea@ibm.net wrote:
: :: Reading in the Kitab-I-AQDAS
: :: Baha'u'llah says that if someone comes with a revelation
: :: before 1000 years he is a liar. Is this 1000 years literal? So
: :: there is a seal on any new manisfestations for 1000 years or will the
: :: next One say that Shoghi Effendi just mistranslated the text?
: :
: :I believe that that verse is to be interpreted literaly, yes. I would
: :remind you of the promised "millenial kingdom" in the Christian
: :tradions. It is believed that Baha'u'llah brings about that kingdom.
: :Note also that a milleneum is 1000 years.
: Just curious to know if the 1000 years refer to the Gerigorian (Jalali)
: calendar or islamic calendar. There would be over 35 years difference
: if it's not mentioned clearly.
: Regards,
: Jaafar
I believe that it would be the Gegorian calendar as both those of a
Jewish background and the Bahais use it. (365 days in a year, right?)
Aaron acorkill@ub.d.umn.edu