BahÃĄâ•Žuâ•ŽllÃĄh and the New Era - Knowledge Rush

12 Baháâuâlláh and the New EraEast, like a spiritual Sun, to illumine the darkened minds ofmen and awaken their dormant souls. Whatever our views as tothe relative greatness of these religion-founders we must admitthat They have been the most potent factors in the education ofmankind. With one accord these Prophets declare that the wordsThey utter are not from Themselves, but are a Revelation throughThem, a Divine message of which They are the bearers. Theirrecorded utterances abound, too, in hints and promises of a greatworld teacher Who will appear “in the fullness of time” to carryon Their work and bring it to fruition, One Who will establish areign of peace and justice upon earth, and bring into one familyall races, religions, nations, and tribes, that “there may be onefold and one shepherd” and that all may know and love God“from the least even unto the greatest.”Surely the advent of this “Educator of Mankind,” in the latterdays, when He appears, must be the greatest event in humanhistory. And the Bahá’í Movement is proclaiming to the worldthe glad tidings that this Educator has in fact appeared, that HisRevelation has been delivered and recorded and may be studiedby every earnest seeker, that the “Day of the Lord” has alreadydawned and the “Sun or Righteousness” arisen. As yet only afew on the mountaintops have caught sight of the Glorious Orb,but already its rays are illumining heaven and earth, and erelongit will rise above the mountains and shine with full strength onthe plains and valleys too, giving life and guidance to all.