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

414 Baháâuâlláh and the New EraDivine Banner, which is no other than the Lordly Branchitself, and will become a single nation. The antagonism offaiths and religions, the hostility of races and peoples, and thenational differences, will be eradicated from amongst them.All will become one religion, one faith, one race, and onesingle people, and will dwell in one native land, which is theterrestrial globe. Universal peace and concord will be realisedbetween all the nations, and that incomparable Branch willgather together all Israel: signifying that in this cycle Israelwill be gathered in the Holy Land, and that the Jewish peoplewho are scattered to the East and West, South and North, willbe assembled together.Now see: these events did not take place in the Christiancycle, for the nations did not come under the One Standardwhich is the Divine Branch. But in this cycle of the Lord ofHosts all the nations and people will enter under the shadowof this Flag. In the same way, Israel, scattered all over theworld, was not reassembled in the Holy Land in the Christiancycle; but in the beginning of the cycle of Bahá’u’lláh thisdivine promise, as is clearly stated in all the Books of theProphets, has begun to be manifest. You can see that form allthe parts of the world tribes of Jews are coming to the HolyLand; they live in villages and lands which they make theirown, and day by day they are increasing to such an extent,that all Palestine will become their home.—Some AnsweredQuestions, p. 75–76.