Sequential excerpts from the book ‘God Passes By’, written in 1944 by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith

September 8, 2024

References to Bahá’u’lláh from Isaiah, “the greatest of Jewish prophets”

To Him Isaiah [Bahá’u’lláh], the greatest of the Jewish prophets, had alluded as 

  • the “Glory of the Lord,” 
  • the “Everlasting Father,” 
  • the “Prince of Peace,” 
  • the “Wonderful,” 
  • the “Counsellor,” 
  • the “Rod come forth out of the stem of Jesse” and 
  • the “Branch grown out of His roots,” 
  • Who “shall be established upon the throne of David,” 
  • Who “will come with strong hand,” 
  • Who “shall judge among the nations,” 
  • Who “shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips slay the wicked,” and 
  • Who “shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” 

- Shoghi Effendi  ('God Passes By', chapter 6)