The Bahai Revelation

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THE GLORY OF THE LORD. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and on thy gates.” (Moses. Deut. 6.4-9.)



It is related that a certain scribe asked of Jesus “Which is the first commandment of all?” Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12.29-31.)



THE GREAT COMMANDMENT.



The first and greatest commandment, that of love, is recorded alike by Moses and Jesus, but how shall it be obeyed? Love is attraction; it cannot be forced or commanded; it must be drawn forth by the lovable. The will may direct love’s attention toward an object but can never compel its action. The desirability of the object, the longing for nearness and union with it, these are the inspirers of love. How can man love God, the Infinite, whom no one hath seen? No man can comprehend God or know him as He is. How can his whole being, heart, soul, mind and strength, be devoted to the love of the Unknown, the Unseen? With all his striving and searching man cannot find out God.
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