The Baha'i Studies Listserv IMO, this is a reference to the True Believer who comes to Akka as a pilgrim to see Baha'u'llah.
Don C On Apr 18, 2013, at 4:27 10PM, Matt Haase wrote: > But by the same token, the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf states that one's > past and future sins would be forgiven them if they counted forty waves while > saying, "God is the Most Great" in Akka. There is also the Baha'i teaching of > the progression of the soul after death, so every soul will eventually be at > peace with God - but some may take longer than others, which is the incentive > to live a good life now. It seems like a better deal than claiming that we > get one chance, and one chance only, otherwise we will spend eternity in > Hell. Those are just my thoughts anyway. > > "The Apostle of God—may the blessings of God and His salutations be upon > Him—hath also said: “He that looketh upon the sea at eventide, and saith: > ‘God is Most Great!’ at sunset, God will forgive his sins, though they be > heaped as piles of sand. And he that counteth forty waves, while repeating: > ‘God is Most Great!’—exalted be He—God will forgive his sins, both past and > future.” > > http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/esw-9.html ------------- Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-697948-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
