The Baha'i Studies Listserv Well, this true believer must have sinned so many times that they "be heaped as piles of sand." :-)
No matter who it is describing, it seems to me to demonstrate that God's mercy is much, much, more manifest than his "wrath." On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Don Calkins <don59...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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-698159-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
