THE MINISTRY OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ 1892–1921 - The Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh Part 3

"And now to crown the inestimable honors, privileges and benefits showered upon Him, in ever increasing abundance, throughout the forty years of His Father’s ministry in Baghdád, in Adrianople and in ‘Akká, He had been elevated to the high office of Center of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant, and been made the successor of the Manifestation of God Himself—a position that was to empower Him to impart an extraordinary impetus to the international expansion of His Father’s Faith, to amplify its doctrine, to beat down every barrier that would obstruct its march, and to call into being, and delineate the features of, its Administrative Order, the Child of the Covenant, and the Harbinger of that World Order whose establishment must needs signalize the advent of the Golden Age of the Bahá’í Dispensation." (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By)

Through this expression of love, the Will and Testament of Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was able to interpret His Father's teachings. Just imagine if all of a sudden we have a war or some major natural catastrophic disaster and everyone dies except for a handful of people who have not heard of Bahá’u’lláh. And they discover all His Writings which are securely placed all over the globe of which the originals are in Haifa under the mountain of God in a air controlled vault! How will they make sense of it? Where do you start? The revelation of Baha'u'llah is like an ocean and there are innumerable pearls to discover. How can we discover the very hidden pearls if we cannot ourselves agree on a meaning of a word or a passage? The past religions have had many problems with this. In their sincerity and love, the followers of religion disagreed on passages. That is the cause of many sects today. So, we are so fortunate to have been given the Beloved Master who has explained to us the meaning of what Bahá’u’lláh meant, the expression in a sense of Bahá’u’lláh's will for us. That the Master has helped keep the Baha'i Faith united! That's the power of the Covenant! The friends during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's lifetime were able to seek many clarifications which we have in the numerous Tablets He has revealed for us. We will touch on those Tablets later which shed illumination on our path towards Bahá’u’lláh!

I have to also mention that the Beloved Master suffered tremendously at the hands of His relatives who tried very hard to discredit Him because they wanted power and recognition. But as it is promised to us in the Bible of "the Day which shall not be followed by night." That we will have continual divine Guidance in this Day!