Joel J. Marangella
2008-06-04 11:50:51 UTC
POSTED ON BEHALF OF THE THIRD GUARDIAN OF THE BAHA'I FAITH
CAN THEY PREVAIL AGAINST GOD'S IMMUTABLE PURPOSE?
Shoghi Effendi in the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah points out that the BAHA'I
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER is a "System" that is "still in its infancy" and
therefore in a stage at which "no one" should "misconceive its character,
belittle its significance or misrepresent its purpose."
Shoghi Effendi then emphasizes the important fact that: "The bedrock on
which this Administrative Order is founded is God immutable purpose for
mankind in this day" and further states, most significantly, that "The
Source from which it derives its inspiration in no one less than Baha'u'llah
Himself."
Following the passing of Shoghi Effendi, the Hands of the Cause, with a
single notable exception, ignored completely the above quoted words of
Shoghi Effendi and in an incomprehensible lack of faith in the Covenant of
Baha'u'llah and in the immutable provisions of the divinely-conceived
provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha--its sacred and
immortal "Child"-- not only declared that the Guardianship had ended with
the passing of Shoghi Effendi but, moreover, in effect, rendered his
writings, such as those quoted above, invalid and insignificant.
Consequently, Shoghi Effendi's writings were shamefully disregarded in the
actions that were then taken by the Hands and they inexcusably placed no
importance on and ignored, as well, the "historic" and "epoch-making"
decisions he had recently made pertaining to the establishment of the
highest Institutions of the Faith at the World Center and had announced in
glowing terms in messages to the Baha'i World during the concluding years of
his 36-year ministry. These actions of tremendous import were a fitting and
glorious culmination to his labors to erect all of the institutions of the
Administrative Order in compete fidelity to the provisions of the Will and
Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha. A prime example is the following message of 30
June 1952
"At the World Center of the Faith, where at long last the machinery of its
highest institutions has been erected, and around whose most holy shrines
the supreme organs of its unfolding Order, are, in their embryonic form,
unfolding . . ."
The "supreme organs" which "at long last" Shoghi Effendi had erected in
their embryonic form (and which therefore, as affirmed by 'Abdu'l-Baha, were
complete and perfect organs "from the first",) were none other than the
institutions of the embryonic Universal House of Justice, (and, as such,
possessing both an embryonic, irremovable and potentially "sacred head" and
a body that would be elected in a later stage) and temporarily and
provisionally titled: "International Baha'i Council," appointed in his
Proclamation of 9 January 1951 (the significance and tremendous import of
which was destined to be unperceived during the remaining years of his
ministry due to its necessary retention as an inactive body) and of the
Hands of the Cause, twelve of whom had been appointed as the first
contingent on 24 December 1951.
Having ignored the writings of Shoghi Effendi in which he had declared that
the Baha'i Administrative Order was founded on "God's immutable Purpose,"
the Hands, had then faithlessly declared the Guardianship of the Cause of
God at an end and then, without any authority to do so, ingloriously
proceeded to put an end, as well, to the "supreme organs" of the
Administrative Order that had been erected by Shoghi Effendi, as announced
in the message quoted above, in their appointment of an unnecessary
substitute body of nine Custodian Hands, completely outside the provisions
of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha, to which they shamelessly
assigned the functions that are only rightfully exercised by the Guardian of
the Faith as "the Center of the Cause." This spurious body, clearly created
outside of the provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha then
reigned over the Faith for a period of some six years until its demise and
its functions assumed by an equally illegitimate and sans-Guardian so-called
Universal House of Justice, elected in 1963.
The now patently illegitimate headless organization in Haifa, functioning as
successor to the so-called Universal House of Justice first elected in 1963
and continuing to function without the Guardian presiding as its "sacred
head", would do well to heed the following Words of Baha'u'llah and realize
that the corrupted administrative system that has been shamelessly
substituted for the divinely-conceived, sacred and immutable System
delineated by 'Abdu'l-Baha in His Will and Testament, is in defiance of and
undeniably contrary to "God's immutable Purpose" and is therefore inevitably
doomed to ultimate extinction.
"NAUGHT CAN RESIST THY WILL, NOR FRUSTRATE WHAT THOU HAST PURPOSED BY
THY POWER."
Detailed information as to the manner in which Shoghi Effendi faithfully
provided for the continuation of the Guardianship in complete fidelity to
the provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha may be found in the
following web site: Bahai-Guardian.com
Joel Bray Marangella
Guardian of the Baha'i Faith
June 2008
WEB: http://www.Bahai-Guardian.com/prevail.html
CAN THEY PREVAIL AGAINST GOD'S IMMUTABLE PURPOSE?
Shoghi Effendi in the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah points out that the BAHA'I
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER is a "System" that is "still in its infancy" and
therefore in a stage at which "no one" should "misconceive its character,
belittle its significance or misrepresent its purpose."
Shoghi Effendi then emphasizes the important fact that: "The bedrock on
which this Administrative Order is founded is God immutable purpose for
mankind in this day" and further states, most significantly, that "The
Source from which it derives its inspiration in no one less than Baha'u'llah
Himself."
Following the passing of Shoghi Effendi, the Hands of the Cause, with a
single notable exception, ignored completely the above quoted words of
Shoghi Effendi and in an incomprehensible lack of faith in the Covenant of
Baha'u'llah and in the immutable provisions of the divinely-conceived
provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha--its sacred and
immortal "Child"-- not only declared that the Guardianship had ended with
the passing of Shoghi Effendi but, moreover, in effect, rendered his
writings, such as those quoted above, invalid and insignificant.
Consequently, Shoghi Effendi's writings were shamefully disregarded in the
actions that were then taken by the Hands and they inexcusably placed no
importance on and ignored, as well, the "historic" and "epoch-making"
decisions he had recently made pertaining to the establishment of the
highest Institutions of the Faith at the World Center and had announced in
glowing terms in messages to the Baha'i World during the concluding years of
his 36-year ministry. These actions of tremendous import were a fitting and
glorious culmination to his labors to erect all of the institutions of the
Administrative Order in compete fidelity to the provisions of the Will and
Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha. A prime example is the following message of 30
June 1952
"At the World Center of the Faith, where at long last the machinery of its
highest institutions has been erected, and around whose most holy shrines
the supreme organs of its unfolding Order, are, in their embryonic form,
unfolding . . ."
The "supreme organs" which "at long last" Shoghi Effendi had erected in
their embryonic form (and which therefore, as affirmed by 'Abdu'l-Baha, were
complete and perfect organs "from the first",) were none other than the
institutions of the embryonic Universal House of Justice, (and, as such,
possessing both an embryonic, irremovable and potentially "sacred head" and
a body that would be elected in a later stage) and temporarily and
provisionally titled: "International Baha'i Council," appointed in his
Proclamation of 9 January 1951 (the significance and tremendous import of
which was destined to be unperceived during the remaining years of his
ministry due to its necessary retention as an inactive body) and of the
Hands of the Cause, twelve of whom had been appointed as the first
contingent on 24 December 1951.
Having ignored the writings of Shoghi Effendi in which he had declared that
the Baha'i Administrative Order was founded on "God's immutable Purpose,"
the Hands, had then faithlessly declared the Guardianship of the Cause of
God at an end and then, without any authority to do so, ingloriously
proceeded to put an end, as well, to the "supreme organs" of the
Administrative Order that had been erected by Shoghi Effendi, as announced
in the message quoted above, in their appointment of an unnecessary
substitute body of nine Custodian Hands, completely outside the provisions
of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha, to which they shamelessly
assigned the functions that are only rightfully exercised by the Guardian of
the Faith as "the Center of the Cause." This spurious body, clearly created
outside of the provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha then
reigned over the Faith for a period of some six years until its demise and
its functions assumed by an equally illegitimate and sans-Guardian so-called
Universal House of Justice, elected in 1963.
The now patently illegitimate headless organization in Haifa, functioning as
successor to the so-called Universal House of Justice first elected in 1963
and continuing to function without the Guardian presiding as its "sacred
head", would do well to heed the following Words of Baha'u'llah and realize
that the corrupted administrative system that has been shamelessly
substituted for the divinely-conceived, sacred and immutable System
delineated by 'Abdu'l-Baha in His Will and Testament, is in defiance of and
undeniably contrary to "God's immutable Purpose" and is therefore inevitably
doomed to ultimate extinction.
"NAUGHT CAN RESIST THY WILL, NOR FRUSTRATE WHAT THOU HAST PURPOSED BY
THY POWER."
Detailed information as to the manner in which Shoghi Effendi faithfully
provided for the continuation of the Guardianship in complete fidelity to
the provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha may be found in the
following web site: Bahai-Guardian.com
Joel Bray Marangella
Guardian of the Baha'i Faith
June 2008
WEB: http://www.Bahai-Guardian.com/prevail.html