CHAPTER
ELEVEN
The
Date for the Advent of The Bab
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Measuring
1843.217891867748 P" up the Ascending Passageway from the Zero
Point, you come to the upper end of the Grand Gallery of Religions
at the Altar Stone. (see Figure 19) This junction is at
the East - West Center Line, marking the end of the Christian Era
and calendar on March 21st, 1844 AD and bringing
us into the New Age. The Baha'i Era and calendar were inaugurated
by the Bab who made his Proclamation on May 23rd, 1844 AD.
This date corresponds exactly with the date given by Daniel in the
Bible of 2300 days/years from 457 BC to March 21st, 1844 (Daniel
8:13, 14) for the return of Jesus as the Bab (Door or Gate in John
10:7, 9), for the cleansing of the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is symbolized
by the Ante-chamber in the Great Pyramid and the Altar by the Great
Step. The Sanctuary was cleansed by the blood of the Bab on the
Altar just inside the Door of the Sanctuary and by the blood of
ten thousand of his followers in Glorious martyrdom, during the
years represented by the length of the Altar Stone (the Great Step)
in the Pyramid.
FIGURE 19
The
Bab, meaning Door or Gate, closed the door to the Prophetic Age
and opened the door to the Age of Fulfillment. His Revelation was
of the potency of the Sanctuary and he is therefore the return of
Jesus to earth in the Sanctuary which he had entered in heaven (Hebrews
9:24). Like John the Baptist, he prepared the way for the Advent
of the Glory of the Lord—Baha'u'llah (see the 43rd chapter
of Ezekiel).
The
calendar instituted by the Bab for the New Age has 19 days to the
month and 19 months to the year, plus four and one-quarter intercalary
days, with leap years having five (one year = 19 months of 19 days
plus four and one-quarter intercalary days). Therefore there are
19.22328763 Baha'i months in one solar year. [18]
ENDNOTES
18
For more on the Baha'i Calendar see The Baha'i World Vol. XII,
1950-1954, pp. 553-554. [back]
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