CHAPTER
EIGHT
BALDER,
HODER, AND TYR
Fairest
of the Gods
THOR
was not the only son of Odin and Frigg. They had three other sons:
BALDER, HODER and TYR. These three gods are mentioned in the legends
far less than Thor. But what they represent is important to discuss.
Just as Thor symbolizes the guardianship of the Baha'i faith, these
brothers symbolize different aspects of the Baha'i faith as well.
The first of the three brothers born after Thor is Balder. Balder
represents Shoghi Effendi, the first guardian of the Baha'i faith.
Even
though Balder was so loving and full of light, Odin knew he would
be killed. Odin also knew this was to be first in a series of events
that would lead to Ragnarok, the day the world is wrecked, which
is the great catastrophe spoken of in all world religions. Balder
is later killed by his blind brother who was coaxed by Loki. But
before Balder died he had a son named Forseti. Forseti is a symbol
for the International Baha'i Council/Universal House of Justice
that was to succeed Shoghi Effendi as the infallible head of the
faith. One of the purposes of the UHJ is to solve the world's differences
through a world court of arbitration. The decisions reached by the
UHJ are to be regarded as decisions made by God. The UHJ is infallible,
this is promised to us by God. Forseti appears as the son of Balder
because the UHJ succeeds Shoghi Effendi after his death in 1957.
The
Blind God
Odin's
third son was Hoder, the blind god. Most of AEsir deities felt sympathy
for him. Balder's brother, Hoder, was blind. Later it will be shown
how Hoder's blindness was used to bring sadness to all of Asgard
but, for the time being he lived happily enough. Although Hoder
could not see the beauty of Asgard, there were plenty of things
he could appreciate: the warm rays of the sun, the hundred and one
sounds of birds and animals, the speech and music of the other gods.
In those days no one in Asgard was unhappy.
The
blind Hoder is symbolic of the blind believers of the Baha'i faith
that followed the Hands of the Cause of God after the usurpation
of the UHJ. These people still enjoy the rays of the sun and the
speech of the gods, meaning they still have the writings, principles,
and teachings of Baha'u'llah to which they can turn, but they are
actually blind to the usurpation of the faith by the Hands of the
Cause of God. After the "Hands" proclaimed that God had
changed His mind, the believers could have investigated and found
the truth. Instead, they blindly followed the "Hands"
who had no authority in such matters, even if it meant breaking
God's Eternal Covenant with man. When the "Hands" first
met after the death of Shoghi Effendi, some of them brought writings
of Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha. Ruhiyyih told them to close the
books because they would have different interpretations of the writings
and that would cause disunity. This is clear evidence that Ruhiyyih
never had any intention of following the true plan of God, but would
invent her own plan instead. The ignorant believers followed this
blindly. They are blind because they refuse to see, thus they are
blindly going into destruction when the world is wrecked in Ragnarok.
Tyr
Odin's
fourth son was TYR, a very brave god indeed. There is no doubt
that Tyr was the most daring and courageous of all of AEsir and
many tales are told about him. Brave warriors on earth carved
his rune spell on the handle of their swords and called on his
name when they went into battle. (Brian Branston, Gods and
Heroes from Viking Mythology, p. 42)
While
giving victory to his followers, he also gave to them the gifts
of law and order, and he was regarded as the deity who upheld
the universe. He ruled the realm of the sky as well as that of
battle. Little is known of Tyr, except that men turned to him
for help in war and put his initial, the runic sign for T, on
weapons in early Anglo-Saxon period. In Edda poems it was remembered
that his name might be used in this way to give help to the warriors.
(H.R. Ellis Davidson, Scandinavian Mythology, p. 51)
Tyr
is a symbol of the lineal descendants of King David who were the
protectors of the laws. They were exilarchs seated on the throne
of David up until the Advent of Baha'u'llah Who gave new laws and
continued this lineage of David. He continued this lineage of David
by appointing His son 'Abdu'l-Baha, who appointed Shoghi Effendi
to replace Muhammad Ali, who had broken the Covenant. 'Abdu'l-Baha
conferred infallibility on Shoghi Effendi that would have been conferred
on Muhammad Ali had he not broken the Covenant. 'Abdu'l-Baha did
this to protect the laws of Baha'u'llah. But Shoghi Effendi was
not a male descendant of King David, as he was descended from 'Abdu'l-Baha
through his mother, who was 'Abdu'l-Baha's daughter, and the Davidic
lineage is not passed down through the female. There was never a
woman seated upon the throne of David. Therefore 'Abdu'l-Baha adopted
Mason Remey to be his son and to inherit and continue the Davidic
lineage. Baha'u'llah only provided for two male successors: 'Abdu'l-Baha
and Muhammad Ali. Because Muhammad Ali broke the Covenant, 'Abdu'l-Baha
replaced him with Shoghi Effendi, and then the House of Justice:
"To none is given the right to put forth his own opinion or
express his particular convictions. All must seek guidance and turn
to the Center of the Cause [Shoghi Effendi] and [then] the House
of Justice. And he that turneth unto whatsoever else is indeed in
grievous error" (Will and Testament, p. 26). The son
and successor to Shoghi Effendi was the Universal House of Justice
in embryo, called the first International Baha'i Council, and those
that turned to anything else were in grievous error. This embryonic
House of Justice consists of two important features: One, the infallibility
of Shoghi Effendi, was passed on to this House of Justice; and the
other, the Davidic lineage, which is the executive branch, was passed
on to Tyr, 'Abdu'l-Baha's son, who is the protector of the
law.
Tyr,
the Davidic lineage, plays a significant role in the story of the
binding wolf. The wolf, Fenrir (the spirit of violation), the only
one of Loki's evil children left in Asgard (the meeting place of
the gods), was growing too strong for the gods to control. Tyr was
the only god to which the wolf could speak. A series of bets took
place in which the wolf was challenged to break free from the fetters
(of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah) constructed by the gods. He did
so easily. Then the gods had a special thread (Gleipnir) designed
by the dwarves. The wolf (the violation) did not want to accept
the challenge because of the cunning that went into making it. The
wolf finally agreed when Tyr laid his hand inside of his mouth so
if he could not break free, Tyr would lose his hand. The bond (Covenant
of Baha'u'llah) held and Tyr's hand was lost.
This
is talking about the Hands of the Cause of God and the Guardian
who lost the Hands to satanic intentions, the wolf. Tyr losing his
hand is a fundamental legend in Northern Europe just as the breaking
of the Covenant by the Hands of the Cause of God is a major degeneration
in the Baha'i faith, with the Covenant-breakers following Hel, so
they are going to Hell.
With
the five million or so Covenant-breaking Baha'is going down the
tube by being followers of Hel, is there any solution to this debacle?
Is all of mankind to be completely destroyed, because the healing
medicine given by God through His Divine Physician for the healing
of this very sick world, has fallen into the hands of the quacks,
or charlatans? HEAVENS NO! There is another Promised One to come
to save the day, so-to-speak. He is prophesied in Scandinavian prophecy
as Heimdall. WHO IS HEIMDALL?

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