consequent to the recognition of the
character, and the acknowledgement of the claims, of the Faith of
Baha'u'llah--the essential condition to that ultimate fusion of all races,
creeds, classes, and nations which must signalize the emergence of His New
World Order.

Then will the coming of age of the entire human race be proclaimed and
celebrated by all the peoples and nations of the earth. Then will the
banner of the Most Great Peace be hoisted. Then will the world wide
sovereignty of Baha'u'llah--the Establisher of the Kingdom of the Father
foretold by the Son, and anticipated by the Prophets of God before Him and
after Him--be recognized, acclaimed, and firmly established. Then will a
world civilization be born, flourish, and perpetuate itself, a
civilization with a fullness of life such as the world has never seen nor
can as yet conceive. Then will the Everlasting Covenant be fulfilled in
its completeness. Then will the promise enshrined in all the Books of God
be redeemed, and all the prophecies uttered by the Prophets of old come to
pass, and the vision of seers and poets be realized. Then will the planet,
galvanized through the universal belief of its dwellers in one God, and
their allegiance to one common Revelation, mirror, within the limitations
imposed upon it, the effulgent glories of the sovereignty of Baha'u'llah,
shining in the plenitude of its splendour in the Abha Paradise, and be
made the footstool of His Throne on high, and acclaimed as the earthly
heaven, capable of fulfilling that ineffable destiny fixed for it, from
time immemorial, by the love and wisdom of its Creator.

(28 March 1941, published in "The Promised Day Is Come", pp. 122-124) [50]

51: The principle of collective security He [Baha'u'llah] unreservedly
urges;...

The principle of collective security He [Baha'u'llah] unreservedly urges;
recommends the reduction in national armaments; and proclaims as necessary
and inevitable the convening of a world gathering at which the kings and
rulers of the world will deliberate for the establishment of peace among
the nations.

("God Passes By", rev. ed. (Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1987), pp.
217-218) [51]

52: During this Formative Age of the Faith, and in the course of the
present...

During this Formative Age of the Faith, and in the course of the present
and succeeding epochs, the last and crowning stage in the erection of the
framework of the Administrative O