Stars and Other Heavenly Signs

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Jul 7, 2001

OK, I admit it. Sometimes, when I feel blocked about coming up with a topic, I look at the Event list and see what looks interesting. This is one such time.

What struck me was the event called "The Celestial Symphony". Now, I asked myself, how does this relate to the Baha'i Faith? Well, that is part of the process of research and writing some of my articles. I find a general topic and research how it does relate to the Baha'i Faith. It is my hope that you, my readers, will learn something new, just as I have. I chose to use the "Ringstone Symbol" to open my article. For an explanation of this symbol I recommend the following link:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~schuette/...

Baha'u'llah, Prophet - Founder of the Baha'i Faith wrote, "Ye are the stars of the heaven of understanding, the breeze that stirreth at the break of day, the soft-flowing waters upon which must depend the very life of all men, the letters inscribed upon His sacred scroll. With the utmost unity, and in a spirit of perfect fellowship, exert yourselves, that ye may be enabled to achieve that which beseemeth this Day of God."

This quote is directed to the believers in Baha'u'llah and His mission. I must admit that although I am a believer, I am humbled by this. But, I digress. It is this type of symbolism that was brought to mind when I was the event "The Celestial Symphony".

On another aspect of "The Celestial Symphony" Baha'u'llah writes, "...concerning His words: 'And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven.' By these words it is meant that when the sun of the heavenly teachings hath been eclipsed, the stars of the divinely-established laws have fallen, and the moon of true knowledge--the educator of mankind-- hath been obscured; when the standards of guidance and felicity have been reversed, and the morn of truth and righteousness hath sunk in night, then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in heaven. By "heaven" is meant the visible heaven, inasmuch as when the hour draweth nigh on which the Day-star of the heaven of justice shall be made manifest, and the Ark of divine guidance shall sail upon the sea of glory, a star will appear in the heaven, heralding unto its people the advent of that most great light. In like manner, in the invisible heaven a star shall be made manifest who, unto the peoples of the earth, shall act as a harbinger of the break of that true and exalted Morn. These twofold signs, in the visible and the invisible heaven, have announced the Revelation of each of the Prophets of God, as is commonly believed."