The essence of Religion is knowledge of God.
Unique to the Baha'i Faith, the revelation of the living Word of God appeared in Twin Manifestations. The Revelation of the Bab in 1844 precedes the Revelation of Baha'u'llah by 19 years.
The Bab proclaimed that He is the Promised One of all religions. His direct revelation of the Word of God expects us to recognize Baha'u'llah as the fulfillment of the Bab's Revelation. There are similarities in the appearance of Aaron with Moses, and in the role of John the Baptist as the Forerunner who prepared the way for Jesus.
The fundamental theology of the Bab and Baha'u'llah identifies the Word of God as Divine Oneness. Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Bab, and Baha'ullah, and a myriad other Manifestations of God down the ages is one divine essence. The distinction of names differs only according to their historical appearance and specific mission. Whether written, spoken, or the physical, historical human being, the Living Word is one.
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