Consider with us. Whenever a divine Educator appears in the
world, a Figure Whose teachings will come to shape human thought and action for
centuries thereafter—at such a dramatic, seismic moment, what would we expect?The appearance of every such Educator, as recorded in the Sacred Texts of the world’s great faiths, is a pivotal event that propels the advancement of civilization. The spiritual stimulus each has provided throughout history has enabled the radius of human cooperation to extend from the clan, to the tribe, to the city-state, and to the nation. And each of these great Teachers promised that, in time, another divine Figure would appear, Whose advent should be anticipated and Whose influence would reform the world.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a message dated October 2019, addressed to ‘all who have come to honour the Herald of a
new Dawn’)
