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The Great War
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Pages 243-244
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The Great War
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Both Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá on many occasions foretold
with surprising accuracy the coming of the Great War of
1914-1918. At Sacramento, California, on October 26, 1912,
`Abdu'l-Bahá said: -- "Today the European continent is like an
arsenal. It is a storehouse of explosives, ready for just a spark,
and one spark could set aflame the whole of Europe, particularly
at this time, when the Balkan question is before the
world."
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In many of His addresses in America and Europe He gave
similar warning. In another address in California in October
1912 He said: --
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We are on the eve of the Battle of Armageddon referred
to in the sixteenth chapter of Revelation. The time
is two years hence, when only a spark will set aflame the
whole of Europe.
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The social unrest in all countries, the growing religious
scepticism antecedent to the millennium, and already
here, will set aflame the whole of Europe as is prophesied
in the Book of Daniel and in the Book (Revelation) of
John.
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By 1917 kingdoms will fall and cataclysms will rock
the earth. (Reported by Mrs. Corinne True in The North
Shore Review, September 26, 1914, Chicago, U.S.A.)
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On the eve of the great conflict He said: --
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A great melee of the civilized nations is in sight. A
tremendous conflict is at hand. The world is at the threshold
of a most tragic struggle. ... Vast armies -- millions
of men -- are being mobilized and stationed at their frontiers.
They are being prepared for the fearful contest. The
slightest friction will bring them into a terrific crash, and
there will be a conflagration, the like of which is not recorded
in the past history of mankind. (At Haifa, August 3,
1914).
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