Zazaban wrote:Oh dear. I don't think i was understood.
why did Baha'u'llah come so close after The Bab?
I think the question has been answered
at least I am satisfied with my answer
being The reason why did Baha'u'llah come so close after The Bab
was fulfilment of prophecy ... specifically of the Babs' prophecy concerning the year nine
however
i think Zazaban is trying to ask "What is the
significance of"
"Baha'u'llah come{ing} so close after The Bab"
and that is a different type of question
and one that has not been answered
or at least not been answered to my satisfaction.
The best that can be said, at this time concerning "the
significance of ..." is the Baha'i community has of yet not any western believers to expand/expound upon this theme ...
Zazaban is making an effort to help in this matter with his ascertation of
"* some massive shift in how society works in the years from 1844 to 1863.
*The Bab's mission was unfinished." ... but this ascertation, however comendable, is still a very rudimentary explanation of the true "significance"
From my little bit of understanding of how members of the Baha'i community find true "significance" is in the individual{s}/community{ies} approach to understanding and abiding by Baha'i Law whose basis is THE KITIB-I-AQDAS and it is there and only there that we should first look, for true "significance" therefore I offer you some personal insight into more about the what the true "significance" of why did Baha'u'llah come so close after The Bab ...
one idea being that of allowing the Baha'i community to develop both social and scientific theories/applications into the concept of "time" itself.
for example, interesting enough,
the second question asked and answered in THE KITIB-I-AQDAS deals with the significance of the Festival of the Twin Birthdays
2. QUESTION: Concerning the Festival of the Twin Birthdays.
ANSWER: The Birth of the Abhá Beauty was at the hour of dawn on the second day of the month of Muharram, the first day of which marketh the Birth of His Herald.
These two days are accounted as one in the sight of God.
There is also the following guidance from The Universal House of Justice
"Given that the Bahá’í calendar (see notes 26 and 147) is a solar calendar, it remains for the Universal House of Justice to determine whether the Twin Holy Birthdays are to be celebrated on a solar or lunar basis."
therefore it is very clear that tremendous importance is placed upon the time/timing of the Twin Birthdays.
THE KITIB-I-AQDAS also states "All Feasts have attained their consummation in the two Most Great Festivals,
and in the two other Festivals that fall on the twin days."
it remains to be seen how the Baha'i community will attach significance to the statement but suffice it to say that if Ridvan is a current example of how the followers of Baha'u'llah celebrate "the two Most Great Festivals" then surely in the future great importance will be placed upon "the two other Festivals".
oneness
the apostle dean