March 21 marks Naw-Ruz or Nowruz which means “New Day,” marks an ancient Persian festival and is celebrated by The Baha'i Faith as new year’s day.
The Baha'i celebrate a festival of Persian origins as it was from Persia that their founder came.
Mirza Hoseyn Ali came to be known as Baha'u'llah, which means the Splendor or Glory of Allah. He lived 1817-1892 AD.
In 1863 Baha'u'llah proclaimed himself to be the Manifestation of Allah spoken of by his predecessor, the Bab.
Baha'u'llah is referred to as the return of Christ, Lord of the Kingdom of Revelation, the Greatest Name, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, the Comforter, Spirit of Truth, and refers to his own Manifestation as that of the Lord of Hosts, the Maker and Redeemer of the world. Perhaps most importantly, Baha'u'llah is also referred to as the Prince of this World (here is a hint, see John 12:30-33; 14:28-31; 16:7-11; also see Ephesians 2:2 and 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4).
Baha'u'llah came up with the doctrine called Most Great Infallibility in which he states that a Manifestation, such as himself, is infallible and if anyone claims to be a Manifestation before 1,000 years has passed from 1863 AD, that person is a lying impostor. Since he claimed to be the Second Coming of Christ, what we see here is a redefinition of the 1,000 year reign.
Indeed, even though Baha'ism clams that Baha'u'llah is the return of Jesus, and so the Second Coming occurred in 1863 AD, they deny virtually every biblical Christian doctrine.
For information about the Baha'i Faith, see the following essays:
Introduction to the Baha'i Faith - The Key Player
“Bahá'í Propaganda in America”
Response to the Nine Manifestations
The Albuquerque Baha′i Center maintains this website: Abq Bahai
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