Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh
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With `Abdu'l-Bahá's ascension, and more particularly with the passing of His well-beloved and illustrious sister the Most Exalted Leaf--the last survivor of a glorious and heroic age--there draws to a close the first and most moving chapter of Bahá'í history, marking the conclusion of the Primitive, the Apostolic Age of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh. It was `Abdu'l-Bahá Who, through the provisions of His weighty Will and Testament, has forged the vital link which must for ever connect the age that has just expired with the one we now live in--the Transitional and Formative period of the Faith--a stage that must in the fullness of time reach its blossom and yield its fruit in the exploits and triumphs that are to herald the Golden Age of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh.
Soroush Shakib
(© NSA of the Baha'is of USA)

Title and Main Idea:

Introducing the three stages of the development of the Baha'i Dispensation: These include:

  1. Heroic Age
  2. Formative Age (started 1921 with the passing of Abdu'l-Baha)
  3. Golden Age

Question (© Morten Bergsmo):

a) Which events marked the end of the Primitive, Apostolic Age of the Faith?
b) What Age followed immediately?
c) What will be the age that will represent final consummation?

Metaphors, Images, Symbols, and Allusions:

"... reach its blossom and yield its fruit ...."

Dictionary:

Are there any references to the inception of the Golden Age of Baha'u'llah? Is it within the first 1000 years or is it later?

Cause and Effect Relationship:

N/A

Directives:

N/A

Fundamental Verities:

The "weighty Will and Testament" of Baha'u'llah a charter for the Formative Age of the Faith