The phrase
"advance in the process of entry by troops" accommodates the concept
that current circumstances demand and existing opportunities allow for a
sustained growth of the Bahá'í world community on a large scale; that this
upsurge is necessary in the face of world conditions; that the three
constituent participants in the upbuilding of the Order of Bahá'u'lláh -- the
individual, the institution, and the community -- can foster such growth first
by spiritually and mentally accepting the possibility of it, and then by
working towards embracing masses of new believers, setting in motion the means
for effecting their spiritual and administrative training and development,
thereby multiplying the number of knowledgeable, active teachers and
administrators whose involvement in the work of the Cause will ensure a
constant influx of new adherents, an uninterrupted evolution of Bahá'í
Assemblies, and a steady consolidation of the community.
(The Universal House of Justice, from a letter dated Ridvan, 1996, to the Bahá'ís of the World)
