To Him Isaiah, the greatest of the Jewish prophets, had
alluded as the “Glory of the Lord,” the “Everlasting Father,” the “Prince of
Peace,” the “Wonderful,” the “Counsellor,” the “Rod come forth out of the stem
of Jesse” and the “Branch grown out of His roots,” Who “shall be established
upon the throne of David,” Who “will come with strong hand,” Who “shall judge
among the nations,” Who “shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and
with the breath of His lips slay the wicked,” and Who “shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four
corners of the earth.”
- Shoghi Effendi
(‘God Passes By’)
