His Highness, Baha’u’llah, has appeared for the benefit of
all humanity, summoning all to the Divine Table upon which is spread the
Heavenly Food. But today the majority of those who partake of this Heavenly
Food are poor. That is why His Highness, Christ, said: “Blessed are the poor.”
Wealth prevents the people from entering the Kingdom, as it is stated by
Christ: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.” But should a rich person not be
prevented from entering the Kingdom because of wealth and riches, glory and
influence of this world, that rich person will become favored in the threshold
of the Almighty and accepted by the Lord of the Kingdom. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
Tablet to Mr. and Mrs. Ostburg, Boston, Mass; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 5,
June 5, 1911)
