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cities of Judah: `Behold your God! Behold the Lord
God will come with strong hand, and His arm shall
rule for Him.'" This Day all the signs have appeared.
A Great City hath descended from heaven, and Zion
trembleth and exulteth with joy at the Revelation
of God, for it hath heard the Voice of God on every
side. This Day Jerusalem hath attained unto a new
Evangel, for in the stead of the sycamore standeth
the cedar. Jerusalem is the place of pilgrimage for
all the peoples of the world, and hath been named
the Holy City. Together with Zion and Palestine,
they are all included within these regions. Wherefore,
hath it been said: "Blessed is the man that hath
migrated to Akká."
Amos saith: "The Lord will roar from Zion, and
utter His Voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations
of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel
shall wither." Carmel, in the Book of God, hath been
designated as the Hill of God, and His Vineyard. It
is here that, by the grace of the Lord of Revelation,
the Tabernacle of Glory hath been raised. Happy
are they that attain thereunto; happy they that set
their faces towards it. And likewise He saith: "Our
God will come, and He will not be silent."
O Shaykh! Reflect upon these words addressed by
Him Who is the Desire of the world to Amos. He
saith: "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel, for, lo,
He that formeth the mountains and createth the
wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought,
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