The next time we "see" Jesus, it will be as our judge. If we have put our trust in the wrong man, it will mean losing salvation. I believe that there is no room for error here.
Before I reply to this, I wish to say that the Love of God is never to based on the promise of Salvation, this Salvation is always Gods Gift to give to whosoever God chooses to give it to. It is never assured as we never know our own end. Salvation now is a world wide Humanity Goal, it is bigger than self.
Baha'u'llah has shown us It is the same Spirit, the flesh amounts to nothing. Thus to reject Baha'u'llah, is to reject Christ in all eternity and thus to fall into error.
Salvation now lays in the acceptance of the returned Christ.
"..Say: In that Day there is no refuge for any one save the command of God, and no salvation for any soul but God. Verily, this is the truth and there is naught after truth but manifest error." Baha'u'llah : The Tablet of the Branch - from BWF
Abdul'baha has answered a question on this subject;
SALVATION - You ask if, through the appearance of the kingdom of God, every soul hath been saved. "The Sun of Reality hath appeared to all the world. This luminous appearance is salvation and life; but only he who hath opened the eye of reality and who hath seen these lights will be saved." Abdu'l-Baha : Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section
This explanation of Abdul'baha shows that if we have not acknowledged God in this day, we have become separated from God and lost eternal salvation;
Question. -- It is said in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas "...whoso is deprived thereof, hath gone astray, though he be the author of every righteous deed." What is the meaning of this verse?
Answer. -- "This blessed verse means that the foundation of success and salvation is the knowledge of God, and that the results of the knowledge of God are the good actions which are the fruits of faith. If man has not this knowledge, he will be separated from God, and when this separation exists, good actions have not complete effect. This verse does not mean that the souls separated from God are equal, whether they perform good or bad actions. It signifies only that the foundation is to know God, and the good actions result from this knowledge. Nevertheless, it is certain that between the good, the sinners and the wicked who are veiled from God there is a difference. For the veiled one who has good principles and character deserves the pardon of God, while he who is a sinner, and has bad qualities and character, is deprived of the bounties and blessings of God. Herein lies the difference.
Therefore, the blessed verse means that good actions alone, without the knowledge of God, cannot be the cause of eternal salvation, everlasting success, and prosperity, and entrance into the Kingdom of God. Abdu'l-Baha : Some Answered Questions
The Bab has given a warning to the Christians that they Lost Salvation by not accepting Muhammad (Apostle of God) and that when Baha'u'llah was to come, all Salvation lays within the acceptance of Baha'u'llah, all else is the fire;
"...RID thou thyself of all attachments to aught except God, enrich thyself in God by dispensing with all else besides Him, and recite this prayer:
Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth or in whatever lieth between them but God, thy Lord, sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent.
Regard not the all-sufficing power of God as an idle fancy. It is that genuine faith which thou cherishest for the Manifestation of God in every Dispensation. It is such faith which sufficeth above all the things that exist on the earth, whereas no created thing on earth besides faith would suffice thee. If thou art not a believer, the Tree of divine Truth would condemn thee to extinction. If thou art a believer, thy faith shall be sufficient for thee above all things that exist on earth, even though thou possess nothing.
It is recorded in a tradition that of the entire concourse of the Christians no more than seventy people embraced the Faith of the Apostle of God. The blame falleth upon their doctors, for if these had believed, they would have been followed by the mass of their countrymen. Behold, then, that which hath come to pass!
The learned men of Christendom are held to be learned by virtue of their safeguarding the teaching of Christ, and yet consider how they themselves have been the cause of men's failure to accept the Faith and attain unto salvation! Is it still thy wish to follow in their footsteps? The followers of Jesus submitted to their clerics to be saved on the Day of Resurrection, and as a result of this obedience they eventually entered into the fire, and on the Day when the Apostle of God appeared they shut themselves out from the recognition of His exalted Person. Dost thou desire to follow such divines?
Nay, by God, be thou neither a divine without discernment nor a follower without discernment, for both of these shall perish on the Day of Resurrection. Rather it behooveth thee to be a discerning divine, or to walk with insight in the way of God by obeying a true leader of religion.......: The Bab : Selections from the Writings of the Bab
Personal Salvation is not held by the followers of Christ anymore, they have rejected Christ 3 times in the last 2000 years.
It is your decision if we continue looking at Prophecy, or we can leave it there if you wish?
Regards Tony
