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* 1869 Bahá'u'lláh's second and most famous Tablet to Napoleon III *
Written while He was in the Most Great Prison of Akka (Holy Land).
In this Tablet He announces the coming of "Him Who is the Unconstrained," whose purpose is to "quicken the world" and unite its peoples; unequivocally asserts that Jesus Christ was the Herald of His Mission; proclaims the fall of "the stars of the firmament of knowledge," who have turned aside from Him; exposes Napoleon's insincerity; and clearly prophesies that his kingdom shall be "thrown into confusion," that his "empire shall pass" from his hands, and that "commotions shall seize all the people in that land," unless he arises to help the Cause of God and follow Him Who is His Spirit.
Napoleon did not heed Bahá'u'lláh's words, reportedly saying "If this man is a god, then I am two gods!"
The very next year this last proud and boastful Emperor was crushed in the Battle of Sedan, the greatest capitulation to date of an army ever recorded, and caused France to sink from her preeminent station among the nations to that of a fourth power in Europe.
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