Robyn Lebron Christ The Bahá’í writings state that “ Ǥ” Therefore, they believe in the statement that Jesus was the Son of God Please note that in the New Testament, Jesus also calls Himself the Son of Man Both are true Jesus, in the Bahá’í view, was God’s son in a biological sense; the relationship was spiritual The understanding of the sonship of Christ is something that has preoccupied the Christian faith for centuries, millennia really, since its inception For the Bahá’í faith, the essential point is that Jesus represented the Godhead on earth, His station was highly exalted, and that in His time, He was the voice of God on earth The fact that Bahá’ís differ in their understanding of the sonship of Christ from some of the denominations of the Christian Faith should not be taken as an indication of a lack of faith or adoration for His holy being Jesus Christ was also considered a prophet and one of the Messengers of God His teachings are considered essential reading, and the message He brought was from God, as is true of all the divine messengers before and after Him Throughout history, God has revealed Himself to humanity through a series of divine messengers, each of whom has founded a great religion The M essengers h ave i ncluded A braham, K rishna, Z oroaster, M oses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad This s uccession o f d ivine t eachers reflects a s ingle h istoric “plan o f G od” f or e ducating h umanity a bout the Creator and for cultivating the spiritual, intellectual, and moral capacities of the race.5 The Bahá’í teachings hold that the motivating force in all human development is the coming of the manifestations, or prophets of God There c an b e l ittle d isagreement t hat h uman h istory i s s trongly influenced by the founders of the world’s great religions The powerful impact on civilization of Jesus Christ, Buddha, Moses, or Muhammad is seen not only in the cultural forms and value systems that arise from their works and teachings, but is also reflected i n t he e ffects th at th e example of their lives has on humankind