As the Waters Cover the Sea

The vision of a future World Order — and the forces, both divine and human, that are shaping it. Three of Shoghi Effendi's most important works trace the arc from promise to fulfillment: *The World Order of Baha'u'llah* lays out the theological and institutional framework for a new civilization; *God Passes By* narrates the first century of the Baha'i Faith as the unfolding of a divine plan; and *The Promised Day is Come* explains how the catastrophic collapse of the old world order is itself the fulfillment of Baha'u'llah's warnings to the kings and rulers of the earth.