Dr. Leland Jensen / **Letters** # **Christmas Message** #### **Dr. Leland Jensen** ###### December 24, 1975 [↓ PDF](https://leland-jensen-info.netlify.app/1975-12-24-jensen-christmas-message.pdf) *** *Dr. Jensen shares his long letter to Guardian Joseph Pepe Remey completed just days before. Jointly signed by "Knights of Baha'u'llah, Drs. Leland and Opal Jensen."* *** **Christmas Eve** This is my Christmas message to these that are close to me and my family. The enclosures are of the utmost importance and should be read very carefully. When the Promised One of God comes He fulfills a Divine formula, which is created by God, and only He who fulfills this formula is the One sent by God. This formula is like the chemistry formula showing all the constituents of a compound, as H2O is the formula for water. As each substance has its own formula, so each Promised one of God has its own formula. Each time we have two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen we have water, so when ever we have One that fulfills the Divine formula, as recorded in Holy Scriptures, we have the One sent by God. This is so that no one needs to believe a false prophet. When this person makes His appearance He has infallible divine guidance, for God never sends a Promised One to His creatures and then withholds from Him the Divine Guidance for Him to fulfill His Mission. Baha'u'llah tells us, >… that all the Prophets of God, whenever made manifest unto the peoples of the world, have invariably foretold the coming of yet another Prophet after them, and have established such signs as would herald the advent of the future Dispensation. To this the records of all the sacred books bear witness. > > (Baha'u'llah, [Kitab-i-Iqan](https://bahai.works/Kit%C3%A1b-i-%C3%8Dq%C3%A1n/Par_1-50), \[The Book of Certitude], pt. 1, para. 13.) Each Promised One comes in the name for that Promised One, as prophesied in Holy Script. He comes at the address as foretold, so that we may be able to know where to look for Him, and He arrives at the date as forecast; then He proceeds to carry out a preordained mission. This is so that no one needs go astray, and that every one may receive the Divine Guidance sent by God, for only this Promised One that fulfills the Divine Formula has the Infallible Divine Guidance sent by God. Such a One has now come in our day and He is now guiding the pure of heart that are turning to Him. This message is better understood when you read my message written in the month of November 1975 to the Third Guardian of the Baha'i Faith, herewith enclosed. Dr. Opal joins me in sending you our love, and we are praying fervently for your spiritual attainment. Knights of Baha'u'llah, **Drs. Leland and Opal Jensen** *** **Document Details** - **Type:** Letter - **Date:** December 24, 1975 - **Author:** Dr. Leland Jensen - **Recipient:** No salutation but the first sentence reads, "This is my Christmas message to these that are close to me and my family." - **Length:** 1 page, (original pagination). 31 pages with enclosure. - **Enclosure:** 1 mentioned; Letter of December 17, 1975 from Dr. Leland Jensen to Joseph Pepe Remey, 30 pages. That letter is also in the collection, waiting to be processed, and posted with the online collection. *See Archivist Notes for a comment on enclosures.* - **Purpose:** Christmas greetings from both Opal and Leland and the sharing of his December 17 letter to Joseph Pepe Remey. - **Summary Note:** The enclosed letter to Pepe stands as a historical narrative summary of his teaching at the time. Over 12 years into his mission, he restated his proofs and explained the Covenant, which the reader should take note, did come to a greater understanding over the next 21 years. - **Editorial Note:** Lightly edited for clarity, typographic consistency, and web readability. Paragraph structure and substantive wording remain unchanged. Edits include correcting spelling or grammar, standardizing citations, and verifying quotations. **Archivist Notes:** - The only "Christmas Message" letter we know of. - Written by Dr. Jensen with a dual signature from Dr. Leland Jensen and Dr. Opal Jensen. - The attachment — *Letter to Joseph Pepe Remey dated December 17, 1975* — is an early example of a long narrative letter that acts as a teaching text for students and the addressee. This became his most common way to introduce various subject matters into one narrative while answering and addressing the questions of the person he was writing to. - In the first paragraph he mentions "The enclosures are of the utmost importance…" — "enclosures" being plural — but only one is mentioned in the body of the letter. In the fourth paragraph he writes, "This message is better understood when you read my message ... to the Third Guardian ... enclosed." That letter did not contain any enclosures, so there is only one enclosure to this letter that we know of. **Archive Classification** - **Collection:** Dr. Leland Jensen → Letters - **Period:** Late 1975: almost two years since Charles Mason Remey passed away. **Reference Information** - **Permanent Link:** https://leland-jensen.info/letters/1975-12-24-christmas-message/ - **Download PDF:** [1975-12-24-jensen-christmas-message.pdf](https://leland-jensen-info.netlify.app/1975-12-24-jensen-christmas-message.pdf) - **Citation (Chicago Style):** Jensen, Dr. Leland. "Christmas Message, December 24, 1975." Unpublished letter, Missoula, MT, December 24, 1975. Circulated by the author during his lifetime; subsequently circulated among students. Leland Jensen Archive. 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