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In the Baháʼí Faith, Jesus Christ is regarded as a Manifestation of God, one of a succession of divine messengers through whom, in Baháʼí belief, God progressively makes himself known to humanity. Baháʼí scripture affirms the titles the Gospel and the Qurʼán give to Jesus—among them the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the Messiah. It describes his divinity not as an incarnation of the divine essence but, as expressed in Baháʼí and Christian scripture, the reflection of the sun in a mirror. Baháʼí writers accordingly hold that Jesus mirrors God's names and attributes rather than sharing God's unknowable essence, and read the Christian doctrines of the Trinity and of Jesus's sonship as spiritual realities rather than as physical states.

Baháʼuʼlláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, placed Jesus within an unbroken chain of Manifestations of God between Adam and Muhammad, each renewing the religion of the one before and pointing toward ones to come. Baháʼís refer to this principle as progressive revelation. Baháʼí teaching accepts the Gospel as authentic scripture, a stance scholars describe as a departure from the doctrine of scriptural corruption common in the surrounding Islamic milieu, and reads much of its language as figurative rather than literal.

Baháʼí scripture, like the Qurʼán, supports the understanding that Jesus was born of a virgin through the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit. His birth is held to be miraculous, but secondary in doctrinal importance; its significance is read spiritually, and it is in this sense that he is called the Son of God. Baháʼí scripture affirms the historical reality of the crucifixion of Jesus—distinguishing the Baháʼí position from the view, prevalent in Islam, that Jesus was not in fact crucified—and, in the Baháʼí reading, treats his death as a redemptive sacrifice that renewed human civilization, while rejecting the doctrine of vicarious atonement for original sin. The resurrection and ascension are seen not as material phenomena, but rather as spiritual occurrences that revivified the faith of his followers.

The eschatological prophecies of the Gospels, including the promised return of Christ, are likewise read figuratively. Baháʼís hold that the return of Christ was fulfilled not in the reappearance of the same person but in the advent of the same Spirit in later Manifestations of God, including the Báb and Baháʼuʼlláh.

The Baháʼí understanding of Jesus Christ has been the subject of a small body of academic study, alongside a larger body of devotional and apologetic literature. Baháʼí sources focus on the meaning of the Gospel narratives and the words of Christ, rather than retelling the events of Jesus's life. Therefore, the tradition produces little in the way of biography.

Alex Bale is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, animator, and actor. He is best known for his theory videos, notably about Spongebob Squarepants, and for creating the Alternate Reality Game web series Don't Feed the Muse, as well as Pizza Time Pizza.

Films

In 2014, Bale co-wrote "S–Laughter (It's French)". It was played at the DC Independent Film Festival.

In 2016, while in high school, Bale made a YouTube series called "Promos". In 2016, Bale co-wrote "Countdown". It was played at the DC Independent Film Festival.

In 2019, Bale started a series on YouTube called "Horror Shorts". Among them were "THE UMBRELLA MAN (2019)" and "Don't Drink the Coffee (2019)".

In 2020, Bale started a series called "SpongeBob Conspiracies". Bale's YouTube channel received substantial growth due to the series. SpongeBob Conspiracies was part of an alternate reality game called "The Muse ARG" or "Don't Feed The Muse". Throughout 2021–2023, Bale developed the ARG across multiple Youtube channels, with a story about a muse pushing the protagonist to make the Spongebob videos as part of a larger plan.

In 2021, Bale released a comedic short film "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?". It was played at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival. The film won Best Actress Comedy, Best Director Comedy, and Best Script Comedy at the 8th Annual NYC Short Comedy Film Festival.

Other

Throughout 2014–2016, Bale worked on a Minecraft ARG called "OldRoot". In 2018, Bale made a rap video about the "Air Bud cinematic universe".

Yazdegerd(also spelledYazdgerdandYazdgird; ) sometimes possibly referred to asYazdegerd the Meek', was a potential imperial prince probably proclaimed as (shahinshah) of the Sassanid Empire in 399/400. He is said to have been a son of Bahram IV, and to have allegedly reigned for 72 days after his father's death until he was replaced by his uncle (or brother) Yazdegerd I.

He is only mentioned by the Muslim historian of the tenth century, Hamza al-Isfahani in his book "Taʾrīkh sinī mulūk al-arḍ wa-l-anbiyāʾ" ("Chronology of the Kings of the Earth and the Prophets"). In Hamza's version of the Sasanian king list, a ruler named Yazdegerd succeeded Bahram IV but reigned for only 72 days, after which the throne passed to Yazdegerd I. It has been theorized that Hamza perhaps needed to invent this Yazdegerd in order to close a lacuna in the list of Sassanid kings, for which he could not find an explanation, however the presence of a small number of copper coins with the likeness of Shapur II but with the name Yazdegerd on the reverse might prove that this Yazdegerd did exist and rule although quite briefly.

Some manuscripts of Hamza's work refer to the ruler as al-Layyin (Arabic: اللين), meaning "the Gentle", "the Mild", or "the Meek". Whether this epithet genuinely belonged to the 72-day ruler is uncertain.
The sobriquet is more securely associated in Persian and Arabic historiography with Yazdegerd II, leading some scholars to suspect that its attachment to the earlier Yazdegerd may result from textual corruption or the transfer of an epithet during the manuscript transmission of Hamza's chronicle.