Yes, as the material worlds are all part of a cyclic renewal and religion part of this world.
Faiths are born (Spring), grow and mature (Summer), start to decline (Autumn) and then decay from the original (Winter)
There are many great YouTube videos where people who are not Baha'is offer this is also how civilisation rises and falls, they rise in moral and virtues and decline in material pursuits there are many knowledgeable economists that have posted the prediction of the fall of this age.
Metephors of the Spiritual can always be given from the material, as the material world is but a construct of the Spiritual reality.
Baha'u'llah has explained this in detail in the Kitab-i-iqan and Shoghi Effendi (Grandson), a great writer, has explained it in great detail in "The World.Order of Baha'u'llah".
"Religion," writes Bahá'u'lláh, "is the greatest of all means for the establishment of order in the world and for the peaceful contentment of all that dwell therein. The weakening of the pillars of religion hath strengthened the hands of the ignorant and made them bold and arrogant. Verily I say, whatsoever hath lowered the lofty station of religion hath increased the waywardness of the wicked, and the result cannot be but anarchy." "Religion," He, in another Tablet, has stated, "is a radiant light and an impregnable stronghold for the protection and welfare of the peoples of the world, for the fear of God impelleth man to hold fast to that which is good, and shun all evil. Should the lamp of religion be obscured, chaos and confusion will ensue, and the lights of fairness, of justice, of tranquillity and peace cease to shine." "Know thou," He, in yet another connection, has written, "that they who are truly wise have likened the world unto the human temple. As the body of man needeth a garment to clothe it, so the body of mankind must needs be adorned with the mantle of justice and wisdom. Its robe is the Revelation vouchsafed unto it by God."
No wonder, therefore, that when, as a result of human perversity, the light of religion is quenched in men's hearts, and the divinely appointed Robe, designed to adorn the human temple, is deliberately discarded, a deplorable decline in the fortunes of humanity immediately sets in, bringing in its wake all the evils which a wayward soul is capable of revealing. The perversion of human nature, the degradation of human conduct, the corruption and dissolution of human institutions, reveal themselves, under such circumstances, in their worst and most revolting aspects. Human character is debased, confidence is shaken, the nerves of discipline are relaxed, the voice of human conscience is stilled, the sense of decency and shame is obscured, conceptions of duty, of solidarity, of reciprocity and loyalty are distorted, and the very feeling of peacefulness, of joy and of hope is gradually extinguished...."
This is the link to the section I have taken the above quote from and it contains a lot more detail.
Regards Tony
