thanks for taking time to explan.
Question:
I thought the Bab said that 7 years after his "reign" that He Whom God shall Make Manifest should arise.
Or am i completely off?
The Bab declared in 1844, died in 1850, Baha`u'llah declared nineteen years after the declaration of the Bab, in 1863.
In the first month of the Bab's declaration He wrote a series of Tablets to eighteen "Letters of the Living" (His first eighteen followers). He also wrote His first Tablet to He Whom God Shall Make Manifest, I'll quote the relevant section of that last Tablet here:
"This is a letter from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, unto God, the Almighty, the Best Beloved, to 7 affirm that the Bayan and such as bear allegiance to it are but a present from me unto Thee and to express my undoubting faith that there is no God but Thee, that the kingdoms of Creation and Revelation are Thine, that no one can attain anything save by Thy power and that He Whom Thou hast raised up is but Thy servant and Thy Testimony. I, indeed, beg to address Him Whom God shall make manifest, by Thy leave in these words:
'Shouldst Thou dismiss the entire company of the followers of the Bayan in the Day of the Latter Resurrection by a mere sign of Thy finger even while still a suckling babe, Thou wouldst indeed be praised in Thy indication. And though no doubt is there about it, do Thou grant a respite of nineteen years as a token of Thy favour so that those who have embraced this Cause may be graciously rewarded by Thee. Thou art verily the Lord of grace abounding. Thou dost indeed suffice every created thing and causest it to be 8 independent of all things, while nothing in the heavens or on the earth or that which lieth between them can ever suffice Thee.'
Verily Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the All-Knowing; Thou art indeed potent over all things."
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab)
The italics and color are mine. 1863-1844 are 19 years.
Baha`u'llah had His first experience of the Divine Presence in 1853, when He was imprisoned in the Siyah Chal, but He made no declaration until April of 1863.
Regards,
Scott