{"id":1117,"date":"2020-03-06T23:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2020-03-06T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:23:00","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-saturday-march-7th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/03\/06\/lectionary-readings-for-saturday-march-7th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Saturday, March 7th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventh-Day Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Fragapatti Chapter 11, Chapter 12<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 11<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The avalanza was so constructed that the words spoken by Fragapatti and Hoab could
\nbe heard by all who chose, of whom there were two thousand millions on board. And
\nwhen Hoab expressed conviction, the same sentiment seized upon the whole assembly;
\nwhereupon, Fragapatti raised his hand, saying: By virtue of Thy power, O Jehovih, will I
\nillume this hell!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And by Fragapatti’s will there was created a sudden light, so brilliant, none present,
\nsave the ethereans, could look upon him. Hoab bowed down, and hid his face, and Hoab’s
\nhosts were overcome with fear, prostrating themselves on the floors of the avalanza.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Fragapatti said to the swift messengers: Go at once to Mouru, greeting, and say that
\nFragapatti demandeth, at once, one thousand million etherean volunteers, for signal
\ncenters in Aoasu’s lowest hells, bringing rods of fire and water.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. The swift messengers departed hastily. Fragapatti then commanded that the avalanza be
\nanchored for a day; and he and many of his hosts went out into hell, where the spirits
\nwere weeping and wailing, and cursing, or lying in drunkenness and lethargy. Many of
\nthem were naked and foul smelling; and hundreds of thousands of them, having had
\ndiseased corporeal bodies whilst on earth, had now carried with them into hell the
\nsubstance of their corruptions, even the rottenness of plagues and consumptions, and of
\nother diseases it is not even lawful to mention.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Fragapatti said: By Thy Power, O Jehovih, shall a wall of fire encompass these people
\nabout. They shall not escape. For were they to return to a nation of mortals, they would
\ninoculate them unto death. Fire, O Jehovih, fire! Thou All Purifier!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And he cast his hands outward and upward, in majesty, and there rose up walls of
\nfire on the face of the mountains; and the light thereof fell into the valleys of
\nUgh’sa, the pit of hell. To the east and west and north and south, Fragapatti turned,
\nsaying: A wall of fire! a wall of fire! And he, himself, shone as a sun, united with the
\nEternal All Creator, Whose voice was power to wield the elements to His will.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>7. Presently, there were hemmed into one field more than five hundred million
\ndrujas, who, by the sudden transformation, were roused up to desperate wildness,
\nwith bated breath, running hither and thither, first one way and then another.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And yet there were other millions of them, so low and stupid and crazed, that the others
\nran over them as if they were but a heap of rubbish, death!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Then Fragapatti went to Hoab, saying: For pity’s sake, come thou and help me, and
\npersuade thy hosts also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Hoab said: O friend, and brother, do not mock me! Thou hast undone me entirely. I
\nam nothing. My hosts are nothing. For pity’s sake, temper thou thine own light. It pierceth
\nme through!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Fragapatti said: Shall I not send thee back quickly to Zeredho, with thy hosts? Hoab
\nsaid: My wish is nothing; my will is nothing! Thine and the Great All Power’s will be
\ndone. Fragapatti said: If ever thou hadst faith in thy life, I charge thee now quickly to
\nsummon it to thy soul, for Great Jehovih is with me now, and but ask and speak in faith
\nby the Creator, and it shall be granted unto thee. Speak quickly, whilst yet the power
\nholdeth upon me: Shall I put on a thousand-fold more light? Say thou: I<\/span>N <\/span>F<\/span>AITH <\/span>I <\/span>WILL
\nENDURE ALL, FOR THE GLORY OF <\/span>J<\/span>EHOVIH! <\/span>G<\/span>IVE ME, OR FIRE OR TORMENTS, OR WHATSOEVER <\/span>T<\/span>HOU
\nWILT, <\/span>O J<\/span>EHOVIH!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Hoab trembled, and then strained in every part, and at last suddenly sprang up facing
\nthe light, melting in the flame of fire; and he said: I <\/span>WILL ENDURE ALL, IN FAITH OF <\/span>T<\/span>HEE, <\/span>O
\nJ<\/span>EHOVIH<\/span>! G<\/span>IVE ME, OR FIRE OR TORMENTS, OR WHATSOEVER <\/span>T<\/span>HOU WILT. <\/span>H<\/span>ENSEFORTH <\/span>I <\/span>WILL DO
\nFOR <\/span>T<\/span>HEE, FOREVER<\/span>!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Presently, his spirit took the crystal form, and the victory dawned upon his soul. A
\nsmile, denoting knowledge of All Holiness and Majesty gleamed in his countenance! The
\nlight began to retract and to reflect from his face, brilliant and sun-like. He had conquered
\nand won! He said: Thanks, O Jehovih!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Fragapatti said: Quick, now, seize the goal; go forth practicing thy light for
\nothers, and it will grow, giant-like. And Hoab was strong in faith, almost mad with the
\ndelight of such wondrous change; and he rushed forth, commanding, in the name
\nof Jehovih, raising up hundreds and thousands, even as he had been raised, crystallizing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. All one day and one night they labored, and all the ethereans with them; and they
\nrescued, and divided, and sub-divided the spirits of darkness into grades and sections.
\nAnd many of the spirits belonging to the hosts of Hoab were thus raised to the second
\nresurrection, with light and power.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. But of the hundreds of millions of spirits in the torments of hell none were as yet
\nraised even to the first resurrection. But they were stirred up and routed out of lethargy;
\nand the supplies for their drunkenness were cut off by the walls of fire, created by
\nFragapatti, which went up day and night, without ceasing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. And Fragapatti stationed sentinels with power near the walls of fire, commanding
\nthem to cast in the elements of ughs and brimstone, so that the suffocating smell would
\nprevent the drujas from escaping.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. On the second day, millions of ethereans, with rods of water and rods of fire, came
\nfrom Mouru, in answer to Fragapatti’s commandment. And when they had arrived before
\nhim, and had saluted in the sign of Jehovih’s name, he said unto them: Behold, I have
\nestablished one signal center in hell. It will require a thousand more centers before we<\/span>
\nhave broken them up and delivered them. From the rank of <\/span>DAS <\/span>the marshals shall select
\nfrom amongst you ten thousand to remain in this center and complete the work I have laid
\nout.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. So the marshals selected from the ethereans of the rank of <\/span>DAS <\/span>ten thousand. Now
\nthe das are such as have attained to power with the rod with water, and the rod with fire,
\nbut not with the hand, like the ranks above them. They go amongst the denizens of a
\nsignal center with the two rods, casting water with one and fire with the other. And the
\nhosts of spirits in darkness run for them, like cattle for salt; and the das thus discover and
\nassort them; for the lowest spirits go for the rods with water, and the highest for the rods
\nof fire. Because the lowest spirits dread the light; and because the highest desire to be
\nrescued from the lowest.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. On the second day, therefore, the das began work; and there were baptized with water
\nmany millions; but with fire only one million. The latter were then taken without and
\nbeyond the walls of fire, and colonized, and clothed, and fed, and guardians placed over
\nthem, preparatory to the nurseries, hospitals, schools, factories, and such other
\neducationals as belong in the lowest heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. On the third day the das went through the same labor again, and again many millions
\nwere baptized with water, and but two millions with fire. The latter were also taken
\nwithout and beyond the walls of fire, and colonized in the same manner as those of the
\nprevious day.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Such, then, is the labor of the das in hell, baptizing and selecting; and it continueth
\nuntil all the people are taken without and beyond the walls. The last taken are, therefore,
\nthe lowest grade, and the first taken are the highest grade. But the last are usually so low
\nin knowledge and ambition that they move not of themselves, but are bestowed in
\nnurseries and hospitals, to be cleansed from their foulness, and to be healed of their
\ninfirmities.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 12<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Fragapatti caused the ship, the avalanza, to be moved to other black mountains, deep
\nburied in revolting crimes and misery; wherein no one with God-like power had ventured
\nin for hundreds of years. Again he called down Jehovih’s fire, and raised walls,
\nimpenetrable, high on every side, affrighting and stirring up the self-condemned with
\nfrenzied fear. And they ran, all polluted with foul thoughts, which had clothed them about
\nwith foulness terrible, and oaths and curses and imprecations against all righteousness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And Hoab, too, now a very sun, desperate to do overwhelming good things, even
\nmore a thousand times than in his self-ease of other days he refrained from dark
\ncompany lest he be polluted, now rushed in headlong to the very worst and
\nfoulest. Proclaiming Jehovih and active work to stir them up; and by his quick and
\nunmistakable zeal proving his soul’s connection with the Almighty’s Power.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. After Fragapatti and Hoab rushed in, hundreds of thousands of ethereans did so also,
\nlaboring for the Father’s kingdom; with flames of fire cutting loose the demons’grips of
\ntorture on the helpless, and hurling them separate. None could escape because of the
\nwalls around, now seething with the choking smell of brimstone; and must needs
\nfall prostrate, before the crystallizing lights thrust at them, weeping and wailing.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>4. All day long, and all night, Fragapatti and Hoab, now a powerful worker, the which
\nFragapatti had previously seen would be the case, and the etherean hosts, rested not; but
\nwaded into the hell of death. Turning them to the right or to the left, the miserable,
\ndevouring wretches, brothers and sisters of mortals and spirits, now engulfed in their own
\ndepravity, and by their desperate desire for sin, holding millions of the moderately good
\nas officers of torture, in order to gratify their horrid love of witnessing horrors. Into
\ngroups and series they roughly selected them, as a starting point for the das that were to
\ncome after, and more carefully divide them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Then Fragapatti called the das and put them to work with their rods of water and rods
\nof fire, making stations beyond the walls of fire, where the naked, trembling, rescued
\nsufferers and drujas were housed and fed, restrained by guardians of ample strength and
\nforesight. For of such nature is the low man and low woman, that love of evil in time
\ndelighteth to feed itself in evil more than in good, and will even turn against benefactors,
\nand spurn good offerings.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Of whom Jehovih saith: As by fire the dross of metal is burned and cast out,
\nleaving that which is pure; so created I the righteous with light from My countenance, to
\nburn out the dross which the wicked nestle into their bosoms. Wherein, man shall
\nperceive that it is the dross that healeth Me and My chosen. Go, then, deliver the
\nwicked in hell, and make them clean with water and with fire, and ye shall find a star in
\nevery soul. And as many of these as ye deliver, so is your glory in My etherean kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. For each deliverer is as a sun around which these stars congregate, and they magnify
\none another forever. And when these stars have grown, they also go and do in like
\nmanner; for it is of such that My exalted ones are in the highest heavens, whom ye call
\nGods and Lords, and justly so, because of their supremacy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Thus went Fragapatti through the lowest regions of Aoasu; for forty days and nights
\nlabored he and his hosts, and he broke up the regions of hell, and cast out the souls of the
\ntortured, thousands of millions of them. Neither was there left any place standing in all
\nthe lower heavens where evil held dominion.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. And there were established in those regions around about, two hundred thousand
\ncolonies, comprising the evil ones who had been rescued. But the very lowest, who
\nknew not anything, who were: some, infants who died at the time of birth; some, infants
\nof drunkards, who came to the lower heavens with the intoxicating liquors or smoke
\nof their mother’s debauchery; some, very young abortions, slain by their mothers
\nand fathers; some, chaotic, killed in wars, who were mad and crazed, howling and
\nscreaming and fighting, of whom there were nine hundred millions: these Fragapatti
\nhad brought away from all the others, putting guardians over them for the present.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Then he called together the crew of the avalanza, and all the hosts of Hoab, and Hoab
\nhimself; and when they were duly in order, Fragapatti extemporized a throne and sat on it;
\nand thus he spake, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Without Thee, O Jehovih, man is nothing. Nor can he stand upright, nor hold up his
\nhead, nor his soul after he is up, save but by Thee. When he cutteth himself off from
\nThee, he falleth like a limb of a tree that is severed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. He goeth about boasting: There is no All Person. But his words are as a severing
\nknife, and he knoweth it not. He setteth up his judgment, saying: Thou wert good for
\nfools, O Jehovih; but as for me, Thou art a foolish encumbrance!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>13. Yea, he saith: Who hath seen Jehovih! And he laugheth because of his cleverness. He
\nsaith: What stood Jehovih upon when He created the worlds? How long slept He before
\nHe created? He saith: What a foolish Creator! He created sin and death! He saith: Who
\nknoweth the size of His head; the length of His arm; the place He liveth; or who hath
\nheard His voice!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. He saith: Verily, there is no All Person; no All Highest; no Light. This is the second
\ndownward stage, and in the third, he saith: A curse upon Faith! A curse upon all things!
\nA curse upon myself! And then cometh hell and her horrors to swallow him up.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. But thou art near, O Jehovih! Thy hosts traverse the universe. In Thy name they come,
\nand Thy power and glory are with them. In their majesty they encounter all evil; they cast
\nout hell and its prisoners.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Then Fragapatti turned to Hoab, saying: Speak, O Hoab. Nine hundred millions of
\ndead, that are still sleeping in death, lie at our feet. These regions are unsuited for their
\ntreatment; whither shall we take them? Or shall we, because they are so dead, leave them
\nto shift for themselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Then rose Hoab, saluting, and tears were in his eyes. He said: Mighty art Thou, O
\nJehovih! Lo, I was on the verge of an everlasting fall! I was on a steep precipice, but saw
\nnot. With blinded eyes I walked about. I lost Thy countenance. My family became
\nstrangers to Thee, and we were following close after, to become strangers to one another!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Yea, I was ungrateful before Thee. I forgot that Thou createdst me. I forgot that all the
\njoys I had ever had were bestowed by Thee; and that by Thee I had been made capable to
\nappreciate mine own enjoyment. And then I raised up my voice against Thee, and turned
\nThee out of the world.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Yea, I chose a corner and appropriated it for my own ease and glory. I said: To keep
\nother Gods and angels away from my lands, this is all I desire. But Thou wert mindful of
\nme, O Jehovih! Thy voice sounded in the heavens above, and Thy Son came down in Thy
\nglory. He beheld my vanity and my weakness, but he rebuked me not. Yea, I told him I
\nloved not to go to those beneath me and raise them up. I said: Let them shift for
\nthemselves!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Now am I rebuked in mine own words! Now have I cast myself out of hell. Behold, I
\nsaid: Zeredho shall be a place for me and my people forever! None shall come hither to
\nmake us afraid or to annoy us. And Thy Son said to me: I can teach thee and thy people
\nthat ye shall never more fear to be annoyed by the low or by the evil-minded; nor shall ye
\nfear for Gods or angels to come and inhabit Zeredho!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Thus spake Thy Son, O Jehovih! And he hath given us the secret. We no longer fear
\nthat others will encroach upon Zeredho. Behold, Zeredho is Thy place, O Jehovih. These
\nunfortunates, these drujas, are Thy children. They shall go to Zeredho. I fear not pollution
\nnow, nor do my hosts. We will wade into this filth, like scavengers into a filthy street, and
\nwe will make these children like shining stars in Thy firmament!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Yea, O Jehovih, nothing more can make us afraid! We have nothing; we have nothing
\nto lose. We are Thy servants, now and forever!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Then spake Fragapatti, saying: Behold the size of my avalanza, O Hoab! If thou wilt
\nbut take the measure, thou shalt find it is just the size and build to take thee and thy hosts
\nand these drujas. Think not that this matter so happened, for I sent beforehand, and had all
\nthese unfortunates enumerated, and thy people enumerated also.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>24. When Hoab perceived this great wisdom in Fragapatti, and comprehended the care
\nthat had been used to accomplish so much, he made no reply at first, but, looking at him,
\nburst into tears. Presently, he said: By Thy Power and Wisdom, O Jehovih, will I, also,
\nlift my fellows up out of darkness and misery!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seventh-Day Sabbath Book of Fragapatti Chapter 11, Chapter 12 Chapter 11 1. The avalanza was so constructed that the words spoken by Fragapatti and Hoab could be heard by all who chose, of whom there were two thousand millions on board. And when Hoab expressed conviction, the same sentiment seized upon the whole assembly; whereupon, … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[46,40,39,34,36,35,38,33,41,31,32,47,50,48,44,45,43,42],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-lightofgod","4":"post-1117","6":"format-standard","7":"category-lectionary-readings","8":"post_tag-calendar","9":"post_tag-daily-readings","10":"post_tag-eloih","11":"post_tag-faithism","12":"post_tag-faithist-church","13":"post_tag-faithists","14":"post_tag-jehovih","15":"post_tag-kosmon-era","16":"post_tag-lectionary-readings","17":"post_tag-oahspe","18":"post_tag-oahspe-bible","19":"post_tag-observances","20":"post_tag-religion-of-light","21":"post_tag-sabbath","22":"post_tag-united-covenant","23":"post_tag-united-covenant-of-light","24":"post_tag-yeshua","25":"post_tag-yoshu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}