{"id":1129,"date":"2020-03-11T23:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T23:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2020-03-11T23:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T23:39:18","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-thursday-march-12th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/03\/11\/lectionary-readings-for-thursday-march-12th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Thursday, March 12th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Fragapatti Chapter 21, Chapter 22<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 21<\/span><\/p>\n

1. After Fragapatti had examined the places of the asaphs and of the physicians, and such
\nother places as belong in the lower heavens, he descended to Hochedowa, the land of
\ndelusion, the happy hunting ground, in order to witness the games and tournaments,
\nwhich were so far maintained by a great expenditure of labor on the part of the ethereans,
\nfor teaching by subjective illustrations. Jehovih said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. As mortal children can be taught by objective illustration, so have I created My es
\nworlds capable of a similar process subjectively. My rules are not man’s rules; nor are My
\nworlds illustrated as man illustrateth. Behold My rainbow, which is a subjective
\nillustration to mortals of a bow without the substance of a bow. But man bendeth a stick,
\nand saith: Behold, a bow! And he holdeth it in his hand; but Mine he cannot touch.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. I gave to mortals to teach their sons and daughters many combinations by the use
\nof objects; that they should know a circle, a square, a triangle, or learn to compute
\nnumbers by the use of objects. Inversely in the same way I created subjective means
\nfor the spirits of the dead, that they might be taught and amused with My works.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. To corporeans I give corporeal eyes and corporeal ears, that they might attain to
\nwisdom on the earth; but to a few I give su’is, that they may see and hear things
\nspiritually.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. To the spirits of mortals who die in infancy, I give spiritual eyes and spiritual ears; but
\nwithout cultivation they hear not corporeal things, nor see corporeal things. But to such
\nspirits as have fulfilled an earth life, I created them to see and hear after death the matters
\nof both worlds.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>6. Nevertheless, there are many spirits in heaven who have not fulfilled either a spiritual
\nor a corporeal life, and they can see but little and hear but little; for which reason
\nI commanded that they should be called drujas, signifying, spirits of darkness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. And I sent My Gods and My Lords, saying to them: Go ye to the spirits of darkness, for
\nthey neither see nor hear heaven nor earth, and are wandering about indifferent even to
\ntheir own nakedness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And ye shall create mirrors and lenses, and optical illusions and delusions, and provide
\ngames and entertainments for them, so that their understanding may be opened up for the
\nglory of My kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. When the avalanza arrived at Hochedowa, it was lowered and made as an observatory,
\nin order to witness what was going on, and yet so provided that it could be moved about
\nfrom place to place.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. And they witnessed the heavenly tournaments and games; the boating and fishing and
\nhunting, and all other entertainments representative of what these angels had
\nbeen engaged at in mortal life; and yet these things were but subjective, and not real.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. But it came to pass that many drujas were restored to memory of earth-life; restored to
\nseeing and hearing, and, in fact, to know they had entered another world; illustrating to
\ntheir dull senses that it was possible for them to learn to see things, and to hear things,
\nunderstandingly.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Nevertheless, there were within these regions hundreds of millions of angels so stupid
\nas to be void of form and expression.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Jehovih had said: When a man hath fainted, thou shalt arouse him, by calling
\nhis memory to things past. And when the druj in heaven hath seen who he is,
\nand his place also, thou shalt show him symbols of things past, and thus awake him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Jehovih had said: Behold, O man, thou art the chiefest glory of My creations. Neither
\ncreated I any animal that walketh on land, or flieth in the air, or swimmeth in the water, or
\nthat crawleth on its belly, with desire for spiritual life, nor with capacity to accumulate
\nspiritually. But to thee only, O man, have I given power to aggregate the spiritual entity.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. For My animals, I bestowed like a vessel that is full of water; no more can be put into
\nthem; and also, when the vessel is destroyed, the water runneth back to the ocean. I
\nquickened them into life by Mine Own hand; but when I take away My hand, lo, they are
\ngone back into dissolution. As a drop of water hath no power before the sun, but
\nevaporateth and is seen no more, so is the spirit of all the animals I created before
\nthe light of my countenance. But to thee, O man, I gave power for everlasting life.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Nevertheless, as a man may take a drop of water and put it in a vial, and keep it for
\na long time, so have I given to My exalted angels power to take the spirit of a fish, or
\nof an animal, suddenly dead, and reclothe it with the semblance of a body, for a season;
\nbut yet it is only a subjective existence. And, even as a man letteth a stone out of
\nhis hand, and it falleth to the ground, so, when My angels let go their hands on
\nMy spiritual animals, their spirits fall into the sea of My body, and are seen no more.
\nEven so, also, but in less degree, created I the trees, the grass, the moss, and all vegetable
\nthings that grow on the face of the earth. And I gave to My exalted angels power to
\ntake the spirit out of a tree, or a bush, or a plant, and to carry it away and reclothe it
\nwith corporeal substance. But to My exalted Gods I gave power to do the same things, not
\nwith one plant only, but with whole forests, and with animals, and fishes, and serpents.<\/span>
\nAnd when they do these things in atmospherea, they are called subjective heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Wherefore it came to pass in the ancient days that when spirits of darkness returned to
\nmortals, they told them that heaven was like unto the earth, with everlasting life unto all
\nanimals as well as to man. Turn not away from such spirits, O man, but learn from them
\nthat thou mayst not tarry long in My bound heavens, when thou becomest a spirit also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. For if thou settest thy soul to feed on animals, and to dwell with them, the Gods
\ncannot deliver thee to My emancipated heavens, till thou hast served thy time in the
\nlower heavens. One great light have I bestowed unto all men, that they may progress
\nforever. Though the waters of the ocean rise up and make clouds; and the clouds fall
\ndown as rain and run to the rivers, and thence back into the ocean, a thousand times,
\nten thousands of times, yet that water hath not progressed. Neither have I given
\nprogress to a stone, nor to a tree, nor to an animal; but to man only have I given progress.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Be wise, O man, and tie not thyself to things that progress not, nor set thy soul upon
\nthem, lest they become a bondage to thee in the next world. But for the druks, I have
\ncreated heavens midway betwixt light and darkness, subjective and objective, that they
\nmay be redeemed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Fragapatti also visited the Washa’wow’wow, the great hunting fields; and the place of
\ntournaments, the Se’ka’to’si, where thousands and tens of thousands of drujas were being
\namused, and instructed, and awakened to their condition and to their possibilities. And
\nwhen Fragapatti and his hosts had seen the beauty and grandeur of this lowest of heavens,
\nand made a record of the affairs, Yaton’te said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Now have I shown thee, O Fragapatti, the foundation of a great house, even my
\nkingdom, which is Jehovih’s. I am at thy service, to go whithersoever thou mayst desire.
\nThen spake Fragapatti, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. I desire to descend beneath, even to the earth’s surface, and survey the plains, and
\nrivers, and lakes, in the regions where the Father’s kingdom will be founded. Let my
\nmathematicians compute the time, and these things shall also be recorded in the etherean
\nlibraries, for benefit of the angels of that day.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. The mathematicians computed the time, and then Yo’tse’putu, the chief, said: Eight
\nthousand nine hundred years! So Fragapatti caused the avalanza to be lowered down to
\nthe earth’s surface, and he coursed the land over, east and west and north and south, and
\nwhen he saw it was a fair country as to land and water, he said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Behold the Wisdom of Jehovih in the foundation and plans for inhabiting
\nand subduing the earth. And yet, eight thousand nine hundred years! O what
\ninnumerable millions on the earth will go down in darkness ere that day! Here the Light
\nwill fall! Here the beginning of the death of Seffas! Yet Thy Hand, O Jehovih, is over all.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 22<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Fragapatti sent messengers to Hapacha, God of Ipseogee, apprising him of the visit. So,
\nHapacha hastily called in his Lords and captains and fathers, preparing a time of
\nrecreation, and also preparing suitable reception and entertainment.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And Hapacha provided in this manner: First, one hundred thousand musicians, formed
\nin eight parts of a circle, with eight intervening spaces. With each group he provided one
\nthousand marshals, and they stood in front of the musicians, with eight intervening spaces<\/span>
\nalso. Next within, he provided places for the messengers, of whom there were three
\nhundred thousand. Then next came the asaphs, of whom there were one million; next
\ncame the ashars, of whom there were two millions; next, came the nurses and physicians;
\nnext, the teachers in factories and schools and colleges; and of all these there were
\nfourteen millions six hundred thousand.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Of the grade first above the es’yans there were twenty millions; of the second grade,
\nwhich was the highest, there were thirty millions; but no es’yans were present.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. In the midst of the circle was the throne of Hapacha, now extended so as to
\naccommodate his Lords. To the south of his throne were the seats of the captains
\nof the hosts. In a crescent were his counselors, of whom there were one million.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Hapacha having thus called them together, and having explained to but few of them the
\npurpose, now addressed them, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. By the Wisdom and Power of Jehovih I speak before you. That which I say is not of
\nmyself, more than of the faith I have in Jehovih, of which faith ye are likewise blessed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Since our youth up we have been advised by the guardian angels, their Lords and
\nGod, to be firm in faith in Jehovih above all things. For it was declared to us, in the
\nolden times, that there was a higher heaven and a lower heaven, and that through
\nfaith in the Father we should all ultimately ascend and dwell in His Holiest Kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. For which reason ye have been steady workers since your mortal lives have been
\nput away; even for this kingdom, raising up many, and causing them to rejoice
\nin everlasting life. But as it has been promised ye beforehand that the Gods above
\nus would surely come and deliver all who are prepared for the next resurrection,
\neven so, to this day, cherish ye the hope for wider fields of labor, where ye
\nmay overtake your kindred and others who have become wise in Jehovih’s light.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The time of that resurrection is near at hand for many of you. Our Father hath
\nbrought this heaven into a lighter region, that ye may be prepared for that still
\ngreater light beyond. And because of the new light that is with us, ye have beholden
\nthat many of the I’huan es’yans have deserted our nurseries and gone back to the
\nearth, for they love the darkness of earth more than they love the light of heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. My Lords have sent messengers to me from various parts of the earth, saying to me:
\nAs much as they have deserted your places in heaven, even so much have the es’yans
\nreturned to mortals in great numbers. And it hath come to pass that great manifestations
\nof spirit presence are now common to men and women and children on earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Many of these es’yans, falling in with drujas, have adopted their roving habits,
\ndenying that there is any higher heaven, honestly believing they will have an opportunity
\nto re-incarnate themselves and dwell again in mortal form. Knowing no higher heaven
\nthan the earth, and, knowing no happiness save in the indulgence of lust, they appear
\nto mortals, and marry in manifestation, falsely pretending to be the kin of the living.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Which sign forerunneth the approach of a new dawn of dan near at hand. Being thus
\ndoubly armed in prophecy, your God called you to witness the words and proceedings of
\nFragapatti, who is on his way hither, accompanied by Yaton’te, God of Yaton’te, Creator
\nof Hochedowa.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. For more than six hundred years have many of us labored in this field, and our
\nharvests for Gau have been the most esteemed of all the resurrections contributed by the
\nLords of earth. To comport with our dignity, I have commanded the builders of otevans to<\/span>
\nhave in readiness, representing these harvests, a vessel for my Lords and their attendants,
\nand my chief marshal, to go part way and meet our visitors, bearing the sign of the
\ntriangle, and of fruit, and the altar.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Hapacha then gave instructions in full; and, presently, the receiving hosts departed in
\nthe otevan, with music, rejoicing, being cheered by the hosts remaining. In the meantime,
\nHapacha caused the house to be put in order.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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