{"id":1325,"date":"2020-05-22T07:53:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2020-05-22T12:02:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:02:49","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-friday-may-22nd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/05\/22\/lectionary-readings-for-friday-may-22nd-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Friday, May 22nd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapter 35, Chapter 36<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 35<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Sudga, the false God of Vind’yu and her heavens, whose heavenly kingdom contained
\nmore than three thousand million angels, on his way home from Hored, said to himself:
\nTwo things I am resolved upon: to proclaim myself C<\/span>REATOR AND <\/span>R<\/span>ULER OF <\/span>H<\/span>EAVEN AND
\n<\/span>E<\/span>ARTH<\/span>; and to change the name of my heavenly place and call it A<\/span>HL-BURJ<\/span>, <\/span>THE <\/span>M<\/span>OUNTAIN
\nOF THE <\/span>C<\/span>LOUDS<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Satan spoke to Sudga, saying: Thou all highest God, hear me. In the land of Vind’yu,
\ndown on the earth; and in the heavens above the land of Vind’yu; what God hath labored
\nlike unto thee? Thou didst establish De’yus, for nearly a thousand years in these regions.
\nThou possessest by right that name, and thou shalt call thyself De’yus and Sudga; and
\nthy heavenly place shall also be Hored, because, forsooth, it is also a heavenly mountain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Sudga said: Most wisely said, O satan.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And so it came to pass that Sudga at once fell to work moving his capital and throne,
\nand to founding his new place. And he also chose twelve Lords, saying to himself, after
\nthe manner of Te-in: Though I will have twelve Lords to rule over mortals, yet will I not
\ngive to any one of them a certain division of the earth for his.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And when Sudga was thus founded in his new heavenly place he called his Lords about
\nhim and said unto them: Go ye down to mortals, to T-loyovogna, who hath a small
\nkingdom in the Valley of Hachchisatij, in Vind’yu, for I will make him king of all the
\nearth, even as I am ruler of heaven. And by obsessions and otherwise ye shall lead him<\/span>
\nforth to conquer and subdue.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Precede ye him in his journeyings, and cause mortals to fear him, that they be easily
\novercome. Twelve million angels I allot to you as your army, nor shall ye return into my
\npresence until ye have made T-loyovogna king of Vind’yu. After that I shall bestow you
\naccording to merit.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The twelve Lords, with their twelve million angels of war, departed for the earth, and
\ncame to Varaja, the city where lived and ruled T-loyovogna, and they covered the regions
\naround about, even beyond the Valley of Hachchisatij.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. T-loyovogna was the son of Hucrava, who was the son of Han Cyavarat, who was the
\nson of Aipivohu, sacred in su’is to the Gods and Lords of heaven. So T-loyovogna talked
\nwith Sudga’s chief Lord, who said unto him: Behold, thou shalt proclaim thyself king of
\nall the world; for I and the hosts of heaven are with thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. T-loyovogna said: Alas, mine is the weakest of kingdoms; I have not a thousand
\nsoldiers. Other kings will laugh at me. But the Lord answered him, saying: What are
\nmortal kings in the hands of De’yus, he who was Sudga? I say unto the nations of the
\nearth: Go down! and they fall. I say: Rise ye up! and they rise. Man looketh to stone and
\nclay and water for great power; but I that am unseen am greater than all the lands and the
\nwaters of the earth, for I rule over them, and over heaven also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. I will have but one king on the earth; and as I rule the angels of heaven, even so
\nshalt thou rule mortals, and establish thee and me forever! For thy heirs, and their
\nheirs after them, shall have dominion over every kingdom and country in the world.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. T-loyovogna said: I fear thee, O De’yus; I know thy power. But how can a king go to
\nwar without soldiers? Or an army without arms? The Lord answered him: Send thy
\nproclamation unto kings far and near, commanding them to bow down unto thee. And
\npresently I will come unto thee and lead thee forth, and thou shalt conquer and subdue
\nthem, and not a hair of thy head shall be harmed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. T-loyovogna did as commanded; and some days after his proclamation had been sent
\nunto the nearest kings, all of whom knew him well, he mustered his army of seven
\nhundred men and one hundred women. And they that had neither spear, nor sword, nor
\nscythe, nor bow and arrows, took clubs, and clappers, and pans, to make noise with, and
\nothers took lanterns.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. The first city they approached was Abtuib, ruled over by Azhis, who had an army of
\nfour thousand men and one thousand women. When near the place, T-loyovogna sent his
\ndemand for the surrender of the city. Azhis answered him not, but said unto his army: Go
\nye and surround yonder fool, and destroy him and his army.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Now, behold, the night came on, very dark, ere the attack was made. And the Lord
\nsaid unto T-loyovogna: Command thy soldiers to light their lamps. T-loyovogna said: I
\nfear, O Lord; for will not lamps expose us unto death? But the Lord said: Light the lamps!
\nSo when the lamps were lighted the enemy began to march as if to surround them, some
\ngoing one way and some the other.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. And the Lord’s angels made lights also, to the left and to the right, so that the enemy,
\nin order to surround the lights, kept extending in two lines, away from each other.
\nPresently, they judged by the lights that there were tens of thousands of soldiers come
\nagainst them. Suddenly, now, T-loyovogna’s army sounded their pans and kettles, and set
\nup furious howls and screams; and in the same time the angels of heaven cast stars of<\/span>
\nlight in the midst of Azhis’army, and they became panic-stricken and fled in all
\ndirections, save three hundred who were captured and put to death. Then T-loyovogna
\nsent one hundred men into the city and captured Azhis and slew him. After this, Tloyovogna entered the city and declared the place his.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. And whilst it was yet night, thousands and thousands of the people came and
\nprostrated themselves before T-loyovogna, swearing allegiance. And in the morning of
\nthe next day he proclaimed himself king; and he impressed thirty thousand men to
\nbuild a temple to De’yus; and yet other twenty thousand to change the streets, and
\notherwise beautify the place. In forty days the temple was completed, and was
\nlarge enough for eight thousand souls to do sacrifice in at one time. T-loyovogna
\ncompelled the people to prostrate themselves on their bellies and pray to De’yus,
\nwhose home was in Ahl-burj, a high heavenly place, a mountain above the mountains.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. After this T-loyovogna changed the name of the city of Savazata, signifying, first fireplace; and he appointed to rule over it Vistaqpa, to be governor, with right to bequeath it to his son after him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. For Sudga had said: To concentrate power, this is the greatest. There shall be but one
\nheavenly ruler, and his Lords shall be his helpmates. Even so shall there be but one king,
\nand his governors shall be his helpmates in the same manner.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. T-loyovogna then marched forward, to conquer and subdue another city; which he
\naccomplished also, and changed the name, appointed a governor, making all the people
\nswear allegiance to himself as king, and to Sudga, the De’yus, as heavenly ruler, creator of
\nworlds.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. In this way, even after the same manner as Kan Kwan in Jaffeth, did T-loyovogna
\nproceed in Vind’yu, from city to city, conquering and subduing. For the Gods, Te-in and
\nSudga, had oft conferred together on this subject previously, and had long experience in
\nmanipulating mortals in their games of life and death, nor did mortals mistrust the power
\nover them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Hear ye next of Osiris and his Gods, Baal and Ashtaroth, whose heavenly kingdoms
\ncontained more than twelve thousand million angels.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 36<\/span>
\n<\/span>1. When Osiris, the false God of Arabin’ya and her heavens, left De’yus, in Hored, the
\nself (satan) that was in him, spake to him, saying: Osiris, thou art a fool! Thou
\ndeservest to be ground to dust! Behold thy wisdom and power, and yet thou cringest
\nto thy inferiors on every side. Wert thou not made as well; and withal, as masterly in
\nmaking others bow down to thy will and decrees? What more is required for Gods
\nor men, than to make slaves of others, to do him honor and reverence? Then Osiris said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Thou truest of Gods. O that I had struck out from the first for myself! But I will
\namend my time. When I am in my heavenly place I will send to the earth to my
\nlaboring Gods, Baal and Ashtaroth, to come to me, and I will make our three
\nkingdoms into one, and mine shall be chief. And I will offer emoluments to the
\nbest, highest grades in Hored, thereby drawing from De’yus his best fruits and flowers,
\nand I will send to him some two or three thousand millions of my superabundant drujas.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>3. Accordingly, when Osiris arrived at Agho’aden, his heavenly place, he sent messengers
\ndown to the earth to Baal and Ashtaroth, summoning them at once to his presence. And
\nthey came, being attended, each, with ten thousand companions, besides heralds,
\nmusicians and trumpeters.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Osiris had made great preparation for them. His receiving hosts, one million, were
\nnewly adorned for the occasion. The roadway, for three hundred miles, was illumed with
\npillars of fire. The Holy Council, half a million, were in extra session. The laborers, four
\nthousand millions, were granted a day of rest. So that when Baal and Ashtaroth entered
\nthe heavenly capital, it was a magnificent scene, and as if in fact Osiris, the false, was a
\nmighty God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Great were the ceremonies and salutations between the Gods, as also with the generals,
\ncaptains, marshals and others; to describe which a whole book might be written and yet
\nnot mention one-half.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. After the reception, Osiris proclaimed an extra day of recreation to Agho’aden, and in
\nthe meantime he and Baal and Ashtaroth retired to a private chamber beyond the throne,
\nto the east, to consult on the matters of heaven and earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Osiris said: My brother and sister, ye are my loves; the worlds are all vain else! De’yus
\nis the most selfish of Gods, and unreasonable. He said to me: Thou shouldst keep up the
\ngrades! Now, behold ye, his own grades are broken down. As I and other Gods send him
\ncontributions in subjects, so remain such subjects; no more education for them in Hored.
\nThen he complaineth and assumeth to dictate. And this for De’yus’glory. Not a word for
\nlifting angels or mortals up out of darkness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Baal said: A most unreasonable God. Saidst thou not to him: O that I had the power
\nand means thou hast! What great good I would do!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Ashtaroth said: This I have found before, the greater power a God hath, the less he
\ndoeth for others’good. As for my part, what good can I do? I have scarce two thousand
\nmillion slaves, all told! O that I had a kingdom like De’yus! But what proposest thou, O
\nOsiris, thou far-seeing God?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Baal further said: Ashtaroth, thou wise Goddess, thou hast expressed mine own soul.
\nMine own kingdom is but little larger than thine; I am a very helpless God indeed. But
\nonce I reach De’yus’means, my soul’s delight will be to fill all the heavens full of schools
\nand hospitals! But speak thou, Osiris, whatsoever thou hast resolved is wise. As for
\nmyself I have been two thousand years trying to put myself in good position first, so I
\ncould help others.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Osiris said: To cut loose from De’yus; this is wisdom. To send drujas into De’yus’
\nkingdom, is greater wisdom. To establish Agho’aden as the all highest heavenly kingdom,
\nwith myself at the Godhead, and ye twain to be my sole Gods of the earth, is the greatest
\nwisdom.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Baal said: As I swear, thou hast spoken at last what I have for five hundred years
\nhoped to hear thee say. To thee am I sworn forever. Put thou upon me whatsoever thou
\nwilt.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Ashtaroth said: Now am I blessed above all Goddesses! What I have heard thee speak,
\nis what I would have spoken.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Osiris said: It is enough then, this I proclaim, and on our crossed hands we swear:
\nA<\/span>GHO\u2019ADEN<\/span>, A<\/span>LL <\/span>H<\/span>IGHEST <\/span>H<\/span>EAVEN<\/span>! O<\/span>SIRIS<\/span>, S<\/span>ON OF THE <\/span>A<\/span>LL <\/span>C<\/span>ENTRAL <\/span>L<\/span>IGHTS<\/span>! T<\/span>HE <\/span>M<\/span>OST <\/span>H<\/span>IGH<\/span>
\nG<\/span>OD<\/span>! H<\/span>IS ONLY <\/span>S<\/span>ON<\/span>, B<\/span>AAL<\/span>, R<\/span>ULER OF THE <\/span>C<\/span>ORPOREAL <\/span>E<\/span>ARTH<\/span>! H<\/span>IS ONLY <\/span>D<\/span>AUGHTER<\/span>, A<\/span>SHTAROTH<\/span>,
\nR<\/span>ULER OF THE <\/span>C<\/span>ORPOREAL <\/span>E<\/span>ARTH<\/span>! F<\/span>IDELITY AND <\/span>U<\/span>NION FOREVER<\/span>!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Thus they swore themselves into the Godhead. And on the next day Osiris sent
\nmessengers to De’yus, in his heavenly place, informing him of what had been done, and
\nadding thereto: But thou, De’yus, I cut thee off from these earth regions. Get thy supplies
\nwhither thou canst. Adversity doth a proud soul some good.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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