{"id":675,"date":"2019-11-01T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=675"},"modified":"2019-11-01T00:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T00:13:08","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-friday-november-1st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/11\/01\/lectionary-readings-for-friday-november-1st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Friday, November 1st, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Judgement Chapter 34<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

GOD JUDGETH THE GOVERNMENTS OF MAN.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. God said: When a man hath young children, he maketh just laws, in order to
\nteach them discretion, justice, harmony and consideration, in regard to one another.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. But, when his children attain to be men and women, man no longer holdeth a law over
\nthem, for they become his equals, as brothers and sisters.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Even so, in the ancient times, provided I thee, O man, with governments and laws for
\ndifferent nations and peoples.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Nevertheless, I said unto thee: Let thy government be as a father over the people, and
\nnot as a separate matter against them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. But thou hast disobeyed my commandments; thy government is as one thing, and thy
\npeople as another thing. That which should be one entity, thou hast made into two.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Thy government hath become a separate self from the people; and the people are as
\nservants, supporting the law-makers, who trade in projects and schemes for their own
\nprofit and glory.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Since the earliest days, all the governments of man have drifted into this.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. When a government no longer filleth the grade, according to the advancement of the
\npeople, behold, thy God withdraweth his heavenly protection from that government. And,
\nstraightway, the people run into anarchy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Lay not the blame of anarchy and revolution and assassinations on the people; my
\njudgment is against the government in all cases. These conditions of vengeance are but
\nthe fruit resulting from the government’s divergence from the will of Jehovih, and the
\nmarch of His light.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. As, for example, the offspring of inharmonious parents, or of parents wrapt up in
\nselfishness, are lower in grade than their predecessors, even so do the subjects of a king
\ndecline in grade in proportion to the prevention of liberty and the neglect of general
\ninstruction.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Judgment is rendered against government wherein it provideth not liberty to the
\npeople, and neglecteth providing means for the development of the talents created with
\nall.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. In these respects, O man, governments are measured and graded by thy God. And,
\nwhenever a government setteth up itself to enforce and strengthen itself by violence
\nagainst justice unto the multitude, behold, I turn away from that government; and I call
\naway my Lords and holy angels.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And, thereupon, drujas come upon that people, and the people fall upon their
\ngovernment, and destroy it.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. If a government be a king only, and he have no holy council, then the responsibility of
\nthe shortness is wholly his.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. But, if the king have a holy council, then the responsibility for shortness lieth partly
\nwith the king and partly with the council.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Judgment is rendered against them, not only in this world, but in the es world. And
\neach and every member of such council shall be bound in the first resurrection until he
\nhath made amends unto all his people for the shortness he manifested on the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Hear the wisdom of thy God, O man, and consider the way of righteousness in the<\/span>
\ngovernments of mortals:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. The nearer the twain are to being one, that is, the government and the people, the
\nnearer they are like unto my heavenly kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. The more diverse the government is from the people, the farther it is from the
\nkingdom of thy God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Let this be a guide unto thee, O man, in prophesying the change and the overthrow
\nof governments: According to the square of the distance a government is from
\nJehovih (which is Righteousness) so is the quickness of its coming change or destruction.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Think not these matters are governed by chance or accident: Jehovih is Perfect
\nRighteousness: the all Everlasting.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. He is All One. For a people and their government to attain to be all one
\nwith each other, this is great strength, with a long existence and internal peace.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. This, also, shalt thou consider, O man: All governments are tending toward
\noneness with one another. This is the march of Jehovih. None can stay Him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Consider, then, what is wisdom between governments: To make themselves
\nreciprocal toward one another.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. A government that setteth up itself for itself, and against other governments, is a
\nselfish government. And thy God rateth it the same as a selfish man, being diverse from
\nJehovih and his kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Judgment is rendered against such a government. Neither my Lords nor my holy
\nangels shall bless that government.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Governments that practice affiliation, to bring about reciprocal brotherhoods between
\ngovernments, are on the right road toward the Father’s everlasting kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Flatter not thyself, O man, that these matters can escape the observation of thy
\nGod. The affairs, legislations, laws, treaties, and all things whatsoever that
\ngovernments accomplish, are known and recorded in the heavens of the earth. And
\nthe leaders, kings and councils, shall, soon or late, face them; and they shall judge
\nof their own fullness or shortness in serving Jehovih in righteousness and wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book of Judgement Chapter 34 GOD JUDGETH THE GOVERNMENTS OF MAN. 1. God said: When a man hath young children, he maketh just laws, in order to teach them discretion, justice, harmony and consideration, in regard to one another. 2. But, when his children attain to be men and women, man no longer holdeth a … [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-675","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\/675","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=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}