{"id":1022,"date":"2020-02-14T20:54:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T20:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2020-02-14T20:54:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T20:54:19","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-saturday-february-15th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/02\/14\/lectionary-readings-for-saturday-february-15th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Saturday, February 15th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventh-Day Sabbath<\/em>,\u00a03rd Quarter Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

The Lord\u2019s Third Book<\/strong>. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

EING COTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE BOOK OF APOLLO, SON OF JEHOVIH. AS THE LATTER
\nBOOK IS OF HEAVEN, SO IS THE LORDS\u2019 BOOK OF EARTH, FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. In the time of heaven known as the arc of Rupta and Mos, the Lord descended to the
\nearth in a sea of fire, to the land of Guatama.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And the Lord spake over the land and over the waters, calling and speaking: Where
\nare the I’hins, the chosen of the Lord? Speak, O man; come forth at the call of thy God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Then spake man, answering to the call of God, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. More than a million; more than two, more than four millions, are thy people, O Lord!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The Lord inquired: Where are my people? Where is the place and boundary of the
\nsacred people, the I’hins, whom I delivered in the time of the flood?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And man answered, saying: From the head of the Ca’ca’tsak, the mountain river of
\nrivers (Amazon). In Thes’onka, wide as the ocean, and the mountain plains of Om
\n(Mexico). To the great cities of O’wan’gache and Nathon; and Neshesh, and
\nTesumethgad, and Naphal; and Yeshuah, by the Lake Owane (Nicaragua), here standeth
\nthe tower of Rakowana, shining with copper and silver and gold. And by the river Raxaa
\nand her lake, Jon’gan. And over the plains of Go’magat (crescent) and Takshan, where
\nthey build great boats with sails of cloth, and beams across. And to the north land of
\nUphsic and E’chaung, where beginneth the still river Eph’su (a canal), running to the wide
\noceans, Vid and Sajins (Lakes Superior and Michigan), where the I’huans dig deep down
\nand bring copper and silver and lead in boats to the King of Avaya, I’huan monarch and
\ngood protector.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The Lord said: The greatest place of all thou has not named. Thine eyes have not seen,
\nthine ears heard not. Search, therefore, and be wise. Man said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. I was ashamed before God, so I set out to get great learning to know of what the Lord
\nspake. And I traveled one year to the north, and many moons to the south and east. And I
\nfound a rab-bah of great learning, both in books and spoken words; and not a few
\nprophets of the Lord in the great cities. So I inquired, saying: Which is the greatest place<\/span>
\nof the Lord’s chosen? And, lo and behold, they answered even as I had answered the Lord.
\nThen I came to the city of Ta’zuntqua, a place for the yearly dance in the valley of On-outsi, where the rab’bah’s temple is covered with copper, polished; and I asked the same question. For the che’ba within me desired to make a record of all things valuable; but,
\nalas, I got no other answer than the echo of my own words.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. God said: Where are my chosen? Where is the greatest place of the I’hins? Thou hast
\nshown me the I’huans, their great cities and kingdoms; their places of great learning. But
\nthe greatest of all, thou hast not shown.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Man answered: I know not, O Lord. Speak thou?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. The Lord said: In amongst the I’huans are the I’hins, the little sacred people. The little
\ncities in the suburbs of the large cities of the I’huans, these are the greatest cities.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Man inquired of God: How can that be? Behold, the I’huans are three to one,
\ncompared to the I’hins!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. The Lord said: These that build temples of hewn stone, and cover them with polished
\ncopper, are not my people. These warrior kings, that fortify their cities with soldiers, are
\nnot my people. They are not great.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. But these are my chosen, that live in mounds, and in cities with wooden walls, and
\nclay walls. They are the greatest of all people. They dress not in gaudy colors, nor
\nornament themselves with copper and silver and gold.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. They are the people of learning. They survey the way for the canals; they find the
\nsquare and the arch; they lead the I’huan to the mines, where lead and copper and silver
\nare buried. These are a great people.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Without them the I’huan could not build his own house; he could not find the level
\nfor a canal; nor provide the square of his temple. The I’hins are the greatest people.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. My chosen have shapely legs and arms, and feet and hands; and their hair groweth
\nlong and straight, white and yellow.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. The Lord said: Because the I’huan is of all shapes and sizes; and of all grades and
\njudgment, even down to the ignorance of a beast, behold, he is bringing forth heirs of
\ndarkness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Come unto the Lord, O ye that are chosen. Ye have built houses and temples for the
\nI’huans, but of what avail are these things?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Behold, they are at war, tribe against tribe, nation against nation. They no longer
\nhearken to my rab’bahs, the priests of my chosen.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Go to, now, ye shall build temples unto God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Then the I’hins inquired the meaning of the word of God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. The Lord said: Long have I prophesied through my chosen, the I’hins. Now will I raise
\nup prophets amongst the I’huans, the copper-colored race.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. This is the temple ye shall build unto the Great Spirit and His kingdoms in haden.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Two peoples there are before my judgment, saith the Lord: The one that heareth not
\nthe voice of God, nor knoweth him; but the other people know me, and endeavor to obey
\nmy commandments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. And God was weary with laboring for the I’huans; for they went more after the way of
\ndarkness than light.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. And the Lord called hence his guardian angels, leaving the I’huans alone for a season.
\nAnd spirits of darkness came upon them and obsessed them.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>28. And in that same time the Lord caused his chosen to display the mold of their thighs,
\nand their short shapely arms. And the I’huans tempted them, contrary to law. So, it came
\nto pass, that the I’huan women boasted of their conquests, bringing forth heirs of more
\nshapeliness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Now, in course of time, these heirs grew to be men and women; and, behold, they
\nhad the gift of prophecy, and of seeing visions and of hearing the voice of the
\nangels of heaven. And they were called Ongwee-ghan, signifying, good shaped men.
\n<\/span>.
\n<\/span>Chapter 2<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. God said: Suffer not the Ongwee to dwell with the I’hin, lest the seed of my chosen be
\nlost.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The Ongwees came suddenly into the world; came in the north and south and east and
\nwest; came by thousands and thousands. And they had long hair, black and coarse; but
\ntheir skin was brown, copper-colored; and their arms were short, like the I’hins. Very
\nproud were the Ongwees, they would not mix with the I’huans; and they dared not mix
\nwith the sacred people, because of the commandment of the Lord.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. So, the Ongwee-ghan became a new race in the world, having all the symmetry of the
\nI’hin, and the savageness of the I’huans. And, being feeders on flesh and fish, fell
\nunder the dominion of angels of the lower heaven, and they rejected the Lord God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. The Lord said: Even this will I appropriate for their own salvation in time to come.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. So the Lord commanded the I’hins to give to the Ongwees laws, rites and ceremonies;
\nand these things were done as commanded.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Then came the angels of the lower heaven, teaching the Ongwees the secret of making
\neunuchs of their enemies, the I’huans with the long arms; teaching them how to make
\nspears and bows with arrows, and darts and fishing-hooks and nets; teaching them how to
\nmake fire by striking flint stones; teaching them how to cook flesh and fish to make them
\nmore palatable. And this was the first cooked food for man since the days of the flood.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The I’hins feared the Lord would visit a judgment upon the land, because of the
\nOngwees killing and eating flesh; but the Lord said unto them: Suffer ye the Ongwees to
\nfulfill their labor; too full is all the land with beasts and serpents. Nevertheless, it shall
\ncome to pass that great destruction shall come upon the I’huans, and the ground people,
\nand the Ongwees. Their great cities shall be destroyed, and the lands laid desolate; but I
\nwill rebuild them again with greater glory than in this day.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And so it came to pass, as the Lord had spoken through the I’hin prophets. In three
\nthousand years the large and handsome race, the Ongwees, transcended the long-armed
\nI’huans, the short-legged race.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. God said: Hear me, O man! Understand the labor of the Lord thy God. Jehovih saith to
\nthe Lord: Go thou to yonder earth, and make man upright (on two feet). And the Lord
\naccomplisheth it. Then saith Jehovih: Go yonder, and make man shapely on the earth.
\nAnd the Lord findeth a way to do this also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Forget not the Lord thy God; such labor will fall to thy lot when thou art long risen in
\nheaven. Behold, there are millions of worlds, new coming into being every day. Expand
\nthy judgment; make thyself comprehensive, that thou mayst fulfill in wisdom the glory of
\nthe Almighty.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>Chapter 3<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. God said: Hear the word of the Lord, O man; be considerate in thy little wisdom of the
\nmagnitude of the labor of thy Lord.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Certain times and seasons are allotted by Jehovih for the development of new orders of
\nmen on the worlds He created. According to the times and seasons and condition of the
\nearth, so hath the Lord thy God provided the race of man.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. To raise man up, that he may comprehend the beautiful creation, and that he may be
\nadapted in harmony therewith, is the glory of thy God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Behold, I have spoken of the land of Guatama! Think not that as one division of the
\nearth is made answerable to my will by a certain rule, that even so another division of the
\nearth is provided in the same way. The Lord thy God findeth one place filled with beasts
\nof prey and great serpents, which must be destroyed; and he provideth a race of men
\nto accomplish this. And man is suffered by God to become carnivorous for a season.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. In another country the Lord findeth drought and frequent famine; and he provideth man
\nwith knowledge adapted thereto. So also are there seasons to the earth, when man shall be
\nchanged from one condition to another; according to the progress of the earth, so God
\nlifted up man for the glory of the Almighty.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Suffer not thy judgment to mislead thee as to a law of selection. There is no law of
\nselection. Man hath no inspiration of his own to select and provide his progeny, neither in
\nshapeliness nor judgment.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. He marrieth because of the impulse of the flesh; nor careth he for the issue,
\nwhether they have long legs or short ones, or whether they become warriors or
\nimbeciles. <\/span><\/p>\n

8. And woman even careth less than man. Nevertheless, a time cometh upon
\nthe world, in a later age, when man and woman both consider these things, and
\nsomewhat govern themselves accordingly. But in such an era they are almost fruitless.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. But in the early age of a world, man hath inherent but two impulses, to eat and to
\nindulge in cohabitation. Neither considereth he what may result therefrom. And the
\nLord and his angels lead man, unknowingly to himself, to fulfill his times and seasons.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Now have I come to thee in kosmon to make plain the government of heaven upon the
\nearth; and of thy God and his angels upon the race of man. Behold, in the time of Apollo,
\nman in his present form was brought into being on the earth. The time and season of the
\nearth was in that day come unto that end. Even as in this day thy Lord hath come to
\nchange man from a race of warriors to a race of peace; for now is the time and the season
\nof the earth propitious to that end.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. In the time of Apollo were the first prophets raised up from other than the I’hin race.
\nIn that day, the I’huan, the flesh-eating man, was first capable of hearing the voice of thy
\nLord understandingly. And thy God commanded man to remember the God of harmony,
\nsymmetry and music, and to build images of him in all the divisions of the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Be most searching, O man; for thou shalt find, in this day and generation, the legends
\nand history of Apollo in all the divisions of the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And the word of his name, in all languages, hath the same significance.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Behold, as in Guatama, the Lord raised up seers, whom he instructed in the methods
\nof slaying beasts of prey and serpents, in the same period of time raised up for the same
\npurpose other seers in Shem, Ham and Jaffeth. And the names of the great slayers are<\/span>
\npreserved to this day in the mortal histories of these countries.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Thus created the Lord a new race on the earth; and in all the divisions thereof, the
\nnew race came of the I’hins and the I’huans. According to the different countries where
\nthey dwelt, so are they found to this day. In which thy God provided all these people
\nwho are of pure blood to have no other God nor Lord than the Great Spirit, Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Nevertheless, in the time of Apollo, this race was but a fraction compared to the
\nhundreds of millions of I’huans and ground people and I’hins that dwelt on the earth. But
\nthe I’huans were at war for more than a thousand years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. They built great cities, and established mighty kingdoms, but as soon as built, lo, the
\nwars laid them low or dissipated them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. God said: Now will I give to man a new commandment, which is, to go forth and
\nsubdue the earth; to slay every beast of prey and every serpent that cometh before him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. And of beasts of prey and of serpents, shalt thou not eat the flesh, nor the blood,
\nwhich containeth life.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Neither shalt thou eat the flesh of the beast with uncloven foot; nor shalt thou eat
\nswine’s flesh.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. But all cloven-footed animals I give unto thee, for food to eat. For in the day thou
\ntakest the place of beasts of prey, thou shalt also take to thyself to eat the flesh they would
\nhave eaten.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Then the Lord sent I’hin priests to circumcise the new race, the G<\/span>HAN<\/span>. And he
\ncommanded the Ghans to marry amongst themselves, promising to give all the world into
\ntheir keeping.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. And the Ghans began to wear clothes, after the manner of the I’hins; and the latter
\ngave them rites and ceremonies, and taught them how to pray and dance before Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

END OF THE LORDS\u2019 THIRD BOOK.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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