{"id":1206,"date":"2020-04-06T22:16:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2020-04-06T22:18:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:18:53","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-april-7th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/04\/06\/lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-april-7th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Tuesday, April 7th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Divinity: Chapters 1 and 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

WHICH DESCENDED TO THE EARTH AND BECAME KNOWN BY THE NAMES, DIV, AND
\nDIVA AND THE DIVAN LAWS. BEING GOD\u2019S LABORS IN ATMOSPHEREA (HADA), FOR A
\nPERIOD OF THREE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS, DURING THE PASSAGE OF
\nTHE EARTH FROM THE ARC OF LOO TO THE ARC OF SPE\u2019TA, IN ETHEREA; AND ON THE
\nEARTH, FROM THE TIME OF ZARATHUSTRA TO THE TIME OF ABRAHAM AND BRAHMA.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Plate 14.
\n<\/span>THE DIVINE SEAL.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. God, Son of Jehovih, said: By virtue of mine own authority, and in the name of
\nJehovih, Creator of all things, peace and comprehensive judgment be unto angels and
\nmortals.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. That ye may be taught from the little that has been demonstrated in the world, of
\ngovernments and principalities being manifest on earth, that similar organic bodies exist
\nin the heavens belonging to the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Which heavenly places and governments were the cause and forerunners of good
\ngovernments manifested amongst mortals.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Jehovih said: He that is chief of a government on earth shall be called king, but he who
\nis Chief of My heavenly government shall be called God. And it was so.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. I, who am God in mine own behalf, for the enlightenment of the world, declare
\nthe Glory and Wisdom of Jehovih above all things on the earth or in the heavens above.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Wherein Jehovih provided that no man could be a king forever, but must give way to a
\nsuccessor, even so, in His heavens, provided He also unto His Gods and Lords for
\nsuccessors at certain periods of time.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>7. That the way might be open for the everlasting resurrection of all men, whereby all
\nwho choose may, in time, become also Lords and Gods for the countless worlds that now
\nare, and shall yet be created.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Jehovih said: I blow My breath outward, and, behold, all things are created. They
\ngo away in disorder, but they come back to Me orderly and in organic companies.
\nAnd every individual member is like a tree, bloomed in perfection in every branch.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Jehovih said: These companies, returning to Me in all their glory, are marshaled in
\ndecorum and discipline by My Gods, for such is their labor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Jehovih said: The labors of My Gods shall be chiefly in atmospherea (hada).
\nNevertheless, My Gods and Lords shall not only labor with the spirits of the dead to teach
\nthem organic discipline and harmony, but they shall provide unto mortals that they also
\nmay learn the system and glory of My creations.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. In the time of Fragapatti, in the dawn of the cycle of Loo in heaven, Jehovih
\ncommanded the founding of an organic Congress for His God and Lords, and His Lord
\nGods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And Fragapatti thus created the organic body, and named it, the Diva, making God the
\nChief thereof, with the title, Div, even as is known to this day in the sacred books of
\nmortals.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Jehovih said: In the early days of a world I give the races of man (on the earth) a
\ndespot to rule over them. But in time after I give them representative governments with
\nmany voices, having a right to help make the laws. Even so do I provide unto the hadan
\nheavens. In the early days I provide a God who shall be dictator and governor in his own
\nway. But in after times I provide a parliament in heaven, wherein My God and My Lords
\nshall jointly consult together in framing laws for angels and mortals. And these shall be
\ncalled Divan laws.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Jehovih said: Behold, My God and Lords and sub-Gods shall teach the same things in
\nthe different parts of the earth and these heavens. I will not have one Lord teaching
\none thing in one place, and another teaching the same thing differently in another place.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Jehovih said: My God and Lords shall provide comprehensively, so that all
\npeoples, on earth and in heaven, may be drawn toward Me in harmony and discipline.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. God said: I, God of earth, being made Div, by Jehovih’s will, through His Son,
\nFragapatti, heard the Creator’s voice, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Div, My Son, proclaim thou the Ormazdian law, and the I’hua’Mazdian law, and the
\nZarathustrian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. God said: This, then, is the Ormazdian law: Ormazd, the Creator, displayeth His
\ncreations, which He created. He set the stars in the firmament; these are the words of
\nthe book of the Almighty. He made the earth-substances of the earth, and all the
\nthings thereon and therein. These are the words of the Creator, Ormazd, the Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. The substances of things going and coming forever; creating and dissolving from one
\nshape into another, these are the Ormazdian law, the Jehovih’yan law. By virtue of His
\npresence these things speak (impress) upon one another forever. What these things speak
\nupon the soul of man, write upon the soul of man, these are man’s knowledge, acquired by
\nthe Ormazdian law, the Jehovih’yan law. What these things speak upon the souls of
\nangels, write upon the souls of angels, these are the angels’knowledge, acquired by the
\nOrmazdian law, the Jehovih’yan law.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>20. God said: This also is the Ormazdian law: Perpetual growth. As a man, being brought
\nforth out of what was not an entity, thereby becoming an entity, this is brought about by
\nthe Ormazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. With capacity in man for life everlasting; with capacity to acquire knowledge and
\npower forever, and never attain to the Almighty. As a road, whereon a man may run in
\nfull liberty forever, and never come to the end thereof; rejoicing on his journey, this is the
\nOrmazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. As the actions of corporeal substances produce light; as light is the expression and
\nspeech of certain corporeal changes, so is Ormazd, the Master Light, the Creator, that
\nwhich illuminateth the soul of man, making man conscious that he is; making man
\nexpress his impressions. This is the Ormazdian law, this is the Ever Presence that
\nterminateth not forever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Though worlds come into being and go out of being (as such), yet Ormazd remaineth;
\nHe is the Forever; and within Him are all creations created. These are the Ormazdian law,
\nthe Jehovih’yan law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. God said: This, then, that followeth, is the I’hua’Mazdian law: The school of
\nknowledge, kept by God and his Lords, for teaching mortals and angels.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Wherein certain discipline and words are necessary to cause the congregating of men
\nand angels, to dwell together and to travel onward forever, in harmony and rejoicing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Behold, a great multitude was in disorder and confusion, and unhappiness resulted.
\nThen came order and discipline, and the multitude were harmonized and filled with
\nrejoicing. This that accomplished it, was the I’hua’Mazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Jehovih had said: Behold, I create man with the possibility of becoming a creator
\nunder Me. The first lesson of creation I give into man’s hands, is, that he shall create
\nharmony and affiliation within himself and with his neighbors, that the many may become
\nin concert, even as one man.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. God said: Such was the Ormazdian law; to create man with the possibility of
\nbecoming a creator under Jehovih (Ormazd). But wherein man and angels, through their
\nGod and Lords, began to make, to create, harmony and discipline; this was the
\nI’hua’Mazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. As the manual of arms is to soldiers, making them a unit in motion, so is the
\nI’hua’Mazdian law in making and teaching peace and order and unity amongst mortals on
\nearth and angels in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. By the I’hua’Mazdian law are the heavenly kingdoms in hada maintained; and by the
\nsame law are great kingdoms and nations on earth built up. The discipline of God and the
\nLords, through their ashars, in ruling over mortals, for the comprehensive benefit of the
\nwhole; this is the I’hua’Mazdian law. It is called the I’hua’Mazdian law because God and
\nhis Lords, through their ashars, keep guard and rule over all good mortals and angels for
\ntheir own exaltation in the heavens above.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. God said: Here followeth then the Zarathustrian law: The bestowal of words to
\nmortals, of the dominion of God and his Lords: The making of all good mortals joint
\nheirs and members of the same heavenly kingdoms, wherein God and his Lords and their
\nHoly Council in heaven devise and administer laws for the ultimate resurrection of all
\nmen.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

32. The revealed word of heaven, to mortals; this is the Zarathustrian law.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>33. The word was with God, and God became the word; this is the Zarathustrian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. For the word being established through Zarathustra became the life of God in flesh,
\nbeing perpetual to the end of the world.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. For though Zarathustra be forgotten, and the words of his mouth remembered not
\non the whole earth, yet the Zarathustrian law (the revelations of God to man)
\nbecame everlasting in the souls of mortals from that time forth, forever and ever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

36. For man to know of, and to desire to become one with the All Highest, this is the
\nZarathustrian law. Nor mattereth it through what name he striveth, even so he strive to
\nknow the will of God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

37. When a king desireth soldiers for his army, he sendeth recruiting emissaries, calling:
\nCome ye, join the armies of the king. Even so, but for peace and righteousness, sendeth
\nGod his Lords and holy angels down to mortals, saying: Come ye, join the kingdom of
\nGod. And when they come, behold, they use certain rites and ceremonies, with words and
\nsacred days: The name of these rites and ceremonies and the words revealed by God,
\nthese are the Zarathustrian laws. For they are the initiative, by which mortals become
\njoint workers with God and his Lords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. God said: Be attentive, O man, to the voice of thy Lord and his angels; be patient, that
\nthou mayest understand the dominion of thy God, and add glory unto the Almighty.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The Div was the chief, and the Lords and their officers comprised the Divan Congress,
\nof the period of time whereof this book pertaineth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. And such mortals of that day, who joined in the armies of God, were represented by the
\nvoice of guardian angels through their Lord, according to the nation or place represented.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And the ashars reported to their Lord, as to the conditions and places of mortals, and as
\nto the conditions and places of angels also, and the Lords spake thereon in the Diva.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And the Div decreed laws and governments, unto mortals and angels, according to
\nwhat was best for them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Jehovih said: I am the Light and the Life; behold Me, I am Ormazd. When I shape My
\nthoughts into words, behold, I am I’hua’Mazda; I am the word. When the words of My
\nkingdom are registered with mortals, behold Me; I am the Zarathustrian law. I am three in
\none.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Even so have I given unto thee, O Div, and to My angels and My mortals; for ye three
\nshall be a unit in the furtherance of My kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Behold, your labors shall be henceforth called Divinity (Divan). And whoso falleth
\nunder your inspiration shall be called Divine (Divas).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. God said: Consider, O man, the wisdom of thy God, to perceive what is feasible to
\nthine own judgment, and be thou far-reaching with thine own members.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. The Div decreed: To carry birth rites down to mortals; to teach mortals when their
\nchildren were born to consecrate them to Diva, under a rod with water, after the same
\nmanner es’yans were baptized in heaven. With rites and ceremonies, and words, according
\nto the Zarathustrian law, the I’hua’Mazdian law, the Ormazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. God said: In the time of the baptismal of mortal children, behold, my Lords appointed
\nashars unto such children, to keep them in the way of the Almighty.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>12. This was the first Divan (Divine) law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. The Div decreed: To establish wedding rites and ceremonies with words and
\nprocessions, in order to bind firmly monogamic marriages, according to the Zarathustrian
\nlaw, the I’hua’Mazdian law, the Ormazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. God said: In the time of marriages, behold, my Lords appointed new ashars unto man
\nand wife, whose duties were to minister unto them as unto a small kingdom, for the glory
\nof Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. This was the second Divan (Divine) law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. The Div decreed: To establish funeral rites and ceremonies, with words, according
\nto the Diva, that is, the Zarathustrian, the I’hua’Mazdian, and the Ormazdian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. This was the third Divan law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. God said: In the birth rites; in the marriage rites, and in the funeral rites, recording
\nangels of the Lord were present; and afterward, they reported these things to my kingdom
\nin heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. And all such mortals as carried out these rites and ceremonies, with words, were
\nnamed Zarathustrians. Nevertheless there were many others, who, not being capable of
\nthe inspiration, stood aloof from me and my kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Jehovih said: I blame not My God and My Lords that their love ran more to the favor
\nof such mortals as became Zarathustrians, than to such as rejected God and his Lords.
\nNeither do I censure God and His Lords for favoring their chosen in building cities,
\nnations and empires, leaving such other mortals as were enemies to perish in their cities,
\nkingdoms and nations.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. God said: Ye who are one with the Divine law, are free from the law; but they that
\nreject me and my kingdom are bound by the law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Of the first three Divine laws, God said: These are the sacred words decreed to
\nmortals: By father or mother: I bestow this, my child, to be a good Zarathustrian,
\naccording to the Diva. And in marriage: By the Bride and Bridegroom: I bestow myself to
\nthis my mate, a good Zarathustrian, according to the Diva. And in sacrament previous to
\ndeath: I confess, with repentance, I, a good Zarathustrian, unto Thee, O Ormazd; and to
\nThy Lords of the heavenly hosts of Diva.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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