{"id":1294,"date":"2020-05-08T20:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2020-05-08T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:35:36","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-saturday-may-9th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/05\/08\/lectionary-readings-for-saturday-may-9th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Saturday, May 9th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventh-Day Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapter 9, Chapter 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 9<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Most wise Lords, in words ye have done me great honor. There let the matter end. I
\nperceive what any one can understand, which is that the center of the heavens should be
\nhere. The heirs of the earth and atmospherea, why should they be carried off to other
\nheavens? Sufficient is it for us that we cultivate our own. I am not competent for so
\ngreat a work. Rather shall ye choose from amongst yourselves the highest, best, wise
\nman, and make him your God. I will be his servant to do whatsoever he putteth upon me.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I have traveled far, and took the measure of many worlds. I declare unto you there are
\nno glories in the far-off worlds, but what can be built up in these heavens, and even on the
\nvery earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Hear me then and judge ye, not for my fitness, but for my unfitness, and so dismiss me
\nsave to make me your servant.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Send not off the highest raised angels, but make these heavens suitable unto them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Make this kingdom the All Highest heavenly kingdom; and make your God the highest
\nof all Gods, even the Creator. Him shall ye surround with a capital city, a heavenly place
\npaved with diamonds and most precious gems. And his throne shall be the most exalted,
\nhighest of all glories. To which none can approach, save by crawling on their bellies. Yea,
\nsuch majesty shall surround your God as becometh a Creator; and such newly-invented
\nrites and ceremonies, dazzling beyond anything in all the worlds!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. The rites and ceremonies should be carried to the highest. Without rites and ceremonies
\na people are as a dead people; they are as an army without discipline. In fact, discipline is
\nvoid without the formalities of rites and ceremonies. To not have these is to have every<\/span>
\none do for self, which is the dissolution of all union. Baal hath spoken wisely on this; we
\nneed new rites and ceremonies, adapted for the highest grades. We shall no longer bow to
\na God we know not, a scattered substance wide as the universe!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Because ye have spoken, I am pleased. Because ye have come to my feast, I am
\ndelighted. To be with one’s own loves, what is greater than that? It hath been said, man
\nshall love all alike; but I say unto you that that is impossible. We have our preferences,
\nand we delight to come together. Who shall say us nay?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And yet, my Lords and Lordesses, shall we not deliberate on these things? And council
\nwith our best loves upon it; for such is the construction of the mind that it oft seeth better
\nthrough others’eyes. And, above all, shall we not mature the subject to know if in our
\nown souls we are sincere, doing all things for the good of heaven and earth, and not for
\nourselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Ye know how Ahura’s kingdom prospered until he began to work for his own glory; let
\nus not, then, fall into his errors, but from his errors learn to avoid similar ones. And now,
\nsince the time of the feast is ended, and our respective kingdoms waiting us, I declare the
\nassembly dissolved. Arise, then, my Lords and Lordesses, and go your way. And
\nwhatsoever ye may have on this matter, desiring to commune with me, do ye even so
\nthrough messengers, which ye already have.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 10<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Satan went to all the Lords and Lordesses in hada, and said unto each and every one:
\nThine shall be exaltation without labor; because thou art wise, others shall serve thee; and
\ngreat shall be thy glory. As thou hast witnessed the rites and ceremonies, in Craoshivi, of
\nthe high-raised Gods, even so shall it be with thee. Behold, the heavens of the earth shall
\nbecome the brightest and most glorious of all heavens. Be thou patient, enduring
\nanything, for thou shalt surely, in time to come, be second to none, the highest of Gods!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And thy name shall be sung in the ceremonies, and shall be honored even in the far-off
\nheavens. It shall be said of thee, thou art amongst the youngest of Gods, that by thine own
\nself-will mastered all things so suddenly that even the oldest of Gods stood appalled at
\nthy daring.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Be thou patient, and seeming most humble, and bide thou thy time; thou wert born to
\nbe a leader even amongst Gods. Be secret; disclosing naught.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Satan said to Anuhasaj, even Lord God: Be thou dignified, and by thy much-professed
\nlove, like a father unto all the others. And it shall come to pass that they will thrust these
\ngreat dominions upon thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Now whilst these matters were with these Lords, behold, in far-off Craoshivi Jehovih
\nspake to God on the throne, before the Council of Jehovih’s Son, saying: Because I
\nindulged thy Lords and Lordesses in prosperous places, they are becoming forgetful of
\nMe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. For so I created man, in prosperity he idolizeth himself. He saith: Behold me! What
\ngreat things I can do: Yea, I am wise; I perceive the nothingness of the Creator! And
\nhe buildeth to his own ruin. I created life and death all around him, that he might learn
\nMy power ere he quitteth the earth. And hada I made wide, with a place of ascent and
\na place of descent. Upward I placed My holy lights, saying: Come! Downward, I
\nmade darkness, saying: Beware! hell lieth hither! But they plunge into misery headlong.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>7. God said: What have they done, O Jehovih? Jehovih said: They are laying their heads
\ntogether to rebel against the manner of My everlasting kingdoms. Summon thou the Diva
\nbefore thee, and bid them speak outright as to what they desire.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. God sent messengers into all the divisions of the lowest heavens, to the kingdoms of
\nJehovih’s Lords and Lordesses, as the Father had commanded, summoning them to
\nCraoshivi. On the other hand:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Satan spake to Anuhasaj, the plotter of the mischief, saying: Lest God in Craoshivi get
\nwind of this matter, and so set at naught thy long-laid plans, send thou to him, saying:
\nGreeting, in love to thee, Son of Jehovih, God of the heavens of the earth. From the light
\nbefore me I am resolved to resign the Lord-dom. Search, therefore, and provide one in my
\nplace.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Satan continued, to Anuhasaj: Send thou to thy Lords and Lordesses, saying: Greeting
\nin love to thee, Lord of Jehovih. I foresee that many will desire me to take the place of
\nGod of the earth and her heavens. Seek thou to relieve me of this, and choose one less
\nradical, that thou mayst the more fully endorse him. Behold, I am about to resign the
\nLord-dom, and desire to see thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. The Lords and Lordesses received the two communications at the same time; and they
\nseverally laid the matter before their Holy Councils; and great was the excitement therein.
\nThat which had been planned to be in secret was thus made public in all the hadas in a
\nday, before thousands of millions!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. At once the Lords and Lordesses hastened to Anuhasaj’s capital; and they were each
\nattended by ten thousand attendants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Now when they were assembled, perceiving that God in Craoshivi knew of the matter,
\nthey were by their own shame further incited to disobey the Divan summons, and at once
\nproceed to founding a consolidated kingdom, with Anuhasaj at the head. Anuhasaj made
\nbelieve he desired not the Godhead, and only agreed to serve provided they installed him
\nwith oaths of fidelity. And this they did.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. So, after a session of three days, Anuhasaj was elected and enthroned in Hored, a new
\nheavenly place, and crowned O<\/span>UR <\/span>G<\/span>OD <\/span>of the earth and her heavens, the V<\/span>ERY <\/span>L<\/span>ORD <\/span>G<\/span>OD
\nIN <\/span>J<\/span>EHOVIH. <\/span>Thus he became a false God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. But they crowned him not with the true crown, for that was with God in Craoshivi;
\nbut they made one, creating it in the sacred circle. But since he could not be crowned by
\nthose beneath him, they were in a quandary how to proceed. Then satan spake to
\nAnuhasaj, saying: Command them to lie on their bellies in token of submission to thee,
\nand say to them: Lay the crown at my feet, and I will stand with my head bare; and when
\nye have prostrated yourselves, I will command the crown in my own name to rise up and
\nlie upon my head; and if it so rise, then know ye of a truth our work is the highest, best
\nwork.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Anuhasaj then repeated this to the Lords and Lordesses, and they laid them down on
\ntheir bellies, each being anxious to show fidelity, in hope of exaltation. And when they
\nwere down and saw not, Anuhasaj, having not power in Light, said: Crown of these most
\nholy, wise Lords and Lordesses of heaven and earth, arise thou and lie on the head of him
\nwho shall have dominion on earth and in these heavens!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. And thereupon he stooped down on the sly, and with his own hand raised it up and
\ncrowned himself, and commanded the Lords to rise up. And lo and behold, some of the<\/span>
\nLords and Lordesses said they saw with the second sight of the soul, and that the crown
\nrose of its own accord, being under the will of the circle!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. And they clapped their hands, saying: A<\/span>LL <\/span>H<\/span>AIL<\/span>, O<\/span>UR <\/span>G<\/span>OD<\/span>! A<\/span>LL <\/span>H<\/span>AIL<\/span>, O<\/span>UR <\/span>G<\/span>OD<\/span>! A<\/span>LL
\n<\/span>H<\/span>AIL<\/span>, O<\/span>UR <\/span>G<\/span>OD<\/span>! Proclaiming him in the east and west and north and south.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. He responded: T<\/span>HE <\/span>L<\/span>ORD<\/span>, <\/span>YOUR <\/span>G<\/span>OD<\/span>, <\/span>REIGNETH<\/span>! Peace be unto you. Behold, the heavens
\nand earth are mine; be ye steadfast unto me, and ye shall be glorified in my name. Ye that
\nhave been Lords and Lordesses shall be Gods and Goddesses, with great power and with
\nmighty kingdoms. As I foresaw this, so have I provided for you beforehand. In this very
\ntime and place will I crown you and apportion you with great glory. Yet think not that this
\nis the last; it is but the first, and temporary until the new heavens are founded with
\nbroader boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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