{"id":1299,"date":"2020-05-11T07:45:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T07:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2020-05-11T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T07:45:19","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-11th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/05\/11\/lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-11th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Monday, May 11th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapter 13, Chapter 14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 13<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Swift messengers coursing the heavens, from far-off etherean worlds, bound for
\ndestinations remote, passed over the regions of Hored; and the high-raised travelers felt
\nthe discordant plots of satan’s Lord God and his hosts, thus bent to overthrow the Great
\nSpirit’s happy world. And so they sent word of it to Cpenta-armij, through whose fields
\nthe great serpent moved along. And her Most High Council, one with the Creator, cast
\nabout to know the cause and treatment of the dastardly outrage.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Then spake Jehovih to His Daughter, Chieftainess, saying: The Lord God was duly
\nhonored in My name, and swore before Me to serve faithfully, forever, by his highest
\nlight. Hold thou him to his purpose, and bind him in the world he hath assumed to rule for
\nhis own glory. And to his fellow-God, conspirators against Me, Who brought them into
\nbeing, give thou them full sway to destroy My worshippers. Let them raise the name of
\ntheir God, and bait mortal kings and queens to glut themselves in the havoc of My
\nchosen, the Faithists.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The earth neareth her greatest corporeal growth, and these self-assuming Gods shall<\/span>
\nbuild monuments through their mortal emissaries, in the greatest divisions of the
\nearth: Temples, and pyramids, and oracle-palaces, which shall stand thousands of
\nyears as testimonies of the audacity of Gods and Saviors. To honor whom, the Lord
\nGod hath sworn to make angels and men suppliant slaves in heaven and earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. For I will use the corporeal temples and pyramids they shall build on the earth at the
\nexpense of My chosen, as testimony, in coming ages, of the oppression in the hadan heavenly kingdoms of these self-Gods. Till which time I cannot teach mortals of the vanity of the lower heavens, save in the deserted ruins of their moldering monuments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. For in kosmon, mortals shall know that even as the earth hath been a place of foolish
\nsacrifice to persons born of woman, so were My heavens debauched in that day by similar
\noppression and cruelty.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Let him who is falsely crowned Osiris, build in the Osirian field, and him who is
\nproclaimed De’yus, build in the hadan field, for the time shall come when these
\ntestimonies shall be required in the sum of earth and heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. For I will show them that without an All Highest Person there is no resurrection
\nfor angels or men. Of which they that are slaughtered, ten thousand millions, and
\nbound by the Lord God, shall swear, in kosmon, the fall of all things save Me.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Down to the lower heavens, to God in Craoshivi, sent Cpenta-armij swift messengers,
\nwith the words of Jehovih, comforting to God and his hosts, as to the wide plans
\non which the Father lieth the destinies of worlds. And God received them, and
\nnow comprehended why, alas, his Diva came not, nor answered his call but by resigning.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. But God, the true ruler of heaven and earth, now saw how the prosperity of the
\nindulged heaven had made bad men out of most holy Gods, even as prosperity on the
\nearth closeth up man’s eyes against his Creator, making him an egotist in self, and
\nvociferous as to Jehovih’s shortcomings, according to man’s views. And God remembered
\nhow he had prayed for the continuation of the light in heaven, which Jehovih granted
\nhim; and he repented now, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. O Jehovih, why said I not: Thy will be done; let darkness come! Had I not seen on the
\nearth how night must follow day, and winter after summer; that I must need pray for
\nendless light in a heaven where Thy sons and daughters are as yet but babes in the
\ntime and course of worlds? Mine own judgment should have shown me that spells of
\ndarkness should follow seasons of light in Thy lower heavens. For, then, had these
\nhalf-tried Lords and Gods stopped to consider ere they rushed into so mad a scheme.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. God called together the Holy Council in Craoshivi, and told them of the words of the
\nCreator, through His High-Raised Daughter. Then the Council spake, all who chose, and
\nthe thirty millions listened. And, meanwhile, messengers fresh from Hored, the seat of
\nrebellion, came in, bringing full news to Craoshivi of the proceedings of the Lord God,
\nalias, De’yus, and his self-Gods and Goddesses.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. When the full particulars had been related, and the Council had spoken upon it, then
\nthe light of Jehovih came upon God, and God said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. In the name of our Father, I will speak to these Gods and Lords and acquaint
\nthem with Jehovih’s words. Yea, I will entreat them to return even as they were.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Then God, overwhelmed by the terrible adversity of the heavens entrusted to his
\nkeeping, as in a small degree the captain of a merchant’s ship, far out at sea, meeting with
\na mishap of broken masts, stripped to the bulk, and rudder gone, powerless to save,<\/span>
\nfeeleth the burning shame of incompetence before mariners, so God, before the High-Raised Chiefs of the etherean worlds, must helplessly view his shattered kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. With great sorrow God sent word to De’yus and his Gods, of Jehovih’s warning; and
\nhe plead for them to return, as a father pleadeth to a wayward son. Off went the
\nmessengers swiftly; and God, even though long schooled to adverse trials and
\nsuspensions, burned with impatience for his messengers to return, hoping that his sweet
\npleadings might yet reverse the scenes.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Then came back the messengers, empty handed! Not one of the truant Gods had
\ndeigned to answer him. And God wept, scarce believing his messengers, that so great an
\ninsult could be heaped upon him, who had done nothing whereof any one could complain.
\nThen Jehovih came and spake to God, saying: Weep not, My Son! He who followeth his
\nhighest light from day to day, great is his glory; and in whatsoever he loseth he shall
\nregain a thousand-fold. Behold, I will bring love to thee that thou knowest not of:
\nRemember thou, as this season is upon the earth and her heavens, even so do I send a
\nseason like unto it upon all My worlds.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 14<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. In course of time, word came to Ahura, in Vara-pishanaha, of the proceedings of
\nthe Lord God, now styled De’yus, and of the revolt of all the lowest heavens in one
\nfell swoop. And Ahura remembered his own shortcomings, thousands of years ago,
\nand the terrible bondage that came upon him in the end. And he knew De’yus,
\nwho had been a sub-God under him hundreds of years, under the name Anuhasaj,
\nwho had tried to break the lines in the arc of Spe-ta, in the resurrection of Ailkin.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. So Ahura prayed to Jehovih, before the Holy Council in Vara-pishanaha, to know what
\nhe should say or do in the matter, or if nothing at all. Jehovih answered him, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. My Son, thou art no longer a child. Address thou the Lord God, or not address him, as
\nseemeth fit in thine own eyes. Behold, I suffered thee to try the same road, that thou
\nmightst understand Me and My kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Thereupon Ahura determined to send word to De’yus, in his own name, and in his own
\nway. Then, then, is what he sent, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. To Anuhasaj, my one-time sub-God, greeting to thee in justice and wisdom. Wert thou
\ninexperienced I would treat thee with respect. But thou knowest thou art false. And
\nbecause thou art false, thou shalt reap in falsehood.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Behold, the day shall come when thy Gods will desert thee; for such is the tree thou
\nhast planted in thy kingdoms. This rule holdeth on earth and in all the heavens. Can that
\nwhich is unborn, restrain its own birth? Or that which is not quickened into life, restrain
\nthe Creator’s hand?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. So also is it of him that soweth for self; he shall reap a harvest of selfs. And thy Gods
\nwill be for themselves, and thy marshals, and all thy hosts; every one pulling in an
\nopposite way.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Not suddenly will these things come upon thee; for thou shalt have a mighty kingdom
\nand great honor and glory, such as no other God before thee hath had in these heavens.
\nAnd thy people shall be jealous to serve thee, striving with all their might to outdo one
\nanother in worshipful obedience to thee. And thy name, even the names De’yus and Lord<\/span>
\nGod, shall stand for a season the highest on the earth of all names that have ever been.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. And yet the time shall come that thy names shall be cast out of earth and heaven.
\nEven the deeds that thou shalt do shall be the means of making thy names execrable.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Think not, O my Lord God, that thou wilt deal righteously, and keep thyself holy.
\nBehold, I, too, was a revolted God that sat up a kingdom for mine own glory. And, in the
\ntime of the beginning thereof, I was most resolute to practice righteousness in all things.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. But the surroundings overcame me; for as I was allied to self, so selfish officers under
\nme beset me on all occasions, and I was forced to find new places and new glories for
\nthem, or, by their grumbling, they would sow my fields with mutiny. I was powerless in
\nthe great kingdom I built up. Thou knowest the result.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Thinkest thou the larger thy kingdom, the greater will be thy power to avert thy fall?
\nMy experience was the opposite of this.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. I admonish thee in wisdom and justice; I know thou art doing these things not for the
\nraising up of the fruit of the earth, but for thine own aggrandizement and glory. And I say
\nunto thee, the time will surely come when thy Gods will do the same things against thee.
\nAnd in that time the wise and learned and truthful will fly from thee, but the drujas
\nand slaves will not leave thee; but thou shalt be environed with them, and cast into hell.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Thou shalt heap misery upon millions of thy subjects, but thou shalt not escape the
\nhand of justice: Thou shalt reimburse them every one. Thou hast cast thy net in shoal
\nwater; thine own feet shall be tangled in the meshes thereof.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Behold, I, too, once craved a great heavenly kingdom; now I weep day and night
\nbecause I have it. And thou, too, shalt experience the time of scalding tears, to be rid of
\nthat which thou cravest even now.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Yet, how else shall the dumb be raised in heaven? Who else shall minister to the
\nwandering spirits that overspread the earth? And the evil drujas? And the lusters, and
\nfoul-smelling? Shall I say to thee: Go on, thou self-presuming Lord God, the Great Spirit
\nhath a rod in pickle for thee!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Yea, He answereth the ambition of men and Gods sooner or later; in a way they think
\nnot of, He bringeth them up with a round turn.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Thou art like a man desirous of great bulk, that shutteth up the pores of the skin of his
\nflesh; thou seekest to shut up the course of the heavens that riseth out of the earth, upward
\nforever. And as the one choketh up with a foul smell, and dieth, so shall it be with thy
\nkingdom. Behold, the way of everlasting light is outward; onward, away from the
\ncorporeal world; but the way of darkness is toward the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Sayest thou the spirits of the dead shall not rise away from the earth? And, in their
\nignorance of the higher heavens, become guides to mortals!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Behold, thou hast traveled far; and thou struttest about, saying: It is enough; I, the
\nLord God, have traveled in the far-off heavens; stay ye at home, and work for me forever,
\nthat I may be glorified!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Wilt thou say: I, the Lord God, I, De’yus, am the only Son of the Void! Behold, by
\nkingdom lieth in a little corner! Come and worship me, the Lord God, and ye shall see me
\non my throne!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Or wilt thou say: The impersonal space, senselessness, by accident fructified itself
\nin corporeal substance, and became me, the Lord God, in size of a full-grown man,
\nand then I created all the creations! Wherefore let men and angels fall down and<\/span>
\nworship the man, De’yus, who dwelleth in Hored, a ripple in the lowest heavens!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. I profess not love to thee, Anuhasaj, but justice toward them beneath thee. For thou
\nshalt hoodwink mortals, and even angels of little experience, to believe thou wert the very
\nCreator; but thy Gods know thee as to who thou art, and the Gods above thee know also.
\nAll thy days at most have been but two thousand and seven hundred years! And the time
\nshall come upon thee that thou shalt be forced by thine own fault to assert thou wert the
\nvery Creator, whose worlds have run thousands of millions of years! Who can carry so
\ngreat a falsehood as this! And not carrying it, it shall fall down on thee and on thy people,
\nand take root and spread abroad till thy place and thy Gods’places are the foundation of
\nnothing but lies.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. For the rule holdeth in all places, high and low, that according to the seed sown so
\nshall be the harvest, whether good or bad. Nor can any man or God alter this rule, or bend
\nit to the right or left.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. If it be Jehovih’s decree that some one shall make the name of God, and Lord God,
\nand De’yus, execrable on earth and in heaven, it may be well that thou hast put
\nthyself into the yoke to that end. Yet I would not have thee so, could I prevent it.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Thou wert one time my sub-God, and I remember thee well; thou wert young and full
\nof promise. My judgment spake to me of thee, saying: A sub-God, to be proud of for
\nthousands of years! But my judgment was not Jehovih’s. My love for thee was early
\nnipped in the bud. For thou wert forever talking of thyself. Thou madest thy neighbor
\nGods sick by forever relating thy experiences and thy prophecies as to what thou wouldst
\ndo.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. And when Jehovih encompassed me about in mine own evil, thou didst tantalize me
\nbecause I had not followed thy advice. Now I repeat unto thee, I could not follow any
\none’s advice. And thou, too, shalt be environed about, and be unable to follow any one’s
\nadvice. For such is the bondage of the Godhead, save we cut ourselves loose, making
\nJehovih the Head and Front, and ourselves His servants. For the God should not only be
\nthe greatest in his kingdom, but the most menial servant of his people; forever throwing
\noff responsibility, and forever urging his subjects not to idolize him, but Jehovih! Forever
\nshowing them that their God is nothing more than themselves; that they must stand alone,
\nand become, not slaves to their God, but independent beings full of manliness, having
\nfaith in the Great Spirit only.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. By which the God bindeth not himself nor his people; giving full sway to the love of
\nliberty in every soul, but in tenderness and love that harmonize with Jehovih’s
\nproceedings.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Now when thou camest back to me, after I was delivered out of hell, and my
\nkingdoms raised to Vara-pishanaha, thou didst profess to understand these things, and of
\na truth, to love this philosophy. And thou didst pray fervently to Jehovih, repenting of thy
\nformer ways, taking part in the rites and ceremonies.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Then I opened my heart to thee. My much love for thee, as when I first knew thee,
\nreturned upon me a thousand fold. In joy and in tears I fell upon thee, and I praised
\nJehovih that He had sent me so sweet a love.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. In each other’s arms we repented, and we swore our mutual love forever. Then we
\nboth saw the way of Jehovih clear, and He made us strong and wise, full of rejoicing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

32. And we fell to, hand in hand, laboring with drujas, dark and most foul, teaching them<\/span>
\nday and night, forever repeating to their stupid minds. And when we were both well nigh
\nexhausted thousands of times, and we slacked up, and withdrew for a short spell, we
\nrested in each other’s arms!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

33. Then we reasoned and philosophized on the plans and glories of Jehovih’s works;
\nhopefully watching signs of progress in our wards. O the glory of those days! O the
\nrichness of thy wisdom and love to me in those days of darkness! For a hundred years we
\ntoiled thus, and I was blessed, and my people were blessed by thee, thou star of our love.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. When we raised them up, my wards, four thousand millions, were lifted a small way
\nup out of darkness, and our far-off Goddess, Atcheni, needed one who was great, like
\nunto thee, to travel in other regions. And I parted with thee. My soul was as if divided in
\ntwain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. For hundreds of years thou traveledst and became rich in knowledge; but not to return
\nto me, to my bursting heart! What more can I say? Thou art in my place, and I am in
\nmine; but Jehovih is with Wisdom, Love, Truth and Fidelity, for these are his abiding
\nplaces.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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