{"id":1301,"date":"2020-05-11T23:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2020-05-11T23:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:09:54","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-may-12th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/05\/11\/lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-may-12th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Tuesday, May 12th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapter 15, Chapter 16<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 15<\/span><\/p>\n

1. De’yus replied not to Ahura, God of Vara-pishanaha, but sent the messengers away
\nwithout a word. And satan came again to De’yus, saying: Send word to thy Gods to be
\nfirm, for this day hath Ahura and the God of Craoshivi beset them to return to Jehovih’s
\nworship.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. De’yus feared nevertheless, so he inquired of satan what was the best great thing he
\ncould do. Satan said: O Lord, my God, this is the best thing thou canst do: For all the
\nDivan laws destroyed, make thou De’yus laws instead. Why shalt thou follow in the
\nfootsteps of the ancients?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The Lord God said: Yea, yea! I will not be bound by the laws of the ancients,
\nbut I will have laws of mine own, and they shall be called the L<\/span>AWS OF THE <\/span>L<\/span>ORD <\/span>G<\/span>OD<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Satan (self) said: These, then shall be thy words, O Lord God, which shall be the laws
\nof De’yus, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. I, the Lord God, have made self-preservation the first law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, thy heart and mind.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Him only shalt thou worship now, henceforth and forever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Thou shalt not worship Jehovih; He is void; He is nothing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Nor shalt thou worship any idol of anything, on the earth or in the heavens of the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Whoever worshippeth anything save me, the Lord God, shall be put to death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Behold, I am a God of justice and truth; I am a God of anger; vengeance is mine.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. I have a gate at the hill of Hored; my guardians are cherubims and seraphims, with
\nflaming swords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Whoever raiseth his arm against me shall be destroyed; to do my will is the sixth law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Whosoever putteth the mark of the circumcision on a male child shall be put to death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Neither shall any man do evil for evil’s sake; nor by violence oppress any man,
\nwoman or child.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Whoever exalteth me on earth, him will I exalt in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Whoever overthroweth other Gods, save the Lord God, who is the De’yus of heaven
\nand earth, him will I exalt in heaven.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>18. Now it came to pass that these decrees of the false God were established on the
\nearth. And the names Dyaus became paramount to all other Gods in Vind’yu and
\neastern Parsi’e; and the name Te-in, in Jaffeth (China), and the name Lord God,
\nin Arabin’ya (Egypt). And these peoples had now a new sacred book given to them.
\nAnd yet all of these names represented only angel only, Anuhasaj, a one-time mortal.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Prior to this the Faithists on earth were taught non-resistance; to ignore leadership; to
\nreturn good for evil, and to dwell together as brethren.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. But now, because of the decrees of Anuhasaj, alias De’yus, Faithists were led astray,
\nbecoming warriors, and aspiring to become kings and rulers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Nevertheless, many of them still called themselves by names signifying Faithists, but
\nchanging their belief from the Great Spirit to a God in shape and figure of a man, with
\nattributes like a mortal.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. And mortals in these countries made images of cherubims and seraphims, having
\nflaming swords; and images of Anubis holding a pair of scales; the same as is made to
\nthis day, and called J<\/span>USTICE<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. In addition to these earthly decrees, Anuhasaj, alias the Lord God, made heavenly
\ndecrees betwixt his own kingdom and the kingdoms of his Gods. The chief decrees were:
\nThat, for the first one hundred years, all angels borne up out of the earth shall fall into
\ntheir respective divisions, and shall belong as subjects to my Gods, to be appropriated by
\nthem in their own way.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. That after the hundredth year, my Gods shall deliver to me one-tenth of their subjects
\nof the highest grades.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. De’yus made two hundred laws in reference to the kingdoms of his Gods, as to their
\nboundaries and ornamentation, providing great pageantry and countless numbers of
\nheralds, staff-bearers, musicians, and players of oratory (theatricals), besides innumerable
\nservants and decorators, so that the pageantry might be in great splendor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. When he had completed these forms and system of government, he sent an invitation
\nto his Gods to again feast with him, that they might ratify his laws and receive them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. And it thus came to pass that the laws of De’yus were ratified and accepted by the
\nGods; and they went away rejoicing, returning to their respective kingdoms, where they
\nfell to work at once to provide themselves in their glory.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 16<\/span>
\n<\/span>HEREIN IS REVEALED THE MANNER IN WHICH THE GODS
\nCARRIED OUT WHAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Thus was established the C<\/span>ONFEDERACY OF <\/span>S<\/span>ELFS<\/span>; that is, the false Lord God, and his
\nfalse Gods, were as many kingdoms united into one; yet every god was secretly sworn
\nunto himself, for his own glory.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. From the time of the beginning of the revolt until it was completed as a confederacy
\nwas sixty and four days, and the number of inhabitants in these heavens at that time was
\neight thousand millions, men, women and children. And they are well-ordered, in
\nnurseries, and hospitals, and schools, and colleges, and factories, and in building ships,
\nand in surveying and in road-making, and all such other occupations as belong in the
\nlower heavens, objective and subjective. Four thousand million of these were presently
\nsent to Hored, to De’yus.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>3. De’yus at once set about the work laid out, and issued a decree commanding the
\ndestruction of all otevans and other vessels plying to the upper plateau, Craoshivi; and
\ncommanding the seizing and destroying of fire-ships or other vessels that might come
\nfrom the upper regions down to the lower. De’yus said: My people shall not ascend to
\nother heavens. I have made the earth and this heaven sufficient unto all happiness and
\nglory. Whosoever buildeth a vessel, saying: I will ascend; or if he say not, but my judges
\ndiscover him, he shall be cast into the hadan region, prepared for im. And if a man or a
\nwoman preach in my heavens, and say: Behold, there is a higher heaven, that person shall
\nbe cast into hell, as my son judgeth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And I, De’yus, command the locking up of all the books in the libraries of my heavens
\nthat in any way teach of Jehovih or Ormazd, or of heavenly kingdoms above mine or
\ngreater. For I, the Lord God, will have but one kingdom, and I will draw all people into it
\nto abide with me forever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And my Gods, and my marshals, and generals and captains, shall take their hosts and
\ngo around about the regions of Hored, and make a clean roadway, and cut off all
\nconnection with the outer kingdoms. And they shall place in the roadway around my
\nheavens a standing army, sufficient to guard my kingdom and my Gods’kingdoms
\nforever. And no man-angel, nor woman-angel shall pass outward beyond my roadway
\nforever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. These things were carried out, save as to the libraries. But there were destroyed four
\nthousand otevans and other ascending ships; and of the places for manufacturing ships
\nfor the outer heavens that were destroyed, more than seven hundred. And there were
\nthus thrown out of employment seven hundred millions, men and women! And many
\nof these were compelled to go to Hored, where they were assorted as to grade, and put
\nto work, beautifying the capital and Council house and palace of the Lord God, the
\nfalse. Others were impressed into the standing army, being allotted seasons and years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. After the outward extreme of hada was thus secured in every way, De’yus turned to the
\ninterior. He said: Now will I hide away text-books in my heavenly places, as relate to
\nhigher kingdoms and to Jhovih; for from this time forth He is my enemy and I am His.
\nUpon my own self have I sworn it; the name of Jehovih and Ormazd shall be destroyed
\nin heaven and earth; and my name, De’yus, even the Lord God, shall stand above all else.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. For sixty days, the armies of destruction traversed the lowest heavens, high and low,
\nfar and near; and they hid away many of the records, and books, and maps, relating to
\nthe higher atmospherea and to the etherean worlds beyond; and in sixty days the
\nwork of destruction was complete in these heavens, and there was nothing left
\nwithin sight to prove or to teach the higher heavens, or of Jehovih, the Ormazd.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The Lord God, the false, said: Let my name and my place, even Hored, be replaced
\ninstead of those destroyed, for I will make the name De’yus to rule in one-half of the
\nworld, and the name Lord God to rule in the other half.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. The inhabitants of heaven and earth shall know where to find me, and shall behold my
\nperson, and witness the strength of my hands. Yea, they shall know my pleasure and my
\ndispleasure, and serve me in fear and trembling.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. And the books in the schools and colleges of these heavens were thus made to rate
\nDe’yus and the Lord God as the All Highest, Most Sacred, Most Holy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. When these things were established thus far, De’yus gave a great feast, and brought<\/span>
\ninto his companionship all the valorous fighters and destroyers that had proved
\nthemselves great in fulfilling his commandments. In the meantime, the laborers and
\nofficers in charge had extended and beautified the palace and capital of the Lord God in
\nHored beyond anything ever seen in these heavens. So that at the time of this feast, the
\nplace was already one of magnificence and glory. And the order, and temper, and
\ndiscipline of the officers and servants, more than one million, who had charge of
\npreparing and conducting the feast, were so great that the assembled Gods and great
\ngenerals, and governors, and marshals, and captains, for a long while, did nothing but
\nejaculate applause and astonishment.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Besides these, De’yus had provided receiving hosts, fifty thousand, and of es’enaurs
\nand trumpeters half a million, and proclaiming heralds one hundred thousand; and the
\nlatter, when conducting the distinguished visitors into the presence of De’yus, proclaimed
\nthem, amidst the applause of the Holy Council, such honor surpassing anything that any
\nof them had ever witnessed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. The substance of the feast, being above grade twenty, which was above the animal
\nregion, was, consequently, of vegetable and fruit es’pa from the earth, previously brought
\nby trained shippers and workers, for this especial occasion. But there was no es’pa of flesh
\nor fish present on the tables; but an abundance of the es’pa of wine, and this was called
\n<\/span>NECTAR <\/span>(su-be).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. The walls of the chamber of the feast were ornamented with sprays of colored fire,
\nand from the floor of the chamber there rose upward innumerable fountains of perfume,
\nwhich were also es’pa brought up from the earth, and forced up in the fountains by more
\nthan one million servants, impressed into service from the regions of shippers, which had
\nbeen destroyed previously.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. At the feast, with the Lord God and his Gods, there were in all one thousand two
\nhundred guests; and the feast lasted one whole day, and the Gods and guests ate and
\ndrank to their hearts’content, and there were not a few who felt the intoxication of the
\nrich nectar.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. When the feast was ended, De’yus, through his marshals, signified that he would
\nspeak before them; and when quiet was restored, he said: What greater joy hath
\nany one in a matter than to make others happy! Because ye served me, doing my
\ncommandments, behold, I have served you. My feast hath been your feast; my substance
\nhave I given unto you, that ye may rejoice in the glory I have received from your hands.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Yet think not that the Lord, your God, so endeth this proceeding: I will not so end it.
\nI have commanded you here that I may honor those that deserve honor from me,
\nyour God. My Gods have also great exaltation in the labor ye have done in my
\nheavens, for my heavens are their heavens, and yours also. Because ye have destroyed
\nthe ascension, the most worthless and foolish of things, and cleared away the
\nrubbish of my heavens, ye have also prepared a place for endless glory for yourselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. For which reason, and in justice to you, I have appointed this time to promote you
\nall, according to your great achievements. Nor shall ye fall back on my promotion,
\nresting in ease; for I have a greater labor for you, as well as greater honor and glory.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Behold, I have commanded the earth and her dominions; and ye, my Gods, shall
\nsubjugate her to my name and power. And ye that have proved yourselves most valiant in
\nheaven shall be their chosen officers to go down to the earth in my name, with millions of<\/span>
\nmy heavenly soldiers, to plan and fix the way of mortals unto my hand. As ye have cast
\nout the names Jehovih and Ormazd in heaven, even so shall ye cast them out on the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Remember ye, I am a God of anger; I have declared war against all ungodliness on the
\nearth. Whoever worshippeth the Great Spirit under the name Jehovih, or Ormazd, shall
\nbe put to death, both men and women. Only little children shall ye spare, and of them
\nshall ye make slaves and eunuchs and whatsoever else that shall profit my kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Whether they have an idol of stone, or of wood, or of gold, or of copper, they shall be
\ndestroyed. Neither shall it save them to make an idol of the Unseen; for such is even more
\noffensive in my sight than the others. For will I leave alive one Faithist on the face of the
\nearth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. To accomplish which, my Gods shall select ye who are of my feast; according to
\ntheir rank shall they choose; and when ye are thus divided and selected, ye shall receive
\nbadges from my hand, and repair with my Gods to the places and service they desire.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. And when ye are come down to the earth, ye shall possess yourselves of the oracles
\nand places of worship, driving hence all other angels, and Gods, and Lords, and familiars.
\nAnd when mortals come to consult the spirits ye shall answer them in your own way in
\norder to carry out my commandments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. And when ye find prophets and seers, who accomplish by the Unseen, who have with
\nthem spirits belonging to the kingdom of Craoshivi, ye shall drive away such spirits and
\nobsess the prophet or seer in your own way. But if ye cannot drive hence the Ormazdian
\nangel, then shall ye go to the depths of hell in hada and bring a thousand spirits of
\ndarkness, who are foul and well skilled in torment, and ye shall cast them upon that
\nprophet until he is mad. But if it so happen that the prophet or seer be so protected that
\nspirits of darkness cannot reach him, then shall ye send evil spirits in advance of him to
\nthe place he frequenteth, and they shall inoculate the place with virus that shall poison
\nhim to death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. But if a prophet of Jehovih repent and renounce the Great Spirit, and accept De’yus, or
\nthe Lord God, then shall ye drive all evil away from him, and put a guard around about
\nhim, for he shall be my subject in time to come.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. And whether ye reach a king of the earth by means of the oracles, or through prophets
\nand seers, or by obsession, it mattereth not; but ye shall come to him by some means,
\neither when he lieth asleep or is awake, and ye shall inspire him with the doctrines and
\nthe love of the Lord your God. And he shall rise up in great war, and pursue all people
\nwho do not profess De’yus, or the Lord your God; for he shall be as an instrument in your
\nhands to do my will.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. When De’yus ceased speaking, the Gods immediately made their selections, and the
\ngenerals and captains were thus allotted to new places. And now the attendants carried
\naway the tables of the feast, and the Gods, each with his captains and generals, faced
\ntoward De’yus, and formed twelve rows; whereupon De’yus conferred badges, as
\npreviously promised.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. De’yus then departed to the Council chamber, and took his seat on the throne. The
\nguests, and Gods, and Councilors, entered the south gate, and went and stood in the midst
\nof the floor of the chamber; whereupon the Lord God saluted them, W<\/span>ARRIORS OF <\/span>G<\/span>OD<\/span>, and
\nthey embraced in the S<\/span>IGN OF <\/span>T<\/span>AURUS<\/span>, signifying, <\/span>TO ENFORCE RIGHTEOUSNESS, <\/span>for the image of
\na bull was one of the signs above the throne. (And this was called the E<\/span>DICT OF THE <\/span>B<\/span>ULL<\/span>.)<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>30. These, then, are the names of the Gods and Goddesses, with their generals and
\ncaptains, that were empowered in heaven to go down to the earth to subjugate it unto the
\nLord God, the false, that is to say:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. The Gods were: Anubi; Hikas, now called Te-in; Wotchissij, now called Sudga; Chele-mung, now called Osiris; Baal, Ashtaroth, Foe-be, Hes-loo, He-loo, Orion, Hebe and Valish.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

32. Their generals were: Hoin, Oo-da, Jah, Knowteth, June, Pluton-ya, Loo-Chiang, Wahka, Posee-ya-don, Dosh-to, Eurga-roth, Neuf, Apollo-ya, Suts, Karusa, Myion, Hefa-yistie, Petoris, Ban, Ho-jou-ya, Mung-jo, Ura-na, Oke-ya-nos, Egupt, Hi-ram, T’cro-no,
\nAres, Yube, Feh-tus, Don, Dan, Ali-jah, Sol, Sa-mern, Thu-wowtch, Hua-ya, Afro-dite,
\nHan, Weel, Haing-le, Wang-le, Ar-ti-mis, Ga-song-ya, Lowtha, Pu, Tochin-woh-to-gow,
\nBen, Aa-ron, Nais-wiche, Gai-ya, Te-sin, Argo, Hadar, Atstsil, E-shong, Daridrat, Udan,
\nNadar, Bog-wi, She-ug-ga, Brihat, Zeman, Asrig, Oyeb, Chan-lwang, Sishi, Jegat, At-yena and Dyu.<\/span><\/p>\n

33. Their captains were: Penbu, Josh, Yam-yam, Holee-tsu, Yoth, Gamba, Said, Drat-ta,
\nYupe-set, Wag, Mar, Luth, Mak-ka, Chutz, Hi-rack-to, Vazenno, Hasuck, Truth,
\nMaidyar, Pathemadyn, Kop, Cpenta-mainyus, Try-sti-ya, Peter, Houab, Vanaiti, Craosha,
\nVisper, Seam, Plow-ya, Yact-ta-roth, Abua, Zaotha, Kacan-cat, Hovain, Myazd-Loo,
\nHaur, Abel, Openista, Isaah, Vazista, Potonas, Kiro, Wiska-dore, Urvash, Ashesnoga,
\nCavo, Kalamala-hoodon, Lutz-rom, Wab, Daeri, Kus, Tsoo-man-go, and Le-Wiang.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. Besides these, were one thousand officers of lower rank; and now, when they were
\nsealed as to rank and place and allotment, they withdrew; and De’yus gave a day of
\nrecreation that the Gods with their officers might make the selections from the multitude,
\nas for their private soldiers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. And in one day’s time the armies were made up, two thousand million angels, and
\nthey departed down to the earth to destroy the Faithists and the names Jehovih and
\nOrmazd, and establish De’yus, otherwise the Lord God, the false.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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