{"id":1355,"date":"2020-05-29T21:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T21:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2020-05-29T21:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T21:17:32","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-saturday-may-30th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/05\/29\/lectionary-readings-for-saturday-may-30th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Saturday, May 30th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventh-Day Sabbath, 1st Quarter Moon <\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapter 51, Chapter 52<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 51<\/span><\/p>\n

1. When Thothma was quite dead the priests carried his body into the temple, fully
\nbelieving his spirit would return from heaven and transform the body from corruptible
\ninto incorruptible flesh to live forever. And they laid the corpse in the place previously
\ndesignated by the Gods, and sealed it up according to the commands of the false Osiris,
\nSavior of men.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Osiris had said: Whoso believeth in me, him will I save unto everlasting life, and
\nthough he lose his body, yet again shall he find it, and the corruptible flesh shall be
\nchanged in the twinkling of an eye, and become incorruptible unto life everlasting, with
\nthe spirit that abideth therein.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. On the fifth day the priests opened the chamber, for according to the L<\/span>AWS OF <\/span>M<\/span>IRACLES<\/span>,
\non that day, the spirit should accomplish the feat; but lo and behold, it came not, and the
\nbody still lay cold and dead. But the Gods came in sar’gis and said unto the priests: Seal
\nye up the body for other five days. And the priests did as commanded; and after that they
\nexamined it again, but life had not returned. Again they were commanded to seal it up for
\nother five days, which they did, but life returned not.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Houaka, who was now the high priest, inquired of Osiris concerning the matter. And
\nOsiris, through his servant God, Egupt, answered him, saying: Go fetch a young man who
\nis warm in the blood, which is life in the flesh, and he shall be the seventh son of an
\nadept, and know how to <\/span>CAST HIMSELF IN DEATH.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The priests brought Xaian, who was in his twenty-fourth year, and when he came into
\nthe Holy Chamber he was bid cast himself in death for benefit of the king’s soul. And
\nXaian thus cast himself, and he was sealed in the chamber of death for five days along
\nwith the king’s corpse. And in five days the priests brought both bodies into the Holy
\nChamber, according to instructions. And Osiris came and commanded them to stand
\naround the bodies, and when they had done so, the angels from Osiris’kingdom came and
\nspirited away the body of the king, and they brought back the spirit of Xaian to inhabit the
\nbody of Xaian, and put it in possession thereof, making believe it was the spirit of
\nThothma returned.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Houaka said to the Gods: Where is the body of Thothma? Hath it been transformed?
\nAnd the Gods answered: It hath gone to heaven, and will return after many days. But as to
\nthe spirit of the king, behold, he is with thee. And the priests spoke to Xaian, believing it
\nwas Thothma. And after three days they came forth out of the temple and recrowned
\nXaian, Thothma the Second, and they proclaimed it abroad that these things were true,
\nhowbeit they knew to the contrary.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. As to the spirit of Thothma, at the time of death, it was taken to Agho’aden and put<\/span>
\namongst the servants of Osiris’heavenly kingdom, and thus enslaved. So Xaian became
\nking of Egupt.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Now, as regardeth the false Gods, Osiris and his confederates, they never tried to
\nreincarnate the spirit of Thothma; but because of the virtues and the wisdom of Thothma,
\nthey used him for benefit of Osiris’heavenly kingdom, and to establish Osiris
\neverlastingly on the earth as the all highest God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. As to the kingdoms of the land of Egupt, which succeeded Thothma, the inhabitants of
\nthe earth already know the chief part. For hundreds and hundreds of years the Eguptians
\nwere the most learned people in the world, and especially in a knowledge of the stars, and
\nthe sun and moon, and in adeptism and miracles.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. But woe came unto them; the land became flooded with hundreds of millions of
\ndrujas; and as to the people of Egupt, the chief desire was to be able to return in spirit
\nafter death and dwell with mortals. And the things which followed are not even lawful to
\nmention.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Suffice it, these spirits lost all sight of any higher heavens than to dwell on the earth;
\nthey knew no other. And they watched about when children were born, and obsessed
\nthem, driving hence the natural spirit, and growing up in the new body of the newborn,
\ncalling themselves re-incarnated; and these drujas professed that when they previously
\nlived on earth they were great kings, or queens, or philosophers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And they taught as their master, Osiris, the false, did: That there was no higher heaven
\nthan here on the earth, and that man must be re-incarnated over and over until the flesh
\nbecame immortal. Not all of these spirits drove hence the natural spirit; but many merely
\nengrafted themselves on the same body; and whilst such persons lived, these spirits lived
\nwith them and dwelt with them day and night; not knowing more than their mortal
\ncompanion. And when such person died, behold, the druja went and engrafted itself on
\nanother child, and lived and dwelt with it in the same way; and thus continuing,
\ngeneration after generation.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And because of these indulgences many of the spirits came in sar’gis in the families of
\nthe Eguptians; eating and drinking with them corporeally; yea, and even doing things
\nwhereof no man may speak, whereby dire disease seized upon the flesh of mortals;
\nand their blood and their flesh became inhabited with vermin. The people became idlers
\nand vagrants; the lands were not tilled, and the places of learning became deserted ruins.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 52<\/span>
\n<\/span>1. Of the land of Egupt, the above sufficeth; and of Parsi’e and Heleste these things are
\nthe chief, as regardeth the dominion of Osiris, Baal and Ashtaroth, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Because of the persecutions of Faithists, and shepherd kings, and Listians, these people
\nfled into Parsi’e and Heleste for hundreds of years, and they built cities and established
\nkingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. And none of these accepted the Lord, or God, or De’yus, but for the most part
\nworshipped the Great Spirit. Nevertheless, they were not Faithists in purity; for they
\nengaged in war and lived not in communities, with rab’bahs as rulers, but dwelt together
\nafter the manner of warriors.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. To Baal and Ashtaroth was committed the duty of subjugating these people unto Osiris,<\/span>
\nSavior of mortals. So Baal and Ashtaroth, finding them stubborn in the worship of the
\nGreat Spirit, finally resolved to make them destroy one another, after the same manner as
\nTe-in, in Jaffeth, and Sudga, in Vind’yu; and they asked Osiris for armies of warring
\nangels for that purpose. Osiris gave them the following great angel generals and high
\ncaptains, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Jah, Apollon-ya, Petoris, Pluton-ya, Hi-ram, Ben, Yube, Ali-jah, Ares, Sa’wang,
\nT’crono, Afro-dite, Argo, Oyeb, Nadar, Abel, Said, Ar-te-mis, Yac-ta-roth, Wab, Josh and
\nHaur; and besides these there were the following deserters from Te-in and Sudga, to wit:
\nClue, Jon, I-sa-ah, Yam-yam, Luth, Bar, Hote, Ki-dom, Athena, Hira, Oke-ya-nos,
\nHermes, Posee-ya-don, Ura-na, Hace, T’sodus, Rac-Rom, Mi-kak, Tol, Taes, Wowouski,
\nSur, Ala-jax and Hesmoin.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And Baal and Ashtaroth cast lots for each of the above generals and captains, turn
\nabout they chose, until they were divided equally between them. And Osiris gave to
\nBaal and Ashtaroth, each, five hundred million warring angels. And thus armed,
\nthey descended to the earth, to the objectionable regions, of Parsi’e and Heleste. In those
\ndays these great divisions of the earth were divided into many nations and kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. And a kingdom was not measured according to the land, but according to the number
\nof cities that paid tribute to the central city; though some kingdoms had but one city.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. These, then, are some of the largest cities that Baal and Ashtaroth determined to
\ndestroy, to wit: Su-yan, with five tributary cities; Lakao, with two tributaries; Hangun;
\nwith eight tributaries; Waas with three; Lawga, with six; Tol, with six; Sun, with five;
\nTos, with four; Troy, with six; Abed, with two; Athena, with twelve; Hess, with four;
\nItuna, with twelve; Fado, with ten; Tuna, with seven; and Wa’ke’at, with seven. And
\nbesides these there were many large cities without any tributary cities, which were also
\ndoomed to everlasting destruction.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The first great cities thus turned to war on each other were Haugun and Lowga;
\nAshtaroth choosing Haugun and Baal choosing Lowga.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. These two cities were both of more than four hundred years’standing, and contained
\neach a half million inhabitants, besides their tributary cities. Tojak was king of Haugun;
\nhe was the son of Soma, who was the son of Atyis, the necromancer. And of Lowga,
\nTurwea was king; he was the son of Diah, son of Bawn, the philosopher.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. When Baal and Ashtaroth, with their armies from heaven, came near to these cities,
\nthey halted and built a temporary kingdom in the mountains of Zoe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Baal said to Ashtaroth: Behold, thou has had the choice of cities, give thou me the
\nfirst assault?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Ashtaroth said: On thine own terms shall these battles be, and I will beat thee. To it,
\nthen; set on Lowga.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Baal went to Turwea in his dreams and told him his son was waylaid by the people of
\nHaugun, and, moreover, that Tojak had determined to come upon him and possess the
\ncity. When Turwea awoke, he was troubled about his dream, and he inquired of the oracle
\nconcerning the matter. Ashtaroth had possession of the oracle, and she answered the king,
\nsaying: Thou art of the seed of the Faithists, why fearest thou for a dream? Have a caution
\nof thy dreams; tell not thy son, for this day he goeth on the hunt, and thy words might
\nbring about even that which otherwise might not be. The king went his way, but
\nAshtaroth sent inspiring spirits to the king, saying: To caution thy son, that would be<\/span>
\nwisdom. And the king went and cautioned his son.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Ashtaroth then went to Tojak’s wife, and gave her a dream that the Prince of Lowga
\nwent on a hunt, to all appearances, but came near Haugun for a very different matter,
\nwhich was no less than the slaying of herself and husband. The queen awoke suddenly,
\nand in fear, and told the king her dream. Tojak said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Foolish woman; it was but the fault of thy diseased blood, which, coursing the heart,
\ngave thee a foolish dream. Tojak dismissed the matter. On the next day, the angels kept
\ninspiring the queen to send her servants to the place of her dreams, to which she acceded;
\nand her servants were armed with spears, and instructed to kill whoso came in their way,
\nas if by accident.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Thus it came to pass that Turwea’s son was slain. Turwea inquired of the oracle, and
\nwas answered by Ashtaroth, saying: Why comest thou to me for comfort; is not thy son
\ndead by thine own fault? I said unto thee: Mention not the matter of thy dream to thy son,
\nfor oft it happeneth that telling of a thing bringeth it to pass.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Turwea said: I am justly rebuked, O Apollo-ya! But tell me, thou that knowest all
\nthings, since one part of my dream hath come true, may not the other part, and, of a
\ntruth, Tojak come to possess my kingdom? Ashtaroth said: If I tell thee, thou wilt blab
\nit about, and do nothing in thine own defense. Turwea then made oath to obey the
\noracle; whereupon she commanded him to march with all his army against Tojak, and
\nsuddenly demand satisfaction in ten thousand lives, to balance the loss of the prince.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. This ended Ashtaroth’s part with the city of Lowga; and now she went to Haugun,
\nwhilst Baal took charge of Lowga, sending his legions of angels to the people of Lowga,
\nto inspire them with madness because their prince was slain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Ashtaroth, on her part, now assumed control of the oracle in Haugun, and sent
\nher warring angels to the people of the city, advising them of the justice of slaying the
\nprince, because he was come, not on a hunt, but to slay the king and queen.
\nAnd Ashtaroth, further, told the king, Tojak: Try thou me as to my truthfulness:
\nBehold, in two days the warriors of Turwea will be at thy city’s gates; be thou ready
\nfor them and drive them hence, or lo, thy city wall will be reduced to dust and ashes.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Of course the prophecy of Ashtaroth came true, and Tojak now believed he was in the
\nprotection of the Gods. The queen said unto him: A matter of weight is on my mind, O
\nking: I commanded my servants to slay the prince, for the Gods showed it to me that only
\nby this could thy life and mine be preserved.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. The king, Tojak, justified the queen, saying: Thou hast been the preserver of my life
\nand thine.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Baal, God of Lowga, thus marched the mortal armies against the city of
\nHaugun, whilst Ashtaroth marched the armies of the latter place to battle against them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. And thus, as mortals play a game with sticks and pegs, so played this God and
\nGoddess a game with these mortals of these two great cities; played give and take to see
\nthe battles lost or won; and they used their legions of angels to inspire the mortals on, or
\nto make them at times turn and flee. And whilst the Gods rested, amusing themselves by
\nfeasting and by talking over the sport of mortal death, the two great cities would also gain
\na little rest, but only to renew the bloody work.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. For four years the gods and angels kept these two mortal cities at war; and though
\nthey lay a day’s journey apart, all the way was strewn with the bones of the slain. And in<\/span>
\nfour years they were reduced to dust and ashes; and as to the people of the last year, for
\nthe most part, they were inoculated with the poisoned air of the dead, and they died also.
\nAnd yet it came to pass, Baal beat Ashtaroth in the battle of death, for he caused all his
\npeople to be slain, whilst yet a few of Ashtaroth’s remained.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Thus did Baal and Ashtaroth pursue the other great cities of Parsi’e and Heleste. And
\nthe time of the destruction of any two or three cities varied from two years to ten years.
\nFor the destruction of Athena and Troy it required twelve years. And for the destruction
\nof Ituna and Fado it required eleven years. Betwixt Su-gun and Lakao it required two
\nyears to bring them to war. Betwixt Athena and Troy it required three years to bring them
\nto war. Two hundred vampires, angels of lust, were set upon a prince of Troy, and in
\ndesperation he was driven to kidnap an Athenian princess, who was led to exposure by
\nBaal’s angel hosts. In this great battle Ashtaroth won the game, having succeeded in
\nhaving the whole of the Trojans destroyed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. In the war betwixt Tos and Sun, which lasted nine years, it was an even game, for
\nboth cities were entirely destroyed and all the people in them, and also their tributary
\ncities as well. But the city of Tol was destroyed within itself, for there was no city near
\nenough to war upon it. The angels brought virus from the dead of other regions, and
\ninoculated the breath of the people of Tol, and their flesh festered, and they died of
\nthemselves without war.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. The whole time of destruction was one hundred and sixty years; and after that Parsi’e
\nand Heleste were wasted and desert, and wild beasts coursed the country far and near.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Osiris had said: I will make the land of Egupt the greatest country in the world; I will
\nhave the place of my dominion near at hand. Satan had said to Osiris: If thou destroy not
\nParsi’e and Heleste, behold, Baal and Ashtaroth will rebel against thee, choosing these
\nlands for their own kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. But both satan and Osiris, who now falsely styled himself God of heaven and earth,
\nwere powerless to prevent the march of Jehovih’s hand. For as He gave liberty unto all
\nHis creatures, and as Osiris had fostered the idea of being sole ruler of earth and heaven,
\neven so the seed of his own sowing took root in Baal and Ashtaroth. And they formed a
\ncompact with each other and seceded from Osiris after all. And in order to determine
\nwhat share of the earth should be theirs, a war in heaven ensued between the three Gods,
\nand Te-in and Sudga joined in also.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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