{"id":1431,"date":"2020-06-26T22:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2020-06-26T22:06:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:06:56","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-saturday-june-27th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/06\/26\/lectionary-readings-for-saturday-june-27th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Saturday, June 27th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Seventh-Day Sabbath and Weekday Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Book of the Arc of Bon Chapter 27, Chapter 28<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. Te-zee, the king, sent for another magician, Wan-jho, who came and was commanded<br \/>\nto exhibit his powers; but he also demanded a high price; which the king agreed to<br \/>\npay, and Wan-jho exhibited. First he caused a rose to come within a glass bottle whilst<br \/>\nit was shut; then a small serpent he created out of a rod, and caused birds to come<br \/>\nand sing to the king; then changed vinegar into water; then writing on a stone<br \/>\ntablet without touching the tablet, and even whilst the tablet lay under the king&#8217;s foot.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. Now after he had exhibited many more feats of like character, he demanded his money,<br \/>\nsaying: The angels are gone; I can do no more. The king said: And hast thou not power to<br \/>\nfetch them back?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. Wan-jho said: How much wouldst thou give? The king answered: Three pieces of gold.<br \/>\nAnd Wan-jho said: Ah, in that case, behold, they are come again! What wouldst thou?<br \/>\nThe king commanded him to show the spirits of the dead, so he might converse with<br \/>\nthem.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Wan-jho went into the same place where Loo&#8217;Sin had exhibited, and, laying down, cast<br \/>\nhimself in the death trance. Presently an angel, robed in white, appeared, and came and<br \/>\nstood before the king, saying: Most mighty king, what wouldst thou? Behold me, I am the<br \/>\nGoddess, Oe-tu Hent, come from my throne in high heaven. And be thou desirous of<br \/>\nconquest in war, or to attain great riches, or more wives, most beautiful, then will I by my<br \/>\nmost potent will give unto thee.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. The king said: I am blest, O Goddess, because thou hast come to see me. But alas, none<br \/>\nof the things thou hast mentioned suiteth me. I desire nothing as regardeth this world.<br \/>\nGive me light as to the place in heaven where dwelleth king See Quan?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. The spirit said: Were he thy friend or thine enemy? The king answered: He was my<br \/>\ndeadly enemy. The spirit said: Because I asked thee, is he thy friend or thine enemy? for I<br \/>\nsaw one See Quan in hell, writhing in great agony. And yet I saw another See Quan in<br \/>\nparadise. So, then, I will go and fetch him that is in hell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. The spirit passed over to the corner, and presently returned, saying: O, O, O, O, O!<br \/>\nHorrors! Demons! Hell! and such like, pretending to be in torments, as if it were See<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">Quan in torments.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. After this the king called for many different spirits, whether they had ever been, or<br \/>\nwhether fictitious, and they came all the same. Finally Te-zee, the king, said: Bring me<br \/>\nnow the wisest God in heaven, for I would question him. So, the spirit went again toward<br \/>\nthe corner, and then approached, saying: Man of earth! Because thou hast called me I<br \/>\nhave come. Know thou when I come, and I decree four gold pieces to Wan-jho my<br \/>\nprophet.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. The king said: Most just, God! I will pay him. Tell me now whence cometh man, and<br \/>\nwhat is his destiny?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. The spirit said: First, then, the air above the earth is full of elementary spirits; the<br \/>\nlargest are as large as a man&#8217;s fist, and the smallest no larger than the smallest living<br \/>\ninsect on the earth. Their size denoteth their intelligence; the largest being designed for<br \/>\nhuman beings. These fill all the air of the earth, and all the space in the firmament above<br \/>\nthe earth; they have existed from everlasting to everlasting, for they were without<br \/>\nbeginning.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Now whilst a child is yet within the womb, one of these elementaries entereth in the<br \/>\nchild, and straightway there is the beginning of the man. And in like manner are all things<br \/>\nproduced which live on the earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. The king asked: Before such time when man beginneth, whilst these elementaries are<br \/>\nfloating about, do they know anything? The spirit said: Many of them have great wisdom<br \/>\nand cunning, and are withal great liars and thieves and rascals. Knowest thou one Loo<br \/>\nSin, a magician? The king answered, Yea. And then the spirit said: Well, Loo Sin is<br \/>\nobsessed by the elmentaries, and they are all great liars, pretending to be spirits of the<br \/>\ndead! As for myself, I am a most virtuous Goddess, from the highest heavenly spheres. I<br \/>\ntell thee, O king, these elementaries are the curse of the world; they are anxious to be<br \/>\nborn into life, so they may have souls, and they inspire mortals to paternity and maternity<br \/>\nthat they may have an opportunity for incarnation.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. The king said: Thou hast answered well, O Goddess. I will pay according to thy<br \/>\ndecree. And thereupon the spirit departed. King Te-zee sent for another magician, Hi<br \/>\nGowh, of the rank of priest, and having bargained with him as to his price for exhibiting,<br \/>\ncommanded him to proceed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Hi Gowh then exhibited after the same fashion as the others, doing great wonders.<br \/>\nAnd him also did the king command to show the spirits of the dead. Hi Gowh complained<br \/>\nabout the price; but being assured by the king that his demands would be paid, the<br \/>\nmagician went into the same corner and cast himself in the holy ghost (trance); and,<br \/>\npresently, a spirit appeared, saying: Greeting to thee, O king! Whether thou desirest<br \/>\nconquest, or riches, or more women, name thou to me, and I will give abundantly. Know<br \/>\nthou I am the spirit of the great Zarathustra.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. The king said: Great Zarathustra, thou art most welcome. But, alas, none of the things<br \/>\nthou has named are what I desire. Tell me, O Zarathustra, what is the origin and destiny<br \/>\nof man?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. The spirit said: First, then, O king, in days long past, the sun turned round so swiftly it<br \/>\nthrew off its outer rim, and the rim broke into a million pieces, flying every way, and<br \/>\nthese pieces are the stars and the earth and the moon.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. And for millions of years the earth was only a stone, melting hot; but it cooled off in<br \/>\ntime; and the outer stones on the earth were oxidized, and this made moss; then the moss<br \/>\ndied; but the spirit of the moss re-incarnated itself, and this made grass; and the grass<br \/>\ndied; but the spirit of the grass lived and re-incarnated itself, and thus made the trees.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. Then the trees died, but the spirit lived, and it re-incarnated and became animals;<br \/>\nand they died, but their spirits lived and re-incarnated and became man. After that the<br \/>\nspirit no longer re-incarnateth itself, but floateth upward into peace, and resteth for a<br \/>\nlong time, when it finally mergeth back into the sun and is extinct, like a lamp burnt out.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. The king asked: How, then, is it with thyself? The spirit replied: I was the original<br \/>\nSun God, that came away from the sun to take charge of this world. It is in my<br \/>\nkeeping. The king asked: Who, then, is the All First that still stayeth with the sun?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. The spirit answered: Because thou asketh many questions, O king, thou shalt pay<br \/>\nmore money. The king assured the spirit that the money, to any amount, would be paid:<br \/>\nwhereupon the spirit said: Ahura-Ormazd was the original of all; but when the sun threw<br \/>\noff its surface Ahura-Ormazd was thrown into pieces, one piece going to every star, save<br \/>\nthe earth, and I came here of my own accord, because it was larger and better than any<br \/>\nother world.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. The king dismissed the spirit and the priest, and sent for another, a magician also of<br \/>\nthe rank of priest, Gwan Le. And Gwan Le, being assured that his price would be paid,<br \/>\nproceeded to exhibit also. And he performed feats even like the others. Then the king<br \/>\ncommanded Gwan Le to call the spirits of the dead.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. The priest apologized about the expense of the death trance (holy ghost power), but<br \/>\nbeing further assured that his demands would be paid, he went into the corner and cast<br \/>\nhimself into the swoon, stiff and cold.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. Presently an angel appeared, saying: Behold me, O king, I am Brahma. And if<br \/>\nthou desire conquest in war, or greater riches, or more women, I will grant unto thee. I<br \/>\ncan tell thee of hidden treasures, and of rich mines, and of women greatly to be desired.<br \/>\nAlso I can tell thee how thy armies can overcome thy enemies with great slaughter.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. The king said: I am delighted, O Brahma. But I desire nothing of which thou hast<br \/>\nmentioned. Tell me of the origin and destiny of man.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. The spirit said: Know then, O king, all things alive have two parts, the corporeal and<br \/>\nthe spiritual; all dead things are but one, which is the spirit. Thou, O king, wert first a<br \/>\nstone, a very large stone; then when it moldered into dust thy soul went into silver, a very<br \/>\nlarge piece; but when the silver rusted away, thy soul went into gold; and when the gold<br \/>\nwas worn away, thy soul began to run into animal life, then into a low order of man,<br \/>\nthen into the high order of man, as thou now art. Thus came man up from the beginning,<br \/>\nre-incarnating himself over and over, higher and higher and higher. And when he is<br \/>\nperfected in spirit as thou art, he never more returneth to re-incarnate himself. The<br \/>\nking asked: What doth the spirit after leaving this world? The spirit replied: Thou<br \/>\nshalt then meet thy sexual partner, thy soul-wife; and shall do nothing ever after but<br \/>\nhave sexual indulgence, peopling the spirit realms with delightful spiritual offspring.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. The king said: It is well; thou hast a wonderful doctrine. Thereupon the spirit<br \/>\ndeparted, and the priest also. And the king sent for still another priest, Tseeing, A<br \/>\nBrahman prophet. And the king asked him: What seest thou for thy king?<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. The priest said: By the rites of my order I cannot disclose any of the secrets of heaven<br \/>\nor earth until thou hast paid the price of indulgence, which is two pieces of gold. So the<br \/>\nking paid him. Tseeing said: And thou desire riches, or success in war, or new wives,<br \/>\nspeak thou and I will grant unto thee according to the price. The king said: Alas, Tseeing,<br \/>\nI desire none of these indulgences; tell me the origin and destiny of man, for I would learn<br \/>\nwhy I am, and the object and end.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. Tseeing said: The first of all was Brahma, which was round like an egg. Then Brahma<br \/>\nbroke open, and the shell was in two halves, and one-half was the sky and the other half<br \/>\nwas the earth. Then Brahma incarnated himself in the earth, but he came not up as one<br \/>\nonly, as he expected, but he came up in ten millions and one million parts, and every part<br \/>\nwas a living thing, a tree, or a plant, or a fish, or a bird, or a beast, or a man. And this is<br \/>\nall there is or was or ever shall be.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. But Brahma looked over the world and he saw that some men were good and some<br \/>\nevil. And he said: I will separate the good from the evil. And that justice might be done<br \/>\nhe called all the nations and tribes of men before him. And when they were come he said<br \/>\nunto them:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. Whoever delighteth in the earth, it shall be his forever. And though he die, his spirit<br \/>\nshall have power to re-incarnate itself into another unborn child, and so live over again,<br \/>\nand so on, forever. And he shall have great indulgence in the earth, in eating and drinking,<br \/>\nand with women, and in all manner of delights, for they shall be his forever.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. But whosoever delighteth in spirit shall be blest in spirit. He shall not, after death, reincarnate himself and live over again, but shall dwell forever in heaven and have heavenly delights. But since heavenly delights are not after the manner of earthly delights,<br \/>\nthen shall the spiritual chooser not live like earth-people.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. But he shall live secluded, and shall torment his flesh with fastings and with<br \/>\ncastigations. Neither shall he marry or live with woman, nor beget children, nor have any<br \/>\nindulgence on the earth whatever, save merely to live, for the earth is not his, nor is he of<br \/>\nthe earth. And the more he tortureth the flesh, the higher shall be his bliss in heaven.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">33. Now, when Brahma had stated the two propositions unto the children of the earth, he<br \/>\nfurther added: Choose ye now which ye will, for after ye have chosen, behold, there is the<br \/>\nend. For ye that choose the earth shall be of the earth, even unto all succeeding<br \/>\ngenerations. But whoso chooseth heaven, to him and his heirs it shall be final, and<br \/>\nforever.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">34. Thereupon mortals made choice, and lo and behold, nearly all of them chose the earth.<br \/>\nBut in thousands of years and millions of years afterward Brahma repented of his former<br \/>\ndecree, for he saw the earth become too full of people, and they were sinful beyond<br \/>\nbounds. And Brahma sent a flood of waters and destroyed ten thousand million times ten<br \/>\nmillions of them. And he sent Zarathustra into the world to give new judgment.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">35. Zarathustra opened the door of heaven anew, saying: Whoever after this chooseth<br \/>\nBrahma, and will torture his flesh, and hate the earth, and live away from the world, him<br \/>\nwill I save from the earth and from hell also, for I am very efficient and influential with<br \/>\nthe Creator.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">36. Such then, O king, is the origin and destiny of man. Some are born for the earth<br \/>\nforever, and some are born for heaven. Nevertheless, the way is open unto all, to choose<br \/>\nwhich they will, earth or heaven.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter 28<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. Te-zee pursued his researches for a long while, and with many prophets, magicians,<br \/>\nseers and priests. Afterward he said:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. All is vanity; all is falsehood. No man hath answered me aright, as to the origin and<br \/>\ndestiny of man. Even the angels, or whatsoever they are, can only inform me of the things<br \/>\non earth; they only see as man seeth. And it may be true that these angels are nothing<br \/>\nmore than Loo Sin said, i.e. the spirit of the magician only. Because his body entereth this<br \/>\ntrance it seemeth reasonable.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. Now, therefore, I will put a stop to these magicians and priests; they are of no good<br \/>\nunder the sun. So Te-zee issued a decree covering his own province, commanding<br \/>\nmagicians and priests to quit the province, under penalty of death. And they thus departed<br \/>\nout of his dominions.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Now it so happened that in five other great provinces, the kings did precisely the same,<br \/>\nand about the same time. And these were the provinces, to wit: Shan Ji, under king Lung<br \/>\nWan; Gah, under king Loa Kee; Sa-bin-Sowh, under king Ah-ka Ung; Gow Goo, under<br \/>\nking Te See-Yong; and these provinces comprised the chief part of Jaffeth. And all these<br \/>\nkings issued edicts after the same manner. So that the magicians and seers and priests<br \/>\nwere obliged to abandon their callings or go beyond these provinces, where dwelt<br \/>\nbarbarians.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. Jehovih commanded Chine to go before king Te-zee, and when he had come, the king<br \/>\nsaid unto him: Some years since I heard thee, and thou wert profound. I am delighted thou<br \/>\nhast come before me again, that I may question thee.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. Chine said: When thou heardest me before, the Great Spirit spake through me. Now I<br \/>\nam well learned, and He commandeth me to speak of my own knowledge.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. First, then, I am a man as thou art; yet every man hath a different work. Thou art king<br \/>\nof this province, and I am told, moreover, thou art good and wise. I hope thou art.<br \/>\nOtherwise my words will not please thee. As for myself, I was sent into the world to mark<br \/>\nout this land and name it Chine-ya (Chine-land), and to establish anew those that accept<br \/>\nthe Great Spirit. For Chine&#8217;ya and her people shall remain a different country and<br \/>\ndifferent people from all the world.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. Know then, O king, I come not in vain-boasting that I, Chine, am much or can do<br \/>\nmuch; on the contrary, I say unto thee, I am one of the weakest of men; and yet I have<br \/>\nmore power than any other man in the world. And yet, mark thee, of myself is there<br \/>\nnothing whereof to boast. For I am but as a tool in the hands of Jehovih (Ormazd), and<br \/>\nnot I myself do anything, but He through me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. I look upon thee and see thou hast been questioning magicians and priests, and that<br \/>\nthou art unsatisfied. Know then, O king, this is thine error, in not magnifying thy<br \/>\njudgment.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. Thou hast worked with magicians who are under the power of angels of the first<br \/>\nresurrection, and even angels below them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. All such angels teach on their own individual understanding; as wandering<br \/>\nindividuals they go about. And their miracles are of the same order, merely individual<br \/>\nmiracles.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. He, Whom I teach, worketh miracles, not in a small corner but in the affairs<br \/>\nof kingdoms and nations; not through magicians only, but through kings and queens,<br \/>\nand even through common people. Thou thyself art an instrument of His hand.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Behold, in the same time thou issuest thy decree against magicians and asceticism,<br \/>\neven in that same time five other great kings do the same thing! This is a miracle<br \/>\nindeed! No man can counterfeit His miracles. Neither flatter thyself that such<br \/>\nmatters occur by accident. They do not occur by accident; but by Jehovih. For His<br \/>\nangels in the second resurrection are organized, and work in mighty armies.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Te-zee said: Thou art great, Chine; or else thy sudden philosophy turneth my brain!<br \/>\nGo on! How shall we know, first, that there are angels who are really the spirits of the<br \/>\ndead? Second, how shall we distinguish betwixt the first and second resurrections?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. Chine said: Only by seeing and hearing with the natural eyes and ears, and with the<br \/>\nspiritual eyes and ears, can any man attain to know anything either on earth or in heaven.<br \/>\nWhen these senses are pure and clear, then a man knoweth that the spirits of the dead do<br \/>\nlive. For I declare, O king, of a truth, that the spirit of my body hath emerged from my<br \/>\nbody on many occasions, sometimes going subjectively and sometimes objectively.<br \/>\nNeither is this a special creation to me only; but it is that which thousands and tens of<br \/>\nthousands can attain to by discipline.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. Touching the first and second resurrections, know thou, O king, spirits that dispose<br \/>\nindividual things, or earthly things; or propose riches or personal gain, or marriage,<br \/>\ndescanting to this man or that man as to what is good for him as an individual; spirits<br \/>\ngiving great names, professing to be this or that great person long since dead; all such are<br \/>\ndeceivers and have not advanced beyond the first resurrection. They deny the I A<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">M, <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">the<br \/>\nG<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">REAT <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">S<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">PIRIT<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">, <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">the A<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">LL <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">P<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">ERSON<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">. Their highest heaven is re-engraftment on mortals, and the<br \/>\nreveling in lust. They flatter thee, telling thee thou wert this or that great man in a former<br \/>\nre-incarnation. They labor thee to make profit to their own magician; they are without<br \/>\ntruth or virtue, and of little wisdom.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. The second resurrection cometh not to an individual as an individual; it cometh as an<br \/>\narmy, but not to an individual, but to a kingdom, a nation, a community. For as such<br \/>\nangels belong to organized communities in heaven, so doth that organization work with<br \/>\nvirtuous organizations of mortals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. This is wisdom, O king; to get away from the individual self; to become one with an<br \/>\norganization, to work with the Great Spirit for the resurrection of men. For as thou<br \/>\nmakest thyself one with many to this end, so laboreth the Father with thee and them. As<br \/>\nthou keepest thyself as an individual self, so do individual angels come to thee as<br \/>\nindividuals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. Individual answereth to individual; the first resurrection to the first; the second to the<br \/>\nsecond. Moreover, the All Person is over all, and worketh each in its own order, unto a<br \/>\ngreat purpose.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. Think not, O king, I am making a new doctrine; I am but declaring that which was<br \/>\nalso proclaimed to the ancients. And as many as came forward and had faith were called<br \/>\nJehovih&#8217;s chosen people, because, forsooth, they chose Him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. Judge thou, then, whoso denieth the All Person is not of His order; neither hath such<br \/>\nan one the light of the Father in him. But he who hath attained to understand that all<br \/>\nthings are but one harmonious whole, hath also attained to know what is meant by the<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">term, All Person, for He is All; and, consequently, Ever Present, filling all, extending<br \/>\neverywhere.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. In contradistinction from Him, two philosophies have run parallel, which are darkness<br \/>\nand evil. One saith the All is not a person, being void, and less than even the parts<br \/>\nthereof; the other saith the only All High is the great angel I worship, who is as a man,<br \/>\nand separate from all things.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. These comprise the foundation of all the doctrines in the world, or that have ever been<br \/>\nor ever will be. The latter is idolatry, which is evil; the second, unbelief, which is<br \/>\ndarkness; and the first is faith, truth, love, wisdom and peace.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. Under these three heads are all men classified by Jehovih and His angels. And they<br \/>\nmay be likened to three men looking across a field; one seeth a light and knoweth he<br \/>\nseeth it; another hopeth he seeth it, but he only seeth a white leaf; but the third seeth<br \/>\nnothing at all.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. As a witness, therefore, the latter is worthless; the second is a circumstantial witness;<br \/>\nbut the first is positive, and standeth the highest and firmest of all. He knoweth<br \/>\nhis Heavenly Father. He seeth Him in the flowers; in the clouds, and in the sunshine;<br \/>\nin the fruits and herbs; and in the beasts of the field, and in every creeping thing; and<br \/>\nin the stars and moon and earth and sun. In sickness, in health, in sorrow and in rejoicing;<br \/>\nverily he findeth Jehovih in all things; he knoweth Jehovih&#8217;s eye and ear are forever<br \/>\nupon him; and he walketh upright in fear, but in truth and faith and pride and rejoicing!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. Te-zee, the king, asked: Tell me, O Chine, what is the origin and destiny of man?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. Chine said: The Ever Present quickeneth him into life in his mother&#8217;s womb; and he is<br \/>\nthen and there a new creation, his spirit from the Spirit Jehovih, and his body from the<br \/>\nearth; a dual being the Father createth him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. His destination is everlasting resurrection; in which matter, man can have delightful<br \/>\nlabor as he riseth upward forever and ever.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. The king asked: If Jehovih is all the time creating, will not the firmament become too<br \/>\nfull of angels?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. Chine said: A thousand men read a book, and yet that book is no fuller of ideas than<br \/>\nat first. The corporeal man is not divisible, and, so, filleth a place. Thought, which may be<br \/>\nlikened unto the soul, is the opposite of this. Ten thousand men may love thy flower-garden, yet thy garden is no fuller because of their love. Exalted souls in the upper heavens are without bulk and substance; and even so are the regions they inhabit, as<br \/>\ncompared to corporeal things.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. The king said: I would that I were as thou art! For which matter, if thou wilt use thy<br \/>\nwand and make me even half as wise, I will give away all my kingdom!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. Chine said: Thou canst not bargain for Faith, or purchase it, as a coat or as<br \/>\nsandals. And yet until Faith is attained there is no resurrection. No bird ever flew from<br \/>\nits nest, without first having faith it could fly. And when thou hast Faith thou wilt cast<br \/>\naway thy kingdom and choose heavenly treasures instead. Until thou hast attained<br \/>\nFaith thou wilt retain thy kingdom. This is a judgment unto the rich man in the same way.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">33. Riches and a king&#8217;s kingdom may be likened to balls of gold tied to a man&#8217;s feet in<br \/>\ndeep water; he cannot rise until he cutteth himself loose, and casteth away that which<br \/>\nbindeth him. So, also, are men bound in spirit, and until they put their own hands to the<br \/>\nmatter there is no resurrection for them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh-Day Sabbath and Weekday Sabbath Book of the Arc of Bon Chapter 27, Chapter 28 Chapter 27 1. Te-zee, the king, sent for another magician, Wan-jho, who came and was commanded to exhibit his powers; but he also demanded a high price; which the king agreed to pay, and Wan-jho exhibited. 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