{"id":1682,"date":"2020-09-01T22:43:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2020-09-01T22:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:43:59","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-september-2nd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/09\/01\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-september-2nd-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

God’s Book of Eskra Chapter 51<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CHAPTER 51
\n<\/span>1. For five hundred years more, the wars lasted between the four false Gods, Looeamong,
\nThoth, Ennochissa and Kabalactes. And then they came to terms, and ratified a division
\nof the earth and her heavens into four great parts, with fixed boundaries.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And it was stipulated by them, that the spirits of all mortals at time of death, should go
\nto the heaven which reigned on the portion of earth where they had lived. (Unless carried
\naway by God, Son of Jehovih, to Paradise.)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. So comparative peace reigned in the heavens of the earth. And after this, there was
\nnothing in common between them. Their respective heavens and their earth possessions
\nwere under each one in his own way.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And they now fell to work in earnest to adorn and glorify their heavenly kingdoms,
\ntheir cities, their palaces, and thrones. And each of them exalted their great war captains
\nwho had fought so long for them, and they all had councils of millions and millions; and<\/span>
\nmarshals and heralds, and masters of ceremonies, and musicians, hundreds of millions.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And they all had thousands of millions of subjects; but as for themselves, they kept
\naloof from their people. The private palaces of these Gods, and their private heavenly
\nseats of splendor were exclusive to themselves and their favorite Lords and high officers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And all angels else, who desired to see these Gods, were obliged to pass through rigid
\nexaminations, and solemnly bind themselves in oaths and castigations before they were
\npermitted to pass the outer columns of fire. After this, they were permitted to walk on
\ntheir knees to the second columns of fire.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Here they were obliged to repeat a thousand prayers and a thousand anthems ere they
\ncould pass within. And now, when within the arena, they were obliged to crawl on their
\nbellies; and, for every length crawled, they had to repeat seven new prayers. And it was a
\nthousand lengths from the inner pillars of fire to the arches of the palace, especially of
\nKabalactes’and Looeamong’s. Of these arches, there were three million three hundred and
\nthirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three in number. And there were four
\nmarshals for each arch, and these four had two relief watches for each twenty-four hours.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. To pass the arches, another examination had to be undergone; and, after this, the
\nperson must again crawl on the belly till merging into the under arch, where stairs
\nbegan, of which there were seven steps. On each of these steps he must lay one day,
\nrepeating prayers and praises to his God. On the upper step, however, he was not
\nrequired to pray, but might look in silence at the throne, on which, at times, his God
\ncame and sat, his Holy Council sitting to the west, facing to the east, to the throne.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. From the place of the person on the upper step to the throne, was five hundred lengths,
\nnearer than which none were permitted to come, save by the God’s special decree.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. And, if the God was not on his throne, and his Holy Council sitting, then the person
\nmust wait, not moving from his place, perhaps for a day, or more.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. But, after he had observed his God, he was not permitted to remain longer than to say
\nseven prayers. After this he must return, and depart in the same way he came.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Now, as to the throne and its brilliancy and grandeur, no mortal words can convey a
\nknowledge thereof to mortal understanding; for it was so vast, and withal adorned with
\nelements not found on the earth. Thousands of millions of which gems had been captured
\nfrom the dispossessed false Gods of centuries before, and even from heavens from other
\nstar worlds.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And equally astonishing and overwhelming were the seats and places and robes of the
\nHoly Council, which also baffleth mortal words to convey an idea of. Only to look on, to
\nbe overcome with emotion, to remember what great effects can be accomplished by
\nconcentrated labor, and to feel the insignificance of isolation, one’s wonder was
\nswallowed up in silent awe before the scene.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Such was the magnificence of each of the four heavenly places of the four hadan
\nGods, and not differing but little from one another.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. In order to obtain the privilege of thus going to look upon the throne and the God
\nthereof, one had to first serve a hundred years in the labors of that heaven, and to have his
\nrecord good during all the while.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. If, in the mortal life, a man had served his God, by preaching and praying, or by
\nfighting battles for him, and had thus attained a good record, one hundred years’servitude
\nin heaven entitled him to visit his God on the throne, at the distance named above.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>17. But if the mortal had been an enemy to the God during his earth-life, he could not
\nattain to approach the throne in less than three hundred years’servitude. Which servitude
\nconsisted in laboring in building mansions, or in paving roads in heaven, or in bringing
\nproduce up from the earth, or in bringing up other atmospherean elements for the
\ngratification and glory of the God and his tens of millions of high officers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. So great and grand and far-reaching were these four kingdoms, that angels dwelt
\ntherein, hundreds of millions of them, never even hearing of any other heaven than the
\none they were in.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Now, for the most part, the Brahmins of the earth, on entering the es world, went to
\nthe Brahmin heavens (Eta-shong), ruled over by the false Brahma, alias Ennochissa.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. And the Budhists of the earth, on entering the es world, went to the Budhist heavens,
\nruled over by the false Budha, alias Kabalactes.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. The Kriste’yans of earth, on entering the es world, went to the heavens of Looeamong,
\nthe false Kriste.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. The Mohammedans went to Gabriel’s heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. God, Jehovih’s Son, said: Behold the stubbornness of the angels of the heavens! To
\nwhom they bound themselves on earth, they were bound in heaven. Neither would they
\nadmit they were bound, though they were slaves. Their priests and monks and bishops,
\narch-bishops and popes, marched in the processions of heaven, praying, singing, and even
\ncarrying burdens, hundreds of years, for the privilege of ultimately approaching the throne
\nof Ennochissa, or Kabalactes, or Looeamong, or Thoth, honestly believing they were to
\nlook upon the very Creator.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. God said: Their minds were in bondage to so great an extent, that even after they had
\nattained to view their God (at such a distance and in such artificial splendor), they could
\nnot receive truth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. And when an angel of Jehovih came to the, and said: Behold, this is only one heaven,
\nof which there are millions, they would not believe. And when he said to them: Behold,
\nthis heaven, with all its magnificence, is only one of the lowest of heavens, they would
\nnot believe. And when he said to them: Behold, this God, with all his glory, is only one
\nGod, of which there are many, they would not believe. And when he said to them:
\nBehold, there are higher Gods than this, they would not believe. And when he said to
\nthem: Behold, the All Highest God is not thus, but One not in shape of man, they would
\nnot believe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. These subjects would say: I want not your Jehovih! Behold, I can see my God; he is
\nthe Creative element personified. This is the all highest heaven; here is the place and
\nperson of the Lord!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. God said: Man sinned not in this; neither sinned the angels of the heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. The fault was with these false Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Because they had taught men that the Creator was in the image of a man, and sitting
\non a throne, behold, their subjects would not believe otherwise.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. And it came to pass, on earth, when a man died, his neighbors said: Behold, he hath
\ngone to see the Lord, who sitteth on the right hand of God.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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