{"id":176,"date":"2019-05-07T22:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=176"},"modified":"2019-05-07T22:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:04:29","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-may-8th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/07\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-may-8th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, May 8th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weekday Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters VIII and IX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

OF ANUHASAJ; WHO BY TREACHERY, BECOMETH LORD
\nGOD, SECOND IN RANK TO GOD, SON OF JEHOVIH.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jehovih spake to God in Craoshivi, his heavenly place, saying: Behold, I have given
\ngreat light to the earth and her heavens hundreds of years; and My Gods and Lords
\nare becoming conceited in their own power and wisdom to rule in heavenly places.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Now will I try them for a season, by sending them a’ji’an darkness; for My
\nGods and Lords must learn to master the elements I have created in the firmament.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. So Jehovih brought the earth and her heavens into a dark region for a season.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Anuhasaj, a one-time sub-God under Ahura, the false, was cast into hell, and
\nthen delivered out of hell, whereupon he repented, and became a Faithist in heaven;
\nserving many years in holy works in Ailkin, a heavenly place of great wisdom.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And it came to pass that Ailkin was raised into a new heavenly place, called
\nVarapishanaha; and in the removing, behold, Ahura ordered Anuhasaj from the line
\nbecause of his inharmony. And Anuhasaj suffered himself to become angered.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Satan (self) said unto Anuhasaj: Who art thou, that one of less wisdom ordereth thee?<\/span>
\nAnuhasaj said: Alas, I am a fool, and without will to assert myself.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. For many years Anuhasaj became a wandering spirit in heaven, going from kingdom to
\nkingdom, doing nothing; and at times descending to the earth, observing the kingdoms of
\nthe earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Satan came again to him and said: Hear thou my voice, and thou shalt triumph over all
\nother Gods. Anuhasaj said: What shall I do? And satan said: Go thou to Ahura, who
\noffended thee in presence of the Chieftainess, Cpenta-armij, and say to him: O God, I
\ncrave thy forgiveness. Thou wert right, and I was wrong. I have repented most bitterly.
\nNow I come to thee, with faith in Jehovih. Him will I serve forever. Turn me not off, O
\nAhura; remember thine own one-time shortness; and the high Gods above thee accepted
\nthee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Satan continued: Ahura will delight in thee and take thee at thy word. And thou shalt
\nenter Vara-pishanaha, asking for the lowest of places; practicing humility in all thy
\nbehavior. But be thou fruitful in making acquaintances with such as shall serve thee
\nafterward.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Satan continued: And whether it be fifty years, or a hundred, or two hundred, bide
\nthou thy time. But the time shall surely come when thou shalt be exalted; and thou shalt
\nsolicit and accept a place in the dominions of the Lord God in the Lord-dom of heaven
\nand earth, Maitraias.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Satan continued: And whether it be one hundred years more, or two hundred years, it
\nmattereth not to thee; but thou shalt finally attain to the Lord-dom, and be duly installed
\nand crowned Lord God of heaven and earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And when thou art thus exalted, thou shalt seek to have appointed such Lords to the
\nten divisions of earth as are thine own special friends. And it shall come to pass that the
\nwhole earth and her heavens shall be thine, and thy title shall be Lord God, and all people
\non earth and in heaven shall be thy servants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Anuhasaj said: Thou art the wisest of Gods, O satan. All thou hast advised will I do;
\nneither shall any one in heaven or earth know my designs.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. And it came to pass in course of another hundred years, Anuhasaj was promoted
\non the staff of the Lord God, the guardian, where he served the Lord God one
\nhundred and seventy years. So the Lord God named Anuhasaj for his successor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. So God came from Craoshivi and crowned Anuhasaj Lord God of heaven and earth;
\nwith great pageantry and display, God gave him a throne and placed him upon it. And
\nfrom this time forth Anuhasaj was known and saluted as Lord God, which is the first rank
\nbelow God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. The Lord God said unto satan: Who first shall I bring into my favor? Satan said:
\nThou shalt first bring into thy favor Anubi, M<\/span>ASTER OF THE <\/span>S<\/span>CALES OF <\/span>H<\/span>EAVEN<\/span>, and
\nwhen thou hast this to thy liking, thou shalt call him T<\/span>HY <\/span>S<\/span>ON <\/span>and S<\/span>AVIOR OF <\/span>M<\/span>EN<\/span>!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. The Lord God said unto satan: Who next shall I bring into my favor? Satan said: Thou
\nshalt next bring into thy favor the ten Lords of the heavenly kingdoms of the earth. And
\nwhen thou hast them to thy liking, thou shalt exalt the chief one of them to be above the
\nrest; and him that thou exaltest thou shalt call Osiris, for it is a name loved on earth and in
\nheaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Satan said: Thou shalt re-establish thy Lord-dom and call it Hored, and it shall be the
\ncentral kingdom of all the heavens belonging to the earth.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>19. And Anubi shall send the spirits of his department to thy heavens; and Osiris and all
\nthe other Lords shall send the spirits of their departments to thy kingdom. And in no case
\nshall any more spirits be sent to Craoshivi; for all people in heaven and earth shall
\nbe taught that thy kingdom is the All Highest Place; and that thou art the All Highest
\nGod, even the Creator of all things; and all angels and mortals shall be thy servants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Then went the Lord God to work earnestly, but slowly and surely. The Lords of all the
\ndivisions of the earth were his special friends, and of such kind as would willingly do his
\nbidding. And they were learned and of high grade of heavenly experience of more than a
\nthousand years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. And the Lord God told no one in heaven or on the earth of his designs; gave no sign
\nor token in his behavior that would make messengers or swift messengers look at him to
\nread him; and he passed for the meekest and holiest of Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. But the time came at last for which the Lord God had labored hundreds of years; and
\nhe gave a festival in his heavenly place, inviting the Lords and captains and generals and
\nmarshals, whom he knew would willingly do his bidding.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. And they came even as the Lord God had planned, and it was a time of great joy. And
\nwhen the feast was ended, then spake the Lord God before them, spake as one moved in
\nsorrow to do a solemn duty for the sake of Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. The Lord God said: O my brothers, hear the words of your Lord God! Behold, I have
\ncharge of the Lord-dom of heaven and earth, I am as a guardian that standeth by a cornfield to see the corn grow unmolested. My experience is not of a year, nor of a hundred
\nyears, but of thousands of years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. In Jehovih’s name I speak before you; for the love I bear for the souls of men and
\nangels. I belong not to the Diva as do ye Lords; my voice findeth vent in the fullness of
\nthe Father in me.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Who is here that hath not seen great decline, during the last hundred years, in these
\nheavens, in the faith of angels in the All Person? Speak then, O ye Lords; and if ye have
\nhearts for more energetic service for the Father and His kingdoms, now let your tongues
\nhave full liberty, as becometh Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Anubi said: thou art wise, O Lord God. God of Craoshivi layeth the blame on a’ji.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Then spake Hi-kas, whose heavenly place was over Jaffeth, he said: My Lord God
\nand my Lords, before your wisdom I bow. I am but as a child in heaven, little more than a
\nthousand years. My tongue should be silent before you, my long experienced Lords. Hear
\nme though in my little wisdom, and pity me for it.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. To the east or west, or north or south, all things grow, in heaven and on the earth; I
\nhave seen no greater wisdom than this. One thing groweth not, the Diva. Behold, the
\nDiva made laws hundreds of years ago, and they were wise laws in the time they were
\nmade. Ye and I, all of us, are bound by the old Divan laws. The laws have not grown.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Gods older than I am, and Lords also, tell us that the All Light is a Person and hath
\nVoice; and moreover that long ago He spake to high-raised Gods, saying: These things,
\nshall be thus and so.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. I appeal to your judgment, O my Lord God and My Lords, was that not a wise
\ndoctrine for the ancients? For on this authority angels and mortals fell down and
\nworshipped Him they saw not. And they were obedient to do the will of their masters and
\nteachers on this self-asserted authority of a Person no one had seen!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>32. Which is to say: It is wiser to worship Him we know not, and cannot comprehend,
\nand is therefore as nothing before us, than to hearken to the words of most wise Gods and
\nLords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

33. If to worship that which we are ignorant of is the highest of worship, then the fool is
\nthe greatest of worshippers. For he is ignorant of all things. And by virtue of this reason,
\nhe who is the wisest must be the poorest of worshippers. And of a truth, is it not so, both
\nin heaven and on earth?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. With the acquisition of knowledge, they all put away the Unknowable; the ignorant
\nare devout worshippers. Shall we hold our tongues, saying: Wh-ce, Wh-ce! The ignorant
\nmust not know the truth; the whole truth!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. To do this, are we not hypocrites? Some have come to us from far-off regions, saying
\nthere are more delightful heavens, much higher! Why, then, shall we not all run away and
\nleave this?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

36. My Lord God, and my Lords, these heavens are good enough, if improved. The earth
\nis good enough, if improved. We want larger kingdoms and more adorned thrones in our
\nheavens and on the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

37. Next spake Che-le-mung, whose heavenly kingdom was over Arabin’ya. He said: My
\nLord hath spoken soul words. With knowledge, what more need angels or mortals? What
\nvalue to them is it to say: Beware! The Unseen heareth and seeth? Or, halt and consider
\nthe Divan laws?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

38. My Lord God, for the wisest and best and most honest to assume dominion, this I
\nhave not seen. Thy kingdom should be the largest and most adorned of all kingdoms. And
\nthou shouldst have, to labor with thee, Lords with kingdoms greater than all Craoshivi.
\nCannot our Gods and our Lords make these heavens the greatest of all regions in the
\nuniverse? Shall we and our people forever run off to etherea in search of higher heavens?
\nAnd not improve our own? To exalt a place by going away from it, who hath seen this
\ndone?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

39. Arc-wotchissij spake next: his heavenly kingdom was over Vind’yu. He said: O that I
\nhad not struggled so long to put away wisdom like this! All that hath been spoken I have
\nunderstood. But I curbed my soul; I thought I was alone in such reason. Now, so
\nsuddenly, I have not words well schooled. I speak little, lest I trip myself up afterward.
\nIt is the joy of my life to listen to such wise arguments. Another time I will say more.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

40. After him spake Baal, whose heavenly kingdom was over Heleste and the south end
\nof Jaffeth to the sea, a young Lord of great promise. He said: How shall one of my
\ninexperience speak before such Gods as are here! But because ye have touched upon a
\nmatter dear to my soul, my words will forth. I have seen all these heavens, and even
\nCraoshivi, waning for hundreds of years. Our kingdoms are like old women, resigned to
\nroutine, living, but dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

41. We have the same rites and ceremonies as the ancients; parades and salutations and
\nanthems sung for thousands of years; and to whom? A figure-head that is void of shape
\nand person and sense. Who is here that hath not deserved honor more than such a being?
\nMy Lord God hath labored two thousand years! I have seen him in Vara-pishanaha for
\nmore than a hundred years, stooped to the vilest labor, over bad-smelling drujas, teaching
\nthem, washing them!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

42. The Lord God should have a kingdom wide as the earth, and a million attendants to<\/span>
\ndo him honorable parade. And when he goeth forth he should have hundreds of thousands
\nof heralds and trumpeters to proclaim he is coming. We need such. We need wider fields
\nand more pomp and glory in our heavens; and kingdoms with great capital cities, and
\nthrones arrayed in splendor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

43. Then rose Ashtaroth, assistant to Baal, and Lordess of the East Wing of his heavenly
\nplace. She said: Here are other Lordesses, can speak wisely. As for me, my words are
\nfew. The ancients have taught us to be plain in all things. And we have made our heavens
\nlike orchards stript of leaves and blossoms. As fast as angels are made bright and useful,
\nthey are persuaded to become Brides and Bridegrooms to Jehovih, and fly off to remote
\nworlds. Our own beloved earth, that brought us forth, together with her heavens, are thus
\nforever stript of the most valuable fruitage and ornaments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

44. We all know that atmospherea is extensive enough to contain all the angels the earth
\nwill bring forth in millions of years! I appeal to thee, my Lord God, and to ye, most wise
\nLords, are not these Brides and Bridegrooms hoodwinked by the tales of the etherean
\nGods? And by the parade and pageantry of the marriage ceremony? And by the fire-ships,
\nand pomp and splendor of the marshals, and trumpeters, and music, and the high-raised
\nGods?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

45. Behold, we have here one who can invent all these glories, even our Lord God. He
\nshould have such a heavenly place of splendor that the Brides and Bridegrooms would fly
\nto him instead of the far-off heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

46. After this manner spake the Lords and Lordesses, and when they had all spoken, there
\nrose up Anuhasaj, now lawfully anointed Lord God. He said:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Most wise Lords, in words ye have done me great honor. There let the matter end. I
\nperceive what any one can understand, which is that the center of the heavens should be
\nhere. The heirs of the earth and atmospherea, why should they be carried off to other
\nheavens? Sufficient is it for us that we cultivate our own. I am not competent for so
\ngreat a work. Rather shall ye choose from amongst yourselves the highest, best, wise
\nman, and make him your God. I will be his servant to do whatsoever he putteth upon me.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I have traveled far, and took the measure of many worlds. I declare unto you there are
\nno glories in the far-off worlds, but what can be built up in these heavens, and even on the
\nvery earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Hear me then and judge ye, not for my fitness, but for my unfitness, and so dismiss me
\nsave to make me your servant.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Send not off the highest raised angels, but make these heavens suitable unto them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Make this kingdom the All Highest heavenly kingdom; and make your God the highest
\nof all Gods, even the Creator. Him shall ye surround with a capital city, a heavenly place
\npaved with diamonds and most precious gems. And his throne shall be the most exalted,
\nhighest of all glories. To which none can approach, save by crawling on their bellies. Yea,
\nsuch majesty shall surround your God as becometh a Creator; and such newly-invented
\nrites and ceremonies, dazzling beyond anything in all the worlds!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. The rites and ceremonies should be carried to the highest. Without rites and ceremonies
\na people are as a dead people; they are as an army without discipline. In fact, discipline is
\nvoid without the formalities of rites and ceremonies. To not have these is to have every<\/span>
\none do for self, which is the dissolution of all union. Baal hath spoken wisely on this; we
\nneed new rites and ceremonies, adapted for the highest grades. We shall no longer bow to
\na God we know not, a scattered substance wide as the universe!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Because ye have spoken, I am pleased. Because ye have come to my feast, I am
\ndelighted. To be with one’s own loves, what is greater than that? It hath been said, man
\nshall love all alike; but I say unto you that that is impossible. We have our preferences,
\nand we delight to come together. Who shall say us nay?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And yet, my Lords and Lordesses, shall we not deliberate on these things? And council
\nwith our best loves upon it; for such is the construction of the mind that it oft seeth better
\nthrough others’eyes. And, above all, shall we not mature the subject to know if in our
\nown souls we are sincere, doing all things for the good of heaven and earth, and not for
\nourselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Ye know how Ahura’s kingdom prospered until he began to work for his own glory; let
\nus not, then, fall into his errors, but from his errors learn to avoid similar ones. And now,
\nsince the time of the feast is ended, and our respective kingdoms waiting us, I declare the
\nassembly dissolved. Arise, then, my Lords and Lordesses, and go your way. And
\nwhatsoever ye may have on this matter, desiring to commune with me, do ye even so
\nthrough messengers, which ye already have.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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