{"id":188,"date":"2019-05-13T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=188"},"modified":"2019-05-13T07:30:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:30:04","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-13th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/13\/lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-13th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Monday, May 13th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters XVIII and XIX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

OF THE BATTLES OF THE GODS FOR THE <\/span>N<\/span>DOMINION OF THE EARTH AND THE
\nLOWEST HEAVENS; AND THESE WERE CALLED BATTLES OF A THOUSAND YEARS.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. De’yus was no slow hand; not a dull God. He had two thousand seven hundred years’
\nexperience, and his soul quick and strong in mighty works. He rushed not in without first
\nmeasuring the way, most deliberately and in great wisdom.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. At first he felt his way along, to humor the populace, doing as if by proxy Jehovih’s<\/span>
\ncommands, till safely fell into his dominion and power his flattered Gods and officers,
\nthen boldly launching forth: I, the Lord God, command!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The very audaciousness of which overtopped his friends’judgment, and made them
\nbelieve for a fact that De’yus was the foremost and greatest, mighty God. To do whose
\nwill, and reverently applaud his name, was the surest road to home laurels.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. To win great majesty to himself, and after having sworn to havoc the whole earth in
\norder to establish the name De’yus, and Lord God, he called to his side his five chiefest
\nfriends: the Gods, Hikas, falsely named Te-in; Wotchissij, falsely named Sudga; Che-lemung, falsely named Osiris; Baal, and Ashtaroth. And thus in dignity De’yus spake to
\nthem:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. It is well, my Gods, ye stand about and see the battles; but let your generals and high
\ncaptains go forth and mingle in the bloody work. In your kingdoms be constantly
\nupraising your magnificence, and in times sallying forth to the earth valiantly, as when
\nkings and queens and prophets are to win a victory, or be plunged into mortal death,
\nto show how your august presence turned the tide of battle. Then hie ye back in dignity
\nto your thrones, leaving your officers and inspiring hosts to go in the game of mortal
\ntragedy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Then spake Osiris, falsely named, saying: To exalt thy name, O De’yus, thou Lord God;
\nand to persuade mortals that thou, of all created beings, can stand in Hored, and by thy
\nwill control the victory to whomsoever applaudeth thee and praiseth thy name, be thou to
\nme the bond of my solemn oath, so will I lose or win battles on the earth accordingly
\nas they shall honor thee and despise the Great Spirit, or any other God or Lord.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Then Te-in, also falsely named, said: To keep mortals in constant war for a thousand
\nyears; to teach them that battles are won or lost according to the loudest call and praise
\nto thee, O De’yus, under thy thigh will I be as an oath renewed from everlasting to
\neverlasting.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Sudga, the false, said: By all my parts, to shape the arms and legs of the unborn in
\ncomeliness, shall my legions drum into the ears of enceinte women a thousand years,
\nswearing them to thy name, O De’yus; or, if refusing, to curse with crookedness all their
\nprogeny. And when these mothers sleep, my legions shall find their souls in their dreams,
\nand give them delight or torment, accordingly as they, when awake, applaud thee, my
\nmost might Lord God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Baal said: To overturn the oracles of Jehovih, and to make the prophets and seers
\nreceive and announce thy name, O’De’yus, thou Lord God of heaven and earth, have I
\nalready sworn more than ten thousand oaths.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Ashtaroth said: The work of my legions shall be to deal death to thy enemies, O
\nDe’yus. To them that raise the name Jehovih, or Ormazd, or Great Spirit, my legions shall
\ncarry foul smells to their noses whilst they sleep. And for thy enemies, who may win a
\nbattle against thy people, my legions shall carry inoculation from the rotten dead; in the
\nair shall they carry the virus to the breath of them that will not bow down to the name,
\nLord God!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. De’yus answered them, saying: So spoken, so shall these things be; I, the Lord your
\nGod, command. Send forth your generals and high captains thus decreed; to each and
\nevery one sufficient armies to make patent these, our high resolves. Into three great
\narmies shall my legions be divided for the earth battles: one to Jaffeth, one to Vind’yu,<\/span>
\nand one to Arabin’ya and the regions lying west and north. Of the latter, thou, Osiris, shalt
\nhave chief command; and thou, Baal, and thou, Ashtaroth, ye twain, so linked in love and
\none purpose, shall be the earth managers to Osiris’will. For your efficient service, behold,
\nI have given you these high-raised generals and captains: Jah, Pluton-ya, Apollo-ya,
\nPetoris, Hi-ram, T’cro-no, Egupt, Ares, Yube, Ali-jah, Afro-dite, Ar-ti-mis, Ben, Aa-ron,
\nArgo, Atstsil, Nadar and Oyeb, besides Peter, Yact-ta-roth, Haur, Abel, Said, Josh and
\nWab, who shall be the conquering spirits to play on both sides in battles, urging stubborn
\nmortals on to religious feud till both sides fall in death, or till one, to me and my
\nGods, boweth down in fear and reverence. And they shall sing their names in mortal ears
\nday and night, and teach them to live in praise of the Lord, your God, the De’yus of
\nheaven and earth, and to be most daring in the overthrow of Jehovih, most hated of Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. To thee, Te-in, another third of my legions is committed, to deal with the land of
\ngiants, and urge them on in the same way, to greatness or to death, doing honor and
\nreverence to me and my kingdoms. High raised are thy generals: Wah-ka, Ho-jou-ya,
\nOke-ya-nos, Thu-wowth, Haing-le, Gochin-woh-to-gow, and Eurga-roth, besides Yamyam, Hi-rack-to, Kacan-cat, Isaah, Lutz-rom and Le-Wiang, and others of high grade and
\npower.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And to thee, O Sudga, in like manner have I given another third of my legions to play
\nbattles with mortals for a thousand years. Like Osiris and Te-in, to set mortals up in war,
\nand move them one way and then another, and thus plunge them into each other’s bloody
\narms and death. That they may learn to know of a truth they are but machines and
\nplaythings in the hands of angels and Gods; that they are worked like clay in a potter’s
\nhand, till they cry out: Enough! I will bow my head to God, who is Lord over all, great
\nDe’yus. Yea, more, I will fight for him and drink even my brother’s blood, if De’yus but
\nprosper me and mine in slaying Faithists, fool-worshippers of Ormazd, the Unseen and
\nScattered Wind. To him, in likeness of a man, with head, and legs, and arms in boundary
\nand size of a man, sitting on a throne in Hored; to him, the great Lord God, will I ever
\nbow in reverence.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. And thou, O Sudga, shalt play war in Vind’yu, with the most, highest learned people
\nof the earth. For which purpose thou shalt have these, my high-raised generals and
\ncaptains: Asij, Gaeya, Naiswichi, Samen, Yube, Sol Mung-jo, Don, Hefa-yis-tie, Lowtha,
\nDaridrat, Udan, Brihat, Bogir, Eshong, Weel, Vanaiti, Plowya, Vazista, Kiro, Cpenista,
\nVisper, Cpenta-mainyus and Urvasta, and many others, most determined to rescue the
\nearth from the dominion of far-off Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. De’yus continued: Go forth, ye Gods, and in majesty build your thrones; in great
\nsplendor ornament your high places, that even the magnificence shall be as a million
\npreachers’tongues proclaiming the heavens’well-chosen Gods. And as fast as mortals fall
\nin battle, gather the spirits of the dead into groups, not suffering them for pity’s sake
\nto lie in chaos, but bring them to your kingdoms in easy riding ships. And when
\nthus housed, apply your physicians and nurses diligently, to restore them to their senses
\nand new condition; and when they wake up in heavens, beholding the great glory of
\nyour thrones and kingdoms, initiate them by solemn rites and ceremonies to sworn
\nservitude to yourselves and to me, your Lord God, to inherit such bounteous kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. And as ye shall thus despoil those of earth, to make them know my power and yours,
\nso shall ye pursue those newly-arrived in heaven, to make them swear solemnly against<\/span>
\nJehovih, the Great Spirit, the Ormazd, and against all other Gods; but if they stubbornly
\nrefuse, though in heaven, even as they did on earth, take them before my son, Anubi, who
\nshall further examine them; but if still they refuse, Anubi, with his strong guard and
\nbrands of fire, shall send them down in hell.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. I, the Lord God, have spoken; my commandments are gone forth in heaven and earth;
\nwhosoever praiseth and glorifieth me, with everlasting service for the exaltation and glory
\nof my kingdoms, shall enter into everlasting happiness; but whosoever will not bow down
\nto me shall be cast into everlasting torments<\/span><\/p>\n

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

OF THE HOSTS OF OSIRIS, THE FALSE.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Now sallied forth the captains, generals, and well-disciplined hosts of hada, the angels
\nof De’yus, bent on independence to the earth and heaven from all other rulers save the
\nLord God, and to establish him forever. Foremost of the three mighty divisions was
\nOsiris’army, of more than a thousand million angels, going boldly forth to cover the great
\nlands of the earth, Arabin’ya, Parsi’e and Heleste.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. In the front, dashing madly on, was Baal, and next him, his assistant Goddess,
\nAshtaroth, followed by their first attendants and high exalted officers. Some of whom
\ndisplayed great maps of mortal cities and cultured lands, where the peaceful worshippers
\nof Jehovih dwelt, hundreds of thousands. And the lists of altars and temples to the Great
\nSpirit, where the righteous came daily and deposited their earnings and products as
\nsacrifices for benefit of the weak and helpless. And the wide fields, where toilers brought
\nout of the earth, religiously, wheat, and flax, and cotton, and barley, as gifts from the
\nGreat Spirit. And the canals, filled with boats, carrying produce, and fruit, and cloth, in
\ninterchange, one district with another. And the mounds and tree-temples of the I’hins, the
\nsacred people, small, white and yellow; the forefathers and foremothers of the great
\nI’huan race, the half-breeds, betwixt the brown burrowers in the earth and the I’hins.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Over these maps, and charts, and lists, the generals and captains discoursed as they
\ndescended to the rolling earth; most learnedly laying plans to overturn Jehovih’s method,
\nand build up De’yus, the God of Hored.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Osiris himself, to display such dignity as becometh a great God, halted in his heavenly
\nplace, and now head-quarters of the belligerents. And so rested on his throne, with his
\ntens of thousands of messengers ready to answer his summons and bear his will to the
\nremotest parts of his mighty army, and to bring him back news in return of the nature of
\nthe proceedings. And betwixt Osiris’and De’yus’thrones another long line of messengers
\nextended, a thousand angels, high raised and resolute, suitable to travel in the everchanging atmospherean belts of great velocity.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Beside Baal, on the downward course to the earth, but a little behind him, woman-like,
\nwas Ashtaroth, with her thousand attendants, all accoutered to show their high esteem for
\ntheir warring Goddess. By the oft-changing wave of her hand, her part of the army had
\nlearned to know her will, and most zealously observe her commands.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And now, on every side, farther than the eye could see, the thousand millions rushed
\non, some in boats, some in ships and otevans, and others in single groups, descending. As
\none can imagine an earthly kite sufficient to carry its holder high up in the wind, so,
\nreversed, and single-handed, hundreds of thousands flew toward the earth by ballast flags,<\/span>
\nthe most daring of angels.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Toward the earth they came as if on a frolic, full of jokes and loud boasting, sworn and
\nswearing to forever clear the earth of Jehovih’s worshippers. Many of them, long trained
\nin schools and colleges and factories, in heaven, only too glad for a change of scenes and
\nlabor, and all promised by their superiors that now they were to take their first lessons in
\nbecoming Gods and Goddesses. Of whom thousands and thousands hoped for some
\ndaring deed, in order to gain sudden promotion.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. To the east and west, and north and south, Baal and Ashtaroth spread out their armies,
\nwide as the three great lands they had sworn to subdue unto the Lord God, who, of
\nwoman born, was the most presuming son the earth had yet brought forth. And to alight
\non the earth, to flood the temples and altars with so great an abundance of spirits as would
\ndrive Jehovih’s ashars into disastrous confusion, and vanquish them, was the theme and
\nproject. To be foremost in so great a work was the temptation of promotion, which caused
\nthem on every side to strive with their utmost speed and power.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The which Jehovih foresaw, and so spake to God in Craoshivi, warning him; whereof
\ndue observance of the danger had been communicated by messengers to the managing
\nangels in the altars and temples of worship. And these again, through the rab’bahs and
\nthe oracles, had spread abroad amongst mortals the threatened dangers, cautioning them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Thus Jehovih’s angels fortified themselves, through the faith of mortals, and held on,
\nbringing together their scanty numbers, knowing well that by Jehovih’s law they must not
\nresist by arms, but only through words and good example, high-toned by faith in the
\nFather over all.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Down, down, down on these, on every side came the destroying hosts, the thousand
\nmillions; with oaths and loud clamor rushing for the altars and temples; flying suddenly
\nto the holy arcs; in hundreds of thousands of places, shouting:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Avaunt this arc! Avaunt this altar! Avaunt this temple! Ye Jehovian usurpers, begone!
\nIn the name of the Lord our God! We command!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. But alas, for them, every arc, and altar, and temple to Jehovih was invincible. There
\nstood His angels, so strong in faith, unmoved and majestic, that even the assailing spirits
\nhalted, overawed. And as they stood a moment, contemplating whence came so great
\nmajesty, to be in such common place, the Jehovians made this reply:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. To none we bow in adoration but Great Jehovih! Whose Very Self contributed to
\nmake us what we are, His servants in doing good unto others with all our wisdom and
\nstrength! In Him we stand to shield His helpless ones by virtuous peace and love
\nharmonious. Wherefore, then, come ye in arrogance, demanding our wards to service of
\nyour God, born of woman?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. The Osirians said: Fly, O sycophants! Ye that bow down in fear and trembling to One
\nhollow as the wind, and Personless. Too long have earth and heaven been cajoled by faroff foreign Gods, who come hither to win subjects for their kingdoms’glory, by that
\npitiful tale of an Ever Presence Over All, Whom none have seen nor known. Begone!
\nGive us these earthly anchorages! To build in unit, earth and heaven, to rule ourselves by
\nGods we know and reverence!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. The Jehovians said: Is this your only power? By threats and commands? O harmless
\nwords, in mockery of truthful Gods! No good works nor promises, save to exalt the self
\nof earth and hada, and glorify your masters, born only equal with yourselves. Why not<\/span>
\nrush in and carry us off, ye that are a thousand to one, and by your deeds prove the great
\nsource whence ye draw your power?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. The Osirians said: To give ye a chance of liberty, to save ye from the Savior’s
\njudgment, Anubi, who shall cast ye into hell, we hoped to find your willing departure in
\npeace. Behold ye, then, we will wall this altar around and shut off the attendant ashars
\nwith mortals, and flood the place with drujas, to obsess them to total madness. If, then, ye
\nlove your wards as ye profess, abandon all to us, for the glory of De’yus, whose son is
\nOsiris, our commanding God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. The Jehovians said: Words! words! words! At first no explanation, and only your
\ncommand. Now, forsooth, an argument! And presently ye will withdraw, deceived in
\nwhat your commanding Gods told you would result. We tell you we will not hence, save
\nby our superiors, Jehovih’s, rightly raised to precedence.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. The Osirians said: For which reason, behold our Lord God, who was honored in the
\ntitle through Jehovih’s hand; whom ye should obey according to your oaths.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. The Jehovians said: Till such time the Lord God put aside Jehovih, we were his; but
\nwhen for his self-glory he denied his Creator, his false position freed us from his
\nobligations. To obey him now, would make us false to Jehovih, and forever weaken us in
\nreaching the Nirvanian kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. But now the clamoring angels, Osirians, in the background crowded forward
\nmenacingly, and the tide rose to the highest pitch. The morning sun was dawning in the
\neast, a most wonderful assistant to Jehovih’s sons in time of battle; and their messengers
\nbrought from the fields and country places many ashars who had been on watch all night
\nwith sleeping mortals. The Osirians saw them coming; knew the turn, one way or another,
\nwas at hand! But by the audacity of the Jehovians, one to a thousand, were kept looking
\non in wonder till the sun’s rays pierced their weapons and melted them in their hands.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. First one and then another of the Osirians, then tens and hundreds and thousands,
\nturned away or looked about, discomfited, like a host of rioters attempting to assault a
\nfew well-trained soldiers, and, becoming affrighted, turn and flee harmlessly. So
\nJehovih’s sons and daughters won the victory in the first assault, save in rare instances,
\none in a hundred, where the Osirians triumphed and got possession.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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