{"id":191,"date":"2019-05-13T21:13:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T21:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=191"},"modified":"2019-05-13T21:13:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T21:13:52","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-may-14th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/13\/lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-may-14th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Tuesday, May 14th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters XX and XXI<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1. And over all the lands, east and west and north and south, of Arabin’ya and Parsi’e and
\nHeleste, stood the discomfited Osirian angels, in groups, tens of thousands, unseen by
\nmortals, and considering how best to proceed to overthrow Jehovih and His worshippers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Meantime, messengers and map-makers bore the disastrous news to Osiris, who in turn
\nsent word on up to De’yus, the self-Lord God, who now, through Osiris, his most favorite
\nGod of power, sent these commands:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. When night is on and mortals sleep, my hosts shall fall upon the ashars, the guardian
\nangels, and drive them hence, obsessing every man, and woman and child, in these great
\ndivisions of the earth. What care I for the altars and temples and oracles and arcs? Possess
\nye the mortals before the morrow’s morning sun. Hear ye the command of De’yus, The
\nLord your God, through his high-raised son, Osiris!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And the well-stationed messengers plied all day long to the near and remote parts of
\nthe assaulting armies, giving De’yus’commands. And ere the sun went down, the whole<\/span>
\nthousand millions knew their work, and were wheeled in line, to march with the falling
\ndarkness, and pounce furiously upon the ashars of Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. But the true God, in Craoshivi, had been warned by Jehovih’s Voice of the course of
\nevents, and he had sent his messengers with all speed down to the earth to warn them of
\nthe enemy’s designs that night; the which they accomplished none too soon, for, already,
\nwhen they had completed their most exhaustive work, the sun had dropped below the
\nwest horizon.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. So, at the midnight hour, the terrible approach began on all sides; and to each and every
\nspirit there came enemies, in tens, and hundreds, and thousands, shouting: Begone, thou
\nJehovian fool! The Lord our God and his son, Osiris, command! Away from thy sleeping
\nmortal ward, or by the voice of God we will cast thee, bound, at Annubi’s feet, food for
\nhell! Begone!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Each Jehovian answered: To Great Jehovih I am sworn! Though ye bind me and cast
\nme into hell, by the Great Spirit’s hand I will free myself and come here again and teach
\nHis sacred name. And repeat forever my peaceful mission to raise up this heir of Jehovih!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Again the threatening adversaries stormed, and wondered whilst they stormed, that one
\nalone stood so boldly in face of such great odds and flew not away at once. And every
\nashar laid his hand on the sleeping mortal in his charge, for by this his power was
\nmultiplied a thousand-fold, and raising up his other hand, thus addressed the All Highest:
\nBy Thy Wisdom and Power, O Jehovih, circumscribe Thou this, Thy sleeping heir, that
\nwhosoever toucheth the mortal part shall cut himself from off Thy everlasting kingdoms!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. And, with the words, a circle of light fell about the place, bewildering to the assaulters,
\nwho, having once halted, opened the way to their own cowardice to recoil within them, a
\nmost valiant warrior against unrighteous deeds. Whereupon, a war of words and
\narguments ensued, till again the morning sun rose upon the almost harmless assault, and
\nleft the Osirians discomfited and ashamed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Though not in all places, for in some extremes they waited not for words but rushed
\nin and laid hands on the mortals, gaining power sufficient to hurl clubs, and stones, and
\nboards, and stools and tables about the house, and so roused, wide awake the mortal
\noccupants. Who, seeing things tumble about by some unseen power, were quickly up and
\nfrightened past composure. Some hurried off to the rab’bahs, some to the oracles and
\ntemples, to inquire about the trouble betwixt the ruling Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. And in these few places, when once De’yus’spirit-soldiers gained possession,
\nthey fastened on in thousands, even quarreling as to who had most honor in the
\nhellish work. And yet not one of the ashars in all the lands was seized or borne away.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And now, in the time of the rising sun, the messengers of the Lord God flew hastily
\nto Osiris’kingdom, where he sat on his throne, expecting news of an overwhelming
\nvictory. And when they told him of the most pitiful failure, save in so small a degree,
\nOsiris raved and swore: By my soul, I swear an everlasting curse, but I will fill all
\nthe hells in hada with these fool-hardy ashars! Yea, even though I go down to the earth
\nin person, and with Baal and Ashtaroth go from house to house throughout the world!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Osiris again sent word to De’yus, who was of vast experience, and not so hasty; a
\nwiser God, and better acquainted with the tides in mortal energy to serve Jehovih. So
\nDe’yus sent back word to this effect: To rest the soldiers three days, that the surveyors
\nmight measure the stature of mortal faith, and so make the third attack more successful.<\/span>
\nAnd with these words concluded, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Because of the long spiritual peace amongst mortals, there must be many grown to
\nintellectual disbelief in an All Highest. For groveling down in the earth to measure
\nthe rocks, and to study the habits of worms and bugs, for generations, their seed
\nhath brought forth many skeptics, believing nothing of spiritual kind, but rating high
\ntheir own judgment. With these, for lack of faith in Jehovih, the ashars are powerless
\nto ward off my soldiers. Mark them out in every city and in all the country places,
\nand again at mid-hour of the night, fall upon them, crowding away Jehovih’s ashars.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Besides these, find ye the ignorant and superstitious amongst mortals, who are
\nlazy and of lustful desires, for by their habits the ashars have little power in
\ntheir presence. Mark these also, and, at midnight, fall upon them and possess them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. And go ye amongst the rich, whose sons and daughters are raised in idleness and
\npleasure; whose thoughts seldom rise to the heaven; for with them the ashars are also
\nweak to protect them, who are most excellent subjects to spirits fond of sporting
\npleasures. Mark ye them, also, and at midnight fall upon them, driving hence the ashars.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Abandon ye the altars and arcs and temples and oracles, and all the strongest, most
\nzealous Faithists, for the present. Save such few as still flatten the head and are dull in
\njudgment, whom ye shall also possess.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Thus prepared Osiris and Baal and Ashtaroth for the third assault on Jehovih’s angels.
\nAnd their millions of groups were kept in constant drill, ready for the work. The first fire
\nand flush of boasting was already gone from them, save of a few, and the serious aspect
\nof a long war stared them in the face.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Thus laid the three great countries, Arabin’ya, Parsi’e and Heleste, of which Parsi’e was
\nmightiest, peopled with very giants; lofty-bearing men and women, of red, copper
\ncolored; and with an abundance of long black hair; high in the nose and cheek bones;
\nwith determined jaws, and eyes to charm and command; mostly full-blooded I’huans,
\nhalf-breeds betwixt the I’huans and the burrowers in the ground, the brown people, dull
\nand stupid. The Parsi’e’ans were a proud race, built up in great comeliness by the God
\nApollo, whose high-raised office was to fashion the breeds of mortals into noble forms.
\nForemost in all the world was Parsi’e in all great deeds, and in men of learning, and in
\nancient wars. It was here great Zarathustra was born and raised for Jehovih’s Voice and
\ncorporeal words. Here the first great C<\/span>ITY OF THE <\/span>S<\/span>UN <\/span>was built, Oas, whose kings aspired
\nto rule all the world; and great riches amongst men were here first tolerated by the Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. A strip of Parsi’e’an land cut betwixt Jaffeth and Vind’yu, and extended to the sea in the
\nfar east; but the great body laid to the west, covering the Afeutian Mountains, still
\nplentiful in lions and tigers and great serpents. In these mountains came the I’huan hunters
\nto catch lions and tigers to fight in the games, where men oft, unarmed, went into the
\narena, and fought them with their naked hands, choking them to death before applauding
\nmultitudes. From these mountains the hunters supplied the private dens of kings and
\nqueens with lions, whose duty was to devour thieves and other prisoners, according to
\nmortal law.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. And oft these traveling hunters dwelt with the sacred little people in the wilderness, the
\nI’hins, whom Jehovih had taught to charm even the great serpents and savage lions and
\ntigers to be their friends and worshippers. And herefrom sprang a people called Listians,
\nwho, living mostly in the forests, went naked, to whom the I’hins taught the secret of
\n<\/span>CHARMING AND SACRED HAND POWER<\/span>, who worshipped Jehovih, owning no man nor God as
\nmaster, for which the Great Spirit named them S<\/span>HEPHERD <\/span>K<\/span>INGS<\/span>, for they ruled over flocks
\nof goats, which supplied them with milk, and butter, and cheese, and wool for cloth for
\ncrotch-clothes, the only covering they wore.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. These Shepherd Kings, the Listians, lived in peace, wandering about, making trinkets,
\nwhich they oft exchanged with the inhabitants of cities and the agricultural regions. Onefourth of the people of Pars’ie were Listians, who were well guarded by Jehovih’s angels.
\nAnd these were such as De’yus meant to obsess for future use in terrible wars, but the
\nother three-fourths lived in the fertile regions of Parsi’e, the lands of which were rich in
\nyielding ample harvests. The cities were filled with mills, and factories, and colleges, and
\ncommon schools, free for all people to come and learn; and altars, and temples of
\nworship, and oracle structures, made without windows, so Jehovih’s angels could come in
\nsar’gis and teach His Holy Doctrines. Besides which were temples and observatories for<\/span>
\nstudying the stars, which were mapped out and named even as their names stand to this
\nday. And next to these were the <\/span>HOUSES OF PHILOSOPHY, <\/span>in all the cities; where great learned
\nmen undertook to examine the things of earth, to learn the character and property thereof.
\nAnd whether of fish, or worm, or stone, or ores, or iron, or silver, or gold, or copper, they
\nhad learned to read its worth and nature. And of things dead, no longer living on the
\nearth, and of strange stones, and of skins and bones of animals, their houses were well
\nfilled, for benefit of students and visitors. It was these that De’yus meant to have his
\narmies possess, body and soul, for his own glory, knowing that by their researches in such
\nmatters for many generations they had strayed away from Jehovih. For such is the rule
\npertaining to all children begotten on the earth. If the father and mother be on the
\ndownward road in unbelief, the child will be more so; but if on the upward way, to glorify
\nan All Highest, the child will be holier and wiser than its parents.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. In olden times the Gods had inspired the Parsi’e’ans to migrate toward the west and
\ninhabit the lands of Heleste, also a country of giants, but less given to rites and
\nceremonies; and they carried with them three languages: the Panic, of Jaffeth; the Vedic,
\nof Vind’yu, and the Parsi’e’an; and because they used the same sounds, mostly, but
\ndifferent written characters, a confused language sprang out of these, and was called
\nFonece, and the people thus speaking were called Foneceans, that is to say: We will use
\nthe same sounds, but take to our judgment to use whatsoever written characters we
\nchoose. Hence, Fonece is the first and oldest of mortal-made languages; and this was
\nstyled in heaven the period of the emancipation of mortals from the dictatorship of angels
\nin regard to written signs and characters and words. Jehovih had said: In that respect man
\non earth hath advanced enough to stand alone; and it was so, for, from that time to this,
\nneither Jehovih nor his angels have given any new language or written characters to
\nmortals. And all languages that have come from that time onward, are but combinations
\nand branches, and amalgamations and malformations of what existed then on the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. The Helestians were rich in agriculture, and in herds of cattle and goats, both wool
\ngoats and hair goats; for it was in this country that the angels first taught man how to
\nbreed the goats for hair or for wool, accordingly as he desired. And these people were
\nalso mostly worshippers of Jehovih, and had many altars and temples; dwelling in peace,
\nand loving righteousness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Arabin’ya had four kinds of people within her regions: The I’huans, the Listians, the
\nI’hins, and the brown burrowers in the ground, with long noses and projecting mouths,
\nvery strong, whose grip of the hand could break a horse’s leg. The brown people, though
\nharmless, were naked, living mostly on fish and worms and bugs and roots; and they
\ninhabited the regions of the great river, Tua. Over these people, to subdue them and
\ndestroy them, Osiris allotted his great angel general, Egupt, servant of De’yus. Egupt
\ncalled the region of his allotment after himself, Egupt, the same which is corruptly called
\nEgypt to this day.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. In the time of Abraham this country was called South Arabin’ya; but when, in after
\nyears, the great scholars entered the records in the kings’libraries, the later names were
\nused, being written in the Fonecean language and not Eguptian, which was the language
\nof the unlearned.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. But the chief part of all the people in Arabin’ya were I’huans, of color and size and
\nfigure like the Parsi’e’ans, being also the offspring of the I’hins and the brown earth<\/span>
\nburrowers, the hoodas, from whom they inherited corporeal greatness, even as from the
\nI’hins they inherited holiness of spirit. But the flat heads had mostly disappeared from
\nArabin’ya.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. And here were thousands of cities, great and small, even as in Parsi’e and Heleste, and
\nthey had colleges and houses of philosophy, even like Parsi’e, besides thousands of public
\nlibraries, which supplied books freely to the poor, who came here to be taught in the
\nsciences, and in the arts of painting and engraving and sculpture, and in astronomy, and
\nmathematics, and chemistry, and minerals, and assaying, and in the rules for inventing
\nchemical combinations. But the Listians were the only people who dealt in charms and
\nthe secrets of taming serpents and beasts by virtue of the hand, and by curious scents,
\nprepared secretly. And the Listians maintained the fifth rite in the resurrection, whereby,
\non the fifth day after death, the soul appeared in mortal semblance to his living people,
\nand advised them lovingly, after which he ascended in their burning incense going to
\nJehovih!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Of such like, then, were the people over whom De’yus, named Lord God, had set his
\nthousand millions, to subdue them for his own glory. And thus it came to pass, Jehovih
\nspake in Craoshivi, saying: The time shall come when angels and mortals shall know of a
\ntruth that the Lord God is a false God and a vain-glorious usurper. For I will leave one
\nrace of I’huans on the earth, in Guatama, even till the era of kosmon. And men and angels
\nshall see and understand that man of himself never inventeth a God in figure of a man
\nborn of woman. And that only through the inspiration of My enemies, who build
\nkingdoms in hada for their own glory, hath any people ever fallen from My estate to
\nworship a God in image of man.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters XX and XXI Chapter XX 1. And over all the lands, east and west and north and south, of Arabin’ya and Parsi’e and Heleste, stood the discomfited Osirian angels, in groups, tens of thousands, unseen by mortals, and considering how best to proceed to overthrow Jehovih and His worshippers. … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[46,40,39,34,36,35,38,33,41,31,32,47,50,48,44,45,43,42],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-lightofgod","4":"post-191","6":"format-standard","7":"category-lectionary-readings","8":"post_tag-calendar","9":"post_tag-daily-readings","10":"post_tag-eloih","11":"post_tag-faithism","12":"post_tag-faithist-church","13":"post_tag-faithists","14":"post_tag-jehovih","15":"post_tag-kosmon-era","16":"post_tag-lectionary-readings","17":"post_tag-oahspe","18":"post_tag-oahspe-bible","19":"post_tag-observances","20":"post_tag-religion-of-light","21":"post_tag-sabbath","22":"post_tag-united-covenant","23":"post_tag-united-covenant-of-light","24":"post_tag-yeshua","25":"post_tag-yoshu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}