{"id":205,"date":"2019-05-19T20:22:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T20:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=205"},"modified":"2019-05-19T20:22:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T20:22:39","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-20th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/19\/lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-20th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Monday, May 20th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters XXXII and XXXIII<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Te-in, whose heavenly kingdom contained three thousand million angels, being
\ninformed when Osiris and Sudga were gone to Hored, satan said to him: Now is thy time,
\ncall thy Council together; proclaim thyself God of heaven and earth, mighty in all regions,
\nthe Central Kingdom of the Eternal Heavens! Choose from amongst thy Council the
\nhighest grades, and make them Lords under thee. After which thou shalt renew the battles
\nin Jaffeth, on the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Te-in said: Why on the earth? Satan said: Behold, Jaffeth must be subdued to one
\nnation of people, and this shall be thy footstool, and thy heavenly kingdom’s headquarters. After which thy Lords shall proceed to the lands of Parsi’e and Arabin’ya, and
\ninspire the inhabitants thereof to another central kingdom, and when mortals are thus
\nsubdued to limited numbers, thou shalt have but few to deal with in order to make thyself
\nGod of the whole earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Te-in said: Thou art wiser than all Gods. Behold, my way is clear.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. So on the day of De’yus’meeting with Osiris and Sudga, even the same day, Te-in
\nsevered the bonds betwixt his heavenly kingdom and all others, and he chose twelve of
\nhis highest grade in the Holy Council, and made them Lords of the earth; but he allotted
\nno portion of the earth to any one alone. He said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. I will not give them kingdoms; this is the strongest way; to keep every thing in one’s
\nown hands.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Te-in, then, through his Lords, whom he sent down to the earth, made Kan Kwan
\nmortal king of Jaffeth, with the title, K<\/span>ING OF THE <\/span>W<\/span>ORLD, AND <\/span>S<\/span>UN, AND <\/span>M<\/span>OON, AND <\/span>S<\/span>TARS<\/span>!
\nAnd the Lords caused Kan Kwan to build an oke’spe, where he could receive the<\/span>
\ncommandments of Te-in, the holiest, all highest ruler of heaven, as to what he should do
\nin order to subdue the earth unto himself.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Te-in said: And, my Gods, say ye to Kan Kwan when the earth is subdued unto
\nhimself: Behold, I will also come down and dwell in the temples he buildeth for my
\nLords. And when the king goeth forth and subdueth a place unto himself, he shall
\nimmediately build a worshipful temple and dedicate it to me and my Lords, whose names
\nye shall give alike and like in all places. For I will not confuse mortals with a multiplicity
\nof heavenly Lords. And the king shall show unto the people that there is but one High
\nRuler in heaven, whether he be called Ho-Joss or Joss, or Po-tein, or Te-in, and that I am
\nthe Person. But in no case shall the king suffer the worshippers of the Great Spirit to
\nremain alive upon the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Te-in said: My Lords, take with you, each, one million angels, strong and cunning in
\nwar; twelve millions are sufficient, for ye shall not scatter them about, but keep close in
\nthe neighborhood of war and of the king. As when a fire burneth, beginning from a spark
\nand spreading outward till a city is consumed, so be ye concentrated and potent. This is
\nthe whole art of power. And whilst mortals sleep, your angels shall come upon them and
\ngive them dreams and visions of glorious success, make them see themselves in the heat
\nof battle, rushing through the jaws of death unscathed, whilst their manly arms slay about
\nthem on every side their enemies by the score in flowing blood. For when these mortals
\nawake and remember their dreams, they will be well whetted up for the valorous work.
\nBut as to those that are to be conquered, let your angels go to them whilst they sleep, and
\ngive them dreams and visions of horrid deaths; make them see the heat of battle and
\nthemselves overpowered on every hand, and, pierced with sword and spear, they fall,
\ndying in great agony. For when such mortals wake up and remember their dreams, they
\nare half conquered already.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Te-in said: My Lords, ye shall inspire the king to be merciful and gentle; and when his
\nsoldiers come to a place to subdue it, they shall send truce-men before them, inquiring:
\nWho, say ye, shall be the ruler? And if the people answer: We are Kan Kwan’s slaves,
\nthey shall not be slain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Te-in said: My Lords, amongst mortals, what is righteousness? Now one Lord said:
\nRites and ceremonies. Another said: To worship thee, O Te-in. Another said: To follow
\nthe doctrines of the ancients. Another said: To purify one’s self. Another said: To do good
\nwith all one’s might. Another said: To practice truth. Another said: To harm no man.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Te-in said: Not one of you knoweth righteousness. Behold how you stand: The
\ndoctrines of the ancients were their own, and they are as dead. To put on a dead man’s
\nclothes, will they make the wearer like the dead was?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Rites and ceremonies are what show-men train their horses with, to run or leap, or lie
\ndown, to please their masters.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. To purify one’s self! What is that? A mortal man’s body cannot be purified, for it is
\nrotten at best.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. To do good with all one’s might! Who knoweth the meaning of that? To cut off a
\ncrushed foot to save a man’s life: Give him pain in the cutting, even whilst he is suffering.
\nThen it is well that some men’s heads be cut off for their own good. Yea, even nations
\nextirpated. Let him that doeth, then, do with all his might. See ye not that in this,
\nthat before one attempteth to do good, he is his own judge, judging by his own judgment?<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>15. To practice truth! What is that? The Jehovihians say: Jehovih is All Truth. But
\nJehovih is nothing, scattered as the wind. Then truth is nothing. Who hath found a man
\nbut saith: To see as I see, is to see the truth; to see as thou seest, is to see falsely? A man
\ntold lies knowngly, and practiced them, and he was all truth to himself, for he was a liar.
\nTherefore, he practiced truth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. To worship me is unrighteousness instead of righteousness. To worship Joss is
\nunrighteousness; to worship the nondescript Jehovih, is unrighteousness, and to worship
\nPo is unrighteousness also. Behold this matter: The large trees in the forest were
\nsmothering out the small ones; and the small ones said: We praise you, giant oaks, for the
\nmany blessings we have received; be merciful unto us! The large trees laughed at them,
\nand they died. Is this not Jehovih? Is this not the Gods? For all mortals, at best, are but as
\nunhatched eggs; and when they are dead, their souls are as hatched chickens, for the Gods
\nto play with, and to use in their own way.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Te-in said: Teach ye this to mortals; and tell them, moreover, to choose what God
\nthey will; and if it be me, then I will labor for them; if it be not me, then am I against
\nthem. This, then, is righteousness: Reciprocity betwixt Gods and mortals; reciprocity
\nbetwixt mortals themselves; to war for opinion’s sake in order to develop in steadfastness;
\nto help the helpless, to feed and clothe the stranger, and to worship the father and mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Te-in’s Lords and their angels departed out of Che-su-gow, Te-in’s heavenly place, and
\ndescended to the earth on their mission; and this is what came of it, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Kan Kwan was the son of Kwan Ho, a flat-head; but Kan Kwan came of the converts
\nto the Brahmin priests, and so had not his head flattened. But because su’is and sar’gis had
\nbeen long in their family they descended to Kwan all the same. And he could see and hear
\nthe angels and their Lords; hear all the words spoken to him, a most excellent thing in a
\nking, when drujas are restrained from observing him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The Lords guarded Kan Kwan on every side, day and night, and Kwan being stupid,
\nbecause of the flat heads of his parents, he was well suited to carry out all that was
\ncommanded of him. So he at once announced himself with all his titles, and sent heralds
\nhither and thither to proclaim him and let all peoples and kings know that he was coming
\nto subdue them unto himself.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Kwan issued this decree, to wit: Kan Kwan, king of the world, and of the sun, and
\nmoon, and stars, I command! I, son of the sun, son of Te-in, behold! There is but one
\nruler in heaven, Te-in! There shall be but one on earth, Kan Kwan. Bow your heads
\ndown! I come! Choose ye: to bow down, or to die. One or the other shall be. When the
\nworld is subdued to me, I will war no more!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. In those days there were many great kings in Jaffeth, and their kingdoms were in many
\nplaces far apart. Betwixt them, in a sparse region, in the Valley of Lun, lay the city of
\nOw Tswe, and this was the small kingdom of Kan Kwan, known for a thousand years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. When the other kings heard of Kwan’s proclamation they laughed. And this is the
\nvanity of mortals, for they heed not the power of the Gods over them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. So Kwan started with an army of four thousand soldiers, men and women, with spears,
\naxes, scythes, swords and slings, and bows and arrows; and he marched against Tzeyot, a<\/span>
\ncity of a hundred thousand people; and here ruled king Cha Ung Chin, with twenty
\nthousand soldiers. Cha Ung Chin laughed. He said to his captain: Send thou a thousand
\nwomen soldiers and kill Kwan and his army; they are mad, they know not what war is.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. The captain went forth to battle, but he took beside the thousand women soldiers a
\nthousand men soldiers. But lo and behold, Kwan and his soldiers knew no drill, but they
\nran forward so strangely that their enemies knew not how to fight them, and they fled in
\nfear, save the captain and a hundred women, who were instantly put to death. But not one
\nof Kwan’s army was killed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Cha Ung Chin was angry, and he sent ten thousand soldiers against Kwan’s ragged
\narmy; and when the battle was begun, the angels cast clouds before the hosts of Cha Ung
\nChin, and they thought they beheld hundreds of thousands of soldiers coming upon them,
\nand they turned and fled also, save five hundred, who were captured and instantly slain,
\nmen and women.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Cha Ung Chin said: It is time now I go myself. My laziness has cost me dear. On
\nthe morrow I will lead thirty thousand pressed men and women, and make it a day of
\nsport to slaughter Kwan’s army. So the king sent his marshals to select and summon
\nhis soldiers during the night. Many were too frightened to sleep; and those that slept
\nhad such visions and dreams that when they awoke they were as persons nearly dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Cha Ung Chin, next morning, sallied forth out of the city to battle, going before
\nhis army. When he saw the pitiful army of Kwan, he said: Of a truth, the world is
\ngoing mad! That such fools have courage is because they know not what a battle is.
\nWith that he rushed forward, faster and faster, calling to his soldiers. But they stretched
\nout in a line, after him, for they trembled from head to foot, remembering their dreams.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Presently Kwan and his army started for them, not with orderly commands, but
\nscreaming and howling. Cha Ung Chin’s soldiers took panic, broke ranks and fled in all
\ndirections, save one thousand, including King Cha Ung Chin, who were captured and
\ninstantly slain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And on the same day Kan Kwan went and possessed the city, Tzeyot, commanding
\nobedience and allegiance of the people. And on the following day he set twenty thousand
\nmen to work building a temple to Te-in, pulling down other edifices for the material
\nthereof. Nor had Kwan a learned man in all his army; but the Lords with him showed him
\nhow to build the temple, east and west and north and south, and how to make the
\narchways and the pillars to support the roof; and the sacred chambers and altars of
\nsacrifice. Of brick and mortar and wood built he it, and when it was completed it was
\nlarge enough for twelve thousand people to do sacrifice in. And it was, from first to last,
\nforty days in building.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Besides this, Kwan put another ten thousand men and women to clearing houses and
\nwalls away, and making new streets in many ways; so that at the time of the first sacrifice
\nthe city of Tzeyot looked not like itself; and Kwan gave it a new name, Lu An, and
\ncommanded all people to call it by that name, or suffer death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Kan Kwan made the people go and do sacrifice to Te-in in the temple every morning;
\nenforced a day of rest for each quarter of the moon; enforced worship on the part of
\nchildren to their fathers and mothers, the father taking first rank.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Then Kwan made them pray for those who were slain in battle. And these are the
\nwords he commanded them: Te-in! Father of Life and Death! Who feedeth on suns and<\/span>
\nstars! Whose refuse is mortals. In thy praise I bow my head. For thy glory I lie on my
\nbelly before thy altar. I am the filthiest of things; my breath and my flesh and my blood
\nare rotten. Death would be sweet to me if thou or thy soldiers would slay me. For my soul
\nwould come to thee to be thy slave forever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Behold, my brothers and sisters who fought against thee are dead, and I glorify thee
\nbecause thereof. We have buried their rotten carcasses deep in the ground, good enough
\nfor them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. But their spirits are lost and wild on the battle-field, howling about. O Te-in, Father,
\nsend thy spirits from Che-su-gow, thy heavenly place, to them, to help them out of
\ndarkness. And we will ever praise thee, our mightiest, all highest ruler!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. When they made the sacrifice they laid down on their bellies, certain ones prompting
\nthem with the words which Kwan received from the Lords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. After this, Kwan appointed them a governor, Ding Jow, who was the first governor of
\na province in Jaffeth, after the order of governors as they exist to this day. Which is to
\nsay: As a Lord is to a God, so is a governor to a king. And this was the first of that order
\nestablished by the Gods of hada. Prior to this a like government had been given by
\nJehovih to the Faithists; even as it had been given in its purity to the pure, so was it now
\ngiven in its crudity to the crude.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Jehovih had said: Independent kingdoms shall not exist side by side; nor shall one be
\ntributary to another; but there shall be one whole, and the lesser shall be parts thereof, not
\nover nor under them, but as helpmates. The wicked will not see this now; but their own
\nwickedness will bring it about in time to come. And it was so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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