{"id":223,"date":"2019-05-26T20:23:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=223"},"modified":"2019-05-26T20:23:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:23:36","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-27th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/26\/lectionary-readings-for-monday-may-27th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Monday, May 27th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters 46 and 47<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Two vice-Gods had Sudga, Brihat and Visvasrij. Next to these, Sudga’s heavenly chief
\nmarshal Atma, who had four thousand marshals under him, and equally divided amongst
\nthem to command, one thousand million heavenly warring angels. Atma had authority
\nover thirty thousand generals and captains, to whom were allotted two thousand million
\nangels.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Chief of the heavenly generals were: Shahara, Vasyam, Suchchi, Dev, Nasakij, Tvara,
\nWatka, Shan, Dorh, Hudhup, Nikish, Hajara, Hwassggarom, Viji, Yatamas, Brahma,
\nGoska, Fulowski, M’Duhitri, Yaya-mich-ma, Hijavar, Duth, Lob-yam, Hi-gup and Vowiska. And these falsely assumed the names of the ancient Gods and Lords of thousands of
\nyears before.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Sudga had said to them: That my age may be magnified before the newborn in heaven,
\nye shall also magnify your own names by taking the names of Gods and Lords who are
\nrevered in heaven and earth, for all things are free unto you. But into none others do I
\ngive privilege to choose the names of the ancients.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Sudga then made the following his Private Council: Plow-ya, Vazista, Kiro, Cpen-ista,
\nVisper, E-shong, Bog-wi, Lowtha, Brihat, Gai-ya, Sa-mern, Nais-wiche, Yube, Sol, Don,
\nMung-jo, Urvash, Cpenta-mainyus, Vazista, and Vanaiti; and to each of them ten
\nthousand attendants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Then Sudga made two great captains, Varsa and Baktu, and he said unto them: Two
\nthousand million angels have I allotted to go down to the earth, to the land of Vind’yu, to
\nsubdue mortals and have dominion over them permanently, and I divide the two thousand
\nmillion betwixt ye twain. But all other angels shall remain in my heavenly kingdom and
\nwork for me, and embellish it, and beautify my heavenly cities, especially my holy
\ncapital.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Now, when ye twain are permanent on the earth, and secured in the temples and
\noracles, ye shall survey all the lands of Vind’yu, and the cities, large and small, and all the
\npeople therein. And, behold, all men shall be subdued unto my two names, Sudga and<\/span>
\nDyaus; and when a city standeth, wherein the people worship any other Gods or Lords,
\nthat city shall ye destroy, and all the people therein. City against city shall it be, man
\nagainst man; for as I am the all highest God of heaven, so will I be the God of earth, and
\nits Lord. And ye twain, in finding two cities to be destroyed, shall divide, one going with
\nhis angel warriors to one city, and the other to the other city; and ye shall inspire them
\nagainst each other unto death; and when they are laid low, ye shall bring into the place, to
\ninhabit it, my worshippers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Thus descended to the earth the two destroying captain Gods, Varsa and Baktu,
\nwith their two thousand million angel warriors. And they spread out about over the
\nland of Vind’yu, where were many kingdoms and thousands of cities; and they came
\nto mortals asleep or awake, and inspired them to havoc and destruction, for Sudga’s sake.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And there were laid in ruins, in twelve years, forty thousand cities, of which thirtyseven were great cities. And chief of these were Yadom, Watchada, Cvalaka, Hoce-te,
\nHlumivi, Ctdar and Yigam, each of which contained more than one million souls, and
\nsome of them two millions.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. In all of these there were places of great learning, and schools, and temples of sacrifice
\n(worship). In Ctdar the roof of the temple was made of silver and copper and gold; and it
\nhad one thousand columns of polished stone, and five hundred pillars to support the roof.
\nThe walls were covered with tapestry, painted with written words and histories of heaven
\nand earth, and of the Gods and Lords and Saviors of the ancients. Within the temple were
\nseven altars of sacrifice, and four thousand basins of holy water for baptismal rites.
\nWithin the walls of the temple were niches for five hundred priests, for the confession of
\nsins, and for receiving the money and cloth and fruits of the earth, contributed by the
\npenitent for the remission of their sins. Through the central passage within the temple
\ndrove the king in his golden chariot, when he came for sacrifice; and the floor of this
\npassage was laid with silver and gold.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. In the center of the temple floor was a basin filled with water, and the size of the basin
\nwas equal to twenty lengths of a man. In the middle of the basin was a fountain throwing
\nup water. And on the east and west and north and south sides of the basin were four
\npillars of polished stone, with stairs within them; and the tops of these pillars were
\nconnected by beams of inlaid wood of many colors, polished finely, which were called
\nthe Holy Arch of Suh-hagda. On the summit of the arch was a small house called the
\nVoice of the Oracle, for here sat the king’s interpreter of heaven and earth, the reader of
\nvisions. And the spirits of the dead appeared in the spray of the fountain, sometimes as
\nstars of light and sometimes in their own forms and features, and were witnessed by the
\nmultitude.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Within each of the five hundred pillars was a sacred chamber, for benefit of
\nthe priests communing with angels. In the east pillar was an opening from top to
\nbottom, a slatway so the multitude could see through the pillar, which was hollow
\nits entire height. This was occupied by te king’s high priest or priestess, as the case
\nmight be, and this person had attained to adeptship, so that the angels could carry
\nhim up and down within the pillar, even to the top thereof, which was equal to fifty
\nlengths of a man. And the multitude thus beheld him ascending and descending.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. In the west pillar was the library of the temple, which contained a history of its
\nimportant events for a period of eight hundred years; of the priest and high priests, and of<\/span>
\nthe kings of the city.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Next to the Temple, which was called Tryista, stood the House of Learning, where
\ncongregated the wise men and women, skilled in philosophy and music and astronomy
\nand mineralogy. The House was made of polished stone and wood interlocked, and in the
\nfront with one hundred and forty columns of polished stone and wood. Within the house
\nwere the skins and bones of thousands of creatures, ancient and modern, which wre
\nclassified and named; and with these were books of philosophy and history, all of which
\nwere free to the public one day in seven. Next to the House of Learning was the Temple
\nof Death, dedicated to all kinds of battles, battles betwixt lions and men, tigers and men,
\nand betwixt lions and tigers, and elephants, and betwixt man and man. And so great was
\nthe Temple of Death that its seats could accommodate three hundred thousand men,
\nwomen and children. The temple was circular, and without a roof over the arena. But the
\ngreatest of all buildings in Ctdar was the king’s palace, commonly called T<\/span>EMPLE OF THE
\n<\/span>S<\/span>UN. <\/span>This was also made of polished stone, and on the four sides had eight hundred
\ncolumns of polished stone; and next to the columns were fifty pillars, on every side
\nconnected by arches twelve lengths high, whereon rested a roof of wood and stone; and
\nyet on this was surmounted another row of four hundred columns of polished wood,
\ninlaid with silver and gold, and these were connected to the top by other arches ten
\nlengths high, and on these another roof, and on the top of this a dome covered with gold
\nand silver and copper. From the arena to the dome the height was twenty-eight lengths,
\nand the base of the dome across was sixteen lengths. To enter the temple from the west
\nwas a chariot roadway, so that the king and his visitors could drive up into the arena of
\nthe palace in their chariots. But as for the interior of the king’s palace, a whole book might
\nbe written in the description thereof, and yet not tell half its richness and beauty and
\nmagnificence.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Besides these great buildings there were four hundred and fifty Temples of Darkness,
\ndedicated to the spirits of the dead. These were without any opening save the door, and
\nwhen the communers were within, and the door shut, they were without light. In the midst
\nof these temples, spirits and mortals congregated, and the spirits taught mortals the art of
\nmagic; of making seeds grow into trees and flowers; of producing serpents by force of the
\nwill; of carrying things through the air; casting sweet perfumes, and casting foul smells;
\nof casting virus to one’s enemy, and inoculating him with poison unto death; of
\nfinding things lost, of bringing money to the poor, and flowers and food to the sick;
\nof entering the dead sleep, and of becoming unconscious to poin by force of the will.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Nor could any man or woman attain to be a priest in the Temple of Tryista until he
\nmastered all the degrees in the Temples of Darkness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. The angels of Sudga decided to destroy this city; and, accordingly, they inspired a war
\nbetwixt it and the city of Yadom, which was second unto it in magnificence, and
\npossessed of temples and palaces like unto it also. Yea, but to describe one of these great
\ncities was to describe the other, as to mortal glory. For seven hundred years had these
\ncities lain in peace with each other, half a day’s journey apart, on the great river, Euvisij,
\nin the Valley of Rajawichta.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. And the captain God, Varsa, chose one city, and the captain God, Bactu, chose the
\nother city; and each of them took from their thousand million angel warriors a sufficient
\nnumber, and inspired the two great cities unto everlasting destruction. Even as mortals<\/span>
\nturn savage beasts into an arena, to witness them tear and flay each other, even so sat
\nthese captain Gods in their heavenly chariots, witnessing the two great cities in mortal
\ncombat. And when one had too much advantage, the angel hosts would turn the tide, or
\nlet them rest awhile; then urge them to it again, holding the game in such even balance as
\nwould insure the greatest possible havoc to both.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Eight years these battles lasted; and hundreds of thousands of men, women and
\nchildren were slain; and when thus the great cities were reduced, the Gods let loose T<\/span>HE
\n<\/span>B<\/span>AND OF <\/span>D<\/span>EATH<\/span>, whose angel office was to carry poison virus from the rotten dead and
\ninoculate the breath of the living; and then in desperate madness make mortals fire their
\ncities, to keep them from falling into other hands. And in eight years the great cities,
\nwith their mighty temples, were turned to ruin and to dust; and of the people left,
\nonly the ignorant few, starving, helpless wanderers, could tell the tale of what had been.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Sudga had said: All knowledge amongst mortals is inimical to the Gods in heaven;
\ntherefore I will destroy all knowledge on the earth. And this was the same doctrine
\nmaintained by Te-in, God of Jaffeth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. In such manner proceeded the captain Gods of Sudga over all the land of Vind’yu,
\nlaying low all kingdoms, and cities, and places of sacrifice, and places of learning. And in
\none hundred years the mighty people of Vind’yu were reduced to beggary, and to scattered
\ntribes of wanderers. The great canals were destroyed, and the upper and lower country
\nbecame places of famine and barrenness. And in the valleys and on the mountains, in
\nthe abandoned fields and in the wildernesses, lay the bones and skulls of millions of
\nthe human dead. And lions and tigers came and prowled about in the ruined walls of
\nthe fallen temples and palaces. Nor were there left in all the land a single library, or
\nbook, or the art of making books, or anything to show what the great history had been.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Thus perished the Vedic language, the language of song and poetry, and of great
\noratory. Save in a small degree, such as was preserved by the remnant of Faithists who
\nhad escaped through all these generations, still in secret worshipping the Great Spirit.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Hear ye next of Osiris and his dominions, and of Arabin’ya, and Parsi’e, and Heleste:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Osiris, the false, on setting up a heavenly kingdom of his own, and dominion over
\nArabin’ya, and Parsi’e, and Heleste, said: Let Te-in and Sudga pursue their course in
\ndestroying; mine shall be in the opposite way.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Osiris, the false, said: Three kinds of bad people I have found in heaven and earth:
\nThey that are forever finding fault with, and putting down, what others have built up; they
\nare most crafty in argument to find the flaws of others, the inconsistencies, errors and
\nshortness; but there is nothing in them to build up anything in heaven or earth. The next
\nbad man is he who findeth fault not only with all that hath ever been, but with all
\npropositions designed for a new state of affairs. He is as worthless as the shaft of a
\nspear without a head. The third bad man I have found is he who, seeing the faults
\nand errors of others, harpeth not upon them, but plungeth into work with something new
\nand bold, involving himself and others in disaster. And these three have the great
\nmultitude, the world, to take care of! I alone am capable of destroying and building up.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. The non-resistance of the Faithists hath ever made them dependent on the mercy of<\/span>
\ntheir neighbors, in heaven and earth. They must be destroyed, and their doctrines also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. In destroying their doctrines, I must give something in the place. I have labored to put
\naway Jehovih and establish the Lord God; now to put away the latter and establish myself
\nas myself would take other hundreds of years. Better, then, is it, that since De’yus is cast
\ninto hell, I take the names, Lord God, and De’yus, and Creator, and all such as are
\nacceptable in heaven and earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Neither will I rob them of their rites and ceremonies, but so add thereunto, that, by the
\nsuperior glory, they will accept mine.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Nor will I abridge mortals of their learning; but, on the contrary, be most exacting and
\nhigh in aspiration; for by this will I win the approval of the wise and learned.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Mortals love idols; therefore I will give them idols. Male and female will I give unto
\nthem.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Osiris then called Baal, Ashtaroth and Egupt into his heavenly Council chamber, and
\nsaid unto them:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Two idols shall ye inspire mortals to build unto me: and one shall be the figure of a
\nmale horse, with a man’s head and chest and arms, and he shall point upward, signifying,
\nheavenly rest; and the other shall be the figure of a mare, with the head and breast and
\narms of a woman. And she shall hold a bow and arrow before her, and behind her a sword
\nand a rose, signifying, for righteousness’sake. And the male idol shall be called Osiris,
\nand the female, Isis.
\n<\/span>Plate 90. THE FALSE OSIRIS. Plate 89. ISIS.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. For wherein I assert myself creator of all the living, I must show unto men that I am
\nmale and female.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Which of a truth is the fountain of all that is in heaven and earth, wherein P<\/span>ROJECTION
\n<\/span>and R<\/span>ECEPTION <\/span>are the sum of all philosophy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. In which ye shall teach that to go forth is Osiris, and to rest in meekness is Isis; for
\nwhich the ancients used the bull and the lamb.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>13. For I was a globe, boundless as to size, and swift as to motion. And I put forth a wing
\nfor flying, and a hand for labor, by which are all things conquered and subdued. And
\nbeneath the wing I set the Lamb of Peace, as a sign of the flight of the defenseless; but
\nunder the hand I set the head of a bull, as a sign of my dominion.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. And I made heaven and earth with wings flying forth, bearing the serpent and the sun.
\nSquare with the world, and circumscribed, have I made all things, good and powerful.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. And in man’s hand I placed the key to unlock the mysteries of the firmament of
\nheaven, and the power, and wisdom, and riches, and glory of the earth. Into his hand I
\nplace a club, to slay the lion, or to subdue him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. For I am like unto man, having created him in mine own image; and I hold the key of
\nheaven and earth, and dominions over all the inhabitants I created on the earth. I am Tau,
\nI am Sed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. I am the light and the life, and the death. Out of myself made I all that live or ever
\nhave lived. The sun in the firmament I set up as a symbol of my power. The stars, and the
\nmoon, and things that speak not, and know not, are the works of my hand. Without me
\nnothing is, nor was, nor ever shall be.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Whoso goeth forth warring for the right is for me, and I am with him. With warriors I
\nam a god of war; with the peaceful I am a lamb of peace. To do, is of me; to not do, is not
\nof me, but of death. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood, mercy for
\nmercy; but force unto all things, with will to conquer, for in these am I manifest unto
\nmen.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. For in the beginning I created the world of mine own force; and this is my testimony,
\njustifying force even with violence when the greater good cometh to the greater number.
\nHereon hangeth my law; in which any man can understand that had the Faithists fought
\nfor righteousness, they would have long since mastered the world and subdued it unto
\ntheir God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. What, then, is the stratagem of Gods, save by some means to reduce men and angels
\nunto oneness in all things? When Osiris had thus addressed the three Gods, he waited for
\nthem to speak. Baal said: This is a foundation; we have never had a foundation for men
\nnor angels. Ashtaroth said: This is a head and front to lead the world. Egupt said: The
\nwisdom of the Faithists was in having a direct course.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Osiris said: Then will I revise the doctrines of earth and heaven. I will not say this is
\nfor De’yus, nor the Lord, nor God, nor Osiris, nor Apollo, nor any other God. But I will
\ngive that which all save Jehovihians can accept.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. For I will allot unto God all things, not defining which God, or what God, but God
\nonly; the rest will I manage in Agho’aden, my heavenly kingdom.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Go ye, therefore, to mortals, and revise the things of De’yus unto God; and if mortals
\nquestion of the oracles to know who God is, say ye: He is Osiris, to the Osirians; Apollo,
\nto the Apollonians; Isis, to the Isisians; he is the Creator, the master, the all, out of whom
\nwere created all things; he who created man in his own image; who dwelleth on a throne
\nin heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. But if they question further, asking if he is the ever present, answer them: Nay. And if
\nthey say: Is he Jehovih, the Great Spirit? answer them, Nay.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. For I will not suffer one Faithist to dwell alive on the face of the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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