{"id":2273,"date":"2021-03-29T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T22:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2021-03-29T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T22:20:00","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-march-30th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2021\/03\/29\/lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-march-30th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Tuesday, March 30th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Jehovih’s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 18<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. When the groups were prepared to visit Uz, Tae himself took charge of one dozen,
\ngoing with them. As the incidents of these visiting groups were similar, the following
\naccount of Tae’s group sufficeth here, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Tae took them to the city of Meig, to the most fashionable hotels, and had them
\nprovided with every luxury, so-called.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Hardly had he them located, when they came before him, saying: Our rooms are small;<\/span>
\nthe air of the city smells foul.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Tell us, what is the meaning, so many people strolling about in idleness? Why do
\nthey sit reading papers? Which are the masters, and which the servants? How do they
\nknow? Why do the servants not be masters, and have the others serve them?
\nWhat beautiful wagons! What beautiful mirrors! What do the women have their
\nclothes stuffed for? What are those bells ringing for? Are they in the temples of
\nJehovih? Take us thither! What causeth these disagreeable smells? See that old woman
\nwith a half naked babe, and leading that dirty child! Why holdeth she out her hand as
\nwe pass? Is she a servant or a master? Why hath not some one told the rich, it is wrong
\nto pass that poor woman by without helping her to a home? Why does she not come
\ninto our hotel, and have a room? What do the people mean about rights and privileges?
\nCan one person in Uz have more rights and privileges than another? And why so?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. What is that sour smell, down yonder, in that cellar, where they talk so loud? What is
\nsour beer? See, behold, a man with a bloody face! Fighting? What with, a tiger? Are
\nthose the flesh-eaters? Why do they smoke? Why hath not some one told them they
\nshould rather seek to purify themselves, than to do in the opposite way? O, here is the
\ntemple of worship, take us in!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Tae took them in, and they heard the sermon, and afterward, they said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. O the mystery of mysteries! How can these things be? The chief preached most
\nexcellently; he knoweth all the doctrines for right-doing; but why is it that his people
\nheed him not? Why doth he not gather up little children, and raise them up to
\nobserve the commandments? He must be the best of men. Take us to see him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Tae took them, but a servant met them at the gate, and demanded to know their
\nbusiness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. They answered: We have come to consult about the poor. Then the gate-keeper
\nwithdrew a while, but returned, saying: The preacher is not at home!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. From an upper window, behind the lattices, they saw his face; not at home!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. They said: Can these things be? O, take us to the poor; to the streets of misery! Let us
\nsee them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Tae took them, and when they looked about, they asked: Why do the poor live in the
\ndirty streets? Why do they not go away, and dwell in the beautiful places? Who gave
\nthese different allotments to the rich and poor? Why do the poor not clean themselves,
\nand clean their clothes, and clean their houses? Why do the poor remain in the cities?
\nAnd huddle together in such little rooms?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. What is that large house? A theological college? What is that for? What is the
\nmeaning of, teaching religion? Can it be learned with words? What is the reason they
\ndo not live religion? Why hath not some one explained to the professors that religion
\nis a thing of practice? Could not they understand? Why do they not love their
\nneighbors as themselves? Dividing up what they have, with the poor? Why do
\nthese children go without shoes, and so ragged and dirty? Why do not the professors
\nand students in the theological college go, and wash them and clothe them?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Thus, Tae took them amongst the fashion and splendor and amongst the poverty and
\nshame of Uz; showing them the banks and great merchant houses, and the fleets of ships;
\nand then to the prisons and poor-houses, and to the houses for the insane, and to the
\nhospitals.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>15. Now, since their infancy up, many of them possessed su’is, and could see the spirits of
\nthe dead, even as they saw mortals. And they inquired of Tae concerning such spirits,
\nsaying and inquiring:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Who are these restless, sullen spirits, strolling about the banking houses?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Tae answered them: These were bankers; these were the founders of great banking
\nhouses. As they bound their minds and thoughts to earthly gain whilst they were mortal,
\nso drift they now, even as they bound themselves on earth. They can not go hence.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Again, they asked: Tell us, then, what spirits are these strolling sulkily in merchant
\nhouses and on the docks?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Tae said: These were great merchants and their ship-masters; behold, they float also
\ninto the places they bound themselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Tell us, then, who are these drunken, foul-smelling spirits in the saloons?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Tae said: These were tipplers, drunkards, gormandizers; these were their mortal
\nresorts. They can not go hence.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Thus, Tae explained the tens of thousands of spirits that huddled around about the
\ndifferent places in the city of Meig, in the land of Uz.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Now, after the time of the visit was completed, Tae said unto them: What will you,
\nremain in Uz, or return to Shalam?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. And they answered: O, take us back; give us clear air to breathe; let us be where we
\ncan see and hear Jehovih!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. But since thou and thy people gathered us up in Uz, and bore us hence, let us go and
\ngather up infants also, and take them with us. We will raise them up in the Light of our
\nFather in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. So, in fact, did they; and they returned to Shalam, taking with them a great number of
\nwaifs and castaways and orphan babes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book of Jehovih’s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 18 1. When the groups were prepared to visit Uz, Tae himself took charge of one dozen, going with them. As the incidents of these visiting groups were similar, the following account of Tae’s group sufficeth here, to wit: 2. Tae took them to the city of Meig, … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-2273","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\/2273","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=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}