{"id":230,"date":"2019-05-30T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=230"},"modified":"2019-05-30T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:00:38","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-thursday-may-30th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/30\/lectionary-readings-for-thursday-may-30th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Thursday, May 30th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters 52 and 53<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Of the land of Egupt, the above sufficeth; and of Parsi’e and Heleste these things are
\nthe chief, as regardeth the dominion of Osiris, Baal and Ashtaroth, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Because of the persecutions of Faithists, and shepherd kings, and Listians, these people
\nfled into Parsi’e and Heleste for hundreds of years, and they built cities and established
\nkingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. And none of these accepted the Lord, or God, or De’yus, but for the most part
\nworshipped the Great Spirit. Nevertheless, they were not Faithists in purity; for they
\nengaged in war and lived not in communities, with rab’bahs as rulers, but dwelt together
\nafter the manner of warriors.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. To Baal and Ashtaroth was committed the duty of subjugating these people unto Osiris,<\/span>
\nSavior of mortals. So Baal and Ashtaroth, finding them stubborn in the worship of the
\nGreat Spirit, finally resolved to make them destroy one another, after the same manner as
\nTe-in, in Jaffeth, and Sudga, in Vind’yu; and they asked Osiris for armies of warring
\nangels for that purpose. Osiris gave them the following great angel generals and high
\ncaptains, to wit:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Jah, Apollon-ya, Petoris, Pluton-ya, Hi-ram, Ben, Yube, Ali-jah, Ares, Sa’wang,
\nT’crono, Afro-dite, Argo, Oyeb, Nadar, Abel, Said, Ar-te-mis, Yac-ta-roth, Wab, Josh and
\nHaur; and besides these there were the following deserters from Te-in and Sudga, to wit:
\nClue, Jon, I-sa-ah, Yam-yam, Luth, Bar, Hote, Ki-dom, Athena, Hira, Oke-ya-nos,
\nHermes, Posee-ya-don, Ura-na, Hace, T’sodus, Rac-Rom, Mi-kak, Tol, Taes, Wowouski,
\nSur, Ala-jax and Hesmoin.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And Baal and Ashtaroth cast lots for each of the above generals and captains, turn
\nabout they chose, until they were divided equally between them. And Osiris gave to
\nBaal and Ashtaroth, each, five hundred million warring angels. And thus armed,
\nthey descended to the earth, to the objectionable regions, of Parsi’e and Heleste. In those
\ndays these great divisions of the earth were divided into many nations and kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. And a kingdom was not measured according to the land, but according to the number
\nof cities that paid tribute to the central city; though some kingdoms had but one city.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. These, then, are some of the largest cities that Baal and Ashtaroth determined to
\ndestroy, to wit: Su-yan, with five tributary cities; Lakao, with two tributaries; Hangun;
\nwith eight tributaries; Waas with three; Lawga, with six; Tol, with six; Sun, with five;
\nTos, with four; Troy, with six; Abed, with two; Athena, with twelve; Hess, with four;
\nItuna, with twelve; Fado, with ten; Tuna, with seven; and Wa’ke’at, with seven. And
\nbesides these there were many large cities without any tributary cities, which were also
\ndoomed to everlasting destruction.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The first great cities thus turned to war on each other were Haugun and Lowga;
\nAshtaroth choosing Haugun and Baal choosing Lowga.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. These two cities were both of more than four hundred years’standing, and contained
\neach a half million inhabitants, besides their tributary cities. Tojak was king of Haugun;
\nhe was the son of Soma, who was the son of Atyis, the necromancer. And of Lowga,
\nTurwea was king; he was the son of Diah, son of Bawn, the philosopher.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. When Baal and Ashtaroth, with their armies from heaven, came near to these cities,
\nthey halted and built a temporary kingdom in the mountains of Zoe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Baal said to Ashtaroth: Behold, thou has had the choice of cities, give thou me the
\nfirst assault?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Ashtaroth said: On thine own terms shall these battles be, and I will beat thee. To it,
\nthen; set on Lowga.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Baal went to Turwea in his dreams and told him his son was waylaid by the people of
\nHaugun, and, moreover, that Tojak had determined to come upon him and possess the
\ncity. When Turwea awoke, he was troubled about his dream, and he inquired of the oracle
\nconcerning the matter. Ashtaroth had possession of the oracle, and she answered the king,
\nsaying: Thou art of the seed of the Faithists, why fearest thou for a dream? Have a caution
\nof thy dreams; tell not thy son, for this day he goeth on the hunt, and thy words might
\nbring about even that which otherwise might not be. The king went his way, but
\nAshtaroth sent inspiring spirits to the king, saying: To caution thy son, that would be<\/span>
\nwisdom. And the king went and cautioned his son.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Ashtaroth then went to Tojak’s wife, and gave her a dream that the Prince of Lowga
\nwent on a hunt, to all appearances, but came near Haugun for a very different matter,
\nwhich was no less than the slaying of herself and husband. The queen awoke suddenly,
\nand in fear, and told the king her dream. Tojak said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Foolish woman; it was but the fault of thy diseased blood, which, coursing the heart,
\ngave thee a foolish dream. Tojak dismissed the matter. On the next day, the angels kept
\ninspiring the queen to send her servants to the place of her dreams, to which she acceded;
\nand her servants were armed with spears, and instructed to kill whoso came in their way,
\nas if by accident.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Thus it came to pass that Turwea’s son was slain. Turwea inquired of the oracle, and
\nwas answered by Ashtaroth, saying: Why comest thou to me for comfort; is not thy son
\ndead by thine own fault? I said unto thee: Mention not the matter of thy dream to thy son,
\nfor oft it happeneth that telling of a thing bringeth it to pass.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Turwea said: I am justly rebuked, O Apollo-ya! But tell me, thou that knowest all
\nthings, since one part of my dream hath come true, may not the other part, and, of a
\ntruth, Tojak come to possess my kingdom? Ashtaroth said: If I tell thee, thou wilt blab
\nit about, and do nothing in thine own defense. Turwea then made oath to obey the
\noracle; whereupon she commanded him to march with all his army against Tojak, and
\nsuddenly demand satisfaction in ten thousand lives, to balance the loss of the prince.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. This ended Ashtaroth’s part with the city of Lowga; and now she went to Haugun,
\nwhilst Baal took charge of Lowga, sending his legions of angels to the people of Lowga,
\nto inspire them with madness because their prince was slain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Ashtaroth, on her part, now assumed control of the oracle in Haugun, and sent
\nher warring angels to the people of the city, advising them of the justice of slaying the
\nprince, because he was come, not on a hunt, but to slay the king and queen.
\nAnd Ashtaroth, further, told the king, Tojak: Try thou me as to my truthfulness:
\nBehold, in two days the warriors of Turwea will be at thy city’s gates; be thou ready
\nfor them and drive them hence, or lo, thy city wall will be reduced to dust and ashes.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Of course the prophecy of Ashtaroth came true, and Tojak now believed he was in the
\nprotection of the Gods. The queen said unto him: A matter of weight is on my mind, O
\nking: I commanded my servants to slay the prince, for the Gods showed it to me that only
\nby this could thy life and mine be preserved.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. The king, Tojak, justified the queen, saying: Thou hast been the preserver of my life
\nand thine.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Baal, God of Lowga, thus marched the mortal armies against the city of
\nHaugun, whilst Ashtaroth marched the armies of the latter place to battle against them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. And thus, as mortals play a game with sticks and pegs, so played this God and
\nGoddess a game with these mortals of these two great cities; played give and take to see
\nthe battles lost or won; and they used their legions of angels to inspire the mortals on, or
\nto make them at times turn and flee. And whilst the Gods rested, amusing themselves by
\nfeasting and by talking over the sport of mortal death, the two great cities would also gain
\na little rest, but only to renew the bloody work.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. For four years the gods and angels kept these two mortal cities at war; and though
\nthey lay a day’s journey apart, all the way was strewn with the bones of the slain. And in<\/span>
\nfour years they were reduced to dust and ashes; and as to the people of the last year, for
\nthe most part, they were inoculated with the poisoned air of the dead, and they died also.
\nAnd yet it came to pass, Baal beat Ashtaroth in the battle of death, for he caused all his
\npeople to be slain, whilst yet a few of Ashtaroth’s remained.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Thus did Baal and Ashtaroth pursue the other great cities of Parsi’e and Heleste. And
\nthe time of the destruction of any two or three cities varied from two years to ten years.
\nFor the destruction of Athena and Troy it required twelve years. And for the destruction
\nof Ituna and Fado it required eleven years. Betwixt Su-gun and Lakao it required two
\nyears to bring them to war. Betwixt Athena and Troy it required three years to bring them
\nto war. Two hundred vampires, angels of lust, were set upon a prince of Troy, and in
\ndesperation he was driven to kidnap an Athenian princess, who was led to exposure by
\nBaal’s angel hosts. In this great battle Ashtaroth won the game, having succeeded in
\nhaving the whole of the Trojans destroyed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. In the war betwixt Tos and Sun, which lasted nine years, it was an even game, for
\nboth cities were entirely destroyed and all the people in them, and also their tributary
\ncities as well. But the city of Tol was destroyed within itself, for there was no city near
\nenough to war upon it. The angels brought virus from the dead of other regions, and
\ninoculated the breath of the people of Tol, and their flesh festered, and they died of
\nthemselves without war.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. The whole time of destruction was one hundred and sixty years; and after that Parsi’e
\nand Heleste were wasted and desert, and wild beasts coursed the country far and near.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Osiris had said: I will make the land of Egupt the greatest country in the world; I will
\nhave the place of my dominion near at hand. Satan had said to Osiris: If thou destroy not
\nParsi’e and Heleste, behold, Baal and Ashtaroth will rebel against thee, choosing these
\nlands for their own kingdoms.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. But both satan and Osiris, who now falsely styled himself God of heaven and earth,
\nwere powerless to prevent the march of Jehovih’s hand. For as He gave liberty unto all
\nHis creatures, and as Osiris had fostered the idea of being sole ruler of earth and heaven,
\neven so the seed of his own sowing took root in Baal and Ashtaroth. And they formed a
\ncompact with each other and seceded from Osiris after all. And in order to determine
\nwhat share of the earth should be theirs, a war in heaven ensued between the three Gods,
\nand Te-in and Sudga joined in also.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Jehovih had said: I created man blank, as to good and evil, and gave him liberty: And I
\ngave liberty also to the spirits of the dead. But these spirits set themselves up as Gods;
\nand to glorify themselves used mortals in their own way. For they found that mortals
\ncould be turned to good or evil, to war or to peace, to virtue or to lust, according to the
\ninspiration of the angels watching over them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. But in this I provided a remedy also, and without abridging liberty, which was, that
\nthe Gods, in contention for mortal souls, should fall out and ultimately destroy their
\nown heavenly kingdoms, wherefrom angels and mortals should escape from bondage.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. And this was so. Te-in and Sudga and Osiris, even whilst their wars and machinations
\nwere going on with mortals, were scheming for mastery in hada, each to overthrow the<\/span>
\nothers, and involve them in ruin. And it thus came to pass that a triangular war ensued in
\nthese two heavens, in which upward of ten thousand millions of warring angels were
\nengaged hundreds of years. For, as mortals engage in corporeal warfare, so do angels
\nengage in es’sean warfare. For though they cannot kill one another, they can bind and
\nenslave and cast one another into hells, and surround them with never-ending fire, so they
\ncannot escape. And the warring Gods send their armies forth to make captives of their
\nenemies, who, when seized, are either made subjects of, or else cast into torments. And
\nthese armies of warring angels, hundreds of millions strong, go into the kingdom of
\nanother God, and out of suburban districts, carrying hence the subjects, with all their
\nacquisitions. And yet at times these raiding armies venture too far, and are themselves
\ncaptured and cast into torments. So that Gods in hada wall their kingdoms round with
\nstanding armies, even as they have taught mortals to defend themselves. And their
\nenemies seek to invent means to break these armies through, and go in and plunder and
\ndestroy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. In times of which madness no voice from Jehovih\u2019s angels can gain an attentive ear
\namongst them; even the same as when mortal kings are at war, for one to say to them:
\nBehold, Jehovih is All Peace! They will even curse Jehovih and peace, so do the fighting
\nangels threaten and curse if one of Jehovih’s holy ones interpose in peace and love.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. As like a burning fever or canker worm that needeth run its course, before a healing
\nbalm availeth good, so Jehovih permitteth the Gods to pursue their reign, till, helpless,
\nthey fall, environed in the harvest they sowed. For a time cometh to every man and
\nwoman born, on earth or in heaven, when sore disaster, if nothing else, will cast him
\nhelpless in agony, to make him own the Mighty Power Who created him; and make him
\nsupplicate in pity for some helping hand to lead him safely to the All Person’s pleading
\nVoice. Then he is ready to listen; to turn from Gods, and Lords, and Saviors, and Sons
\nwho profess to save; and to stand upright before the Father, and learn to know Him, and
\nwillingly learn peace, love, reason and truth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Jehovih hath said: In every soul I made a door, and in this My Light shineth. Herein
\nMy Voice speaketh; but they turn away, and go after them that speak to the external ear; a
\nserpent biteth them, and they are cast in poison and in death!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Man on the earth hath said: I will not heed Thy still small voice, O Jehovih, which
\nspeaketh to the soul; I will obey the king, that leads on to war, and with loud noises and
\nviolent oaths pursueth death-dealing as a virtuous trade. Not Thou, O Jehovih, shall be
\nmy master, but their king, who hath great pageantry. Behold, I will stand in his great
\narmies, or be led on to death, even as the king willeth me; for he is my Savior and my
\ndefense. His Gods shall be my Gods; his Lords my Lords; his Savior my Savior; by blood
\nand heroic butcheries will I prove my loyalty.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And even so hath thousands of millions of angels in hada said: Not the still small
\nvoice of my soul will I obey; but yonder gaudy God, whose sacredness is so great none
\ncan approach him but by crawling on their bellies! He shall be my Lord and Savior; his
\nbattles shall be my battles; to feed the hells of hada with his enemies shall be my trade.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Jehovih hath said: Even to them that choose darkness and evil have I given liberty also;
\nfor they shall learn by experience, in time to come, that all these guides and leaders, be
\nthey kings, or Gods, or Lords, or Saviors, are but snares, from whom, soon or late, they
\nmust turn in order to rise out of the hells they have built for others. For, because they put<\/span>
\nMe afar off, or denied My Person, or called Me Void like the wind, I cut them not off; but
\nthey cut themselves off from Me, and thus fell into torments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. For I am as near to the corporean as to the es’sean; let them, then, disown their kings
\nand Gods, and whoso hath a kingdom to glorify; and they shall espouse Me, for I am Ever
\nPresent. For this, all people shall do, either on earth or in heaven. My kingdoms are not
\nby violence or by war, but by liberty to every soul; and whoso practiceth peace and love,
\nand liberty unto others, are My chosen. They are on the way of everlasting resurrection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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