{"id":233,"date":"2019-05-31T09:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=233"},"modified":"2019-05-31T09:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:10:45","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-friday-may-31st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/31\/lectionary-readings-for-friday-may-31st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Friday, May 31st, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters 54 and 55<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 54<\/span><\/p>\n

1. About the time Baal and Ashtaroth had destroyed the inhabitants of the earth in Parsi’e
\nand Heleste, they applied to Osiris, demanding promotion to separate kingdoms of their
\nown. They said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Thou knowest of a truth that for sake of confederacy we merged our own kingdoms
\ninto thine; to make thee powerful against the wars of Te-in and Sudga in heaven. And
\nto do thy will we have laid desolate the mortal kingdoms of Parsi’e and Heleste. For
\nwhich things thou didst promise us in the start we should have great kingdoms in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Now behold, heaven is but one vast scene of war! And this also do we perceive, that
\nthe mighty contests are without any prospect of an end. As these heavenly wars raged
\nhundreds of years ago, even so do they this day. Yea, the heavenly forces are becoming
\nless disciplined and less scrupulous from year to year.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. By evidence of which it is plain that thy heavens, and Te-in’s, and Sudga’s, will soon or
\nlate be cast into interminable hells. To prevent which, we ask of thee, our God, go give us
\neach a section to ourselves, and we will subdue the places and govern them in our own
\nway.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Osiris answered them, saying: Of all the Gods, who but I hath done a hand’s turn to
\nraise mortal subjects to a higher plane? Te-in’s course was destruction; so was Sudga’s.
\nAnd by much importuning ye twain persuaded me to have the mortals of Parsi’e and
\nHeleste destroyed. And now, in the time when most of all we should be united, ye
\nimportune me to have my great kingdom disruptured and divided. Perceive ye not that we
\nhave the balance of power in our favor? And also, that if in these troublous times ye
\nespouse new kingdoms, we will all be at the mercy of Te-in and Sudga.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. For which reason I beseech you both to postpone the matter till we have driven our
\nenemies from our doors. Let us be faithful to the confederacy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Now in this affair Baal and Ashtaroth came not to Osiris in person, but sent
\nmessengers, as if they were ashamed of their own proposal. And yet, on the other hand,
\nOsiris invited them not to his kingdom.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Ashtaroth said to Baal: See what Osiris hath done! He taketh us for children; giving us
\nsweet promises if we will but keep right on serving him. I tell thee, Baal, thou mayst
\nserve Osiris; but from this time forth I am none of his! Behold, I will mark out a kingdom
\nof mine own, and I will establish it and rule it in mine own way. Moreover I will send
\nword to Te-in and Sudga; and if Osiris balk me, they shall know his vulnerable points.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Baal said: Even so will I; and I will establish a kingdom alongside of thine, and if our
\nenemies attack us we can the better defend ourselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. So said, so done. And Baal marked out for his heavenly kingdom over Heleste and<\/span>
\nnorth-western Arabin’ya; and Ashtaroth marked out for her heavenly kingdom over Parsi’e
\nand north-eastern Arabin’ya. And the twain no sooner chose their generals and captains,
\nand founded their heavenly thrones, than they sent word to Osiris and to Te-in and to
\nSudga.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. A general dismemberment of these mighty kingdoms took place. In Osiris’heaven
\nthere revolted one Kabbath, who took the name Thammus. He was a general, whom tens
\nof thousands of angel officers delighted to serve. He marked out his heavenly place over
\nwestern Egupt, and established his throne and officers, and had himself proclaimed to
\nmortals through the oracles as T<\/span>HE <\/span>O<\/span>NLY <\/span>S<\/span>ON OF THE <\/span>G<\/span>REAT <\/span>S<\/span>PIRIT<\/span>, T<\/span>HE <\/span>S<\/span>AVIOR OF <\/span>M<\/span>EN<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Teos-judas also revolted from Osiris, and established a heavenly kingdom over
\nsouth Arabin’ya (Africa). Besides these there were: Marcus, Delos, Acta, Hebron, Debora, Julta, Wab, Thais and D’nor, great generals and captains in Osiris’heavenly
\nkingdom, all of whom revolted and began setting up heavenly kingdoms of their own.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And in Sudga’s heavenly kingdom more than one thousand generals and captains
\nrevolted and began to establish heavenly kingdoms of their own. Of these the most
\nprominent were: Judsa, Vishnu, Eorata, Chrisna, Histaga, Vivaulias, Hiras, Haroyu,
\nAhhoma, V’ractu and Tiviressa.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. And in Te-in’s heavenly kingdom more than eight hundred generals and captains
\nrevolted, and established kingdoms of their own. Of these the most powerful were:
\nChong, Ho-Tain, Dyut, Cow, Ghan, Su-Lep, Djhi, Hiss, Me Lee, Wang, Hop-jee and
\nKaab.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. And all the revolted ones called themselves Gods or Lords or Saviors, and endeavored
\nto establish an earthly habitation as well. And all of them took with them millions and
\nmillions and tens of millions of angel followers; and some of them had more than a
\nhundred million subjects to start with.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. So anarchy began to reign in hada. Order was broken down; warfare was divided in a
\nthousand ways, and neither angels nor Gods could more discover what this war or that
\nwar was about, save to inflict torments on others. And so great was the conflict that over
\nmore than half the earth all the lowest heaven was but one continuous succession of knots
\nand hells. To inflict pain and disorder and destruction was the work of twenty thousand
\nmillion angels in darkness; war, war, war; hell, hell, hell!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. And now, alas, over all the earth where war had reveled hundreds of years, were
\nthousands of millions of spirits in chaos, not knowing in fact they were in the spirit world,
\nbut still battling against all who came along, to the left and to the right, before and
\nbehind, screaming, bawling with madness, striking out in madness, in unceasing agony, in
\nan unending nightmare of madness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. And from the mighty hosts of darkness, the drujas, deep born in darkness, now
\npestering the people on earth, were hundreds of millions of familiars taking to fetalism!
\nVampire spirits who suck the blood and the flesh of mortals till the brain and heart are
\nwild and mad! Till the mortal is driven to nameless deeds of horrors, desperate with the
\nfoul obsession. Spirits who bring poison and horrid smells to afflict mortals with; spirits
\nwho delight to feed on the flesh of mortals which is corrupted with scabs and running
\nsores. Spirits that teach re-incarnation and lust as the highest, most exalted heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. And now the mighty hosts of Anuhasaj, alias De’yus, the Lord God, the false, broke in
\non every side, and spread here and there for foulness and for fuel to feed their thousands<\/span>
\nof hells.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. And these in remembrance of Osiris’hated name and treachery went for his great
\nkingdom, followed by thousands of millions of angels, desperate with long-continued
\nslavery, roused for deeds of vengeance. Forth into his capital, Agho’aden, they rushed,
\nbeating down the pillars of fire and high archways and rushing into the throne of Osiris,
\nseized him and his vice-Gods and high marshals and dragged them off and cast them into
\nfoul-smelling hells, hideous with the wail and roar of maniacs and tantalizing drujas, and
\nwith kicks and blows and poundings covered them up in foul darkness, heaped deep and
\nsmothering in suffocating gases.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Then off ran other legions for Te-in and his high officers, and to pillage his kingdom
\nalso. And him and them they seized and bore off in triumph to equally horrid hells. And
\nthen others for great Sudga ran, even more desperate for vengeance sake; and him they
\nalso caught, despoiling his mighty kingdom and cast him into hell.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. And for many of the lesser Gods they ran, and broke them down utterly, and cast them
\ninto hells. Only two Gods of the past days in these regions escaped, Baal and Ashtaroth,
\nwho fled to save themselves for a more opportune season to carry out their wicked
\nschemes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 55<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Of the self-Gods of Uropa, and North and South Guatama, little need be said. They
\nestablished weak heavenly kingdoms and succeeded in inciting mortals to war, but to no
\ngreat destruction. Their heavenly kingdoms were for the most part failures; their thrones
\nwere poor and dilapidated almost from the start.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Of these great divisions of the earth mortals were too scattered and few to be profitable
\nfor false Gods. In Guatama they had not forgotten the lessons of I’tura, the false God who
\nhad ruined their forefathers. They were wary, and for the most part preserved their
\nallegiance to the Great Spirit.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. This much, then, of evil; now know ye of the good and faithful, and of the changes of
\nearth and heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. By the pressure of ji’ay, Craoshivi had descended near the earth, and some places
\nbordered upon it. Darkness had overspread the land of the earth in some regions for
\nseven hundred years, so that the sun shone not, save as a red ball of fire. And nebula
\nfell in many places to a depth of three lengths, so that even the places of the great cities
\nof the earth, which had been destroyed, were covered up, and it was like a new country.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The which was beneficial to Jehovih’s angels, in assisting them to deliver hosts of the
\nchaotic spirits, whose mortal part fell in dread war. For such was the labor of the true God
\nin Craoshivi, Son of Jehovih, and of his hosts of upraised angels. To gather in from every
\nquarter of earth and her heavens the fallen victims of the self-Gods; to restore them to
\nreason and to happier and holier scenes; and to teach them righteousness and good works.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Jehovih had said to God, His Son: Because one man can not lift up the whole world he
\nshall not grieve, nor cease doing what he can. For his glory lieth in exerting himself to the
\nfull.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Because the self-Gods have come against thee, they are against Me also; because they
\nhave espoused to be Creators, and thus proclaimed themselves for their own glory, they
\nshall have their fill. Before these times, the false Gods were content to proclaim their own<\/span>
\nnames; but lo and behold, they have made the Lord God as the Creator, and set him up as
\na man, on a throne, to worship him!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And Te-in, and Sudga, and Osiris, too! All of woman born, and knowing My breath
\nupon them. Sufficient is it for thee, My Son, to gather in the afflicted and distressed, and
\nrestore them and deliver them in light and truth. Keep thou thy schools and colleges in
\nheaven; and thy nurseries and hospitals, and factories, and thy fleets of swift-flying
\notevans and airavagnas. And send thou thy faithful volunteers, and make the afflicted to
\nrejoice and hold up their heads in great joy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. But to them that will not hear; and to them that curse thee and Me, seeking to destroy
\nMe for their own glory, be thou silent. My hand is upon them. My ji’ay’an shower
\ncovereth earth and heaven. In their own game shall they cast themselves in darkness and
\ndestruction.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. And all the while the self-Gods were at their evil deeds, the Faithists, Jehovih’s
\nangels, worshippers of the Ever Present, All Person, coursed the heavens along in their
\nfire-ships, calling in the persecuted children of Jehovih. Calling loud and cheerfully
\nthrough the heavens of the evil Gods, and over the kingdoms of the earth; calling in these
\nwords:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Come! Come! The Father’s kingdom is free! Come! Come! In peace and quietness
\nthou shalt be thine own master! Behold, the Father’s places rise higher and higher! Not
\ndownward, to the lower kingdoms, nor to the earth, nor to re-incarnation, the invented
\ntale of drujas; but upward to wisdom, goodness, love and happiness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Because ye have put away the All Person, ye have fallen in the mire; ye have closed
\nyour eyes to yonder higher heaven. Come, O ye that are in bondage! Cut loose from all!
\nFly to Him Who brought ye forth to life! Disown the world! And self! And all the Gods
\nand Saviors! Lords and kings! Be Jehovih’s! Sworn to peace and love! To good works and
\nrighteousness!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Come! Come! Our otevans are free! Our airiavagnas full of comfort. O Come and be
\nour loves! Be fellows, one with Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. And they gathered in millions and thousands of millions! For hundreds and hundreds
\nof years they labored in the distracted regions of hada; toiled and toiled till wearied and
\nprostrate, tens of thousands of times; then rested awhile, invigorated for more energetic
\nwork.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. But not alone nor unseen, these toiling millions, hundreds of millions of Jehovih’s
\nangels, faithful Sons and Daughters. For the labor built up their own spirits to be as
\nvery Gods and Goddesses in noble endurance. Which was written in their fair faces,
\nso the high-raised messengers of far-off heavens, traveling past, beheld Jehovih’s soul
\nin them. And so bore the news to other worlds of the darkness of the earth and
\nher evil Gods, and of the faithful, struggling hosts of Jehovih in their up-hill work.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. And now the earth and her heavens crossed the boundaries of the ji’ay’an forests, and
\nrolled slowly towards the homes and dominions of other etherean Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

END OF THE BOOK OF WARS AGAINST JEHOVIH.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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