{"id":307,"date":"2019-06-29T15:40:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T15:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=307"},"modified":"2019-06-29T15:40:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T15:40:23","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-saturday-june-29th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/06\/29\/lectionary-readings-for-saturday-june-29th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Saturday, June 29th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Seventh-Day Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>God\u2019s Book of Ben, the Nine Entities <\/strong>Chapters 1 and 2<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Nine Entities, click here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2mztYWbI7v\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/faithist.org\/en\/eight-sons-and-daughters\/\">eight-sons-and-daughters<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;eight-sons-and-daughters&#8221; &#8212; Worldwide Faithist Association\" src=\"https:\/\/faithist.org\/en\/eight-sons-and-daughters\/embed\/#?secret=TKVRtsnDaS#?secret=2mztYWbI7v\" data-secret=\"2mztYWbI7v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">God said: These are the nine entities; or, according to the ancients, Jehovih and His eight<br \/>\nchildren, His Sons and Daughters. And these are the same, which in all ages, poets<br \/>\nand philosophers have made to speak as, T<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">HE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">F<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">AMILY OF THE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">U<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">NIVERSE<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">. Through them I<br \/>\nspeak. Jehovih is the Light, that is, Knowledge. The manifestation of Knowledge in man is<br \/>\nJehovih. The growth of wisdom in man, as the earth groweth older, is the tree of light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. God said: Before the arc of Bon the earth was rank.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. The seed <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">of <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">the tree of light had been planted many times, <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">but the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">rankness destroyed it.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. In the time of the arc of Bon, the earth reached maturity.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Jehovih said: I gave to the inhabitants of the earth Capilya, Moses and Chine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. Through them the tree of light was made everlasting on the earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. The great peoples then knew I was God, and my word was with them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. Es had spoken before that day, and man knew the presence of angels. But he heeded<br \/>\nthem not.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. When my word came, man gave heed. Mine was with authority.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. Emblems, signs and symbols were the letters of man&#8217;s alphabet to lead him upward in<br \/>\nwisdom.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. Wisdom cometh not suddenly; as darkness goeth away, light cometh.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Great knowledge is all around about; to make man perceive it, is the labor of God.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. Man said: I have looked in corpor, but found not knowledge.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Corpor said: Doth thy flesh know? Have thy bones knowledge? Is it in the blood?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Jehovih said: I am Knowledge; come thou to Me. I am the Unseen. Behold thyself, O<br \/>\nman! Canst thou put thy finger on the place, and say: Here is knowledge? Hath wisdom<br \/>\nbulk, and a place?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. Ha&#8217;k said: Who knoweth the boundary of Light? Behold, I cannot hide away from<br \/>\nHim. What is my small corner compared with the All Light of etherea?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. Jehovih said: Think not that the vault of the firmament is nothing; for thither have I<br \/>\ncreated etherean worlds, of sizes equal to the corporeal worlds; but they are independent<br \/>\nof them. These are My kingdoms, prepared for the spirits of man and women and<br \/>\nchildren, whom I bring forth into life on corpor. Nor are My etherean worlds alike in<br \/>\ndensity or motion, but of different consistencies, that they may be suitable for the varied<br \/>\nadvancement of My children.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. Man said: O World, give me light. Give me substantial knowledge, that I can put my<br \/>\nfinger on it and say: Here is the real!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. Uz said: O man! Behold thy folly! All things thou seest and hearest and touchest are<br \/>\nmy abode.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. Man said: How sayest thou? Thou art vanishment! All things perish; thou art that that<br \/>\nis without foundation.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. God said: Thou art both a flesh-man and an es-man. How hopest thou for thy fleshtalents to acquire substantial knowledge? All substance is evanescent. The real is the All<br \/>\nLight, which thou canst not comprehend.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. Man said: Why, then, this craving in my soul for all wisdom? Was my creation in<br \/>\nvain?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. Jehovih said: Because I created thee craving for light, thou goest forth searching.<br \/>\nThou art on a long road; to the summit of All Light, even Gods have not attained.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. Man inquired: Why, then, was death created?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. Uz said: Behold, even stones molder into dust. Wouldst thou have had a separate law<br \/>\nfor man?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. Es said: I am within thy corpor; when thy corpor moldereth into dust, behold, I am the<br \/>\nes-man, thy real self. I am thy spirit; and like a seed planted, I dwell within thy corpor.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. Jehovih hath said: The corpor of man I created as a womb for the es of man. By death,<br \/>\nbehold, the es is born.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. Around about My corporeal worlds I placed atmospherea; for, as the earth and other<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">corporeal worlds provide a womb for the spirit of man, so have I made atmospherea the<br \/>\nsubstance for a womb for the souls of men.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. Man said: If, when I am dead, I shall see the place, is not the germ of that light already<br \/>\nin me? How am I made that I see, but see not this? Hear, but hear not this? If I am now<br \/>\ndead to that which is to be, will I not then be dead to what now is? Give me light, O<br \/>\nFather?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. Jehovih said: To man I gave a corporeal body that he might learn corporeal things; but<br \/>\ndeath I made that man might rise in spirit and inherit My etherean worlds.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. Two senses gave I to all men, corporeal senses and spiritual senses; nevertheless,<br \/>\nthe twain are one person. A man with corporeal senses transcending, chooseth<br \/>\ncorporeal things; a man with spiritual senses transcending chooseth spiritual things.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. Two kinds of worlds have I made: corporeal worlds and es worlds. He who desireth<br \/>\nof corpor shall receive from corpor, for he is My Son, in whom I am well pleased. He<br \/>\nwho desireth of es shall receive from es, for she is My Daughter, in whom I am well<br \/>\npleased.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. Kosmon said: Because man liveth on corporeal worlds, corpor is called son; but<br \/>\nbecause man in spirit liveth in the es worlds, es is called daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. God said: Hear me, O man. I am come to teach thee wise dominion.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. Man said: The aborigines were free. Why shall man with more wisdom learn<br \/>\ndominion?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. Seffas said: My peace is forced peace; I am the light and the life.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Man inquired: Behold, the air of heaven is free. Can dominion come down out of<br \/>\nnothing (as it seemeth) and rule over something (that is proven)?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. How can God rule over solid flesh?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. Uz said: O vain man! Do I not come in the winds of heaven and cast cities in<br \/>\nepidemic? And yet man seeth me not.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. I inoculate in the breath; I cast fevers in the bright sunlight, and yet no man seeth me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. Jehovih said: All power gave I to the unseen to rule over the seen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. Kosmon said: Why wilt thou, O man, search forever in corpor for the cause of things?<br \/>\nBehold, the unseen part of thyself ruleth over the seen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. God said: Think not that the es worlds are less governed by system than are the<br \/>\ncorporeal worlds. The same Creator created all.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Behold, all things are in dominion. Thou wert in dark dominion before the time of<br \/>\nBon.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. By mine own light gave I thee a dominion of light in the time of Bon.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Man inquired: If the unseen rule in man, what ruled the substance of man before he<br \/>\nwas made?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Jehovih said: I created all things, seen and unseen. My hand was forever stretched<br \/>\nforth in work. I make and I dissipate everlastingly.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. Behold, I make a whirlwind in etherea, hundreds and hundreds of millions of miles<br \/>\nacross, and it driveth to the center a corporeal world from that which was unseen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. I blow my breath upon the planet, and lo, man cometh forth, inquiring: Who am I, and<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">what is my destiny?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. I send an elder brother of man, to teach him, and show him the light.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. God said: Behold me, O man, I am an elder brother. I have passed through death and<br \/>\nfound the glory of the unseen worlds.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. Jehovih gave to me, thy God, to have dominion over the earth and her heavens.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. Man said: I have found truth in corpor; I know that I live; that trees grow and die.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. This is true knowledge. Give me truth in regard to the unseen, that I may prove it<br \/>\ntruth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. Why, O God, givest thou the matters of heaven and earth in signs and symbols? Give<br \/>\nme the real light, I want no figures.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. God said: Thou art vain, O man. What, then, hast thou learnt? Canst thou tell why the<br \/>\ngrass is green, or why one rose is red and another white, or the mountains raised up,<br \/>\nor the valleys sunken low? Or why a man was not made to fly as a bird, or live in the<br \/>\nwater like a fish? Whence came the thought of shame? Even thyself thou dost not<br \/>\ncomprehend, nor know of thine own knowledge the time of thy beginning. Thou knowest<br \/>\nthree times three are nine; and even this thou canst not prove but by symbols and images.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. Nor is there aught in thy corporeal knowledge that thou canst prove otherwise, save it<br \/>\nbe thy presence; and even that that thou seest is not thy presence, but the symbol and<br \/>\nimage of it, for thou thyself art but as a seed, a spark of the All Light, that thou canst not<br \/>\nprove to exist.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. Man inquired: Where, then, is real knowledge possible to man? If my corporeal body<br \/>\nand corporeal senses are evanescent and soon to fly away, how can I comprehend that<br \/>\nwhich flieth not away, the spirit?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. Yet I know a truth: I know that ten things are ten. This knowledge I can write down,<br \/>\nand clearly teach to my brother. See, here are 10. This is exact science.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. Esfoma said: Thou hast written but two strokes, and called them ten. Now, I will<br \/>\nshow thee ten. (Esfoma wrote: \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ .) Yet, be not surprised, for now I will<br \/>\nconvict myself, also, inasmuch as I have deceived thee. I said I would show thee ten, and<br \/>\nstraightway, I made ten marks; but I should have written the word ten. Now, thou art<br \/>\nwise! Nay, hear me further, for all I have spoken is false; for have I not tried to persuade<br \/>\nthee that the one uttered word, <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">TEN<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, was ten; wherefore, I should have uttered ten<br \/>\nutterances. Thy supposed exact science is nothing, and thy supposed truth is only<br \/>\nfalsehood compounded and acquiesced in.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. Jehovih said: Man&#8217;s wisdom is but the experience of my creations, expressed to man&#8217;s<br \/>\nunderstanding in signs and symbols.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. Man said: If I search for the real, shall I never attain it? Why, then, this craving? Is<br \/>\ntruth only that which flieth away?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. Behold, thou hast said: Thou shalt love the Creator with all thy heart and soul! How<br \/>\ncan I love that which I can not comprehend?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. Es said: Behold the utterances of the birds; and the skipping of the lambs at play!<br \/>\nThese are the expressed love they have for the Creator.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. To rejoice because thou art created; to seek after exalted rejoicing, to cultivate the<br \/>\nlight of thy life; to turn away from dark things; these are to love thy Creator.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">33. Man said: Why, then, if truth can not be found, and mathematics can not be proven<br \/>\nbut by things that are false in fact, I will search for goodness; I will shun sin. Is this not<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">wise?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">34. God said: This is wise. But what are goodness and good works?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh-Day Sabbath God\u2019s Book of Ben, the Nine Entities Chapters 1 and 2 To learn more about the Nine Entities, click here: eight-sons-and-daughters God said: These are the nine entities; or, according to the ancients, Jehovih and His eight children, His Sons and Daughters. 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