{"id":69,"date":"2019-03-31T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=69"},"modified":"2019-03-31T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T19:34:00","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-sunday-march-31st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/03\/31\/lectionary-readings-for-sunday-march-31st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Sunday, March 31st, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy Veil Day (Es Day), Holy Memorial Day<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of God\u2019s Word Chapters XVII and XVIII<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1. When Asha went away from the king’s palace, Zarathustra met him, and they went
\ntogether to the prison where the guardsmen were confined, prior to execution on the
\nmorrow at sunrise; and there came four hundred of the converts of Asha, and, when they
\nstood around about the prison, Zarathustra said unto them:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Stand ye in the altar (crescent) of the living God, for his power is upon me, and I will
\ndeliver this prison! And the keeper of the prison, and also his attendants, woke up, and
\ncame with spears, saying: Disperse! disperse! Or, by the King of the Sun, ye shall die!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Zarathustra said: Art thou greater than I’hua’Mazda? Thrust, then, thy spear against my
\nbreast. The keeper did so, saying: Thy size is nothing to me, thou boaster! But, lo, the
\nshaft was broken in a thousand pieces, neither touched the blade against his garments.
\nSeeing which, the other spearsmen feared, and Zarathustra walked up to them and took
\ntheir spears from them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And the Zarathustrians stood in the form of a living altar, and Zarathustra laid his
\nhands against the front wall of the prison, saying: In thy wisdom and power, O
\nI’hua’Mazda, deliver thou this prison! And, behold, the front wall opened as a door
\nopeneth, and the prisoners came out unharmed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Zarathustra said: On the morrow the king will decree to death every Faithist within the
\ncity. Go ye, therefore, whilst it is yet night, and command all my people to rise at once
\nand depart out of the city, and I will lead them to a place of safety. So that same night the
\nFaithists fled beyond the walls.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And it came to pass that on the next day, when the king heard what had transpired in
\nregard to the prison, he decreed to death every Zarathustrian found within the city, even
\nas prophesied by Zarathustra. But they were already gone, and were in the Forest of
\nGoats, and there were of them four thousand six hundred and thirty, men, women and
\nchildren<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. I’hua’Mazda spake to Zarathustra, the All Pure, saying: Explain these things to my
\npeople, for they shall not dwell in darkness nor in fear. Zarathustra said: What shall I tell
\nthem, O I’hua’Mazda?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I’hua’Mazda said: My people are united; my people are delivered out of the evil city. To
\nthemselves, of themselves, and by themselves, have I delivered them, as a separate
\npeople.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. I found an easy way to unite them; I went not by a dark road. This is no miracle, but the
\nmanifestation of Faith in the All Light.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Take them further away from Oas; far away in the forest. And since Asha is an old
\nman, and learned above all other men, he shall be the ara’ba over them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. I’hua’Mazda said: But as for thee, O Zarathustra, thou art young and strong. Thou shalt
\nchoose fifty men from amongst my people, well learned and strong, full of vigor. And
\nthey shall be thy companions; and thou shalt visit the large cities of Jaffeth and Shem and
\nHam. For four years shalt thou travel, delivering the Zarathustrian law; but at the end of
\nthat time thou shalt return to Oas, and to this people, my first chosen.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And behold, after that, Asha shall go with thee to Oas, and thou shalt raise thy hand
\nagainst the city, and it shall fall.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Zarathustra then explained these things to the people, and thereafter took them to the
\nvalley of Yan’she, by the river Witch’owitch; and he divided them into three large cities
\nand four small ones, after the manner of the I’hins, the sacred people, white and yellow.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. And he gave them fathers (rab’bahs), and made Asha chief father over all the others.
\nThus was founded the Zarathustrian religion; the I’hua’Mazdian law, the Ormazdian law,
\nthe Zarathustrian law.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. And Zarathustra chose fifty men, well learned, and vigorous, not old; and they
\ndeparted, to establish the Zarathustrian law in the cities of the east and south. I’hua’Mazda
\nled them forth, speaking to Zarathustra, the All Pure, telling him whither to go, and
\ndirecting him in the nearest roads, over the mountains and plains, and across the rivers.
\nAnd wheresoever they went, I’hua’Mazda provided them with beasts of burden, and beasts
\nto ride on, converting their owners to the Ormazdian law, who gave them all things
\nrequired.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. The first large city Zarathustra came to was Tse’gow, on the plains of Jo’ab, high
\nwalled with wood and stone; and when he came to the gate thereof the keeper demanded
\nhis name and business, speaking in another language, and Zarathustra understood
\nhim not. Then came I’hua’Mazda, answering the keeper in his own tongue, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. I am a servant of the Creator, Ormazd; I come to prove immortal life before the king.
\nSend, then, to thy king, and he will admit me and my people. So the keeper sent to the
\nking, who commanded that Zarathustra come before him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And when he and his attendants were thus before the king, the king said: Art thou he
\nof whom the King of the Sun hath spoken? And what is thy business with me? Thy king,
\neven the king of kings, is mad. Then answered I’hua’Mazda, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Zarathustra, of whom the Sun king spake, is before thee. I am here to prove to thee
\nmany things pertaining to what is written in the Book of holies. But ere I utter many
\nwords, I pray thee, that thy son, Ha’sing, and thy wife, Hi’ti’us, and thy daughters, Peutu,<\/span>
\nZoo, He’in and Zabee, be also present.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. The king said: How knowest thou the names of my people? And I’hua’Mazda said:
\nHere stand guardian spirits, ashars, and they speak to me. Chief amongst them is Ay’ay,
\nthy grandfather, who slew himself; and next to him are thy kinspeople in spirit, Noa,
\nWess, Lut, Gan’ce, Mith’ce, Nim’och, Wo’huin, Ruks and Pa’stcue.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. The king was concerned, for many of these had been slain in wars, nor knew he how
\nZarathustra discovered their names. So he sent for his wife and son and daughters, and
\nthey all went into an inner chamber, Zarathustra with them. Then spake I’hua’Mazda to
\nthe king, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Think not that Asha is mad because he hath given up all he had and gone to live with
\nthe poor. The Gods call all men mad who do otherwise, especially rich men, and kings,
\nand rulers. For such men set value on things that they cannot retain but during earth life at
\nmost. Asha setteth value on that which will last forever. I would that all men would do as
\nAsha hath done.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Because of unbelief in the Great Spirit, man hath set himself up as the All Highest,
\nand his trade hath become war and destruction. I came not to persuade thee to give away
\nthy kingdom nor thy riches, nor yet for any glory or profit to myself. I speak for the hosts
\nbeing slain, tribe against tribe, city against city; I speak for the millions of spirits in
\ndarkness, who dwell on the battlefields.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. I’hua’Mazda thus gained the attention of the king, and, meanwhile, the angels
\nwho accompanied him took on forms, looking like mortals; and presently, the king
\nand his family looked about and saw them, and were frightened; and the king drew
\nhis sword, saying: Who have entered thus, uncalled! But as he advanced, behold,
\nthe spirits disappeared. The king was amazed. I’hua’Mazda continued, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Concern not thyself because the spirits show themselves; neither call thou
\nthese appearances miracles. Spirits are always present; but because they thus
\nclothed themselves with corporeal parts, thou hast for the first time seen them.
\nWhilst thou was quiet, they came; with thy sudden passion they disappeared.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. The king said: Will they come again? Then answered I’hua’Mazda, saying: Since thy
\nwife and thy daughters are frightened, why should they appear again? Yet hear thou me,
\nO king! Since thy youth up thou hast been prepared for this. Thy wife is half-breed
\nwith the I’hins, the sacred people. The I’hins were preserved by the Gods to this end, for
\nthey are as the leaven, prepared for the resurrection of all the races of men. Because
\nof this great virtue in thy wife, the spirits of the dead can show themselves before thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Whilst I’hua’Mazda thus spake, the angels again assumed sar’gis, and there
\nwere present several spirits whose mortal lives had been cut short by the king’s
\nown sword. Chief of these was Awetakeytha, one time king of the city of Tse’gow.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. The sar’gis spake to the king, saying: Think not that I am dead, O king! I am not
\ndead, save in the corporeal part. As by thy sword thou didst cut me off, so by the
\nsword shalt thou be pierced through. Next spake Too’Sain, another sar’gis, saying:
\nTill thou art dead, O king, and thy soul cast into hell, I will not cease to torment thee!
\nNext spake Ghon, another sar’gis, saying: Before yesterday I brought venom from
\nrotten flesh, and inoculated thee in the breath of thy mouth! Thou shalt cough blood
\nand foul-smelling corruption! Next spake Owd, saying: I am come from the land of
\nthe dead, O king, with the torments of hell for thee! Then spake We’Seay, a sar’gis,<\/span>
\nsaying: I am thy first wife; why slewest thou me? Was not the world wide enough?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Thus the spirits continued to speak, suffered by I’hua’Mazda to manifest their evil
\ndesires and passions in their own way; nor did one spirit appear who had a single good
\nword of cheer for the king. Then the king spake, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Go away, spirits, or devils! I will see no more! And, with that, he swung his
\nsword about fiercely; but when he quieted a little, I’hua’Mazda spake to him, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. I declare to thee, O king, the air is filled with the spirits of the dead; and because
\nthey were slain by thee, they lie in wait for thy soul, when thou shalt die. Think not
\nthat by slaying a man thou art rid of him; only the corporeal part is within thy power.
\nThe soul never dieth. Ormazd is just. Whom thou hast injured, thou shalt restore.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. The king said: If a man be a bad man, and I kill him, is it not a great good?
\nI’hua’Mazda said: To kill him is a great evil. Thou shouldst convert him to good. The
\nking said: But if he belong to me? Then I’hua’Mazda said: No man belongeth to thee. The
\nsame Creator created all men; from Him are all men created; and they belong to Him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. The king said: But I have possession of them. They are mine. If thy Creator is stronger
\nthan I, let Him take them. I’hua’Mazda said: To take them from thee would be no honor;
\nbut for thou to deliver them is thine own honor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Now whilst the king’s mind was thus engaged, the angels fell to work to demonstrate
\ntheir presence and power, in some unusual way; and, accordingly, they cut loose the
\ntapestry about the walls, and let it fall to the floor, and with great explosion. The queen
\nand her daughters rose up and fled.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. The king was angered, and thrust his sword at Zarathustra; but, lo, it broke into a
\nhundred pieces, and yet no part touched Zarathustra. I’hua’Mazda said: Save thou
\nrepent of thy evil ways, I will withdraw my holy angels from this house, and thou
\nshalt bear witness that ere the morning sun appears, this palace shall not be left standing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. But the king was hardened. So, when I’hua’Mazda perceived there was no repentance
\nin the king, he withdrew the Lord and his ashars, abandoning the palace to evil spirits,
\nbut he sent guardian spirits to inspire the queen and her daughters to flee from the
\nhouse that night, and they so fled. And the spirits of darkness went to the king’s
\nenemies and inspired them to go against the palace; and they so went, and destroyed it.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. The next day, Zarathustra went about in the city, which was in great tumult, and
\nI’hua’Mazda spake through him to the people. And in one day he received more than a
\nthousand followers; and when the king saw this, he decreed Zarathustra to death, offering
\na reward to whoever would slay him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

32. The next day he preached again before the people, and received great addition to his
\nfollowers; and then the king ordered his soldiers, of whom there were ten thousand, to fall
\nupon Zarathustra and his people, and destroy them. But I’hua’Mazda had prophesied this
\nto his adherents beforehand, and had advised them to flee. And many escaped before
\nmorning; but there were also many who were still within the walls when the soldiers
\ncame upon them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

33. I’hua’Mazda stretched his hand upward, saying: Fire of Thy fire, O Father! Give
\nme here a wall of fire! And there rose up a wall of fire betwixt them and the soldiers;
\nand the latter, seeing this, turned and fled, crying out: Shri! shri! –signifying spirit.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. Thus Zarathustra led them out of the city, and not one man or woman or child was
\ninjured. But it came to pass that the deeds done through Zarathustra were greatly<\/span>
\nexaggerated in relating them, so that people who had not yet seen him believed the world
\nwas about to come to an end.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. Thus the king lost all discipline over the city; and the people lived without law or
\norder; robbing one another, or destroying whatever stood before them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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