{"id":960,"date":"2020-01-29T10:17:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=960"},"modified":"2020-01-29T13:05:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:05:16","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-january-29th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/01\/29\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-january-29th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, January 29th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weekday Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Aph, Son of Jehovih, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 7<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jehovih spake in the firmament, saying: Bring the newborn into the forests of Uk’loo
\nand the ji’ay’an roads to the arc of Noe, in the etherean heaven of Hautuon; and when thou
\nhast founded them on a world of their own, leave thou Gods and Goddesses with them to
\nsort them and provide according to their necessities, for all things shall be provided unto
\nthem that they may attain to knowledge and individuality.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And when thou hast placed them, hasten thou with My Son, Neph, back to the earth,
\nwhere I have labor with the ships of the I’hins. And they were thus delivered.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. So I departed as soon as possible, taking leave of Fiatisi, thanking her for her assistance
\nin this great deliverance; and I took with me Neph, Son of Jehovih, and other
\nthirty thousand Gods and Goddesses, besides ten million ethereans who had had
\nthousands of years’ experience in heaven and on various corporeal worlds; and
\nwe came back to the earth, even to the ocean where the land had gone down.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And when I came to the ships in which the I’hins were escaped, finding the Gods who
\nhad them in charge, even as I had previously commanded, Thy voice, O Jehovih, came to
\nme, saying: Bend thou the currents of the winds of heaven, O My Son; and shape the
\nships that they shall fall into groups; and thou shalt divide the groups, making four groups
\nin all. And thou shalt drive the groups of ships before the winds of heaven, and bring
\nthem into the four different lands of the earth, according to its previous history and
\nadaptation.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. For in all countries shall My chosen begin the laying down of the foundation of My
\neverlasting kingdom, and they shall never more be destroyed by the people of darkness,
\nneither of earth or heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. So I divided my hosts according to the labor Thy commandments put upon me, making
\nfour divisions of them. And I said unto Neph: Direct them, O God, to such countries as
\nJehovih hath shown thee, for thou knowest all the earth; for, remember, thou art still God
\nof earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. I said: By Thy light, Jehovih, I desire two ships to go to the north land, which was not
\nsunken, for they shall be a testimony in time to come. Let Thy Gods, therefore, shift the
\nwinds and drive two ships aside from the rest, and in that same time my messengers will
\ngo and lead the way to the north land, whither Thy Gods shall shape the winds of heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Now, those in charge of the wind currents divided the ships and drove two of them off
\nto the north land. And the Gods and angels turned the currents about and drove the four
\ngroups of ships in four different ways, according to the directions of God, Son of Jehovih;
\nand the messengers of God led the way, showing the Gods and angels of the wind, the
\ncountries designated by Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. So it came to pass that in one hundred and fifty days’ time all the ships of the Faithists
\nwere in the ports, and the people went ashore, in the different countries whither they had
\nbeen taken. Again Thy voice, O Jehovih, came to me, saying: Behold, My people are few
\nin the world, and lest they take the ships and sail about, and so get divided and lost, thou
\nshalt send thy hosts down to the sea at night to sink the ships.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. When I told God (Neph) what Thou hadst said, God said unto me: My angels shall
\ninspire the I’hins to take all things out of the ships, and this night shall thy hosts fulfill the
\ncommandment of Jehovih. And so it came to pass; the I’hins took all their goods out of<\/span>
\nthe ships, not knowing they were inspired; and in the night I sent angels down, and they
\nsank the ships.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. And in the morning the I’hins beheld their ships had disappeared, and they said with
\none voice: Of a truth, I know I was inspired, for I would not rest till all the goods were
\ntaken out of the ships. Let us, therefore, build an altar unto the Lord, and sing and dance,
\nbecause he is with us. And when God (Neph) saw that their souls were propitious for
\ngood works and miracles, he stationed his ashars (guardian angels) around about the
\naltars, and sent other ashars into the country, and they gathered fruit which was growing
\nwild, and brought it to the I’hins, casting it on the altars of the Lord, even whilst the
\npeople danced.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Thus did I fulfill the work Thou commandedst of me, O Jehovih, whereupon I
\nsurrendered my commission to Thy Son, Neph, God of heaven and earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Neph, God of earth, said: Behold, O Aph, Son of Jehovih, by the power and
\nmagnificence of thy work am I bewildered in thy presence. Who can come so near the
\nAlmighty? Who but Jehovih hath attained beyond the power of thy soul? Who hath
\nwisdom like unto thee, save the Great Creator? Thou hast stretched a line beyond the
\nmoon, and by thy spoken word crushed in the side of the great earth, as if it were nothing.
\nThou hast said: Arise! and a world moved at thy command! Yea, thou hast the love and
\nesteem of millions of Gods and Goddesses.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. And thou camest against the winds of the earth, saying: Turn ye hither or turn ye
\nthither, and lo, the winds moved before thy words as an obedient child to its father’s
\nvoice. Thou callest down the fire of heaven; it cometh at thy bidding; and thou sayst: O
\nJehovih, put thy hand under the heavens of the earth, and straightway a light and floor
\nwide as the earth fly into the place of thy desire.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Now, behold thou hast said: O Jehovih, I surrender my commission; I have finished
\nthat which Thou commandest me to do. Wherefore, O Aph, my soul hath great sorrow.
\nBut because thou hast labored a hundred days and cleaned up the whole earth and
\nher heavens, as one might sweep the floor of a house, I am bowed down in gratitude.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Then Aph, Son of Jehovih, said: O Jehovih, what have I done that Thy Son’s love hath
\ncome to me? So far as I have become one with Thee, O Thou Everlasting Creator, so
\nThou showest me plainer and plainer that I am nothing. And yet Thy Son heapest praise
\nupon me, seeing I am but as a figure moved by Thy hand. Shall a man lose sight of the
\nAlmighty!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Nevertheless, O Jehovih, who so weak in love as I, Thy servant? Because Thou hast
\nquickened me in wisdom and power, so hast Thou made my love as a place that can never
\nbe supplied to the fill. How shall I find strength to leave this, Thy Son, on the far-off
\nearth? Will I not glory in his love and great esteem; and yet know I not that I will repine
\nbecause I have him not with me?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Hear me, O Jehovih, for I will measure Thy Son with swiftness. Scarce forty thousand
\nyears raised up to etherea, and yet Thou madest him God of heaven and earth. For three
\nthousand years struggled he in the battle against evil and darkness; and the broad heavens
\nin the etherean world looked on in sympathy and love and hope, because of his tenacity<\/span>
\nand wisdom and power.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. It was as one man fighting against a house on fire, and the place filled with helpless
\nbabes. And yet Thy God ceased not, nor once rested and said: It is useless; but forever
\nrenewed the battle in new ways and stratagems. As a light showeth better in the dark, so
\ndid Thy Son Neph, O Jehovih, move the souls of even Gods and Goddesses in Thy
\nexalted heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Then came Thy voice, O Father, saying: Go thou, O Aph, My Son, and deliver the
\nearth. And, behold, the congregating of Gods and Goddesses! So eager to fly to the
\nassistance of Thy honored Son!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. And God (Neph) said: One favor, O Aph, Son of Jehovih, I ask of thee; which is
\nthat thou shalt tarry three days and honor the throne of God. For I will have it
\nfounded and ready; and my Lords shall have the honor of speaking to thee face to face.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Aph, Son of Jehovih, said: By Thy permission, O Jehovih, I will tarry three days and
\nthree nights with Thy Son, God of heaven and earth, and I will honor his throne and speak
\nface to face with his Lords, that I may win their love.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. In three days’ time the kingdom of God was founded, and situated in atmospherea,
\nnear and over the land of Jaffeth (Chine’ya), but the plateaux extended with two wings, so
\nas to embrace Shem and Ham (India and Egypt); and thither went the Gods, with their
\nLords and attendants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Now, there were with God (Neph) two million spirits (earth-born) in the second
\nresurrection, who had volunteered to serve another two hundred years for the founding of
\nthe new kingdom of heaven, and they were well learned in official capacity, knowing how
\nto found plateaux, with factories, mansions, hospitals, nurseries, and all such places as are
\nrequired in heaven for the newborn, so that God only had to say: Do ye thus, or so; and it
\nwas done, and without error.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. And now, from the hosts of Aph, Son of Jehovih, there came before God half a
\nmillion etherean volunteers who desired to remain two hundred years with God and his
\nhosts.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. God said to them: Behold, the earth hath passed Tryista, and it is no longer lawful
\nfor any but earth-born to hold the places of sub-Gods and sub-Lords and marshals;
\nand since ye are from different stars raised, and from different etherean circuits,
\nwhat shall I do that ye may be honored, and also profitable to yourselves in development?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Gaitivaya, chief spokesman for them, said: We desire to be laborers only. For what is
\ntwo hundred years to us? We pray thee, appoint us not to the I’hins, for they are already
\nadvanced, but appoint us to the natives in the divisions of the earth, especially to those
\nwho speak but little, and who burrow in the ground. Neither do we desire a place in thy
\nheaven, but we will abide with mortals, and in the first resurrection of those who are born
\nin darkness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. God said: Thou shalt remain, and thy people with thee. For since thou hast
\nvolunteered to leave thy high estate and come and dwell for one dan on the lowest of all
\nplaces, laboring for the blind and dumb, thou shalt be recompensed with the love of
\nmillions in time to come.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Then God departed, and Aph, Son of Jehovih, went with him, and they came into the
\nmidst of the kingdom of God, whereat they halted, and God said: Here will I build my
\nthrone; and inasmuch as Sethantes, in the olden time, called his place Hored, so will I call<\/span>
\nmy place Hored also, and on the earth it shall be called the Mountain of God, for it shall
\nbe my home.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. So God stretched forth his hand to Jehovih, saying: Throne of Thy throne, O Father!
\nAnd there came down from the heavens above a great light, and it settled around about
\nin the midst of the place of God and Aph, Jehovih’s Son; and presently the light gathered
\nup of the atmospherean substance and made it shining and condensed, whereupon
\nthe attendants who do such matters brought and laid the throne of God, and thereafter
\nfenced it around with pillars of fire, after the manner of Hored of the ancient days.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. And God ascended and sat on the throne, and Aph also sat on the right hand of God,
\nand the four Lords of the earth on the left hand; but the fifth Lord, Eolait, stood down at
\nthe foot. And he said: Behold, the division of the earth that was mine is sunk beneath the
\nsea; how, then, shall I sit on the throne of God?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. God said: Since thy labor hath been taken from thee, thou art as a parable on the
\nnewly dead; who have lost the earth, but have no place in heaven. Since the es’yan
\nserveth a time through the proxy of others, so shalt thou in that which I will bestow
\nupon thee. Know, then, thou shalt sit on my right hand, for thou shalt be my assistant
\nand Vice-God during the time of my sojourn; and, after that, whatsoever thou wilt.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Eolait said: Thou hast honored me, O God! Jehovih’s will be done! So God rose up,
\nraising his hand, and said: O Thou All Light, crown Thou Thy Son Vice-God of Hored,
\nfor Thine Own Glory, forever!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. And as the light of etherea descended into God’s right hand, he shaped it into a crown
\nand placed it on Eolait’s head, with the usual ceremony of such rank in heaven. And
\nEolait came and sat on the right hand of God. And in that same time, Aph, Son of
\nJehovih, rose up, whereupon God and the Lords, and all people whatsoever, sat down, for
\nthe place was as if Jehovih had appeared in person. Aph said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. As a father is made to comprehend his own early life by looking on his infant son, so
\nhast Thou, O Jehovih, forever raised up before my eyes the images of times and
\nconditions long past. In these, Thy Lords, Thou hast called me back to the time and place
\nwhen first Thou and Thy Son crowned me a Lord and a Vice-God over one of the
\ndivisions of my native star.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. And my soul rose up to Thee in fear and prayer; for I understood how unmindful men
\nand angels are of the labor of Gods and Lords, and prone to rate themselves as Chiefs of
\nall created things. But Thy Voice, O Jehovih, came to me, saying: Complain not, My Son,
\nagainst the self-conceit of men and angels, nor of their criticisms of My Gods and Lords;
\nfor to such boasters do I provide trials, which they perceive not till they are encompassed
\ntherewith. Suffer them, therefore, within thy dominions to grow in their own glory, for I
\nhave sufficient labor for them, either on earth or in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. And I perceived Thy wisdom, and I applied it through my angels; and when my
\npeople rose to the first resurrection, and the second resurrection, behold, I knew where to
\nplace them that they might prove themselves all in all. And Thy light came upon me in
\nmy place, saying: As thou hast profited in the first lesson, so shalt thou comprehend the
\nsecond, and even up to the etherean heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Nevertheless, O Father, Thou sufferedest all things to harass me and perplex my soul;
\nand I was filled with fear and reverence because of the great responsibility Thou
\ngavest unto my keeping. So great were my tribulations and trials that I called out to<\/span>
\nThee in Thy holy place to remember all other Gods and Lords in Thy whole universe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. And Thou saidst: Hear the words of Thy Creator, thou, My God, My Son: For I
\ncreated man to enter heaven as helpless as he entered earth life, and dependent on those
\nabove him, that he might comprehend the unity between high and low, strong and weak,
\nlight and darkness; and I placed him in My mills, wherein he should learn that, even as
\nothers grind for him, so should he grind for those beneath him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. For of what profit under the sun is it for My Lords to come down from their liberty
\nand glory in My etherean firmament and become Lords over the grovellers in the flesh, or
\nover the es’yans in darkness? Shall selfishness reign in heaven, and every one for himself?
\nHave I not proved it on the earth that the love of doing good works unto others is all that
\ninsures a rich harvest of love in return.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Because they stoop from their high estate in order to promote My children which I
\ncreated alive, are they not becoming the more one with Me? Even so is all exaltation in
\nheaven; for as I stoop down to the dumb earth and water, and quicken them, making man,
\nso have I stooped lower than can anything of all My universe. And they that do after My
\nexample, raising them up to make them have joy in life, are on the road to attain to all
\npower and wisdom and love.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Aph, Son of Jehovih, said: I perceived Thy wisdom, O Father; and Thy power and
\nwisdom came upon me tenfold. Then I sought forever after to go to the lowest and darkest
\nplaces; but, lo, when I had grown in Thy judgment, Thou spakest again to me, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. O Aph, My Son, because thou hast found the key to unlock the doors to the highest
\nheavens, behold, thou art too mighty for small labor. Come, therefore, with Thy Creator,
\nfor I have a whole etherean world at thy command, and thy wisdom and power are
\nrequired at My hand.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

32. And I obeyed Thy call, O Jehovih. And then again, after a season, Thou calledest me
\nagain, and again, and madest my labors to extend into many etherean worlds. But I loved
\nto look back and glorify Thee for my first Lord-dom, and to treasure up the millions of
\nloves I found in those days. And again, O Father, hast Thou blessed me to meet many
\nmillions of them in this pruning of the red star, the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

33. Now Thou hast called me to speak on the throne of Thy God of earth. Alas, thy God
\nhas said: O Aph, Son of Jehovih, come thou and honor my throne! Whereas, O Jehovih, I
\nam the most honored of men and Gods because I have again opened my mouth
\nbefore Thee and in Thy name. All glory be to Thee, O Jehovih, now and forever!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. Then Aph, Son of Jehovih, sat down, and God signaled to the marshals, who
\nproclaimed freedom for two whole days. Thereupon the Gods and Goddesses of Aph’s
\nstaff filed past the throne, and after them came the hosts of God, and then the hosts of the
\nLords, for they all desired to pass near and look upon Aph, and receive the signal of his
\nblessing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. And presently thereafter all the people joined in with the es’enaurs and sang a song of
\nglory unto Jehovih, the All Highest. And when it was finished, the multitude turned to
\nrecreation and social intercourse.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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