Chapter 17
Es said: The Voice spoke out of the light over the throne of God, saying:
Because I admonished both earth and heaven, saying: Whoever sets up more than the I AM, shall be bound: And whoever listens to them, and runs after them, shall be bound to them; || and they did not obey My commandments, but made Gods other than Me worshipful, so now they shall reap the harvest they have sown.
Because they drew the sword to establish themselves, they were bound by the sword.
Because they took upon themselves heavenly kingdoms, I bound them to their kingdoms.
Because they professed salvation in the names of false Gods, I let them run their course; and, lo and behold, they have shown no salvation in heaven or earth.
They have built up kingdom against kingdom, standing army against standing army. Truly, they have brought judgment upon themselves.
Hear the words of Jehovih, O false Gods and Goddesses, you who set up heavenly kingdoms against Me.
You who slew hundreds of millions of mortals, in order to make names other than Mine worshipful on earth and in its lower heavens.
You, who cried out falsely: Behold me; I am the light and the life; through me is the way of salvation.
You, who have used your names to lead mortals and angels away from the Creator; saying of yourselves: Behold me, I am the Lord; I am God; my heavenly place is the all highest. ||
Behold, I had spoken in the ancient times; I had said:
Whoever aspires to be a king of the earth, or queen, or emperor, or ruler over a nation or people, and I give him his desire, he shall be bound with the people of his administration. Neither shall he rise to My emancipated heavens, till he has carried up with him, every soul over whom he had dominion. But he shall be bound to that people in the first and second resurrection, until even the lowest of them are raised in wisdom, virtue and good works, sufficient for the grade of Brides and Bridegrooms to My etherean realms.
And if a king stretches forth his arm to subdue and annex other countries to his own, allow him to do so, for he is magnifying his bondage for the resurrection of the low.
And you shall apply these rules to all earthly rulers, whether they are kings, queens, emperors, presidents, governors, legislators, judges, popes, priests, preachers, or whoever presumes to rule over, lead, or exact servitude from others. And the term of the bondage to them in the lower heavens shall be in proportion to the magnitude of their dominions.
But, to whomever attains dominion by the sword, or extends dominion by the sword, and by blood and death, his bondage shall be a hundred-fold.
And whoever maintains his dominion by standing armies, you shall compute their number; and to him and his high officers, the bondage in the lowest heaven shall be equal to ten times the number of their soldiers, and ten times the number of years of the servitude of the multitude of his armies.
For, whoever takes from My people for his own glory or dominion, shall render to Me the just value.
Whoever engages in war, or leads in war, or is a captain, or a general, and causes the death of any whom I created alive, he shall not rise to inherit My emancipated heavens as long as there remains war upon the earth. But he shall toil in the lowest heavens of the earth to educate and raise up its drujas, which shall be his labor.
And whoever has great riches, and many servants, his resurrection shall be no faster than the resurrection of those who serve him.
And whoever has great riches and yet no servants, but lives for himself, you shall apportion his place in the first resurrection even according to the good he might have done, had he obeyed My commandments; and he shall do in heaven, what he neglected to do on earth. And he shall not rise to My emancipated heavens, until he has appropriated according to that which I gave him into his keeping. ||
God said: The words that come out of man’s mouth, even though they profess prayers and repentance, are of little help before Jehovih. But the words that come out of good works done to others, to raise them up, are like the sound of a trumpet that reaches beyond the stars.
For in all ages of the world, there have been deceivers and hypocrites, with temples and churches to worship in, professing to serve the Creator, but, in fact, serving an idol.
And their priests and preachers speak good doctrines, but they do not practice them, except a little, as a blind to lead the multitude astray.
And they live in fine houses, and fare sumptuously every day; and are skilled in oratory and in doctrinal precepts; but they will not go and serve the poor, teaching them how to live. Again the Voice spoke, saying:
My judgments are upon those who profess Me, dealing out their pittance to the poor, while they themselves live above want. When such men die and enter the first resurrection, they shall be handed over to those who are in darkness, and their bondage shall be a hundred-fold. For they preached words of righteousness with the mouth, but in their behavior, they laid their foundation for the kingdom of hypocrisy. Truly, I give to them the harvest that comes of their own sowing.
These, then, have been My doctrines for thousands of years, and known to you before you deserted My kingdoms.
If such, then, are My judgments upon mortals who serve false Gods, how much greater, then, must be the penalty upon the false Gods who set themselves up to establish these iniquities?
Hear, then, the judgment of Jehovih: Whoever has established the name of any God but the Creator, and made it worshipful on earth or in heaven, shall be bound in the first resurrection till that name is no longer worshipful on earth or in heaven.
And whatever God or Goddess has said: Come to me, you who are heavily laden, and I will give you rest, for I am the way of salvation, light and everlasting life, then, that God or Goddess shall be bound in the first resurrection as long as mortals or angels go to him or her.
Behold, as such a God called, and they answered to him, so do I give to both, the God who calls, and the subject who runs to him. (For I give liberty even to My enemies.)
But when a subject goes to a God, and says: Behold, you have said: Where I go, I will call all men to me, and I believed in you || then that God shall not put him away.
While Osiris was worshipped, I gave to Osiris (the false).
While Ashtaroth was worshipped, I gave to her.
While Baal was worshipped, I gave to Baal.
But, when any of these Gods were no longer worshipped, behold, I gave them no more subjects.
As long as Brahma is worshipped, I will give to him, who is before Me.
As long as Buddha is worshipped, I will give to him, who is before Me.
As long as Kriste is worshipped, I will give to him, who is before Me.
As long as Mohammedans are upheld on the earth, I will give to him, who built up Mohammed.
And when all of you have purified and raised up all those who idolize you, that is when I will raise you up to higher heavens also. ||
Es said: And now, when the Voice ceased, and all was still, the false Gods and Goddesses raised up their heads, and they spoke with one voice, saying:
You are just, O Jehovih. To You I now covenant that I will serve You forever. Neither will I aspire to rise to higher heavens till I have raised up all whom I have led astray.
Make me strong, O Jehovih, in this my everlasting covenant!
Teach me, O Father, the labor I should do, so that You shall be glorified forever!
Thus ended the judgment. God’s marshals removed them to the places allotted for them, and they went to work.