Chapter 52
The Lord said: Hear, O you of earth, and you of its heavens; hear of the labor of God, Son of Jehovih. ||
For what was given to me by Jehovih, to be in my keeping for the resurrection of men and angels, had gone away from me.
My kingdoms in heaven were scattered and broken up.
I, the God of the heavens of the earth, sent my appeal to the four false Gods, saying:
In the name of Jehovih, greeting to you. Behold what you have done, and also what has come to pass!
Where you have copied after my ways, you have gained dominion; but of what profit to mortals or angels?
Because you knew that Jehovih’s God appointed ashars to mortals, you have also appointed ashars to them, though not for their resurrection, but to raise up mortals with faith in yourselves.
In this way, you have built on the earth for the glory of your own kingdoms; for your ashars teach mortals not of eternal resurrection, but of attaining to your heavens only.
When and where I send angels to inspire mortals to obtain education and knowledge, you send contravening angels, and they incite mortals to destroy their own libraries and places of learning.
You persuade mortals that the only good and necessary knowledge is contained in your sacred books; for you desire to prevent mortals from knowing there are other heavens than your own, and other Gods than yourselves.
When I have gathered together wandering spirits and chaotic spirits, and provided ways for their resurrection, you have sent angel emissaries to thwart my labors.
You have provided wicked heavenly pastimes, and disgusting tournaments, within your heavenly places, in order to win subjects for your dominions.
You provide excursions from your heavenly places down to mortals, for your angels to witness battles between mortal warriors, so that these angels may satiate their own evil curiosity.
By doing this you degrade your own angel subjects, by causing them to rejoice in the havoc of mortal flesh and flowing blood.
You thus call away from my heavenly schools and colleges, angels who had begun resurrection, flattering yourselves that you are thus augmenting your heavenly kingdoms by additional subjects.
On mortal battlefields, where there are hosts of chaotic angels, the spirits of the slain, I send my angels with heavenly ships to gather them up and restore them. But your emissaries come and destroy my ships for wickedness’ sake, calling it glorious sport.
Of these great evils you have been notified time and time again, but you do not put forth your hands to remedy the wickedness.
You sell indulgences to your angels to engage in wicked practices; and you allow your ashars to inspire mortal priests to sell indulgences to their followers in the same way.
Thus you compound sin.
More, you profess to confess the sins of your angels in your heavens, exacting servitude from them as the purchase price for your excusing them.
And your ashars inspire mortal priests to do the same things for their mortal followers, for stipulated prices in money.
Thus your ashars prepare mortals to become slaves in your heavenly kingdoms, that they build for your own personal glory.
For you take advantage of the infant mind, to bend it away from Jehovih, and away from eternal progress, so that you may inherit it as your dutiful subject.