Chapter 97: (SOM) The Ten Commandments [5-6]

5️⃣ Honor thy father (Force) and thy Mother (Wisdom). 6️⃣ Thou shalt not kill.

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God is not force alone; for wisdom 🧠 is his counterpart.
When cherubim instructed man in wisdom’s ways they said that wisdom is the Mother of the race, and force is the Father of the race.
The man who honors the almighty omniscient God is blessed, and in the tables of the law we read:
“Pay homage to your Father and Mother of the race, that your days may be prolonged upon the land that they have given you.
The letter of law commands; “You shall not kill”; and he who kills must stand before the judgement seat.
A person may desire to kill, yet if he does not kill he is not judged by law.
The spirit of the law avers that he who shall desire to kill, or seek revenge, is angry with a man without sufficient cause, must answer to the judge;
And he who calls 🗣️ his brother soulless vagabond shall answer to the council of the just;
And he who calls 🗣️ his brother a degenerate, a dog, fans into the burning fires of hell within himself.
Now, in the higher law we read that if your brother is aggrieved by something you have done, before you offer unto God your gifts, go forth and find your brother and be reconciled to him.
It is not well to let the sun go down 🌇 upon your wrath.
If he will not be reconciled when you have laid aside all selfish pleas, have waived all selfish rights, you will be guiltless in the sight of God; then go and offer unto God your gifts.
If you owe aught to any man and cannot pay; or if a man shall claim a greater sum than is his due it is not well that you dispute his claims.
Resistance is the sire of anger; there is no mercy and no reason in a wrathful man.
I tell you it is better far to suffer loss than go to law, or call upon the courts of men to judge of right and wrong.
The law of carnal man would say, Eye for and eye and tooth for tooth; resist encroachment on your rights.
But this is not the law of God. The Holy Breath would say: Resist not him who would deprive you of your goods.
He who would take your coat by force is still a brother man and you should gain his heart, which by resistance cannot be done;