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  1. Jul 2019
    1. If you can reverently obey, Heaven will favour and compassionate you. If you cannot reverently obey, you will not only not have your lands, but I will also carry to the utmost Heaven’s inflictions on your persona.

      The king says if you obey me God will reward you but if you disobey I will be "forced" to punish you.

    2. Then Heaven no longer regarded nor heard him, but disallowed his great appointment, and inflicted extreme punishment

      The "mandate of heaven" is basically a way of justifying ones actions by manipulating the Bible.