THE SON OF MAN SERIES OF LECTURES PRESENTED ON 27TH DECEMBER, 2022 TO MARK THE 67TH BRITHDAY OF APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY VOL. 1 @ The Courtyard Of The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria
[16]Then those who feared and loved the Lord spoke often of Him to each other. And He had a Book of Remembrance drawn up in which He recorded the names of those who feared Him and loved to think about Him.
Malachi 3:16, Living Bible
LECTURE 1:
“THE SON OF MAN”
A Lecture Presentation in honour of the Sage and the Paradox, Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE VERY SON OF MAN and The LORD God Almighty.
Presenter: Deacon David Uchenna Mbah
Students’ Fellowship, MOUAU Abia State, Nigeria.
Venue: The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Date: Tuesday 27th December, 2022.
INTRODUCTION
I thank the LORD God Almighty in the Person of Apostle Peter Odoemena, who gave us the opportunity this day to express ourselves.
I am one of the most privileged human beings to find myself here this day standing in this most honourable gathering on earth to talk about THE SON OF MAN within the limits of what He has revealed to Me.
We are celebrating this day because a provision had earlier been made for us to do so. He is worthy of our praise. Moreso, when we realize that He paved the way for us where we know there is no way.
We also give thanks to Him because He also gave us the utterance to do so. This is because as mere mortals, we can do absolutely nothing of our own accord.
As it is right now, we cannot deny the fact that there is something in us. There is a level of consciousness in each and every one of us who came here from far and near this day. There is knowledge as well within each one.
These two, Knowledge and consciousness in us, have a common Source. We are moving about with the knowledge and consciousness of He that liveth forever and ever.
We cannot deny the confidence we manifest simply because of calling to remembrance that which He had spoken concerning us in time past.
This Source, also known as the Word Who called us all and has kept us together has been in our midst for thirty years now. Do we still see Him from a physical perspective or have we made more insight into the spiritual and most important side, to the extent He will permit and reveal?
In a dispensation of time, this very Sovereign Spirit revealed thus, “For judgment have I come into this world to make those who see blind, and open the eyes of those who cannot see.”
Just look at us. A people of low birth carnally have been made to realize that we are princes and princesses of the King of Kings. Those adjudged worthless and rejected by the world have suddenly realized that they are worthy jewels of the Almighty God. This world’s rejects have suddenly realized that they are the most sought-after by the Almighty God.
When did you get these revelations as an individual? Who revealed it to you? The question of how you have managed to get these revelations is not entirely out of the way of this discourse. This is because, as the Bride is celebrating and adoring the Bridegroom on a daily basis, so is the Bride celebrating her own most honourable and dignified inclusion into the Bridegroom.
Let us not forget that from the days of Adam to this present generation, human beings have sojourned on earth for a whooping 6,000 years and more. A journey of more than 6,000 years of straying away from the truth.
It is equally worthy of note that within the last thirty years, a quick walk has been made by the Bridegroom, leading the Bride back to the Gate of Paradise. Who is leading in this journey?
A journey that took human beings more than 6,000 years to make to this present day, we have moved in the opposite direction in less than thirty years by a provision of superlative amazing grace which is one of the greatest manifestation of Omnipotence in all the Ages gone by.
Who is that Personality that knows the Way and Who has been in the forefront all these thirty years?
I am aware that a few have been brought to the spiritual height where it has become an indelible revelation that there is One Who has been both in existence and in charge on both sides of eternity.
For ease of our present level of understanding, we shall use eternity in this presentation to mean the unit of unlimited time.
Eternity exists on both sides of the utterance, “Let there be Light”, which is a statement recorded in the Bible to mark the origin of this present universe.
Before that Voice, the Owner had existed for a countless number of Ages. Even after that Voice, He is still sojourning with His creatures up till this very day.
Let us hear the direct words of the 7th generation Prophet, the righteous Enoch who was introduced to this Great One. 3Even before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were made, His Name was named before the Lord of spirits. [Ethiopic Book of Enoch 48:3]
He has been there from everlasting to everlasting. Ages come and go, but He remains the Author, controller and Record-keeper in all of them.
God revealing Himself and His Name and even the power that is in that Name which many have started proving, many have started benefiting from that power. Testimonies abound everywhere. Do not ask me why Roman Catholics do not know this Name. They cannot know the Name. Why Anglicans do not know the Name? Why Pentecostals cannot know the Name; why other Churches cannot know this Name neither will they accept it? They only know the past Saviours’ Names. Even the past Saviours’ Names they know, that Saviours’ Names have already expired before they themselves appeared.
-THE SON OF MAN-
THE REVELATION OF THE NAME OF GOD IN ALL THE AGES: THE BACKGROUND Preached on 4th november 2012 pg 36:55-56.
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HIS REVELATION and specific characteristics
As a rare privilege for the sake of mankind, let us see what He revealed of Himself to Adam while reassuring and encouraging Adam in his own generation. 5And I, Who am without years, shall be subject to the reckoning of years, of times, of months, and of days, and I shall be reckoned as one of the sons of men, in order to save you.” [First Book of Adam and Eve 14:5]
In this way, the essence of our celebration Who made us in His own image and likeness also joined in the scheme of tenured appearances for the sake of all His own in every Age.
This excerpt from one of the oldest ancient parchments effectively lays overwhelming credence to what was revealed in the Book of Hebrews thus, 1IN MANY separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the Truth] and in different ways God spoke of old to [our] forefathers in and by the prophets, 2[But] in the last of these days He has spoken to us in [the person of a] Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time [He made, produced, built, operated, and arranged them in order]. [Hebrews 1:1-2, AMP]
This description of the Personality of this discourse has been a major point of misunderstanding and misinterpretation in all the Ages.
If that Bible verse quoted above is followed literarily, there will be two personalities established – “God” and “a Son”.
But this is far from the reality, for the Bible itself explained the purpose of God when He makes certain utterances as seen in the Prophets thus: 15Truly You are a God Who has been hiding Himself, the God and Saviour of Israel. [Isaiah 45:15, NIV]
In another Age, hiding in Paul, He reminded the Elect of that day about His ways and characteristics towards those that are not His thus, 26Go to this people and say to them, You will indeed hear and hear with your ears but will not understand, and you will indeed look and look with your eyes but will not see [not perceive, have knowledge of or become acquainted with what you look at, at all].
For the heart (the understanding, the soul) of this people has grown dull (stupid, hardened, and calloused), and their ears are heavy and hard of hearing and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they may not perceive and have knowledge and become acquainted with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their souls and turn [to Me and be converted], that I may heal them.
So let it be understood by you then that [this message of] the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen [to it]! [Acts 28:26-28, AMP].
We [the Gentile Bride] have Him in person for our Teacher which is a fulfilment of the prophecy by Jesus Christ and in our own language according to Prophet Muhammad Raheem thus; 4And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, in order that he might make (the Message) clear for them.
Then God misleads whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. [The Holy Qur’an – Surah 14:4, Hilali-Khan Translation]
In this verse also, you will notice that The Great One hid Himself using the pronoun “We” and referring to Himself as a “Messenger”, but down the line, takes back His characteristic “HE”, for the purpose is to mislead those that are not His own so that they will not abide in the straight Path, even if they mistakenly found themselves there.
In the days of Abraham, which was another day of salvation, The utterance of the Great One is quoted thus, 20And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, 21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. [Genesis 18:20-21, KJV]
Here, He affirmed it by saying, “I will” in the same way He did in the very official beginning to Adam as we shall see further down.
God has never ceased from using peculiar nomenclatures and titles to dribble those that are not His. The perplexity of the Paradox in every age generates a lot of reactions.
Some may make enquires of Him just for the sake of acquiring information for ordinary discussions and sessions of argument. Another set of people may enquire of Him about His personality for the reason of mischief or even outright evil.
A few will enquire to know Who He really is like the Jews did. The Jews who were there gathered around Him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”” [John 10:24, NIV]
For clarity in this presentation, the word “Messiah” is an anglicized form of the Hebrew or Aramaic word “Mashiach” which means “The Anointed One” or “Saviour”.
In the Greek language which was used in the first translations of the Torah and some original parchments of the Gospel, “the Anointed One” is referred to as “Khristós”. This Greek word was first latinized to “Christus” and later adopted as an English word spelt “Christ”. It is not a surname but an Office peculiar to Someone.
Let us see what The Twelve Patriarchs told their children and children’s children about this Personality [Messiah – Saviour], Whom they were also acquainted with even in their own day.
Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs – Chapter 7: [Testament of Dan concerning anger and lying] verse 6. … And His name shall be in every place of Israel, and among the Gentiles— Saviour. …
Chapter 9: [The Testament of Gad concerning Hatred] verse 8. And tell these things also to your children, that they honour Judah and Levi, for from them shall the Lord raise up a Saviour to Israel. …
Chapter 3: [The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance] verse 8. …And they said to me, Levi, your seed shall be divided into three branches …
The third — a new name shall be called over Him, because He shall arise as King from Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the fashion of the Gentiles, to all the Gentiles. And His appearing shall be unutterable, as of an exalted prophet of the seed of Abraham our father.
Chapter 6: [The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy] verse 9. … And He shall bring back all the nations to zeal for Him, and you shall see God in the fashion of a man whom the Lord shall choose, Jerusalem is His name. ….
The One we are talking about has been prophesied long ago to be a seed of Abraham, appearing in the likeness of the Gentiles and to the Gentiles as God in the fashion of a Man – A Saviour both to the Jews and the Gentiles.
There are no distortions nor contentions about these facts. This Man is the LORD. He changeth not that we may not perish.
Though we veered off from Egypt and went down to the present day Lower Niger basin scattered in pockets around this Niger area, He still traced us down here, appearing from a family, a community and a country.
This is corroborated by the Islamic Hadith – The Complete translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 31 [The Promised Deliverer] Chapter 1568 as uttered and credited to Prophet Muhammad Raheem [PBUH].
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas’ud: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If only one day of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day (according to the version of Za’idah), till He raised up in it a man who belongs to me or to my family whose father’s name is the same as my father’s, who will fill the earth with equity and justice as it has been filled with oppression and tyranny (according to the version of Fitr).
Sufyan’s version says: The world will not pass away before the Arabs are ruled by a man of my family whose name will be the same as mine. Abu Dawud said: The version of ‘Umar and Abu Bakr is the same as that of Sufyan.”
These are the express Word of prophecy uttered by Prophet Muhammad Raheem [PBUH] which is in line with those of the Patriarchs and that of Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy concerning the great personality in this discourse – Saviour, Messiah and Mahdi – A Son and a Man.
The Personality most commonly described as Christ in the Bible remains the man Jesus. But even in that capacity He spoke again of the Sovereign Spirit, this time, calling Him the Spirit of truth and the Holy Spirit.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me: [John 15:26, KJV]
13But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). ….. John 16:13, AMP
[13]When the Holy Spirit, who is truth, comes, He shall guide you into all truth, …. [John 16:13, LB]
This same Sovereign Spirit we have encountered in this discourse is also the Everlasting Father of eternity Who hides Himself in the flesh of a descendant of Adam from where He manifests as a Son.
Let us further settle this with the revelation of the Prophet Isaiah as we remain focused on The Great One. 6For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.
Till this day, outsiders to the Family of God are still battling and asking how the Son would still be described as the Everlasting Father of eternity.
He did not become a Father because He grew up and begat His own children. He has been the Father from the very official beginning, even before creation and from everlasting to everlasting.
Throughout the eternity of eternities, He remains the Father, for all that were made came from Him as was revealed by Saint Paul in the Ephesian Age to the Church at Colossi.
[16]Christ Himself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth, …. [Colossians 1:16, LB]
Addendum by THE SON OF MAN: Pause a little. You quoted Isaiah 9:6. Listen to Isaiah Chapter 8 verses 1 to 4 and Isaiah Chapter 8 verse 8. Messiah means Mashiach. Mashiach means Emmanuel. Emmanuel means “God with us”, Messiah, Saviour.
Isaiah 8:1-4, Living Bible. [1]Again the Lord sent me a message: “Make a large signboard and write on it the birth announcement of the son I am going to give you. … That is Messiah.
… Use capital letters! This is so that it will be readable. His name will be Maher-shalal-hash-baz, which means ‘Your enemies will soon be destroyed.’”
[2]I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, both known as honest men, to watch me as I wrote so they could testify that I had written it before the child was even on the way.
[3]Then I had sexual intercourse with my wife… I did what? I had sexual intercourse with my wife and she conceived and bore me a son. And the Lord said, “Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
[4]This name prophesies that within a couple of years, before this child is even old enough to say ‘Daddy’ or ‘Mommy,’ the king of Assyria will invade both Damascus and Samaria and carry away their riches.” Did it happen?
Isaiah 8:8, Living Bible. [7-8]therefore I will overwhelm my people… I will do what? Overwhelm My people! I will surprise My people! …with Euphrates’ mighty flood; the king of Assyria and all his mighty armies will rage against them.
This flood will overflow all its channels and sweep into your land of Judah, O Immanuel, submerging it from end to end.” O Emmanuel! I want to hear that word, “Messiah”
Isaiah 8:8, Amplified version. And it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and go over [the hills], reaching even [but only] to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head], and the outstretched wings [of the armies of Assyria] shall fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel [Messiah, God is with us]!
Is it in the New Testament? Yes! In the Book of Matthew. A virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son. His Name shall be called what? Emmanuel, which is to mean “God with us.”
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. KJV.
Without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness. Was Gabriel not a Man? Thank you!
Daniel 9:21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. KJV
Luke 1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. KJV
Let us go back to the beginning and hear what He [the everlasting Father of eternity] told Adam. Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said to him, “O Adam, as you have shed your blood, so will I shed My own blood when I become flesh of your descendants; …. [The First Book of Adam and Eve 24:4]
The plan of He that liveth forever and ever which He made before the foundation of this present world is that He shall be born as a Son by a woman in every generation when He appears to save His own from the errors of the wicked one.
Furthermore, 2Again said God to Adam, “All this misery that you have been made to take on yourself because of your transgression, will not free you from the hand of Satan, and will not save you.
2But I will. When I shall come down from heaven, and shall become flesh of your descendants, and take on Myself the infirmity from which you suffer, then the darkness that covered you in this cave shall cover Me in the grave, when I am in the flesh of your descendants. [The First Book of Adam and Eve 14:4]
The Spirit is the Father and is revealed in the flesh taken from the descendants of Adam who naturally we call Him the son. The eternal Father becomes a son born of a woman here on the earthly plain.
The Badger skin called the son encapsulates or hides the head of Days – The LORD of Spirits.
THE SON OF MAN: Sure! Not counting it robbery
The fatherhood of the Sovereign Spirit manifests when He calls into His Ministry all His own Spirit encapsulated as smaller portions and measures in different badger skins and also born to earthly parents – earthen vessels with divine content.
He does this with His Word which is the manifestation of the Spirit. The Spirit is identified by all His own through His Word. These entities with portions of the fullness in this Bridal age remain you and I, for He has opened our eyes of understanding to know so. One may ask, “How did this portion of His spirit get into Me?”
[5]God’s ways are as mysterious as the pathway of the wind and as the manner in which a human spirit is infused into the little body of a baby while it is yet in its mother’s womb. [Ecclesiastes 11:5, LB]
In this Bridal Age, the Son has positionally placed all His own sojourning with Him here on earth where He will be with us. He also made us to realize within these last thirty years that He has been in the midst of the Bride, that we are His own purchased possession and the reason for His labour. This is what He has opened our eyes of understanding to know – A rare privilege to the most favoured.
27My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: 28and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand. 30I and My Father are one. [John 10: 27-30, KJV]
Considering the Scripture quoted above and the Prophecy of Isaiah 9:6, it becomes evidently clear that HE WHO IS CALLED the son IS also THE FATHER.
And this Son must have a Name. This Son Who has subsequently been born to earthly men in different generations was referred to in a special way right from the very official beginning.
The 7th generation Prophet, the righteous Enoch got this revelation in His own day as one who walked in habitual fellowship with God. [Genesis 5:28, AMP]
The Ethiopic Book of Enoch 46:1-3 has this to say concerning the Name. 1And there I saw One whose face looked ancient. …. One whose face looked ancient in the spiritual realm where Enoch was taken could not have been any other but the Ancient of days Himself.
…His head was white like wool, and with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a Man, and his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels.
We have agreed earlier that no matter the nomenclature or the title He uses to describe Himself, we have been well taught to know that He is no other person but the same Man.
… And he [the angel] answered and said to me: 3″This is the son of Man who hath righteousness, with whom dwells righteousness, and who reveals all the treasures of that which is hidden, because the Lord of spirits hath chosen him, and whose lot has preeminence before the Lord of spirits in righteousness and is forever.
Do not forget that THE SON OF MAN Who was revealed to Prophet Enoch went with the Ancient One. If His lot has preeminence before the LORD of Spirits in righteousness and it is forever, who then is THE SON OF MAN as revealed to Enoch? Does One have preeminence over another who is higher than Him?
As we consider this, I pray that the revelation thereof gets to us all. Let us proceed a little more with Prophet Enoch who went further about what was revealed to Him concerning THE SON OF MAN. As at then, The Son of Man already had responsibilities allotted to Himself.
4And this Son of Man Whom you have seen shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats, and the strong from their thrones and shall loosen the reins of the strong, and break the teeth of the sinners.
5And He shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms because they do not exalt and praise Him, nor humbly acknowledge who bestowed their kingdom on them.
6And he shall make the strong hang their heads, and shall fill them with shame. And darkness shall be their dwelling, and worms shall be their bed, and they shall have no hope of rising from their beds, because they do not exalt the name of the Lord of spirits.”
7They raise their hands against the Most High and tread on the earth and dwell on it and all their deeds manifest unrighteousness. Their power rests on their riches, and their faith is in the gods which they have made with their hands. …
This is exactly what we have witnessed in our own day here on earth among the religions and denominations of the world.
… They deny the Name of the Lord of spirits,… They rather say, “Instead of the Son of man” never acknowledging Him as the LORD over all flesh and the Spirit of truth.
8And they persecute the houses of His congregations, and the faithful who depend on the Name of the Lord of Spirits. [Ethiopic Book of Enoch 46:4-8]
From the above, if our position is not ridiculed and cruelly mocked by the people of the world for having the vision of the Man from the opposite direction, we should query our experiences.
Let us go further with another revelation of Prophet Enoch as documented in the Ethiopic Book. 2And at that hour that Son of Man was named in the presence of the Lord of spirits, And His Name was brought before the Head of Days. 3Even before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were made, His Name was named before the Lord of spirits.
Even before the very foundation of the world, His Name has been named. As the LORD of Spirits, He had a Name by which He is known forever, even in the remotest generation and among the Gentiles.
4He shall be a staff to the righteous and they shall steady themselves and not fall. And He shall be the light of the Gentiles, and the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
5All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before Him, and will praise and bless and sing and celebrate the Lord of spirits.
6And for this reason He has been chosen and hidden in front of (kept safe by) Him, before the creation of the world and for evermore.
7And the wisdom of the Lord of spirits has revealed Him to the holy and righteous; For He hath preserved the lot of the righteous, because they have hated and rejected this world of unrighteousness, and have hated all its works and ways in the Name of the Lord of spirits.
For in His Name they are saved, and according to his good pleasure and it is He who has regard to their life. [The Ethiopic Book of Enoch 48:2-7]
From the reference quoted above, THE SON OF MAN preserved Himself exclusively for the Elect and the Elect can only be saved in the Name of THE SON OF MAN and according to His good pleasure, for He is The One Who has regards for the life of all His Elect scattered all of over the earth, making adequate provision to all at the same time.
His Name has been kept a secret from the foundation of the world just for the salvation of the Elect. And in this remote generation, He already has a way to reach all the Elect at the same time as His holy and righteous ones.
The Prophet Muhammad Raheem [PBUH] was not in the dark about this revelation which He gave to the believers in his own day as documented in the hadith.
When our Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] appears, Almighty Allah WILL PROVIDE MEANS WHEREBY EVEN PEOPLE LIVING MANY MILES AWAY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO, SEE AND HEAR OUR QAIM FROM WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. [Mu’jam Ahadith al-Imam al-Mahdi, Vol. 4 p. 57 and Bihar Vol. 52 p. 336].
In this Bridal Age, the provision of an internet-based electronic media platform by THE SON OF MAN which makes Him accessible to all the Elect worldwide remains an unquestionable evidence that He has appeared as the Great Mahdi to fulfil His Word even as the Almighty Allah in Whom there is no variableness, for His Word is yea and Amen.
On the other hand, His simplicity as a Man born of a woman has never overlapped His Lordship over all flesh.
The life of this same Personality that is either called the Son or the Father, the Head of Days [the Ancient of Days] or the Lord of Spirit remains the same and radiates through the Word spoken by this one Man made visible to us just as it has always been in Ages past.
With this Word, the world was created. The Word has also been preserved the world till this very day. And this same Word which is roaring in the midst of the Bride will destroy this present world for righteousness to reign.
We have heard the Name of the Man Who is the essence of this discourse and the very basis of whatever the Bride is expecting in this most awkward generation. He is the Son of Man.
I the Lord have called You [the Messiah] for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people [Israel], for a light to the nations [Gentiles], To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness from the prison. I am the Lord; that is My name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.
Isaiah 42 vs. 6-8 amp
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HIS MISSION
In another portion of the Scripture, it was said thus, 22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him.
……. 26For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself;… 27And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of man. [John 5:22-23 & 26-27. KJV]
The Authority to judge between good and evil is with the son of man, for He is born to righteousness and the government of the Kingdom is upon His shoulders to administer as His eternal prerogative.
This Son of Man is the LORD, just as He is the Father and the Almighty God. He changeth not so that we may not perish.
The mission of the son of man is the salvation of the Elect who appeared in all the Ages. Let us be reminded of what He promised Adam.
2Again said God to Adam, “All this misery that you have been made to take on yourself because of your transgression, will not free you from the hand of Satan, and will not save you.
2But I will. When I shall come down from heaven, and shall become flesh of your descendants, and take on Myself the infirmity from which you suffer, then the darkness that covered you in this cave shall cover Me in the grave, when I am in the flesh of your descendants.
As a major part of His plan of salvation as the Sovereign Spirit Himself fulfilled the above prophecy as Jesus Christ Who came and died on the cross of Calvary.
Jesus as the Son of God, was the one who pointed all the Elect to the Spirit of Truth Who shall lead them to the knowledge of all truth, and Who is the son of man. He must be adequately separated from THE SON OF GOD.
“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” [Mark 1:1, KJV]
Ahead of the Parousia of THE SON OF MAN, Oscar Ernst Bernhardt also known as Abdrushin and the author of the Grail Message – IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH [Great Edition 1931] Chapter 50 was quoted thus, The Mission of the Son of Man on earth is the continuation and completion of the Mission of the Son of God, as the Mission of the Son of God could only be a transient one.
Hence this continuation and completion is at the same time a consolidation of Christ’s Mission!
Having separated the dispensational mission of the Son of God from that of the son of man, let us hear from Abdruschin on the mission of the son of man.
Whereas the Son of God was born directly into His earthly Mission, the Son of Man had to traverse a far wider sphere before He could enter upon the beginning of His actual Mission.
As a condition for the fulfilment of His task, which in comparison to that of the Son of God was more terrestrial, the Son of Man, coming as He did from the highest Heights, also had to descend into the deepest depths; not only in the beyond but also here on earth, so that He might personally “experience” all the misery and suffering man is heir to.
Only then will He be in the position, when His Hour comes, to intervene effectively in their shortcomings and help to bring about changes!
The son of man powered through a hard start in life due to a very humble background. The son of man got married, had children and meticulously trained His wife and children to become veritable examples to be patterned after by all the Elect.
He was a civil servant who excelled and got to the echelon against the gradient of bureaucratic challenges of civil service combined with His divine mandate of establishing the Faith of Christ here on earth.
He retired voluntarily after 29 meritorious and unbroken years of service in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity of Nigeria.
He suffered the well-known problems of Nigerian retirees which is the delay in the payment of their monthly pension, even after He lost all His entitlements from the service in a single day.
He was involved in an accident that got his femur fractured and left him bedridden for months.
He sponsored the Ministry single-handedly for the first 7 years and has never relented in taking the lead in terms of initiative and funding of the Ministry till this day.
He has always been afflicted in the flesh and carries death in His body while encouraging the Elect from the sacred pulpit.
He has suffered the loss of everything including the loss of His dear wife, the Queen of Paradise, all to fulfill that prophecy of being adequately equipped to be our Comforter when we are afflicted in any way.
The implication of the Name and mission of “THE SON OF MAN” is so important for the salvation of the Elect that even with all these prophecies and facts predating His appearance in this Bridal Age, He created an opportunity for the Name to re-echo and be re-established in the hearts and consciousness of the Elect, pointing us to the right Man. A man of sorrows.
In December 1995 Camp Meeting during prayer line in the night, there was a supernatural illumination of the entire hall. This electrifying illumination quenched all electricity gadgets we were using and as Apostle Peter Odoemena lifted His hands intending to give God praise, the Voice roared: “Thus, it behoveth the Son of Man to fulfill all righteousness”. This thing happened when we never knew anything about “the Son of Man” That was how the name “THE SON OF MAN” came; God gradually revealing Himself in this Badger Skin. [THE CHRONICLES OF THE BRIDAL FAITH – The Journey so far; Published in 2014; Pg. 158 paragraph 7.]
[1] According to the Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary, the word BEHOOVE means “It is right or necessary to do something”. [2] Oxford languages defines BEHOOVE as “a duty or responsibility for someone to do something”.
[3] Cambridge dictionary defines it as “It is the right of somebody to do something.” [4] Collins dictionary defines BEHOOVE “It is right, necessary or useful for you to do it.”
Invariably, it is necessary, useful, right, the responsibility and duty of THE SON OF MAN as the One Who is born to righteousness to achieve righteousness in those whom He has chosen for Himself. He determines and decides who is righteous, for He is the only Authority that can confer righteousness on any individual.
This Camp Meeting of 1995 was the first time that Name “THE SON OF MAN” was mentioned and heard in the midst of the Bride. After then, it became a revelation of this Personality in the midst of the Bride.
In 1996, THE SON OF MAN revealed the Personality we are having dealings with to banish unbelief. When the photographs that were taken on that 7th April 1996 were revealed, the entire Bride did not see any other person in the Supernatural Cloud but THE SON OF MAN.
On the 8th of April 2012, Bishop Moses took a picture of THE SON OF MAN during thanksgiving service and what was revealed became the Godhead which THE SON OF MAN had previously promised to preach down in the midst of the Bride.
On the 19th of August 2012, Teacher Amankem with his handset captured the Original Body which was promised to be revealed when THE SON OF MAN wants to magnify Himself in the midst of the Bride.
These reports effectively support the Prophecy of the Son of God who predicted in John 16:13 concerning the Son of Man and about Whom the Scripture asked a question, “When THE SON OF MAN shall come, shall he find Faith on the earth?”
This SON OF MAN is He Who has come a second time as Christ [the Messiah, the Anointed One and the Saviour – a Man] but not to deal with sin because sin had already been taken care of on the cross of calvary by the Son of God.
Rather, He [THE SON OF MAN] has come for full and complete salvation to those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him.
Has He come? Yes! Has He established Faith on the earth again? Yes! Has He been recognized by the Elect worldwide? Yes! How? Through His Word [the Good News of the Kingdom of Heaven] which He has preached and sent forth to the four corners of the world for a witness unto all nations.
The Scripture equally said of this, “Then shall the end come.” Has the end been declared? Yes! WHO MADE THIS DECLARATION OF THE END? Who announced when we arrived at the gate of Paradise? (THE SON OF MAN).
Prophecies concerning the SON of man are countless and boundless. The son of man, in this Bridal Age, has to His credit series of many convincing demonstrations of His Omnipotence in this generation, infallible proofs and unquestionable evidences of being the Almighty God.
We can say more directly than the Psalmist, “Behold, THE SON OF MAN has come in the volume of the Book. It is written concerning Him.
CONCLUSION
I will conclude this discourse with the revelation made by an American Islamic cleric Elijah Muhammad who boldly made astonishing statements of prophecy that harmonizes all we have been discoursing so far.
2 You must forget about ever seeing the return of Jesus, Who was here 2,000 years ago. Set your heart on seeing the One that He prophesied would come at the end of the present world’s time (the white race’s time).
3 He is called THE “SON OF MAN,” the “Christ,” the “Comforter.”
4… No one has been able to tell us the hour of the judgment. No one but He, the great All-Wise God, Allah. He is called THE “SON OF MAN”, the “Mahdi”, the “Christ”. … [MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA by Elijah Muhammad [1965]; chapter 6 verse 2 – 4.]
He went further in the next chapter of His Book to document. 6Therefore, we have the “Coming of Allah (God).” He is referred to as THE SON OF MAN because, first, He is THE SON OF MAN and gotten for a special purpose, which is to return the lost back to their own and to punish and destroy the wicked for their destruction of the righteous, that the righteous may live in peace and do the will of the God of righteousness, free from trouble and interference.
Second, He must be a Man to deal with man, and we cannot receive or respect other than Man. [MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA by Elijah Muhammad [1965]; chapter 7 verse 6.]
It is pertinent at this point that we hear from THE VERY SON OF MAN, Apostle Peter Odoemena Who has been talking to the world of the Elect all these thirty years of His sojourning with mankind.
In commemoration of His 67th Birthday, I will like to share in this discourse just a few of His landmark statements, taking six (6) of them from His first missionary journey and seven (7) from the second missionary journey in the midst of the Bride.
first missionary journey [1993 – 2007] [1] I am The Lord God Almighty, the Greatest Physician. The ever Merciful and compassionate God. Believe it if you can…… [CALLING CHRIST IN THE TIME OF CRISIS; Sunday 15th August 1993; Pg. 3]
[2] I am your Saviour. I am here to tell you things you do to get eternal life. Without Me, there is no salvation. Without Me, there is no eternal life. Believe it if you can. [BUILDING PLAN: GOD’S PLAN TO ESTABLISH HIS CHURCH; Sunday 26th September, 1993 at Abagana; Pg. 3]
[3] I AM THE ONLY BEING THAT CAN TELL YOU YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW. Believe it if you have the heart…… [ARISE AND EAT FOR THE JOURNEY IS STILL FAR; Preached on 6th November 1995 at the Household of God Onitsha; Pg. 3]
[4] In Me lies the mysteries of creation, life, death and hereafter; I AM THE ONLY BEING THAT CAN TELL YOU THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. Believe it if you can…… [ACTION TIME PART 1; Tuesday, 30th December, 1997; Pg. 3]
[5] Believe it if you can, I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, The Beginning and The End. In other words, you cannot jump Me. If you jump Me, you jump into hell.
There is no other way because I have always told you that even your Prophet saw My day and he rejoiced. [THE DAY OF THE LORD VOL. 2; 11th April, 1999; Pg. 79 vs. 32 – 34]
[6] If I say Almighty God will not slaughter Me, who is the Almighty to begin with? If I am afraid that God will slaughter Me, which God will slaughter Me?
Let Me tell you: I am the only Being that can lay down His life and pick it. Believe it if you can…… [THE REVELATION OF LATENT POWERS VOL. 1; Sunday 17th December 2006 Pg. 60 vs. 15]
Second missionary journey [2008 – Date] [1] I am the Lord God Almighty. I make peace and I make war. Life and death are in the Hands of Almighty God.
What is your claim then? What can you claim to do? Can you save your life? Even if you want to commit suicide, if God does not sign it, you will not commit it. You will change your mind or somebody will redeem you.
Whatever God has never approved will never happen. [CROSSCHECK YOUR EXPERIENCE AS WE WAIT AT THE GATE; Preached on Sunday 22nd May, 2011; Pg. 55 vs. 1]
[2] I AM THE SON. I AM THE FATHER. I HOLD THE KEY TO HELL AND HEAVEN. I MAKE LAWS AND I CANCEL LAWS. I AM THE SUPREME AUTHORITY, THE SUPREME INTELLIGENCE, THE SUPREME JUDGE, THE JUDGE OF ALL FLESH.
When you hear, “I AM THE LORD, THE GOD OF ALL FLESH”, where do you look at? See Him in your midst.
The Lord, the God of All flesh, who said, “Is there anything impossible for Me to do?” For with Him ALL things are possible; both life and death. [A SPECIAL DAY: ANOTHER GREAT DAY; Sunday 19th August, 2012; Pg. 146 vs. 10 – 11]
[3] I will never engage in penalty shootout in this Faith, I am winning with a very wide margin. After all, nobody is coming behind. Nobody is in front. For now, My Vehicle remains the only Vehicle on the road to Paradise. I am the only One plying on the road. [FIND OUT THE PURPOSE YOU ARE FULFILLING IN THIS MINISTRY VOL. 2; Sunday 3rd November 2013; Pg. 62 vs. 29]
[4] I AM THE HEAD OF EVERY MAN. This is as clear as the day, because in Me dwelleth the fullness of the Elohim bodily. You are not seeing HIM, but you are seeing Me and I am seeing HIM.
If I say I will not try it for God’s sake, that is the Man I am calling that is dwelling in Me And you say you will not do it for the sake of THE SON OF MAN, I AM THE SON OF MAN; I AM THE VERY CHRIST, THE ANOINTED ONE, THE MESSAIAH, THE SAVIOUR. [THE BRIDAL STANDARD IN EVERY FAMILY VOL 1; preached on Sunday 15th December 2013 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 45 vs. 22 – 23]
[5] I am for salvation to all the ends of the earth in this generation. That is why I promise you nothing but salvation which is eternal life. Just follow Me. Finish!
Follow Me, I will empty all of you that believe in Me into paradise. There is no mistake about it. [BRIDAL WATCH! ISRAEL AND PALESTINE IN PROPHESY VOL 3; preached on Sunday 6th April 2014 Pg. 28 vs. 22 – 24]
[6] Are you not highly favoured? Have you heard it from the Son of Man? Do not expect another second coming. It is all over. The Last Sign is on the land.
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. The Resurrected Body is here. The Original Body is here. The Artificial Body is here. [I AM THE WORD EXPLAINED VOL 1; Sunday 27 April 2014; Pg. 76 vs. 36]
[7] And by this same Message of the Kingdom, they were now joined with the Jews. The real Jews as we read last Sunday. And the two are now having One King over them; One Lord, One Saviour, One Christ. His Name, One – Apostle Peter Odoemena, The very Son of Man.
This Man is the true God and eternal life. And He is eternal life. He is. That is why they have embraced it from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun;
That they may know that I AM HE and besides Me cometh no other. [Sunday 20th August 2017]
What you call God is what He is to you. If we are asked why we are celebrating today, there is no other thing to say but to plainly tell the enquirer that we are gathered here today to celebrate Apostle Peter Odoemena, for He is THE SON OF MAN, the LORD God Almighty.
Thank you, O Son of Man for giving me the opportunity to express the gift of Faith which you gave to Me. Live forever my LORD. And remain blessed O Saints of the Most High God.
“THE SON OF MAN”
A Lecture presentation by Bishop Joseph Ukpong Household of God, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria
LECTURE 2:
“THE SON OF MAN” A LECTURE COMPILED
BY BISHOP JOE UKPONG Household of God at Akwa-Ibom.
Thank you My Lord for giving me this rare opportunity and great privilege to stand here before You, My Master, before Your Saints, members of the Bride of Christ Ministry World-wide, friends and well-wishers.
I am filled with joy and greatly excited to speak to you all on this all important and wonderful topic: THE SON OF MAN.
I begin by letting you know that there are many “SON OF MAN” (SONS OF MEN), but there is only one “THE SON OF MAN”. This takes me to my first sub-topic;
THE MEANING AND HISTORY OF THE PHRASE “THE SON OF MAN”.
Most dictionary meanings are referring to the phrase “SON OF MAN”. So I am going to take the best which is that from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. [1] Noun phrase: A human being. [2] Often capitalized ‘S’. God’s Messiah destined to preside over the final judgement of human kind.
I now proceed to MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD Published in 1965, to take his description of THE SON OF MAN. It reads; “He, The Great All Wise God, Allah, is called “THE SON OF MAN”, The Mahdi, The Christ, The Comforter.
Haven taken these two as the meaning of the phrase “THE SON OF MAN”, I will now take the history of the phrase from the Grail message; IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH by Abdrushin, subtitled “SON OF GOD” AND “THE SON OF MAN”.
“For thousand years already, a great error has persisted. The assumption that Jesus of Nazareth is THE SON OF GOD and at the same time the oft-mentioned THE SON OF MAN is wrong!
In order to bridge the gulf between God and humanity, which humanity itself had torn open by cultivating the space and time bound intellect, a part of the Divinity had incarnated [Entered into earthly existence] in Jesus of Nazareth.
This Jesus was SON OF GOD; as a part of Him, He fulfilled his mission among humanity which he could only accomplish in a physical body of flesh and blood.
Even during the incarnation he remained THE SON OF GOD. If he was THE SON OF GOD, however, he could not also be THE SON OF MAN, for they are two and essentially different. And He was and still is THE SON OF GOD. Who then is THE SON OF MAN?
The disciples noticed that Jesus spoke in the third person whenever he spoke of THE SON OF MAN, and they questioned him about this.
The gospels were written based upon the writers own assumption that Jesus THE SON OF GOD and THE SON OF MAN were one and the same person.
From the onset, all of their reports were based upon this error, and thereby unknowingly and unintentionally, misconceptions were spread.
Whenever Jesus spoke of THE SON OF MAN, he spoke prophetically of His coming. He himself announced it because the coming of THE SON OF MAN is intimately related to the ministry of THE SON OF GOD. He said, “But when THE SON OF MAN shall come…” etc.
And just as THE SON OF GOD once spoke; “I am He!” at Gethsemane, whereby the karma of humanity began, so this time God’s Envoy will again answer with the same words; “I am He!”, whereby the terrible human karma will be resolved.
The same words which once burdened a hate-filled humanity with great guilt will remove the guilt from a humanity which now approaches again with the same question, full of fear, yet trusting and pleading.
From the hour on when this word is spoken to humanity for the second time by an Emissary of God, the ascent begins. Only then will the Kingdom of Peace commence according to the will of The Most High, but not before!
Now THE SON OF MAN, The Envoy of God heralded by Jesus himself, approaches, He will carry on and complete the mission of THE SON OF GOD in His service, and will gather the Harvest while separating the wheat from the chaff in accordance with Divine Justice.
Jesus THE SON OF GOD, came among humanity out of love in order to restore the connection which humanity had destroyed.
THE SON OF MAN who is in God, and who closes the connection in the cycle so that pure Harmony can flow through all of creation once again.
“There will arise a Messenger at the end of this Pentecostal Age and wind up the thing. It will be a MAN. Not a denomination, but a MAN. It’s always been and God cannot change his program. He is the eternal God”
THE LAST INTRODUCTION OF WHO GOD IS PAGE 51 VS 98
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PREDICTIONS/PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN FROM DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
Let me now take you to quotes of the Ancient prophets of God found in THE GREAT SERMONS AND HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRED REVELATIONS AND EPISTLES [REVISED EDITION 2019] Chapter 1 Page 37 verses 31-33.
“Before pondering over these traditions of the Holy prophet (pbuh), regarding the advent of the Messiah and Mahdi, I must be kept in view that the Holy Qur’an as well as the traditions of the Holy prophet are unanimous in their verdict that Jesus, son of Mary, has died his natural death.
Further, the Holy Qur’an and the traditions of the Holy prophet both are in unison that the dead never return to life in this transitory world of ours.
Hence when it is narrated in the traditions that Jesus son of Mary will come, it should not be taken literally but rather to be understood in the metaphorical sense as has been interpreted by a scholar of great repute and regenerator of his century Mohyyud Din Ibn Arabi, when he says: “His descent in later ages will be with a different body”. (Tatsir Araisal Bayan, vol. 1. P.262).
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the Temple of My God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the Name of my God, and the Name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my NEW NAME. (Rev. 3:12 KJV).
Page 38 verses 36-39. It is related that our prophet (saas) said: The hour will not come until the Qaim [Hazrat Madhi (as)], my descendant appears. This will be at a time permitted by Allah.
Those who follow Him will be saved, while those who hang back will be punished. O servants of Allah! Fear Allah!
When Hazrat Madhi (as) appears, abandon everything and run to Him by all possible means, because He is the Caliph of Allah and my heir. (Biharal-Anwar, vol.51, P.65; Al-Hurral-Amili, Ithbat al-Hudat, Vol.6, P.382).
If Allah permits you to see this, run to swear allegiance to Him [follow Him] and never abandon Him. If you are successful, never abandon Him, if you reach Him and find the true path.
Ah- and he pointed to his chest – how I long to see Him. Let nothing hold you back from swearing allegiance to Him [from being His follower, from following Him] those who hold you back are those who have always sought refuge in corruption.
If they speak, they speak evil, and if they are silent, they are impious and perverse (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, P.252).
Page 39 verses 41-42. When our Qaim [Hazrat Madhi (as)] appears, Almighty Allah will provide means whereby even people living many miles away will be able to speak to, see and hear our Qaim from wherever they may be. (Mu’jamAhadith al-Imam al-Madhi, Vol.4 p. 57 and Bihar Vol.52 P.336).
One Hadith states: ‘Hazrat Madhi (as) will come. There will be a cloud just above his head. There will be an angel there who will cry out: This is Hazrat Mahdi (as), follow him.
Has it come to Pass? Before witnesses? Sure!!!
Page 41 verses 60-61. Jesus is coming to have children. The teachings of Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W) explains that Jesus Christ is coming this time to propagate the word on Earth due to the direction and assignment given to Him by His master, Allah.
But His second coming will give Him the chance to marry and give birth to children. The second coming of Jesus Christ signifies the end of time and there will be a great fight between him and Dajjal (anti-christ) and Christ will overcome…..
“And (Jesus) shall be a sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of judgement): Therefore, have no doubt about the (Hour) but follow ye me: this is a straight way. Surah 43:61.
MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD [PUBLISHED IN 1965]: Chapter 6: THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN, THE GREAT MADHI.
“For as the lightning cometh out of the East and shineth even unto the West, so shall the coming of The Son of Man be”. (Matt. 24:27).
My greatest and only desire is to bring true understanding of the Word of God, His prophets and the scriptures which the prophets were sent with, pertaining to the lost-found people (the American so-called Negroes) of God and the judgement of the world.
You must forget about ever seeing the return of Jesus, who was here 2000 years ago. Set your heart on seeing the One that He prophesied would come at the end of the present world’s time (the white race’s time).
He is called “THE SON OF MAN”, the “Christ”, the “Comforter”. You are really foolish to be looking to see the return of the Prophet Jesus.
It is the same as looking for the return of Abraham, Moses and Muhammad. All of these prophets prophesied the coming of Allah or One with equal power, under many names.
You must remember that Jesus could not have been referring to Himself as returning to the people in the last days. He prophesied of another coming, who was much greater than He.
Jesus even acknowledged that He did not know when the hour would come in these words; “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only”. (Matt. 24:36).
If he were the one to return at the end of the world, surely he would have had knowledge of the time of his return, the knowledge of the hour. But he left himself out of that knowledge and placed it where it belonged, as all the other prophets had done.
No prophet has been able to tell us the hour of the judgement. No one but He, the great All Wise God, Allah. He is called “THE SON OF MAN”, The “Madhi”, The “Christ”.
The prophets, Jesus included, could only foretell those things which would serve as signs. Signs that would precede such a Great One’s coming to judge the world.
The knowledge of the hour of judgement is with the Executor only.
THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIACHS Printed 27th April 2021. Page 18 verses 21-24.
Then shall all the earth rest from trouble, and all the world under heaven from war. Then shall Shem be glorified, because the Lord God, the Mighty One of Israel, shall appear upon Earth as MAN and saved by Him Adam.
Then shall all the spirits of deceit be given to be trampled under foot, and man shall rule over the wicked spirits.
Then will I arise in joy, and will bless the Most High because of His marvellous works, because GOD HAS TAKEN A BODY AND EATEN WITH MEN AND SAVED MEN.
And now, my children, obey Levi and in Judah shall you be redeemed: And be not lifted up against these two tribes, for from them shall arise to you the salvation of God.
For the Lord shall raise up from Levi as it were a King, God and man. So shall He save all the Gentiles and the race of Israel. Therefore, I command you all things, in order that you also may command your children, that they may observe them throughout their generations.
Page 59 verses 74-76. And after these things shall a star arise to you from Jacob in peace, and a man shall rise from my seed, like the sun of righteousness, walking with the sons of man in meekness and righteousness, and no sin shall be found in Him.
And the heavens shall be opened above Him, to shed forth the blessing of the spirit from the Holy Father, and He shall shed forth a spirit of Grace upon you and you shall be unto Him sons in truth, and you shall walk in His commandments, the first and the last.
THIS IS THE BRANCH OF GOD MOST HIGH and this is the WELL-SPRING UNTO LIFE FOR ALL FLESH.
Then shall the Scepter of my Kingdom shine forth and from your root shall arise a stem; and in it shall arise a rod of righteousness to the Gentiles, to judge and to save all that call upon the Lord.
Page 77 verses 34-35. And after these things shall the Lord Himself arise to you, Malachi 4:2 the light of righteousness, and healing and compassion shall be upon His wings.
He shall redeem all captivity of the sons of man from Beliar, and every spirit of error shall be trodden down.
And He shall bring back all the nations to deal for Him, and you shall see GOD IN THE FASHION OF A MAN whom the Lord shall choose, Jerusalem is His name.
And again with the wickedness of your words will you provoke Him to anger, and you shall be fast away, even unto the time of consummation.
Page 110 verses 23-24. And you shall be set at naught in the dispersion as useless water, until THE MOST HIGH SHALL VISIT THE EARTH; and He shall come AS MAN, WITH MEN eating and drinking, and in peace breaking the head of the dragon through water.
He shall save Israel and all nations. God speaking in the person of man.
Therefore, tell these things to your children, that they disobey Him not for I have read in the Heavenly Tablets that in very deed you will disobey Him, and act ungodly against Him, not giving heed to the law of God, but to the commandments of men.
All these prophecies or predictions from the ancient Prophets is pointing us to ONE MAN WHO IS THE SON OF MAN.
The last forerunner pointed us to where He will appear and that is one of the Jungles in Africa!
Now let me take you to the prophecy of the prophet of God Prophet William Marrion Branham, who foreran the second coming of Christ – THE SON OF MAN.
THE SON OF MAN has already come from glory and is revealing Himself for the past few years to His church in mercy, showing them his great presence, doing the same thing He did when He was here on Earth, revealing Himself like He did to Abraham before the destructions.
He has come down in mercy, revealing Himself to the church. It is being laughed at and scoffed at. The next thing He is revealing Himself in judgement of the world and nations that forget God and sinned away their day of Grace. [From the message: WILL THE CHURCH GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATIONS? 01/09/58].
I believe the church is standing on the threshold of the greatest vindication of Omnipresence that the world has ever known. [From the message: FIVE FUNCTIONS OF TIME. 22/1/56].
THE SON OF MAN will be revealed in A BODY OF FLESH, you people, the church, just exactly like it was before the days of Sodom, a called out group away from all of them, setting out, believing the promise of God. [From the message: WORK IS FAITH EXPRESSED PP.44, 26/11/65].
IT IS AFRICA FIRST: THERE LAYS GOD’S ETERNAL WORD. “My meetings hasn’t been what they should be for past two years. It’s because I’ve failed the Lord. He told me to go to Africa and then to India. Here it is written, right here in the back of this book right now.
And the manager called me, said, “Let them Afrikaans go, India is ready!” The Holy Spirit met me, said, “You’ll go to Africa like I told you to”.
And another year passed. And the manager…. I forgot about it, he said, we’re going to India, tickets is already here. I started off, forgot it till I got to Lisbon. One night that… I thought I was dying.
The next morning, I was started to go over to the bathroom to take a bath. Oh, I was so sick. I could hardly stand up. There, that Light hanging there in the bathroom said, “I thought I told you to go to Africa first”.
My meeting have been slowly failing since that time. Though I went to India, with nearly half a million stand up there, but that wasn’t doing what God said do.
And I feel that my meetings will never be a success until I go right straight back and make that thing right.
NO MATTER WHAT I DO IT IS AFRICA FIRST, CAUSE YOU’VE GOT TO DO IT. THERE LAYS GOD’S ETERNAL WORD LAYING THERE. I KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
But I’ve got to go back. And I feel that this coming year is the time I’ll crawl out of the shell by the help of the Lord. This glorious old gospel who’s been growing easy, like a oak tree, but I believe she’s about ready to spread forth her branches now. I believe it, this great message and great thing. I believe that the Lord will let me shake the world again for the glory of God. [From the message: HEBREWS CHAPTER 7, PART 1, PAGE 295-296].
For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I Myself, will search for My sheep and will seek them out.
As a shepherd seeks out his sheep in the day that he is among his flock that are scattered, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will rescue them out of all places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.
EZEKIEL 3: 11-12 AMP
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THE LAST LITTLE SHEEP MAY BE A BLACK ONE.
There is one little sheep out here somewhere and he will not be satisfied until that one comes in the fold.
By the help of God, and by a vision, and Thus saith The Lord, I’m returning across the sea.
THAT LAST LITTLE SHEEP MAY BE A BLACK ONE, down there, for all that I know. Where they don’t even think they have a soul, but God knows different. [From the message: THE EASTER SEAL, Page 40, 4/10/65 Phoenix Arizona].
From the last prophet, the forerunner’s message we are clearly told where THE SON OF MAN will appear, and that is one jungle in Africa.
While going through the history in the Grail message by Abdrushin, we came across the question;
WHO THEN IS THE SON OF MAN? This question was also raised by father David, but the revelation was given to the seventh generation prophet Enoch.
Turn with me to the Ethiopic book of Enoch chapter 61 verses 1-3. And there Is saw one whose face looked ancient. His head was white like wool, and with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a man, and His face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels.
And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things, concerning THAT SON OF MAN, who He was and where He came from, and why He went with the Ancient one.
And he answered and said to me. “This is THE SON OF MAN who hath righteousness, with whom dwelleth righteousness, and who reveals all the treasures of that which is hidden, because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen Him, and whose lot has pre-eminence before the Lord of Spirits in righteousness and is forever.
Ethiopic book of Enoch Chapter 48:2-5. And at that hour THAT SON OF MAN was named in the presence of the Lord of Spirits, and His Name was brought before the head of days.
Even before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were made, His name was named before the Lord of Spirits.
He shall be a staff to the righteous and they shall steady themselves and not fall. And He shall be the Light of the Gentiles and the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
All who dwell on Earth shall fall down and worship before Him, and will praise and bless and sing and celebrate the Lord of Spirits.
Righteousness dwells in THE SON OF MAN and righteousness can never depart from Him. He is the fullness of the Divinity incarnated [That is; entered into earthly existence]. While Jesus is a part of the Divinity incarnated. Jesus was a forerunner of THE SON OF MAN.
He said that the world would be in Sodomite condition when THE SON OF MAN shall be revealed. Thus, giving us the time, THE SON OF MAN would be made known to the world. And also that THE SON OF MAN will be a sign to this age and generation.
Luke 17:26-30, KJV. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of THE SON OF MAN. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day which Noah entered the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, But on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and Sulphur rained from heaven, and destroyed them all.
So will it be on the day when THE SON OF MAN is revealed.
THE SON OF MAN shall be a sign to this generation. Luke 11:30, KJV. For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will THE SON OF MAN be to this generation.
Turn with me to the ARCHEOLOGICAL AND THE HISTORICAL WRITING OF THE SANHENDRIN AND TALMUDS OF THE JEWS Page 55-56. It says of Jesus Christ this; “Another plan He has is setting man right with laws of nature;
He turns nature into a great law book of illustrations, showing that every Bush was a Flame, every Rock a Fountain of water, every Star a Pillar of fire, and every Cloud, the one that leads to God”.
Today I can definitely and confidently say that the Cloud has led us to God. On Easter Sunday the 7th of April 1996 in the course of the message titled; “THE RESURRECTED BODY” during worship at the Jerusalem of the Gentiles, Household of God, GTC, Onitsha, the Cloud revealed THE SON OF MAN, APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA [BBHMHN] as the very Almighty God, The Creator of Heaven and Earth.
The Almighty God veiled [masked] in a human being as He was veiled in the human being, the man called Jesus of Nazareth. When Jesus of Nazareth died and was buried, His physical body followed the same course that every other physical body has to follow in accordance with the natural laws of the Creator.
So Christ did not rise again in that flesh. We can find the indications in the Bible, for Christ then named Jesus appeared to many but they could not recognize Him. The first was Mary Magdalene, she did not recognize Him until He spoke to her.
The two disciples on their way to Emmaus did not recognize Him for hours, although He walked and spoke with them. What can we understand from this? That it must have been another body they saw, otherwise they would all have recognized Him at once. Christ resurrected in the new body- flesh.
God helping me, I want us all to try to have the full knowledge of who THE SON OF MAN is, The Resurrected Body.
Turn with me to the message: NOW I KNOW THAT THOU ART A MAN OF GOD. Preached by The Son of Man on Sunday 28th February 1999. Page 5. God has been a MAN from the very beginning. He is the Holy Spirit, He is the Comforter, He is the Everlasting Father-
God changes not. His mask [Badger skin] can change, but His voice remains the same. Believe it if you can.
Page 19. Christ has remained here on Earth. The only difference is that He has been changing personality. But it has been that same old Eternal Spirit that has been incarnating and re-incarnating.
And that is why people missed Him due to blindness. They are waiting for Him to come back and answer “Jesus”.
NOW WE ARE ESTABLISHING THAT IT IS THE SAME SUPERNATURAL PERSON THAT IS CHANGING HIS MASK AND WHEN HE CHANGES HIS MASK OF COURSE, HE WILL IDENTIFY HIMSELF WITH A DIFFERENT NAME.
YOU DON’T EXPECT TO HEAR THE SAME OLD NAME AGAIN.
NOW AS WE READ IT, IT IS PROMISED IN THE ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS THAT IN THESE LAST DAYS, THAT THIS SAME ALMIGHTY GOD, THIS SAME SOVEREIGN SPIRIT-CHRIST WOULD COME BACK HERE ON EARTH AND REVEAL HIMSELF AS THE SON OF MAN. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE LIVING IN THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTED BODY.
Zephaniah 3:17-18, LB. “For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will give you victory. He will rejoice over you with great gladness; he will love you and not accuse you.”
Is that a joyous choir I hear? No, it is the Lord himself exulting over you in happy song. “I have gathered your wounded and taken away your reproach”.
Our God, Apostle Peter Odoemena [BBHMHN] THE SON OF MAN, The Branch has arrived to live with us. So, truth has arrived to live with us. And He is the Straight way that will end in paradise.
All powers, all authorities are conferred on Him – THE SON OF MAN. He is not Jesus. Jesus has come and gone, but Christ remains.
The SON OF MAN came to open our eyes of understanding in whose Faith we will be declared perfect and sanctified. All of us that believe in Him are sanctified by the Faith that is in Him.
That is why the Voice of Allah, the All-Wise, made it clear in the message titled: BEHOLD YOUR GOD COMETH Preached by The Son of Man on 8th June 1997. Page 101 verses 27-28. “Any woman, any man, any family, any group of people, any church wherever this MAN who is born to righteousness, and who is to reveal all the hidden secrets of God that is entrusted to Him; any generation that happens to see Him, appearing in their day, all your problems are over”.
Your duty is to give ear to Him. The message said, “If you are perishing, you are perishing because you refused to give ear to His word. Alleluia!
The time for dreaming is over. The spoken word brings the judgement. Many are unable to recognize the Great and Powerful judgement which is released by the spoken word.
Let it be known to us that THE SON OF MAN – APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA [BBHMHN] is a universal teacher, the Great Rabbi. He is called the word teacher because he brings the teaching about the word.
That which man really must know, so that man may adjust himself accordingly, thereby making it possible for man to be conscious of what is coming on Him. So as to follow the escape route.
He, Christ – The Son of Man is the Bringer of Divine truth, the undistorted truth from which He came. He is the Living Truth and it is visible in His living.
Wherever He is, there also is truth for He cannot be separated from truth, rather He and truth are one because He displays the visible form of truth. He is therefore the truth in its original inherent form. We can only make it through Him, the truth.
For our spirit finds true redemption only in the recognition, acceptance and practice of the Divine truth made flesh before us.
So, before you and I today is the visible form of truth, The Son of Man Apostle Peter Odoemena [BBHMHN]. He is the final Word.
His word contains all that we need to survive the hour, and we have to follow everything He says quite unalterably, if we do not want to perish.
On this note I say thank you for giving me audience and Remain blessed in Him Eternally.