THE PERPLEXITIES OF LIFE AND THE MYSTERY OF DEATH VOLUME 1 OF 3

THE PERPLEXITIES OF LIFE AND THE MYSTERY OF DEATH VOLUME 1 OF 3 Preached ON Sunday, 31^st October, 2021. AT THE VOICE OF GOD STUDIO The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria. BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN

Transcribed By Bishop David Mbah

But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].

JOHN 16:13 Amplified Version

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……

– THE SON OF MAN –

DAYBREAK IN AFRICA; Preached on Sunday 25^th October 1998 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 3

introduction

We give God the glory for bringing us to the end of the month of October 2021. This is the month we decreed here collectively that everything this month must turn around for our own good, no matter what that thing is. I do not care.
And we have come to the end of the month today. The LORD Who saw us through till today will also usher us into the new month. To God be the Glory.
Let us bow down our heads.

prayer

Heavenly Father, we are here before You, thanking and appreciating You O God, for Your loving kindness towards us all.
LORD, we appreciate Your dealings with us. In spite of all the troubles, trials and temptations we pass through and we have been passing through, Your Word has remained steadfast, fulfilling to the letter.
Throughout this month and even the previous ones, we never recorded any death from among us. Death knocked at our doors; Troubles, trials in diverse ways on the highways, in the streets and at home; through sicknesses and diseases; both even the pregnant ones and the infants; all and sundry; Father, we never lost any by death.
We say, may all glory, all honour, all praise, adoration and thanksgiving be ascribed to You alone, for Your Name’s sake.
You that has been leading, protecting and guiding us to the end of this month, Father, we lift our hands towards the sky and say, “Live Forever!”
Keep on guiding us. Keep on protecting. Keep on shielding us. Keep on healing us of diverse sicknesses and diseases. Keep on fighting for us. Keep on standing in for us. Keep on speaking for us.
Keep on [O God] with the work You have initiated in our lives. Do not relent until complete and total victory [Father] is won, that the glory for the victory will belong to You and You alone.
May You never share Your praise and glory with any flesh, for You are the Almighty God that ruleth over the affairs of men.
We recognize Your presence, even here this morning, for we know that whenever we gather that You are here with us. When we go to bed, You are there with us. Wherever we are; Your Shekinah is there with us, even this morning.
Let Your full presence be established to mark the end of this month, that everything we passed through this month which is terminating today, we will never see it again.
Father, we will not see 31^st October, 2021 again. Let it terminate with joy. Let it terminate [O God] with striking testimonies to the glory of Your Most Holy Name.
Father, we pray Thee, usher us into the coming month with abundant joy, sound health, vision.
Help us O God Father to recognize Who You are so that we will know when You are talking to us, for up till today, that problem is still existing, that Your people are yet to recognize Who You are. They are yet to acknowledge your Deity in a Man.
Hence, O God, their manifestations run contrary to the professions of their Faith. Father, I pray Thee, help their unbelief. Help their unbelief. Help their unbelief.
We are here O God to hear from You as we worship at Thy feet. We are here, believing that one Word from You [Father] will turn us around again; and will stimulate the right spirit in us.
We are here to learn from the past as Abraham’s descendants that are still here today.
Help Me O God [Father] to enlighten all the Elect of God worldwide, who are still alive till today on the Testament of our Father Abraham, that they may know how to comport themselves while worshipping You, so that they do not destroy themselves with their own hands, for the Scripture bears witness that being Christ’s, We are Abraham’s descendants and heirs according to the Faith.
And there is no other Faith except the Faith of Your friend, Abraham. Help us to learn why he remained Your friend, even till this day; and will remain Your friend throughout eternity.
Hence, from him You have blessed the entire human race. May we learn from our Father Abraham who You gave no law; but who You gave only grace and truth.
Help us to learn this day so that it shall be well with us. Help us to learn how to reason with You, instead of quarrelling with You, arguing with You and embarrassing You. Help us to know how to present our matter before You as our father Abraham did.
Help us to discover this day what made him special [Father] in his day, as we have discovered what made Noah and his generations [Father] special in their own days.
Help us to discover what made Seth special; what made Jared special; what made David special. Hence, his Throne endureth to all generation, being the descendant of Abraham.
May we all [O God] trace our descent very well today, to know whether we are really descendants of Abraham, who happened to be a descendant of the righteous generation of Adam and Eve.
A son of Abraham MUST know who his father is, as Abraham knew his own Father Adam.
Father help us, as we study today by learning, through the preserved document of the ancient Patriarchs [Father], help our unbelief.
May we come the realization that we are serving the same Ancient of Days; the same God Who liveth from the beginning and will remain till the end of the world; and remain ever till eternity of eternities.
Help us to know that from generation to generation, you are the same God, and that You will never change. Help us to know that Your pattern for dealing with Your own sons and daughters remaineth the same.
Now, O God, vindicate Your own chosen Vessel once again. Glorify Him once again. You have always been glorifying Him. Glorify Him more and more as He traces the past, presenting the truth and nothing but the truth to Your children, so that they will worship You and serve Your interest rightly for their own good.
I lift up My hands towards the sky and say, “O LORD, I know that My praises will not magnify You. There is no amount of praise or worship I will give to You that will make You what You are not.”
You are what You are. That I am praising You; that I am worshipping You, sharing Your good testimonies [Father] is to My own credit. It is another way of expressing to You [Father] that I appreciate Your loving-kindness towards Me.
It is not that I am magnifying Your power or Your strength; or that I will make You [O God] what You are not. You exist from eternity to eternity. Your fame is always there. Heaven and earth declare Your fame and Your greatness. What then will I add?
I am worshipping You [O God] because I should, for You are My Maker and My God. You brought Me into existence. And in Your stead, I stand.
I am here to teach Your children [O God] whom You have entrusted to My care by making Me to come in the likeness of a human being like them.
Standing here, I am here to espouse them to You that they may know [O God] Your attributes; that they may know especially Your thirteen unchangeable attributes, and that they may worship You rightly.
I am here [O God] to show them that they must answer. If they are stubborn to Your Word, they must answer seventy-two different questions before you, for You have already purposed that all human beings that failed to serve You Must answer seventy-two different questions.
And the least among them is the relationship between husband and wife, and between man and man. That is the least and simplest. The remaining seventy-one are horrifying; to which no man even uttered a word in reply.
May we never come to that point. Father, we do not want to come to judgment. For that reason, help us to live right so that we will not be queried.
LORD, we bow down and say, THANK YOU as I present before You all Your children scattered all over the world. Be with them all wherever they are.
Be with all that are travelling today. On the land, in the sea, on the highways, [Father] even in the air. May they be safe and secured.
Father, let the angels that hover; that are in charge over the hemispheres; over the lithospheres, [Father] over the earthly plain be on guard to safeguard Your children on their trips; and to safeguard those who are here on the terrestrial plain.
Those that are sick, Father, I pray Thee this hour, “Give charge to the most wicked of the angels that is the angel of death; give him charge [Father] to come back. Do not allow him to bring any soul to You or to hell. Do not allow him [O God], for I am still pleading that You forgive their sins and iniquities. I am still pleading that You remain patient them. Exercise Your long-suffering more and more, for I am of the opinion that when many of them will realize their foolishness, they will turn back to You. Do not destroy them. Do not kill any, for where You will sentence them to, there is no repentance there; and it is not meant for men. It is not meant for human beings, but meant for the devil and those that will believe in him.”
But those that have believed in the son of man [Father] overlook their human imperfections. Overlook their human weaknesses which they manifest every day.
I am not complaining. I am not murmuring. I am not bringing any of them to judgment yet, for I am still at work in them and within them.
Father, help Me to perfect the work. Do not allow any to stumble into hell. Rather, cause them to live. I stand upon Your Throne and demand from You to order the angel of death back to his stead, and to remain there until he is invited to execute his work. But for now, let him be quiet and sit down on his seat.
Let all that are sick, from now, recover fully. All that are pregnant, let them deliver safely. Let all that travel here and there [Father]; may they all be safe and secure, especially here in Nigeria and in other countries in the world.
May we never receive any evil report emanating from any family that is in the Faith of Abraham. Father, You know them. From the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, You know them.
Give them adequate security. Provide for their daily needs. Do not allow any to live in want as we wait for the translation of our mortal bodies.
Now, we are about to open the scroll, open our hearts. Open our understanding that we may understand the mysteries and the hidden truths in the ancient parchment to the glory and honour of your most holy Name and to our own blessings.
These we ask, believing O God that You will do more than that. Create no room for the tempter to tempt our hearts away from You. May we remain resolute and immovable as we listen to Your Word.
Let Your Word go out with strength; with power and deliver those that are in dungeon; those that are chained by the devil. May the power that is in the Word break the bands and the chains into pieces. I declare them liberated this day, for Your name’s sake O LORD, we pray. Amen!!!

Note it. I am using these illustrations to confirm the Message. Your days are numbered. Your days are numbered. Whatever that has a beginning must have an end. I am the One that placed all of you in the waiting condition. I told you to wait: “This is where you will wait.” I have brought you where He said I should bring you and then asked you to wait for further instruction. If you do not know where we are, better know it now. We are talking about the Resurrected Body. I believe that it is the same Resurrected body that is still in our midst, talking to us and giving us the Word of life.

– THE SON OF MAN –

KNOWING YOUR STATUS IN CHRIST; Preached on Sunday 9^th September 2010; Pg. 39 vs. 47 & Pg. 62 vs. 2

THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR MIRROR

SONG: [Who is like unto Thee. Who is like unto Thee. Who is like unto Thee. WHO is like unto Thee. Glorious in Holiness. Fearful in praises. Doing wondrous things. Who is like unto Thee.]

It is My pleasure this day to welcome all and sundry to today’s worship service to mark the end of the month of October 2021. This is the year that opened up on a very good note for us just a few months ago.
Today, we have only but two months to the end of the year. See how rapid and how fast the days are flying by so, are ancient prophecies concerning what we must watch out for as we approach the end of the world, to know when they are fulfilling.
Many are blind to what is happening. If you check your clock, it will still be twenty-four hours, but twenty-four hours today is likened to ten hour. No change in symphony.
The reference can be found in Prophecy: A History of the future; Chapter 5: Muslim Prophecy – Dajjal. Mishkah al-Masabih contains a similar prophecy of distorted time: “Asma, daughter of Yazid, son of al-Sakan reported the Prophet as saying: Dajjal will remain in the earth for 40 years, a year being like a month, a month like a week, a week being like a day, a day like the time it takes to burn a palm branch.”
These prophecies closely resemble the Tiburtine Sibyll’s oracle (ca. 500 AD) of time compression that will occur at the end of this age: “The years will be shortened like months, the months like weeks, the weeks like days, the days like hours, and an hour like a moment.”
I have demonstrated it time without number that whenever a magnetic tape is about to finish, it runs faster. Yet, it does not change the tempo of the music.
While you are watching; while you are waiting, the whole thing will terminate abruptly. There will be shouts of ovations. That is what will happen.
It is now faster than ever. That is why death has descended to the lowest ebb. I am telling you. The lifespan of men has descended to the lowest. As we continue, many many things will happen.
Old age today is from 25 to 30. Above thirty, [ah!] is glorious. It is coming down. Was it so in the beginning? We do not have any Methuselah again.
Yet, in the days of Methuselah, there were two persons who lived above Methuselah. One lived for 985 years. And another one lived for more than 970 years. Methuselah was the third. He lived for 969.
The reference can be found in [1] THE SECOND BOOK OF ADAM AND EVE [From THE FORGOTTEN BOOKS OF EDEN] by Rutherford H. Platt Jr.; Chapter 14 verse 4 ⁴After this Enos entered into rest, aged nine hundred and eighty-five years; and Cainan wound him up, and laid him in the Cave of Treasures on the left of his father Adam; and made offerings for him, after the custom of his fathers.
[2] Genesis 5:27, King James Version. And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years: and he died.
And I have traced the genealogies down to Melchizedek. Mechizedek had a genealogy. He had a father, and he had a mother. He had his relations. I will show you why he is what he is, but not today.
I will show you why every Priest that proceeded from the Throne of the Almighty God remained a temporary priest, until One appeared Who was ordained by the Almighty into the Office of Melchizedek to be the High Priest forever, and also a King and a Prophet. I will show you all these things with time.
Bear with Me. What am I doing right now? I am fulfilling that which I promised right from the beginning, that while you live and I live, I must recover all the ancient manuscripts; too many books in the Bible, in the Holy Qur’an and things like that.
I will recover all, for I am sent to come and gather all the loose ends, revealing only but One Person; Christ. Christ of all the ages. Christ, Who was there before the world was formed. Christ, Who became the Author of all creatures, for without Him, there was nothing created that was created.
The reference can be found in John 1:3, New International Version. Through Him all things were made, without Him nothing was made that has been made.
I promised that I will get all those parchments and that I know where they were kept. And I am doing it as I promised. Hence, I told you in the beginning, “If I speak and you do not understand what I am saying, do not draw back from following Me.
Follow Me anyhow, whether you understand Me or not. You are not called to come and understand God. You are called to come and believe God. But I am assuring you of one thing; “If you follow Me strictly, doubting nothing, by the time we get towards the end, everything shall be made plain. Nobody will tell his brother to worship God, for all will know who God is and how God should be worshipped from the least to the greatest.””
I promised it, and I am doing it because we are nearing the end. We are almost at the end. I equally promised to those who never had reasons why they should take My Word serious, as the Physical and visible representation of the invisible Deity here on earth, “Follow Me doubting nothing; assuring them of one thing: If you follow Me strictly, obeying Me till the end, you will surely say, “Surely the Elohim dwelleth in THE SON OF MAN.””
I told you what I will manifest. And I promised that while you live and I live, I MUST bring down the Godhead. And not only to come and see the Shekinah Cloud, for every Cloud is the one that leads to God.
The Shekinah Cloud is the presence of God EnMorphe. God in human form on earth has been marked by one thing: The Shekinah around Him. Not apparition. No! Not apparition. The Original.
I promised that whenever you please Me to the point of praising Me and believing that the Deity is in Me; and I want to magnify Myself before you, I MUST show you My Original Body, so that you will now know whether My Original Body is contradictory to the picture you have in your Bible concerning the revelation of Who God is; from head to toe, even the white garment.
I do not need to go further. When I visited Zonkwua. The handset was switched off. They were there to start their Fellowship with the handset switched off. Bishop Abel was a Pastor.
While he was there to open the Fellowship, he ordered that the handset should be switched on to enable them do a recording. His son, a Brother who was there, with his android handset he placed on top of the table [switched off].
Immediately he switched it on, he saw a gigantic picture on the phone. A picture was already on the phone. A man standing and watching. Where was he standing? On the roof. On the roof! He was not even stooping low. He was standing erect in the air.
The handset that was kept, facing up, captured a Man standing erect. There was nothing propping His legs up. A full-fledged Man. The picture and that of Jerusalem were the same. The garment, the same. He did as He promised.
When he promised He was going to Israel, because of the war that was raging between them and the Palestinians. He promised He was going there to showcase Himself so that they will know that He is still with them.
He announced it before us. I am heading there. Let them see Me, this Sabbath day. I did as I promised. The entire world saw Me. Soldiers saw. They photographed everything and announced that THE CLOUD IS NOW BACK TO ISRAEL.
From that day, Israel code-named their military operation, OPERATION PILLAR OF CLOUD. There was no apparition.
I am saying that the Reality is in the Bride. For you that are afar off, who might not be acquainted fully with the events in the Bride, you will do well to make enquiries.
You that have been following from the beginning, these things are being rehearsed from time to time, lest the enemy will try to tempt you away.
That is why the Scripture enjoins us never to be negligent putting ourselves in remembrance of the truths we have received from the very beginning so that we will be constantly established in the present truth.
The reference can be found in 2 Peter 1:12, King James version. “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.”
Let no man ever fool you into believing that we are telling stories. No! We are not telling stories. That which I heard from the beginning; that which I hear even now, that I declare to you. That which I see afar off, that I make known to you, so that you will be prepared ahead of time.
That is why we are a peculiar people, for the Watchman is in our midst. Nothing takes us unawares. Even the present condition of the world today, we knew it far back.
There is no type of catastrophe or trouble that is befalling the world, which we were not told ahead of time; before they started happening. And the LORD did it, and He is still doing it, in keeping with His promise.
He said, “Lo, I will do a new thing. Before they will spring forth, I must have told you about them. Tell me who can declare the former things? Who can declare things that are yet to come, and they will come to pass?”
Isaiah 42:9, King James Version. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Will you attribute it to the gods of your people? Has any done that? These are being done to establish our faith on a firm foundation, which is the truth. Not apparition. Not hearsay. Not oratory. No! Not man’s wisdom, but irrevocable truth.
I am here, hiding Myself in this Wilderness. The devil does not hide himself. God is an expert in hiding himself. Do you not believe that? Even the prophets knew Him to be an expert in hiding Himself. Hence He is found in despised places.
The reference can found in Isaiah 45:15, [1] Amplified Version. Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Saviour.
[2] New International Version. Truly you are a God who has been hiding Himself, the God and Saviour of Israel
But the devil is always the attraction of the world. The world will go where the attraction is, but the Bride will go to the Wilderness where the Word is.
I am not the attraction. There is no beauty in Me that any human being can desire Me. I am a man of sorrows. Always acquainted with grief.
Reference can be found in Isaiah 53:2 – 3. ²For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ³He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. King James version
There is nothing in Me. There is nothing in this Studio or in this forest where we are that can attract anybody. There is no road leading to this place. If you ask Me the street name, I do not know.
If YOU tell people that God is here, they will laugh you to scorn, but this is where He has decided to live.
Tell people that this noise that is shaking the heaven and the earth is emanating from here, using few individuals that have no names at all, they will never believe you.
1 Corinthians 1:26 [1] New International Version. Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
[2] Living Bible. ^[26]Notice among yourselves, dear brothers, that few of you who follow Christ have big names or power or wealth.
Let Me parade out there, these souls that are with Me here and tell the world that the power that is shaking this hour is emanating from these infants, nobody will take Me serious. We have only but one adult witness, and that is Bro Eli.
It goes to show that God will fulfill His Word, that from the mouths of suckling, He has perfected His praise.
Why? That God does not use majority in His work. God does not use majority in achieving victory. Do you believe that. God uses handpicked people to achieve His victory.
If he chooses us as a great number, we might be boasting, “We were able to achieve the great feat because, of all, we are the greatest in number. We outweighed them. We outran them.” No! We might be boasting of our strength, our power and our might.
Isaiah 51:1 – 2, Living Bible. ^[1-2]Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance, who seek the Lord! Consider the quarry from which you were mined, the rock from which you were cut! Yes, think about your ancestors Abraham and Sarah, from whom you came. You worry at being so small and few, but Abraham was only one when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.
But look at us. Not even one. There is no one who can take the glory, but the Almighty God. Is it not puzzling? Is it not amazing? Is it not prophetic? Is it not Scriptural? Are we not grasshoppers?
To God be the Glory. I am overjoyed when I remember that, of all families on earth, only this Family is chosen to bear the Name of God; to be the Home of God where all souls who will be saved in this our generation will be pointed to.
It is not because I merit it. No! This is His divine purpose which he purposed in Himself concerning me and My Family before the world began. A decision He took after the counsel of His own will, for no man has ever been His counselor and nobody will counsel Him till eternity.
Are we not grateful to be objects of His praise and not objects of His anger? That is why I pray that God will open your eyes of understanding so that you can think right, act right, behave right and do everything right, so that on that day you will not have any difficulty entering Paradise with Me.
But if you preach the truth, and you do not live the life of truth, you are in danger of being called to question, for a leader stays in front.
So, this day, I will like the entire world to see it with the eyes of God, and not with the eyes of men.
It is recorded in the book of Galatians. Abraham is our father. If we believe in Jesus Christ as our saviour, we are Abraham’s descendants, and will become heirs according to the Faith. All that God promised Abraham belong to us.
The reference can be found in Galatians 3:29. [1] ^[29]And now that we are Christ’s we are the true descendants of Abraham, and all of God’s promises to him belong to us. Living Bible
[2] And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you. NIV
The Faith we are upholding remains the Faith of Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob. Did you get the Message?
We are upholding the faith of who? Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob. Finally, Sarah. Sarah! Sarah. She had no other Faith, for Abraham was the Sun, while Sarah was the Moon.
The moon does not have any light. The moon gets its light from the sun. The moon reflects the sun. True or false?
It is the light of the sun that shines; that strikes on the opaque body called the moon. Being a transparent body, it sends out light just like you have the mirror.
A mirror does not have light, but light strikes the mirror, then you can see your image on the mirror because of the reflection, for light throws your image to the mirror and the mirror highlights you for who you are.
The S-O-N of the S-U-N is here with you.
You see why, if My wife is the Moon, I am the Sun. She has no light of her own. The Light I mean is LIFE. For her to benefit from what I am made up of, she must believe in Me. She must anchor in Me. I must be her sure Anchor. She must know that she cannot reflect any Light except the light that is shining on her from the Sun.
SONG: [Shine on Me. Shine on Me. Let the Light from the Lighthouse shine on Me. Shine on Me. Shine on Me. Let the Light from the Lighthouse shine on Me.]
That is why, if the light of the sun strikes on the moon, the moon reflects the light of the sun. Is it not true?
The sun does not reflect the light of the moon, for the moon has no light. Do you believe it to be true?
You are coming of age. That is why My character and that of My wife must be one, whether she likes it or not.
Ephesians 5:23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church: And He is the Saviour of the Body. KJV
If I am the Light of the world, when the Light strikes on the Moon, what happens? The Moon also reflects the Light. Then, I operate both day and night, knowing that I can be wearied. I will then have a little rest. Yet, I am shinning there.
So, the Sun shines through the Moon to give us Light in the night when the Sun is a little wearied. Wearied in the sense that He is in another area. Yet, reflecting throughout the whole earth, for the Sun and the air blend. Light and air blend. Amen.
Watch the Mirror. Watch the Mirror. If you want to know how you look, go to the Mirror. If you want to know whether there is any stain in your body, go to the mirror.
The light will throw its rays on the mirror, and the mirror will show you your picture because you are alive. And light is the life. This light is the life of men.
I have given you the Message titled, MIRROR [Volumes 1 & 2 Preached on 23^rd June 2020 at the Voice of God Studio, Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe; Anambra State, Nigeria]
Mirror! The Word of God is our Mirror. And the Word of God has become a human being in our midst. Do you believe that? Believe it, whether you like it or not. The Sun is the Man. The Moon is the wife [the woman]. Adam was the Sun. Eve was the Moon. When a woman wants to live, she knows what to do.
I will show you something today. I wanted to continue with the Part 2 of the Message, THE WORDS OF OUR FATHERS ARE THE WORDS OF WISDOM, but I prayed; I ruminated and I said there is going to be an interlude.
Let Me have an interlude. And this interlude is coming right away. I say, right away. It is going to be a little piece. I will only use the Volume 1 of the interlude.
It is titled, the testament of Abraham. And I will give you the Volume 1. I will not go to Volume 2. Once we finish Volume 1, I will stop.
I will tell you why I will not take you to Volume 2. I will not take you to Volumes 3, 4, 5 and so on. I have My reasons, for I know they will speak for themselves.
There are too many things I will not preach. They do not require preaching. If I say, “Let there be light”, does it require preaching. All you have to do is to wait for light.
But be it known to you that Abraham is a part of the seven thousand years. The seven thousand years, God called it seven thousand Ages of Abraham. Do not worry. I will come to the Ages with time.
SONG: [Rock of Ages cleft for Me. Let Me hide Myself in Thee. Let the Water and the Blood from Thy wounded side which flowed. Be of sin the double cure. Save from wrath and make Me free.]
Let us pay attention as we gracefully digest the testament of our Father, Abraham; Volume 1 only.

Who has ever sat down to marry the Bible and the Holy Qur’an and produce a blend of a people who do not belong to any religion? They are not Christians. They are not Muslims. They are not Judaists. They are not Buddhists. They are not Shinto. They are not Hindu. A blend. A special blend of a people. And all the Prophets, all the Seers and Avatars of those great religions and societies spoke about HIM. You go to Grail Message, they point you to HIM. The Super Star. The Great Light. You go to Eckankar, they point you to HIM. You go to AMORC, they point you to HIM. Christianity, to HIM. Islam, to HIM. Judaism, to HIM. Buddhism, to HIM. Shinto, to HIM.

– THE SON OF MAN –

ISHMAEL, THE FIRST SON OF ABRAHAM, HAS THE CUSTOMARY RIGHT OVER DOUBLE PORTIONS OF ABRAHAM’S INHERITANCE INCLUDING LANDMASS

[PART 1 VOLUME 1]; Preached on Sunday 25^th November 2018; Chapter 1 verses 34 – 35

CHRIST IS IDENTIFIED BY HIS HARACTERISTICS

The Testament of Abraham; Version 1. ¹Abraham lived the measure of his life, nine hundred and ninety-five years,…

How comes it that Methuselah is the oldest? History must be corrected by THE SON OF MAN. Abraham lived for nine hundred and ninety-five years. So Abraham saw Methuselah. Or Methuselah saw Abraham, for Methuselah was a son of Adam.
Because people lived for too long in those days, that is why they were able to preserve these truths in a language, like this one which came in a Slavonic Age, using Slavonic language.
The second translation came during the Ethiopic Age; during the period of Enoch the righteous before it continues until it came to us in this language it is now in 1886.
Take note! Abraham lived for nine hundred and ninety-five years. Abraham nearly clocked one thousand years. Abraham nearly lived for one day, for one day in the sight of God is likened to a thousand years in our eyes.
That is why we have a Message, HAVE YOU EVER WORSHIPPED GOD FOR ONE DAY? Why are you tired? Who has ever lived this long waiting for God’s promises. Though the promise tarried, all that God promised Abraham has fulfilled to the letter.
That we are worshipping God today in these last days is a part of the fulfillment. Do you not believe it? That is because we are sons and daughters of Abraham.
A sure sign is that the Deity, the Shekinah has now identified with us. If we are outcasts, the Shekinah will not be with us for, of all the inhabitants of the earth, Moses made the Solemn prayer, and God answered and said, “I will never allow My Shekinah to be seen elsewhere except among My people Israel.”
The reference can be found in THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS Volume 1 by Louis Ginzberg; Paragraph 288. Moses still cherished three other wishes: [1] that the Shekinah might dwell with Israel; [2] that the Shekinah might not dwell with other nations; and lastly, [3] that he might learn to know the ways of the Lord whereby He ordained good and evil in the world, sometimes causing suffering to the just and letting the unjust enjoy happiness, whereas at other times both were happy, or both were destined to suffer. Moses laid these wishes before God in the moment of His wrath, hence God bade Moses wait until His wrath should have blown over, and then He granted him his first two wishes in full, but his third in part only. [288]
And we are the Israel of God, not because of circumcision or Jewish traditions we have observed. No! It is by having the Faith of our Father, Abraham the righteous one. One who argued and resisted God. Yet, remained pure and righteous.
Just like Job that can keep on telling you, “Even if I sin, does it concern you? Did God tell you to come and query me or to believe in me? Will you arrest me? Tell God what I have done and let Him ask me why? I am here to explain myself as the only voice he listens to. I am here to say, “God, I cannot do this. Let us reason it. You will talk and I will talk. You were the One that sent me. You placed me here. Look at what I am passing through. I am standing before You, and before the heavens and the earth. I am standing in-between You and Your creatures. I know what I am passing through. And of course, You know. No! Do not do it this way. I am not yet tired with them. Leave them.””
Abraham! You see, first Abraham was very very furious. He could not tolerate sin because he was a righteous man. For that, he destroyed many people. Our Patriarch Abraham destroyed many souls in anger. It was “Operation Sin and Die.”
But the last is the Most compassionate; the Most understanding with the broadest heart that accommodates all human weaknesses and imperfections.
If you ask Him why, He will say, “If he knew better, he would have performed better. How can the Almighty wrestle with ordinary dust?” You see why we are having dealings with the Most compassionate God, Who is the Almighty Himself?
Allah, Most Merciful. Allah, Most Compassionate. Allah, the Righteous One. That is the Man Who we are having dealings with.
Pay attention, as we go straight to the Message
¹Abraham lived the measure of his life, nine hundred and ninety-five years, and having lived all the years of his life in quietness, gentleness, and righteousness, the righteous one was exceeding hospitable; for, pitching his tent in the cross-ways at the oak of Mamre, he received every one, both rich and poor, kings and rulers, the maimed and the helpless, friends and strangers, neighbors and travelers, all alike did the devout,…
Christ is identified by His characteristics. That is why the LORD Jesus Christ came and met the irate unbelieving Jews, who were extremely violent and intolerant. They could not tolerate their fellow human beings.
They carried stones to kill Him [an innocent man] for telling them the truth. Yet, claiming to be children of Abraham.
He rebuked them, “Say ye not that ye are children of Abraham, and that you are not born of fornication like me. If you are of your father Abraham, you would not be behaving the way you are behaving.
Your father Abraham saw My day. If he were to be here, will he be behaving the same way you are behaving towards me? Because I told you the truth, you are angry at me. You are violent at me. You are carrying stones, for you want to stone me to death. A man that did you no evil.
You are doing all these things because you are of your father the devil. And the deeds of your father, you must manifest; for he was a liar, a destroyer and a murderer from the very beginning, and abode not in the truth; a hater of truth. A hater of those that do good.”
I want you to see the open-mindedness of our father, Abraham; the liberality of our father, Abraham. A philanthropist. A man who welcomed visitors from all works of life. A man who believes his fellow human beings to be human beings that are worthy to live until he proves them otherwise.
He trusted in his God. He trusted in himself. He trusted in his fellow human beings. How many can stand up today and say, “I possess the qualities of our father, Abraham.”
As we journey along, I will show you the qualities of Jacob. Of course, I have given you that in the TESTAMENT OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS.
But now, this is the testament of their father, Abraham. Like father, as children. If you are not open-minded, you are narrow-minded. If you are not open-minded, you are narrow-minded.
Watch the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a reflection of Abraham. That was why the Jews were querying Him that He was mingling with all manner of people, even people [men and women] of suspicious characters.
They accused Him that He allowed sinners, even notorious ones to be flocking around Him; and that He was a sinner.
The reference can be found in Matthew 9:10 – 11. ¹⁰While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. ¹¹When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” KJV
They said He was a drunk. Some said He was a mad man, “How can a holy man who said He came from God mingle with these prostitutes and mingle with these drunks and hardened criminals. A friend of criminals”, they called Him.
The reference can be found in Matthew 11:18 – 19. ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. ¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. KJV
And this was because of the nature of the company he was keeping. He mingled with the rich. He equally mingled with the poor. He mingled with the sane. He equally mingled with the insane.
He had nothing to boast of as riches. Yet. He opened his door to hospitality. Christ is identified by His characteristics.
I said you will know Me through the Word. From the very beginning, people were trying to know who the son of man could be. And I told them, “There is no way I can introduce Myself using but a statement or a passage. No! The introduction of who I am will be coming like the dew of Hermon. It will be distilling to you by revelation through the Word, for that is the only way I can introduce Myself into your hearts.”
Through the Word, you will know My characteristics. Through the entrance of the Word, you will know My descent so that you will know the personality you are having dealings with. Until you are sure and convinced, He said, “Do not show concern.”
Abraham had children. Abraham married many wives. He married Sarah. He married Hagar. He married Keturah.
Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, and the father of Iscah. King James version
Genesis 16:3 And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. New International Version.
Genesis 17:5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. New International Version.
Genesis 17:15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. New International Version.
Genesis 25:1 ABRAHAM TOOK another wife, and her name was Keturah. Amplified Version
And he remained in love with all of them. Check his history. Some of his sons did him great upset, but those who came from the righteous Adam never gave him upsets. They became his consolation.
Pay attention strictly because I want you to learn something today again. If you are patient with me and you prayed before coming to this Studio this morning, truly speaking, you will never go home the same today.
The LORD Must touch lives positively today, not only here, but as many as are afar off who will hear My Voice.
As many as the LORD our God shall call [according to the Scriptures], these Words are for them for there is no other Message which shall judge the whole world if not the Message of the son of man.

Place things in the right perspective and you will win the approval of God. I have always said it, and I maintain it wherever I go. Pay attention! The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Even if you know the whole Scriptures, you may not know what the Spirit ministered to Me in that regard.

– THE SON OF MAN –

BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION volume 2 Part 1: Preached on 25^th May 2014; Pg. 107 vs. 38 – 39

MARRIAGE IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION ORDAINED OF GOD

The Testament of Abraham; Version 1. ¹Abraham lived the measure of his life, nine hundred and ninety-five years, and having lived all the years of his life in quietness, gentleness, and righteousness, the righteous one was exceeding hospitable; for, pitching his tent in the cross-ways at the oak of Mamre, he received every one, both rich and poor, kings and rulers, the maimed and the helpless, friends and strangers, neighbors and travelers, all alike did the devout, all-holy, righteous, and hospitable Abraham entertain.

Even upon him, however, there came the common, inexorable, bitter lot of death, and the uncertain end of life.
Therefore the Lord God, summoning his archangel Michael, said to him: Go down, chief-captain Michael, to Abraham and speak to him concerning his death, that he may set his affairs in order, for I have blessed him as the stars of heaven, and as the sand by the sea-shore, and he is in abundance of long life and many possessions, and is becoming exceeding rich.
Beyond all men, moreover, he is righteous in every goodness, hospitable and loving to the end of his life;… He was the richest of his age. Yet, maintained his upright living in God.
Just like the book of James made it clear about how those who are rich should use their wealth so that they will not be condemned because of their riches.
YOUR RICHES WILL NOT CONDEMN YOU. [1] WHAT WILL CONDEMN YOU IS HOW YOU BECAME RICH – SOURCES OF YOUR WEALTH. [2] HOW YOU ADMINISTERED THE WEALTH.
YOU CAN NEVER GO TO HELL BECAUSE YOU ARE WEALTHY. WHAT WILL TAKE YOU TO HELL IS HOW YOU GOT THAT WEALTH AND WHAT YOU ARE USING IT TO DO. PERIOD!
If your wealth is from God, you will use your wealth to serve God and serve humanity.
But watch the wealthy people of the world today. What are we seeing. Because their wealth is from the devil, they use it to serve devilish interests.
They use it to enslave their fellow human beings. They use it even to extort the property that belongs to the poor. They use it to oppress the poor. They oppress the widows. They oppress the orphans.
They use their wealth as a means of oppression, not worship. And that is the condemnation. HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT THAT WEALTH? WHAT DID YOU USE IT FOR?
Abraham was the wealthiest of all as far as material riches are concerned. And he never abused the usage. Look at the way he used it. He was liberally minded to foster the Kingdom of Heaven on earth among men.
How we ought to learn our lessons. If it should happen in our day today, somebody might be calling that person an extravagant fellow.
He is trying to impress people outside. He is helping this and that. He is doing this and that. You see! I just thank God.
¹….but go, archangel Michael, to Abraham, my beloved friend, and announce to him his death and assure him thus: You shall at this time depart from this vain world, and shall quit the body, and go to your own Lord among the good.
You shall depart from what? He said “Vain! Vain!” You shall depart from this vain world, abandoning the riches, the wealth and everything. You shall depart from this vain world today.
Oh! I thank God for our song: [Covet not this world’s vain riches, That so rapidly decay, Seek to gain the heavenly treasures. They will never pass away!
Hold to God’s unchanging hand! Hold to God’s unchanging Word! Build your hopes on things eternal, Hold to God’s unchanging hand!]
He was going away, leaving behind this vainglory that is attached to material possessions. Vain world! Vainglory! Vanity of all vanities.
And these are the things that are making some people not to bow their heads low before the Almighty God. Not even one of them will live for 995 years and remain righteous, holding unto the profession of their faith even at that old age, without offending God.
So he [Abraham] walked blamelessly before God. Was he not a human being? Do you not know the name of the father? Do you not know the city where he lived before?
It was when he buried his father at the age of forty-five that he left Babylon [Mesopotamia or Iraq] to the land where God took him, Palestine from Syria [Damascus]. That is where he settled. In Syria [Damascus]. To God be the glory.
What is the religion of Syria? Its capital is Damascus. What is the religion? Is it not Islam? TOTAL SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD.
Are you surprised that Abraham is Prophet Muhammad Raheem [pbuh]? Are you surprised? Are you surprised?
Remember, Abraham was Moses. Moses was Musa. Abraham was Musa. Abraham was Ibrahim.
TOTAL SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD. He has not done it because God has not said it. Can you imagine what happened when God ordered him to sacrifice Isaac? Did he confer with flesh and blood? Immediately, he called Eliezer and his son, and they left.
When it came to marriage, what did he do? He was the one that summoned Isaac, “You are of age. You must marry. Your mother is dead. I do not want you to stay without a mother who will be your comforter.”
He called Eliezer, “Go to my hometown. Place a sign. Let the Almighty show you the lady; the damsel you will come back with; who will be the wife of my son Isaac and comfort him after the death of his mother.”
But today, they will go and bring one idiot wearing trouser, with painted hands and painted nose, with eyelashes and artificially attached fingernails.
They will bring one whose body is painted; who turned her body from black to white and then present her before their father and before their mother, “This is my woman.”
Sons of God, going after daughters of Cain. That is what we are saying. They do not confer with their parents. Their parents are now old-fashioned.
They do not know that wives are recommended. Wives are recommended. Who does the recommendation? The Almighty God. This is because a virtuous wife is very difficult to find. Who can find it, if not God? Is it not in the Scripture? Is it not in the Book of proverbs?
Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. King James Version.
Proverbs 19:14 A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the LORD can give him a sensible wife. Good News Bible.
But today, how many seek God’s face? How many seek God’s will? How many even informs God? God will only know when their wives are pregnant. They inform Him today and after two weeks, it is, “My wife has delivered. I glorify Your Name. My wife has put to bed.”
Today they put to bed before paying the bride price. Some will have three to five children without even informing the owners of the lady they were going to marry. Children of Cain!
And God said that we should be very careful in this Bridal Faith from the beginning; that the only way these Moabites [children of Cain] will come into our midst and pollute our Faith is through marriage.
In the Message, MARRIAGE: THE OLDEST INSTITUTION ORDAINED OF GOD, it mentioned how God ordained it that the descendants of Abraham, the righteous one must marry among themselves and that the generation of the righteous descendants of Adam should run away from the descendants of Cain.
They were warned never to have anything intercourse with any of them from the very beginning. Is there any other way they would have yoked themselves in if not through intercourse?
Before you know it, marriage will be contracted. Then, parents will be informed that marriage has taken place, thereby reproducing iniquity and wickedness upon the earth.
The Bible said, “Because of this type of habit, wickedness is multiplying every day, for they are raising children in wickedness; from wicked generations and wicked descendants through marriage.”
You are the sugar in my tea. You are the apple of my eyes. Without you, I will die; my world is shattered. How can I live without you?
God forbid! I say, God forbid! I forewarn you, if you belong to Me. Run away from such silly ways of choosing a partner for a wife. Go to the ancient way. There is no modern selection of marriage. There is no modern marriage. MARRIAGE IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION ORDAINED OF GOD.
Hence, God said, “I will change all My doctrines along the way, but not marriage.” You should not be mis-mated with the unbelievers [the heathens].
William Branham the Prophet, who was also Abraham’s descendant warned, “You must marry a woman that believes what you believe. So that when you say Amen, she will say Amen.”
This is so that when the two shall come together and pray touching on one thing, the LORD will grant it. Straight away! And there will be harmony and perfect agreement between the Sun and the Moon. That is the husband and the wife.
You cannot see the Moon taking the position of the day, or the sun shining in the night. Do you see it? There is a harmony. There is a sequence.
That is why God made it clear that husband and wife must agree at all times so that their prayers be not hindered.
Check a family where Cain married Abel. I mean, where the lineage of Seth, which is that of Abel and righteous Adam will marry that of Cain. There will be trouble. There will be quarrelling. There will be confusion. There will be violence. There will be murder and disagreement of all sorts. The man and that wife can never agree.
Their children cannot agree. Some will belong to their father. Some will belong to their mother. You will see Athens and Spartans. A reproduction of the defunct Biafra-Nigeria. Am I making sense at all?
Whoever that is reproducing that again here in our midst, He is blind; He is poor; he is miserable and he is destined to perdition. He is going to hell.
Read that Message. It is a small piece I want us to consider. I do not want to go to volume 2 at all. Neither do I want to go to the main Message. Look at the main Message. If I hold it out today, we will not leave here again.
It is very thrilling when we study the ancient record of the Patriarchs, from where we descended; all of us here. All of us, if we are really what we claim to be.
We transcended from the pedigree of the Patriarchs. Is it not true? The head of the Patriarchs being Adam. True or false?
¹….but go, archangel Michael, to Abraham, my beloved friend, and announce to him his death and assure him thus: You shall at this time depart from this vain world, and shall quit the body, and go to your own Lord among the good.
Nobody knows when anybody God sends here on earth will join his ancestors except God. And He does not take them unawares. He comes to them. He tells them to prepare. If He changes His mind and gives them another programme, He will equally come back and announce it to them.
You know My own case. It is very glaring. My case is very glaring. You all know it. I was to go in the year 2007. He was the one that came again and said that He has not seen a replica, for there was none among all who could stay here.
He said, “I cannot help it. SON OF MAN, You must go back. Nevertheless, for My Word to stay true, I will pay the price. Go back! I know You have suffered. I know You have over-delayed. I know what You are passing through. Go back! I am with You.”
And this time, this second Missionary assignment, he did not tell Me when it is going to end. Did I make it clear to you before? Sure!!! I documented it.
That is why I keep on telling you, “I WILL NOT DIE TILL THE DAY I WILL DIE.” And that is when My Mission on earth is over. He knows when it is over. He will just detail Me to come back.
But now, it is still on course. I am on course. I am still riding the trail. That is why I ask, “How can I be here [Oh No!] and see evil and wickedness reign in the Bride?” It will never happen. It will never happen!

If you can outline how faithful you were, then God did nothing. Did you get the Message? We are all in the Ark by Election and by Predestination. We are adopted just for His Name’s sake. That is the Word. Without God in us, no man can believe Him. Nobody can obey God except God. No matter how you try to obey, you will see yourself disobeying. It requires God to obey Himself, Amen.

– THE SON OF MAN –

SPIRITUAL REALM [Part 1]: preached on Sunday 16^th July 1995; Pg. 52 vs. 13 – 14

DEATH RESPECTS THE RIGHTEOUS ONES

TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM, Version 1 paragraph 2: ²And the chief-captain departed from before the face of God, and went down to Abraham to the oak of Mamre, and found the righteous Abraham in the field close by, sitting beside yokes of oxen for ploughing, together with the sons of Masek and other servants, to the number of twelve.

And behold the chief-captain came to him, and Abraham, seeing the chief-captain Michael coming from afar, like to a very comely warrior, arose and met him as was his custom, meeting and entertaining all strangers.
And the chief-captain saluted him and said: Hail, most honored father, righteous soul chosen of God, true son of the heavenly one.
Look at the respect Angels accorded him. See the way they addressed father Abraham, the living legend of their day. How many can accord THE SON OF MAN this type of respect and honour, knowing that he is the Living Legend of today.
What does it take to be a legend? You must answer this question. And how do you approach this Legend in your own day?
Angels bowed down before him. Why? Because of the crown the LORD gave him, “My Best Friend.” He was wearing the Shekinah. The chiefest of all the angels was angel Michael. He did obeisance before Abraham. Angels bow before Him.
SONG: [What a Mighty God we serve – 2x. Heaven and earth adore Him. Angels bow before Him. What a Mighty God we serve.] He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Remember that only the descendants of Abraham will recognize him and acknowledge him. The rest won’t. We know we are children of God. Only those that proceeded from God will recognize and acknowledge us as children of God. The rest won’t. Do you believe it? 1 John 3. Very clear. Can we read it?
1 John 3:1 – 4, Living Bible. ^[1]See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his [own] children—think of it—and we really are! But since most people don’t know God, naturally they don’t understand that we are his children. Sure!!!
^[2]Yes, dear friends, we are already God’s children, right now, and we can’t even imagine what it is going to be like later on. But we do know this, that when he comes we will be like him, as a result of seeing him as he really is.
^[3]And everyone who really believes this will try to stay pure because Christ is pure.
^[4]But those who keep on sinning are against God, for every sin is done against the will of God. Sure!!!
1 John 3:1 – 4, Amplified version. ¹SEE WHAT [an incredible] quality of love the Father has given… Unbelievable quality …(shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! Sure!!! And so we are! The reason that the world does not know (recognize, acknowledge) us is that it does not know (recognize, acknowledge) Him.
²Beloved, we are [even here and] now God’s children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested,…
So you are the manifested sons and daughters of God. Why? God has been manifested. He has made Himself manifest that He may begat sons and daughters like Him.
…we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God’s children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is.
³And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).
⁴Everyone who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness; for [that is what] sin is, lawlessness (the breaking, violating of God’s law by transgression or neglect–being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will). Amen!
TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM, Version 1 paragraph 2 continues. …Abraham said to the chief-captain: Hail, most honored warrior, bright as the sun and most beautiful above all the sons of men; you are welcome; therefore I beseech your presence, tell me whence the youth of your age has come; teach me, your suppliant, whence and from what army and from what journey your beauty has come hither.
From what army? What battalion? What brigade? What infantry? I want to know your division from where you came. A young man, full of beauty. Vibrant with valour.
The chief-captain said: I, O righteous Abraham, come from the great city. I have been sent by the Great King to take the place of a good friend of his, for the king has summoned him.
And Abraham said, Come, my Lord, go with me as far as my field. The chief-captain said: I come; and going into the field of the ploughing, they sat down beside the company.
And Abraham said to his servants, the sons of Masek: Go to the herd of horses, and bring two horses, quiet, and gentle and tame, so that I and this stranger may sit thereon.
But the chief-captain said, Nay, my Lord, Abraham, let them not bring horses, for I abstain from ever sitting upon any four-footed beast. Is not my king rich in much merchandise, having power both over men and all kinds of cattle? But I abstain from ever sitting upon any four-footed beast. Let us go, then, O righteous soul, walking lightly until we reach your house. And Abraham said, Amen, be it so.
³And as they went on from the field toward his house, beside that way there stood a cypress tree, and by the command of the Lord the tree cried out with a human voice, saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God that calls himself to those that love him; but Abraham hid the mystery, thinking that the chief-captain had not heard the voice of the tree.
And coming near to the house they sat down in the court, and Isaac seeing the face of the angel said to Sarah his mother, My lady mother, behold, the man sitting with my father Abraham is not a son of the race of those that dwell on the earth.
And Isaac ran, and saluted him, and fell at the feet of the Incorporeal,… Incorporeal. That is one who is not in his corporal body. He appeared to Abraham in his Theophany body.
…and the Incorporeal blessed him and said, The Lord God will grant you his promise that he made to your father Abraham and to his seed, and will also grant you the precious prayer of your father and your mother.
Abraham said to Isaac his son, My son Isaac, draw water from the well, and bring it me in the vessel, that we may wash the feet of this stranger, for he is tired, having come to us from off a long journey.
Feet washing is the tradition of the Jews. And Abraham is the Father of the Jews. And the Father of the Gentiles.
And Isaac ran to the well and drew water in the vessel and brought it to them, and Abraham went up and washed the feet of the chief captain Michael, and the heart of Abraham was moved, and he wept over the stranger.
And Isaac, seeing his father weeping, wept also, and the chief captain, seeing them weeping, also wept with them,…
Have you seen that nobody feels joyful because he is dying, no matter the age? That is why I keep on telling you, “I do not care about the age of that person when he is leaving. It must bring about sorrows, tears and pains to those who are directly connected to that individual, for there is no good age for somebody to die. And there is no bad age for that. Especially one that has lived an upright life, and endeared himself to the souls of many until they will be desiring that he should not part with them again.”
…and the tears of the chief captain fell upon the vessel into the water of the basin and became precious stones. And Abraham seeing the marvel, and being astonished, took the stones secretly, and hid the mystery, keeping it by himself in his heart.
⁴And Abraham said to Isaac his son: Go, my beloved son, into the inner chamber of the house and beautify it. Spread for us there two couches, one for me and one for this man that is with us this day.
Prepare for us there a seat and a candlestick and a table with abundance of every good thing. Beautify the chamber, my son, and spread under us linen and purple and fine linen.
Burn there every precious and excellent incense, and bring sweet-smelling plants from the garden and fill our house with them.
Kindle seven lamps full of oil, so that we may rejoice, for this man that is our guest this day is more glorious than kings or rulers, and his appearance surpasses all the sons of men.
And Isaac prepared all things well, and Abraham taking the archangel Michael went into the chamber, and they both sat down upon the couches, and between them he placed a table with abundance of every good thing.
Then the chief captain arose and went out, as if by constraint of his belly to make issue of water, and ascended to heaven in the twinkling of an eye, and stood before the Lord, and said to him: Lord and Master, let your power know that I am unable to remind that righteous man of his death, for I have not seen upon the earth a man like him,… What?
…Lord and Master, let your power know that I am unable to remind that righteous man of his death,…
The angel communicated with God immediately, “Your friend, the righteous man on earth’ never have I come across this type of a human being. I can no longer open my mouth to disclose his death. May be You will send another person to come and bring his soul o. As for me, I am afraid. I do not think I can do this o.”
Somebody whose heart has become so pure and so righteous that even Angel Michael became afraid of bringing him home.
You see why glorious in the sight of God is the death of the righteous. Very glorious. And God does not suffer them in death. I will show you something.
Death respects the righteous ones. I say, death respects them. The grave respects them. Remember that the grave could not take Abel. Three times, Abel was buried. The grave threw Abel out.
Second time, the grave threw him out. Third time, the grave lifted him up, hung him and threw him far from the grave and said, “You were not the first creature I made. How dare you come to Me first, when your father is still there. You did not die, but your wicked brother murdered you because he was desirous of marrying your twin sister.”
Murdering a fellow human being because of a woman never started today. It never started today. People killing their fellow human being because of a woman. Because of a woman, Cain murdered his brother.
That is why I have told you in our own day, “The best of the woman has not been born. The best of any vehicle is not yet produced. The best of a house is not yet built. The best architect is not yet born. So the best of a woman is not yet conceived, and may not appear in your own generation.”
What am I saying? Good things are still in the future. Tomorrow is still better. Good things are inexhaustible. With every day break, better things appear. Cain, why did you kill your brother?
…Lord and Master, let your power know that I am unable to remind that righteous man of his death, pitiful, hospitable, righteous, truthful, devout, refraining from every evil deed. And now know, Lord, that I cannot remind him of his death.
And the Lord said: Go down, chief-captain Michael, to my friend Abraham, and do whatever he says to you, and eat with him whatever he eats.
And I will send my Holy Spirit upon his son Isaac, and will put the remembrance of his death into the heart of Isaac, so that even he in a dream may see the death of his father, and Isaac will relate the dream, and you shall interpret it, and he himself will know his end.
Oh! Things are happening! Look at God’s strategy, “Angel Michael the chief captain, go back there. I will now visit the son Isaac in the dream of the night, reveal his father’s death to him. He will come before you and his father to narrate the dream. While you are there, after his narrative, interpret the dream to his father and My friend Abraham.”
Look at the strategy. God, trying to bring the righteous Abraham home, lest he will clock one thousand years here, for because of his righteousness, he has clocked 995 years.
If God did not come to bring him, he will remain for one day. One thousand years!
And the chief-captain said, Lord, all the heavenly spirits are incorporeal, and neither eat nor drink, and this man has set before me a table with abundance of all good things earthly and corruptible.
Have you now seen what happened? Angels do not eat. Angels do not drink. Remember, when the angel visited Manoah and his wife, He did not eat. He went away.
But when He visited Abraham, he ate and drank. He equally passed the night. When He visited Lot, he passed the night. Food was prepared and everything, but they did not eat. They did not drink, but they passed the night. But the Elohim ate and passed the night with His best friend Abraham
Now, Lord, what shall I do? How shall I escape him, sitting at one table with him? The Lord said: Go down to him, and take no thought for this, for when you sit down with him, I will send upon you a devouring spirit, and it will consume out of your hands and through your mouth all that is on the table. Sure!!! The consuming fire!!!
Sit down on that table. The moment that table is there, I am going to perform something. By the time Abraham will come to that table, he will not see the food again. He might be thinking that you have consumed all. Yet, you did not eat any. Even if you have taken it into your mouth, I will dissolve all.
See how God loved Abraham. See how God loved the children of Abraham.
SONG: [That we should be called the sons of God. That we should be called the sons of God. Behold what manner of love the father has bestowed upon us]
To be called a child of God; a daughter of God or a son of God is the highest honour. I mean, God placing you at the highest; I call it the pinnacle of honour. Zenith of honour.
There are too many things bubbling in Me. Let Me withhold them now. I know, with time, they will come out.