INTRODUCTION
PROPHETIC QUOTES
The Prophet of God said: “During that time THE MOSQUES WILL
BE BEAUTIFUL AND FLOURISHING BUT THEY WILL BE DEVOID OF GUIDANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT.” (Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 2, p. 190.). HE WILL BE SENT WHEN HE IS BETWEEN 30 AND 40. The Mahdi is one of my children. HE IS AROUND 40.
(Al-Haythami, Al-Qawl Al-Mukhtasar, P. 41) From YahyaibnNufal, indeed Musa ibnJa’afar (as) raise his hands and supplicates after Asr prayer, I inquire from him saying, to whom did you offer
prayer for? He said: to Al-Mahdi among the family of Muhammad (saas) and said: HE IS HAVING BIG STOMACH, his eyebrow very close, HIS LEGS ARE VERY ENERGETIC, HIS SHOULDER IS WIDE (Bihar al-Anwar: 86-81). Humran bin A’yân says: To Imam Muhammad Bakir: “… Your Lord Hazrat Mahdi (As) will have a wide stomach …” (Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani p. 253). He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] is a young man of medium stature and with a beautiful face … the radiance of his face shines like day in his hair, beard, and the blackness of his head, and gives him greatness. (Al-Uqayli, Al-Najmu Al-Saqib).
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’jamAhadith al-Imam al-Mahdi, Vol. 4 p. 57 and Bihar Vol. 52 p. 336).
Just then I heard someone walking across the floor, which startled me again, as I knew of no who would be coming there besides myself.
Now coming through the light, I SAW THE FEET OF A MAN COMING TOWARDS ME, as naturally as you would walk to me. HE APPEARED TO BE A MAN WHO, I N HUMAN WEIGHT, would weigh about two hundred pounds, CLOTHED IN A WHITE ROBE.
HE HAS A SMOOTH FACE, NO BREAD, DARK HAIR DOWN TO HIS SHOULDERS, RATHER DARK-COMPLEXIONED, WITH A VERY PLEASANT COUNTENANCE, and coming closer, his eyes caught with mine. Seeing how fearful I was, HE BEGAN TO SPEAK. “FEAR NOT ”(William Braham: A MAN SENT BY GOD by Gordon Lindsay, page 76).
SECTION ONE
SCRIPTURAL BACKGROUND
Songs of Solomon 1:6
“Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept”. KJV
“Don’t look down on me because of my color, because the sun has tanned me. My brothers were angry with me and made me work in the vineyard. I had no time to care for myself”. GNB
Isaiah 63:1
“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save”. KJV
“Who is this coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom? Who is this so splendidly dressed in red, marching along in power and strength?” It is the LORD, powerful to save, coming to announce his victory”. GNB
Isaiah 25:9-10
In that day the people will proclaim, this is Our God, in whom we trust for whom we waited now at last He is here. What a day of rejoicing! For the Lord’s good hand will rest upon Jerusalem and Moab will be crushed as straw beneath His feet and left with rot. KJV
When it happens, everyone will say, “He is our God! We have put our trust in him, and he has rescued us. He is the Lord! We have put our trust in him, and now we are happy and joyful because he has saved us.”
The Lord will protect Mount Zion, but the people of Moab will be trampled down the way straw is trampled in manure. GNB
Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. KJV
The God of Israel, who saves his people, is a God who conceals himself. GNB
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the lord to help us, though he is hiding now. My only hope is in Him. LB
The lord has hidden himself from his people, but I trust him and place my hope in Him. GNB
Phil 2:6-7
Who though he was God did not demand and cling to his rights as God but laid aside his mighty power and glory taking a disguise of a slave and becoming like men. LB
He always had the nature of God but he did not think that by force He should try to remain equal with God. Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had. GNB
Who, although existed in the form and unchanging essence of God (as one with him possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes – the entire nature of Deity) did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted (as if he would not already possess it or afraid of losing it) but emptied himself (without renouncing or diminishing his deity, but only temporary giving up the outward expression of the divine equality and rightful dignity) by assuming the form of a bond servant and being made in the likeness of men ( he became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man. AMP
Section Two
EXCERPTS FROM
NO HIDING PLACE
PREACHED
BY
APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA
THE SON OF MAN
AT
THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD ONITSHA
ON 23RD MARCH, 2003
FROM PAGE 122:24 – PAGE 133:10
NO HIDING PLACE
“Since it has been widely speculated that this generation is ending on a disastrous note, what efforts are you making with your family, relations, friends and well wishers to escape the trouble that is coming on mankind anytime from now?…”
Since you believe and you are sure that this generation is ending on a disastrous note, the Watchman is asking you a direct question: “What efforts are you making to safeguard your family, your parents, friends and well -wishers or are you just folding your hands and saying, “Let God determine my fate?”
Looking at the whole thing, I know that victory is along the way; the war will not last long. America predicted that it will last long; Britain predicted that it will last long, but I am saying that it will not last long because I am interested in it. It will not last long. If it lasts long, no flesh will be saved.
If the Lord of hosts does not shorten the period, surely, no flesh will be saved and He is going to shorten the period of the war for the sake of the elect.
Because we are still here, God is going to do something; the Lord must wage it and then determine the thing on once-and-for-all basis and in the end, victory will come to God, whether you believe it or not. The East must win the West, for God is a native of the East and the West has remained God’s greatest enemies.
God is found in the East and not in the West. That is why I am not a Christian. I am a Child of God posted here for a purpose, but I know My homeland; My homeland is in the East and not the West. Then you begin to appreciate why I have always justified the Muslims.
GOD IS A MUSLIM, BELIEVE IT IF YOU CAN. Thus, any attack on Muslims is an attack on God. It is hard to believe.
Now, let me ask you a question: if you are asked to trace the old time religion, the religion of Moses, where will you go to? East or West? Who knows the old time religion of today? Is it the West or the East? It is from the East. Is that not true? The great rabbis all came from the East; no rabbi has ever come from the West and no rabbi will ever come from the West. You can only see impersonations in the West.
Whatever you see in the West is mere impersonation; the original is always in the East. Even Abraham is a native of Iraq. Don’t you know that it is the home of our fathers that is being attacked? The enemies are attacking My home for I am a native of Iraq. You know that there are many things we dare not say; maybe, you do not believe that God is found in despised places.
Acts 7:1-5
Then the high priest asked him, “Are these Accusation True?” this was Stephen’s lengthy reply the glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Iraq before he moved to Syria and told him to leave his native land, to say good bye to his relatives and to start out for a country that God would direct him to. So he left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran, in Syria until his father died. Then God brought him to the land of Israel, but gave him no property of his own not one little tract of land. However; God promised that eventually the whole country would belong to him and his descendants though as yet he has no children. LB
Which religion is despised today? Is anyone despising the so-called Christianity? It is enjoying world acclaim now. However, once you mention Islam, people become scared. They call it every kind of name. What if at the end, you discover that I am an Ishmaelite. What if you discover that I have nothing to do with Sarah, but belong to Hagar? What will you say?
If I am of Esau, of what use is Jacob? If Esau can be saved, what will hinder God from saving Ishmael? Maybe, you do not know that Sarah represents the Law while Hagar represents freedom. Maybe, you do not know that Hagar was a Gentile and Sarah was a Jew.
Who will receive the wrath of God? Is it the Jews or the Gentiles? The Jews! Stop there; do not bother yourselves. These are side comments we can make anytime, but for you to come for justification of what I am saying, come closer and I will drill you there. That is why when you see people talking blah, blah, blah about all these religions, be very quiet, lest you speak against yourself. I know where what I am proclaiming here comes from. Maybe, you think that Jesus Christ came from America. America has always been arrogating to themselves everything that is good.
Anything that is good, they will take it to Europe; it must go to America and other European countries, but anything that is bad or evil they will take it to the East. That is not what we are discussing. Amen.
Follow Me this way: “THE FINAL APPEAL.” Brother Isaac Igwe, I know you are boiling there because this is sounding strange. Didn’t I promise you that I will say unimaginable things this year; things that are unbelievable; things that can set your heart aflame?
To believe that God will justify the Muslims and then condemn the Christians, you know, is not easy, but that is what He has done now. He has done it already. Let them drag God to court. God is not in Christianity; even the fear of God is not in Christianity. Christianity is politics. It is the highest form of international politics. It is American device which they cemented with the Bible.
I am here to make you know the truth. Now, from all these things you are hearing, do you not know that you are getting transformed? Even your ideologies are being changed. Your philosophies, your visions, everything is changing. You can now begin to see yourselves that you cannot fit into any system. You are neither here nor there. In other words, you are in the world of your own.
The Christians are wrong, the Muslims are wrong. When judged with what you are upholding, you are not upholding Muslim faith, you are not upholding Christian faith and you are not upholding any religious faith. What faith are you holding? The Faith of Christ. Full stop.
That is why the scripture said that you are transferred from the Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of His Dear Son. This is the only place you can now stay and call Him Abba Father. This is a separate Family. That is why the message said that you are a peculiar people, a separated people, a called-out people, a royal priesthood. You are in a world of your own. You can create and recreate.
As long as we are in our nation, we can make laws here and equally cancel them. We are not bound by the laws of any nation. That is why when you come into this Faith, you have to be very careful. The more you look, the less you see. That will prove to you that every true seed of God is an oddball. Every statement he makes will take some people million miles away.
While they are still thinking of that one, he will say another thing. He will keep talking, until the more he opens his mouth, the blinder they become; until they will be looking at him like a fool. You will not know where to start; you keep on talking to somebody and he will be astonished and say: “I was thinking that you are a Christian. I used to regard you as a born again Christian, but from what I am seeing now, I am confused.”
He will ask: “What is the name of this Church?” And you say, “Sir, I do not belong to any Church and I have never been a Christian all my life and I will not be a Christian till eternity”. He will say, “I fear you”.
Yes, you must fear Me. See God in His wisdom! He allowed us to pass through them, until we finished revealing everything concerning every organization on Earth and know the extent of their powers; the source of their pride and boast so that we can never be afraid of any of them.
Anywhere they see us, you see them on the run. They warn their members never to associate with us, but we permit you to meet them; we permit you to go and meet them because we have taught you.
SECTION THREE
EXCERPTS FROM
BRIDAL WATCH VOLUME 6
PREACHED
BY
APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA
THE SON OF MAN
AT
THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD ONITSHA
ON 24TH APRIL, 2016
FROM CHAPTERS 2 & 3, PGS 29-65
1
THE GENESIS
Now, before we read the message “No hiding Place,” I want to address you on the situation. Please pardon Me. it may be offensive. You know, God is a Muslim. Do we have the message, “No Hiding Place?” I would like to read something.
No hiding place was preached on the 23rd of March, 2003. At the household of God Onitsha.
“No Hiding Place” Page 122 verse 25. “Since you believe and you are sure that this generation is ending on a disastrous note,…
Brethren, do you believe that? Yes Sir. Do you believe that? Yes Sir. Is it scriptural? Yes Sir. Ok.
Since you believe and you are sure that this generation is ending on a disastrous note,…
This year is labeled the year of disaster and God said, the moment it sets in, it can never rescind again, rather it would be increasing until we would see the climax.
The Watchman is asking you a direct question: “What efforts are you making to safeguard your family, your parents, friends and well -wishers or are you just folding your hands and saying, “Let God determine my fate?”
The cloud is in the camp. I know that victory is along the way.
Looking at the whole thing, I know that victory is along the way…the war will not last long.
The war will not last long. So, there is going to be a war. But it will not last long.
America predicted that it will last long; Britain predicted that it will last long, but I am saying that it will not last long because I am interested in it. It will not last long. If it lasts long, no flesh will be saved.
Is it not scriptural? If the Lord of Hosts does not shorten that period because of the elect, no flesh shall be saved. But it is going to be the severest war. And after that, there will not be anything like that, and there has never been anything like that.
And I told you, it is going to last for ten days only. But the ten days will be like a millennium. You know what a millennium is. The ten days would be to the human race here as if it is a millennium.
That is why you must pay attention to Me. I am not trying to frighten you, not to frighten anybody. I have never deceived you and I will never deceive you.
Verse 27: If the Lord of hosts does not shorten the period, surely, no flesh will be saved and He is going to shorten the period of the war for the sake of the elect…
Have you heard it? Because we are still here. The only property God has on earth is this Bridal Faith. The prophet even said it, that the only property God has on earth is the Church; and by the Church, he was referring to this particular one that believes in His word, that is being led by the Spoken Word.
For He was looking for a person, a group of people He will lead by His word. Hence, He said, “They will do nothing except at His word.”
This was where Adam and Eve failed. For they could not do anything at His Word. God is found in His Word. He does not operate outside His Word. He is His Word, He is the Word made flesh in every generation. Even the book of Revelation said, “He had a name written which is His Name, the Word of God”.
Thus, you can never separate God from His Word. When the word of God is spoken, God has spoken.
Verse 28. Because we are still here, God is going to do something; the Lord must wage it and then determine the thing on once-and-for-all basis.
Determine what? The thing on a once-and-for-all basis. Which means, there has never been such a thing and after that, there will NEVER be. Is it not scriptural?
Victory will come to who? God. God Himself will step in; He will do the fighting of the battle. You cannot fight, that is why He said, “The battle is mine, the battle does not belong to you”.
That is the battle of Gog and Magog. The battle of Gog and Magog. That is the battle of the great deceiver of the world and then the King of the North who will join hands with the king of Assyria, the present Syria. He will not only supply arms, he will supply personnel, he will supply everything, he will fight in the air and on the land.
And in the end, victory will come to God, whether you believe it or not. The East must win the West. What? The East must win the West.
If you watch the setup of the battle, it is now clear. It is the East versus the West. America is supporting the West, Russia is supporting the East. The East is NATO, the West is UN. The West is UN, the East is NATO.
The super leader of the East is Russia. The super leader of the West is America. And that is why, Nigeria has craftily cemented its stand before the whole world as an Islamic country. We have ceased from being a secular state whether you like it or not.
It does not mean that Christians will not be in Nigeria. Christians will be in Nigeria, they will be in the minority. And already they have been in the minority.
Let Me tell you. The last census gave us the correct figure. Nigeria is made up of 75 percent Muslims, 20 percent Christians. Then the remaining 5 percent were people that never belong to the Muslims or Christians. They were free thinkers, pagans and people of all walks of life.
You do not need a prophet to tell you that I am a Geographer. I know that 85 percent of our landmass is occupied by Muslims. I equally know the history of this nation, that we are not citizens, we are subjects and that is why citizens commit crimes, they are insulated from the law, but subjects must be prosecuted, whether they like it or not. For you to be a subject and avoid prosecution, you must be affiliated to Sokoto Caliphate, which is Othman Dan Fodio, the owner of this garden called Nigeria.
He is My father. You do not know what I mean by My father. Until I explain it, don’t shout. My duty is to tell you the truth.
Let Me tell you something. If you sit down quietly, think, “How many people did God create in the beginning?” He created Adam, lastly He created Eve. From Eve and Adam came up other human beings. Trace all of them; you trace them back to God. Trace all of them; you trace them back to Adam and Eve; from Adam and Eve, back to God, renegade or not renegade. Am I making sense?
Please pause a little there. Because the first woman was manmade woman imposed on a manmade man who had no experience, so, they were treated as equals. They fumbled; their products came from their loins.
Adam never came from the loins of God. Adam was molded as an image resembling the Father who breathed into him the breath of life. He became a living soul.
Then from Adam, a miniature human being was fashioned out to meet the PHYSICAL requirements of Adam, NOT SPIRITUAL. That is why there is nothing spiritual in a woman. There is nothing spiritual in every woman.
Even the nature of a woman, everything in a woman, her ministry, her office, everything, check all of them, they are all physical, they are all material. They are strictly restricted, banned from handling spiritual matters.
That is why they would be saved through their domestic work and child bearing if they continue to obey us and subject themselves to the rulership of their husbands who are their saviors, who will speak for them, who will answer for them.
It is because of this that women that are not married, about eight or nine or twenty, they would be clamouring for a man whose name they will bear to save them from the reproach of unmarried estate. Is it not scripture? It is. (Isaiah 4:1, KJV, LB, GNB, AMP)
That is why a man has no restriction on the number of women he would marry or concubine but women have restriction.
Please, pay attention; I am not speaking on marriage. I am talking about this all-important matter.
When Abraham came up, Abraham married the first wife Sarah. Sarah’s consent was sought before Sarah was brought to Abraham. Now, because of delay in conception, pressure was mounted on the woman, not the man. The man was at ease but the woman was the one that was greatly troubled as it has always been the case.
Her heart started suggesting things that never existed, imagining things even the relations of Abraham never had in mind. They never conjectured it in their mind for one day. “After seven or eight years, my husband placed somebody, they would say he married a man and no longer a woman. My mother-in-law is hating me, even his relations. God! God! After my husband, who takes his heritage? Who will succeed my husband?”
While the man was quiet, the woman mounted undue pressure on her side, became highly restive as it is even till this day.
It was the restiveness of the woman that made the man, at least, to permit her to do that which she felt would make her happy?
“Madam, is this what I will grant and you will feel happy and comfortable with me?”
She said, “yes.”“Ok, do it the way you want.” Then she brought her maid and gave the husband. Abraham never for one day touched that girl. The thought of even going to bed with her never came into Abraham until, the wife was the one, because he was permitted.
“Madam, your wish is now my command. Do it the way you want.” And she did it the way she wanted. She was the one that even found fault.
Now, what am I trying to say? Abraham was compelled to marry a second wife. As they journeyed along, expecting children, Abraham felt that the only way he could fulfill God’s promise, that his children would be like the sand of the ocean shore was to take as many wives as he could and even concubines. He went for the third wife called Keturah.
Now, who can tell Me the religion, the faith of the children of Keturah. You can talk about Isaac, you can talk of Ishmael. What of the sons of Keturah? What is their religion?
Do you want to tell Me that God excluded them? Excluding them means that the promise failed. But at the end of the day, no matter the religion, no matter the name, all of them must be traced back to one man, Abraham. They are of the same father but with many mothers. They are members of one family, sharing everything in common.
Why must one prosecute the other? What if at the end, the father will come up and say, “You! yes, I know where you went; I know where you went. Because there was no other person with you, you established a language, and established a god for yourself. For there was none with you there. This one went the other way, at last, all of you have come back.
Now, this one wey come from the north, na me get am. From the West, na me get am. From the blues, na me get am. My first son, stop warring. I do not want to hear any noise again. Na me get am.”
All of them are traceable to one man. Even in normal life situation, you do not know the number of children that belong to a man until the day he dies. You will see some that will fly in wearing his real picture.
People that know how it transpired will tell you how the man sojourned in the foreign land, married to one woman who had three children unknown to the community but known to the people where he sojourned. All of them will come down.
If in your family, you have not received people born of your father outside, it is a sure sign that your family was very poor. If your father was not poor, there is no record of any king who had the money in those days, that would deny of having children here and there, randomly. All of them belong to the man.
God is a Great God. The Owner of the whole Universe. You do not know. He said it in the Bible, “On that day, you will see them coming from the East, from the West, from the North, from the South, all wearing white garment.
And the angels will be asking, “Who are these people?” The Jews will be protesting, who claimed God to be an original and only heritage they will not share with any gentile nation. And God will say, “Shut up, whether Jew or Gentile, na me get all of you. See their Mama, na Me marry am. Look at what happened, from there, look at the nation.”
What can you say about Edom? What can you say about Moab? Now, since you cannot talk about the children of Keturah, let Me stop there. The cloud is in the camp. I do not want to go there again. Amen.
2
THE FAITH AND HOME OF ABRAHAM
No Place to Hide”. The East must surely win the war against the West.
…The East must win the West, for God is a native of the East…
Pay attention. God is a native of what? The East.
…and the West has remained God’s greatest enemies.
The West has remained God’s greatest enemies.
God is found in the East and not in the West. That is why I am not a Christian.
Have you heard why I am not a Christian? Ok. I am a child of God. I am the Eastern Star.
I am a Child of God posted here for a purpose…
Posted here for a purpose, as the Great Eastern Star shining in the Gentile world for the sake of the elect to get you reconciled, for you wandered away.
If I am not sent, you will not come. I came and then released the word; the word magnetized all that belong to Me, for no man can come to Me except the Father brings him to Me. I know My sheep, My sheep knoweth Me, My sheep heareth My voice and I call them by their names
They would never perish for I will give them eternal life. Neither would anything pluck them out of My hand, for My Father who giveth them to Me is stronger than any seducing spirit, any tempter, any opposing power. If you belong to this category, be happy. And how do you prove it?
There is an inner force, inner drive, inner passion that can never calm down. It is always bubbling. When the tempest rises, the inner force raises a standard, immediately the situation is stemmed, the word automatically controls it, places the tempest where it belongs to. Yes.
…I am a Child of God posted here for a purpose, but I know My homeland…
I know My home land. …My homeland is in the East and not the West. Then you begin to appreciate why I have always justified the Muslims. GOD IS A MUSLIM, BELIEVE IT IF YOU CAN…
Believe it if you can. But where you cannot, it is not a crime, leave it there.
Thus, any attack on Muslims is an attack on God. It is hard to believe.
It is what? Hard to believe. Remember, whatever that is highly celebrated by human beings has always been an abomination before God. Remember that truth has always been hidden in a despised place.
Now, let me ask you a question: if you are asked to trace the old time religion, the religion of Moses, where will you go to? East or West?
Can you go to the West to get the religion of Moses? No Sir. The original Faith. I mean that the Angel that was in the Church in the wilderness; when you are asked to trace the Church in the wilderness, will you go to the West? We know where it is.
We know the Angel that was there. We know the Rock that was following, supplying everything, and He changeth not. We know how He migrated to this place.
If He went to America, He went for His own. If He went to Russia, He went for His own. Just like He went to accursed city, Jericho for one man. If He came to Nigeria, He came for His own.
He will tour the whole world, only to fish out His own, that they might be one, united in the Godhead.
Who knows the old time religion of today? Is it the West or the East? It is from the East. Is that not true?
Did He promise to send His angels to the four corners of the earth to gather every elect? Is it scriptural? Yes Sir. When are you expecting it? The message has gone to every nation fishing out the elect.
Because He said that this message of the kingdom must be preached in every tongue, in every language, in every nation in the world and then the end shall come.
The message of God goes to the elect only. Apart from the elect, nobody would recognize the message. The cloud is here.
The great rabbis all came from the East;…
Not even one came from the West. Not even one. Mention them. If there have been any, please tell us. No great teacher has ever emerged from the West.
No rabbi has ever come from the West…
If you know any, tell us.
…and no rabbi will ever come from the West.
And no Rabbi will ever, because the West is the home of impersonation, the home of counterfeit.
…You can only see impersonations in the West. Whatever you see in the West is mere impersonation; the original is always in the East. Even Abraham is a native of Iraq.
Brethren, is it not clear? Is Abraham not a native of Babylon? Is Babylon not Mesopotamia? Is Mesopotamia not the present day Iraq? Acts 7:1-5; Then the high priest asked him, “Are these Accusation True?” this was Stephen’s lengthy reply the glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Iraq before he moved to Syria and told him to leave his native land, to say good bye to his relatives and to start out for a country that God would direct him to. So he left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran, in Syria until his father died. Then God brought him to the land of Israel, but gave him no property of his own not one little tract of land. However; God promised that eventually the whole country would belong to him and his descendants though as yet he has no children. LB
If your father is from Mbaise, are you not an Mbaise man?
What is the religion of Iraq, as they inherited from the father Abraham? Tell Me, apart from that Abraham’s group, is there any other group that slaughters lamb, uses lamb, sacrificing on the hills? No Sir.
Are you not in the faith of Abraham? And the Bible said, “If you belong to Christ, you are Abraham’s descendants and heirs according to the faith.
Faith of who? Faith of Abraham. Are you not worshipping the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? We do not make this public. We limit it to ourselves so that you bridle your tongue.
For by nature, whatever people cannot understand or they do not know, they cast aspersions on it. Have you ever seen Me wagging My tongue when you make such dogmatic assertions on matters I know that are unclear to you? I look at you and feign ignorance, for I know when your derogatory remarks are directed towards Me.
My people do not know Me. if you have known Me to this point, show by raising your hand. Look at, not even one hand. Is this a new message? Why have you not known Me? You can never hear this in any religious group. The cloud is in the camp.
If I am deceiving you, the Creator of heavens and earth would not have been appearing from time to time for confirmation. If I deceive you, what is My gain?
Tell Me what I would gain by deceiving you? Because somebody must stand to gain something, if he will deceive a people. But tell Me, if I will deceive you, what will I gain? Absolutely nothing. By this message even, am I trying to make Myself popular? Never! For this type of message can never make a man popular, rather it will cause people to avoid him. It attracts all manner of criticism. It even attracts persecution, cruel misunderstanding.
Yet, I am undaunted, immoveable, for I know who I am. Forget about My simplicity, it is My nature.
Of course, you should know that a real Muslim is a simple man. Even their millionaires, very simple, easily approachable. They do not make noise. But in the West, everybody would like to be “His Royal Majesty, Eze Gburugburu, Ochiri Ozua, Ome nke Okwuru, Nkeanya fury kwe, Obu Enuigwenaalan’isi. Kabi-eshi.
But it is not so with the East. With the small cap over his head, with small mat, he condescends to men of low estate, to the point of not sitting on plastic chair to worship God. He considers it even as a great evil, he sits on the ground A to Z. He believes that the way up is down.
But the West loves celebrated seats. When they are not provided, the individuals would use their money to provide such with their names inscribed. They would build synagogues, temple, cathedral, inscribe their names there as people that constructed it for the Church and community, and will be expecting coronation of all sorts. Knight of this, knight of this, nobody would like to take servant/subject.
It is not an expository. This is a message I handled over the years, 2003. Is it not scriptural? Is it not historical? Who can doubt it?
Now, if we proceeded from Abraham, if we have Abraham as our father, where is our descent? Where is our home? Who was promised heaven?
The first man that was promised heaven was Abraham and his descendants. If you are not a descendant of Abraham, that which God promised to Abraham will not get to you. For it is in Abraham that all the nations of the earth shall be blessed. Am I making sense? So, the nations of the earth must bow down to the God of Abraham. And the God of Abraham has a native land.
Song: Oh My home, when shall I see My home, when shall I see My native land, I will never forget my home.
Bishop Ukpong, are you not happier in your home than in Jos? Even if you are dying of starvation there, you are highly welcome. The peace, the warmness, the friendliness you have been witnessing since you have been in Afikpo, you never witnessed a tenth in Jos. No place is like home.
If you are asked to go to your home now, where will you go? Would you go to Rome? Will you go to Egypt? Tell Me where you will go. Are you going to Jerusalem? Jerusalem is a part of the Middle East. The contention is Israel, that Israel cannot be a nation in Jewish world. That Israel should not be recognized as a Jewish nation among the Jews. And Israel, you know, is a man’s name which culminated into a group of people that was recognize as a nation in error.
Israel was born out of international politics. I know that everybody is amazed. Before 1960, we were British citizens, did it change our language? Did it change our culture and everything? Did we travel to London? Did we make London our permanent home? We were in Nigeria answering British. We were in Nigeria bagging British Degrees, British Certificate under London GCE. Amen. So please, it does not mean that I will build Mosque for you.
For the Lord of Hosts does not live in building made with hands. I am the present building and I am here with you. You are highly accommodated.
The cloud is in the camp. If you do not believe that the cloud is in the camp, I will send you outside, you will feel the warm weather.
Even Abraham is a native of Iraq. Don’t you know that it is the home of our fathers that is being attacked?
Brethren, when America came all out to destroy Iraq, I felt bad. I condemned them. I told you, in the end, that this man, George Bush must regret it. That it was an attack directed to a religion in the name of politics. For what they were looking for was not in Iraq.
At the end of the day, what happened? They tendered apology. American senate brought George Bush to book, that he led America into a very expensive war against Iraq for no just cause.
It is retaliation that Osama Bin Laden decided to act, to keep our hope afloat. And since that time, the struggle has been there. And we are using every kind of form to get the message across. I will tell you the latest today.
The enemies are attacking My home for I am a native of Iraq. You know that there are many things we dare not say; maybe, you do not believe that God is found in despised places.
God is found in despised places. How many believes that?
Which religion is despised today?
Which religion is despised today? Pay attention everybody. Which religion is despised today? Can you answer the question?
Is anyone despising the so-called Christianity? It is enjoying world acclaim now.
It is enjoying world acclaim, world recognition.
However, once you mention Islam, people become scared.
Is it not true? If you have not witnessed it, look at even the derogatory remarks people use on the Hausa brothers that fetch water for us, cut our finger nails, help in mending our dresses at the cheapest cost. Look at the way we regard them.
We do not even use Mallam which means Mr, in a respectful way. We do not even use Aboki. Aboki is my friend. We do not use it in a respectful way. We use it as if we are trying to ridicule them. Just like you call somebody Onuku. Onuku means “My friend”. Onuku means, “My friend”.
Go to Benue, Onuku means, “My friend”. But here, when you call somebody Onuku, he will run mad. But when you call somebody Onuku there, he will embrace you. Oh Onuku!
Elder Ben Mbah, what is Onuku? Onuku means, “My friend”. Brother John Abah, what is the meaning of Onuku in Idoma? Onuku means, “My friend”. It is just like I was telling you, in Mexico, “The creator” means, “Utu”. To God be the glory.
Whenever you mention this religion, everybody is scared. Some will associate you to one set or another because of ignorance and wrong influence. Another one is indoctrination
However, once you mention Islam, people become scared. They call it every kind of name. What if at the end, you discover that I am an Ishmaelite. What if you discover that I have nothing to do with Sarah, but belong to Hagar? What will you say? If I am of Esau, of what use is Jacob?
If Esau can be saved, what will hinder God from saving Ishmael? Maybe, you do not know that Sarah represents the Law while Hagar represents freedom. Is it Bible? Maybe, you do not know that Hagar was a Gentile and Sarah was a Jew. Who will receive the wrath of God? Is it the Jews or the Gentiles? The Jews! Is it not Bible?
Stop there; do not bother yourselves. These are side comments we can make anytime, but for you to come for justification of what I am saying, come closer and I will drill you there.
You know, I never intended to read this. I was trying to say few things but this thing struck Me as a revelation, that I should scratch it a little. With this little nuggets, I think you can trace your home now.
If I allow you to go home, you know where you will go. You cannot join others where they are wrong. And for the majority to accept you to be right, it is not easy.
Now, we are still forging ahead. I am trying to address the global situation, to keep you abreast of the hour, that God said, “Keep your eyes on the King of the North.”
Looking at the way we are sitting down, you might be thinking that nothing is happening. Things are really happening in diverse places at different forms. Do not allow Nigeria situation to over blind you into believing that the problem is limited to Nigeria. No. but remember there is going to be a very big problem that will spark off soon. The long awaited third world war where our translation is tied to. Amen.