WHAT IS THE LITERARY MEANING OF THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT THAT IS KNOWN TO MANY TODAY AS THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD IN ALL REALITY? This is one of the divine attributes of God, the creator of the entire universe. OMNI is from the Greek word, which means “everything”, “comprehensive”, “simultaneous” and "infinitely". Science is the word that comes from the Latin word "scientia" which means "knowledge". Omniscience literally means "all knowledge". it implies that no knowledge is left behind, missing, hidden, not known, unknown, inadequate or partially known from God.
THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD means that God knows everything totally, completely, fully, not partially and then at the same time without studying anything in order to know everything. Omniscience is the God's divine capacity to know everything infinitely, in all the entire creation or the whole universe from the eternity past into the eternity future at the same time without studying them in order to know them fully. God is the epitome of all knowledge.
There is nothing happens in the entire universe past, present or future, visible or invisible, physical or spiritual, real or imaginary, minute or huge, microscopic or macroscopic that takes God by surprise. He knows the outcomes, the full details and the origins of all things physical and spiritual, visible and invisible, real and imaginary, including the deepest thought, thinking, plans or the hidden secrets of the human's heart.
All humans are completely limited in their own knowledge, they know partially, not fully, they study to know. Humans can only focus on a very tiny branch of the vast knowledge at a time, human knowledge is acquired gradually over a time period spent on studying or observing. Human knowledge comes through the five human senses and natural observations. Humans will never know everything, their capacity to know is too limited.
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain - Psalm 139:2-6.
Who has understood the mind of the LORD,
or instructed him as his counselor?
Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him,
and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge
or showed him the path of understanding? - Isaiah 40:13-14.
Friday, December 28, 2012
"THE FOUR MAJOR REASONS WHY MANY NIGERIANS ARE EXTREMELY POOR TODAY"
Poverty is primarily man-made in nature, historically and in all ramifications just like slavery. About 80% of Nigerians are extremely poor in 2012 and they survive on $1 to $2 a day living budget. The following reasons are directly and primarily responsible for this mass poverty in Nigeria today in 2013.
(i) The Nigerian national currency (the Naira) was officially devalued in 1986 and this currency devaluation immediately resulted in the massive reduction in the purchasing power of the tens of millions of the ordinary Nigerians in an import-dependent and a 100% consuming economy. This currency devaluation resulted also in the skyrocketing inflation of all the imported goods as well as important general services in Nigeria
(ii) The monthly wages that are paid by the private and the public sectors to the Nigerian workers have remained stagnant for decades despite the yearly rise in the prices of all goods and services. Nigerian workers are paid the typical poverty wages ($112 a month as the minimum wage) instead of the true and the realistic living wages that can make them to live above the national poverty line. These poverty wages in all reality will never allow those millions of the poorly paid Nigerian workers to be able to meet their basic human needs in this life, such as good housing, nutritional meals, decent clothes, transportation, health care, savings and decent retirement in the future.
(iii) Nigeria's past and present leaders continue unabated to loot the treasury and to mismanage our enormous oil revenues for decades without developing the country and diversifying her economy for the much needed economic opportunities for the poor and needy Nigerians. (v) The good paying jobs in Nigeria that can easily lift up millions of these unemployed Nigerian college educated professionals are so few today and they are also limited to the oil/gas, IT, banking, consultancy and telecommunication sectors. There are no economic, financial and educational opportunities for millions of Nigerian youths today for them to be able to secure a better financial future for tomorrow.
(i) The Nigerian national currency (the Naira) was officially devalued in 1986 and this currency devaluation immediately resulted in the massive reduction in the purchasing power of the tens of millions of the ordinary Nigerians in an import-dependent and a 100% consuming economy. This currency devaluation resulted also in the skyrocketing inflation of all the imported goods as well as important general services in Nigeria
(ii) The monthly wages that are paid by the private and the public sectors to the Nigerian workers have remained stagnant for decades despite the yearly rise in the prices of all goods and services. Nigerian workers are paid the typical poverty wages ($112 a month as the minimum wage) instead of the true and the realistic living wages that can make them to live above the national poverty line. These poverty wages in all reality will never allow those millions of the poorly paid Nigerian workers to be able to meet their basic human needs in this life, such as good housing, nutritional meals, decent clothes, transportation, health care, savings and decent retirement in the future.
(iii) Nigeria's past and present leaders continue unabated to loot the treasury and to mismanage our enormous oil revenues for decades without developing the country and diversifying her economy for the much needed economic opportunities for the poor and needy Nigerians. (v) The good paying jobs in Nigeria that can easily lift up millions of these unemployed Nigerian college educated professionals are so few today and they are also limited to the oil/gas, IT, banking, consultancy and telecommunication sectors. There are no economic, financial and educational opportunities for millions of Nigerian youths today for them to be able to secure a better financial future for tomorrow.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED AND DO MY PROPHETS NO HARM?
WHAT IS THE TRUE BIBLICAL MEANING OF THIS SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS "TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED AND DO MY PROPHETS NO HARM" IN THE OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE? Many Church leaders today (General Overseers, Presidents, Arch-Bishops, Bishops, Founders, Pastors, Deacons, Elders, Deaconesses, Apostles, Evangelists, Daddies and Mummies in the Lord, Prophets and Teachers) use this scriptural verse above wrongly, selfishly, deceptively and primarily to protect themselves from any harsh criticism, rebellion, rejection or opposition from their gullible, ignorant and vulnerable followers.
They use this scripture to put their followers in perpetual religious and financial bondage and in the so called the fear of God or the God's terrible anger of destruction if ever they dare rise up against their leadership or challenge any of their actions or decisions.
They also use this scripture as a protective gear that allows them to continue to teach their unbiblical doctrine, financial deception and exploitation of their followers and to continue to enjoy their greed and selfish lifestyles of flamboyancy unchallenged by their followers and givers.
This scripture was given by God in the Old Testament era specifically for the nation of Israel under the Old Covenant or under the the direct rule of God upon his chosen nation that is known theologically as "theocracy". Under the Old Testament Covenant, God anointed only three sets of persons. These individuals were set apart (sanctification) for the divine use of God on behalf of the entire nation of Israel.
The three anointed vessels of God in the Old Covenant were the priests, kings and prophets. This dispensation was the era of various kings, high priests, priests, major prophets and minor prophets. These kings, priests and prophets were the divine intermediaries between God of Israel and the people of Israel. The God of Israel spoke through these divine vessels directly to Israel. Israel's only avenue or access to God in the Old Testament was through these priests, kings and prophets.
Any rebellion or rejections against these priests, prophets and kings were grave acts of rebellion against God directly and against his perfect will or plan for Israel. These acts of rebellion were immediately met with God's burning anger, punishments, destructions and deaths against those rebels. The Old Testament is full of cases of deaths, destructions and divine punishments for all acts of rebellion against these prophets, priests and kings in Israel under the Old Covenant age.
In this New Testament Covenant or the Church Age. All believers in the person and in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary mountains are now all anointed by the Holy Spirit of God as kings and priests unto God forever. These are no longer priests, kings and prophets specially set apart like in the Old Testament era.
Every believer can now approach God directly through Jesus Christ the Lord. The throne of grace and mercy or the holy of holies is now accessible to all believers through simple child-like faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. That scripture has no place nor relevance again in this Church Age. It has fulfilled its primary purpose for Israel and in Israel under the Old Covenant era and and it is now completely absolute, irrelevant or outdated in this New Testament era or the Church Age.
"Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm" - 1 Chronicles 16:22.
They use this scripture to put their followers in perpetual religious and financial bondage and in the so called the fear of God or the God's terrible anger of destruction if ever they dare rise up against their leadership or challenge any of their actions or decisions.
They also use this scripture as a protective gear that allows them to continue to teach their unbiblical doctrine, financial deception and exploitation of their followers and to continue to enjoy their greed and selfish lifestyles of flamboyancy unchallenged by their followers and givers.
This scripture was given by God in the Old Testament era specifically for the nation of Israel under the Old Covenant or under the the direct rule of God upon his chosen nation that is known theologically as "theocracy". Under the Old Testament Covenant, God anointed only three sets of persons. These individuals were set apart (sanctification) for the divine use of God on behalf of the entire nation of Israel.
The three anointed vessels of God in the Old Covenant were the priests, kings and prophets. This dispensation was the era of various kings, high priests, priests, major prophets and minor prophets. These kings, priests and prophets were the divine intermediaries between God of Israel and the people of Israel. The God of Israel spoke through these divine vessels directly to Israel. Israel's only avenue or access to God in the Old Testament was through these priests, kings and prophets.
Any rebellion or rejections against these priests, prophets and kings were grave acts of rebellion against God directly and against his perfect will or plan for Israel. These acts of rebellion were immediately met with God's burning anger, punishments, destructions and deaths against those rebels. The Old Testament is full of cases of deaths, destructions and divine punishments for all acts of rebellion against these prophets, priests and kings in Israel under the Old Covenant age.
In this New Testament Covenant or the Church Age. All believers in the person and in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary mountains are now all anointed by the Holy Spirit of God as kings and priests unto God forever. These are no longer priests, kings and prophets specially set apart like in the Old Testament era.
Every believer can now approach God directly through Jesus Christ the Lord. The throne of grace and mercy or the holy of holies is now accessible to all believers through simple child-like faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. That scripture has no place nor relevance again in this Church Age. It has fulfilled its primary purpose for Israel and in Israel under the Old Covenant era and and it is now completely absolute, irrelevant or outdated in this New Testament era or the Church Age.
"Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm" - 1 Chronicles 16:22.
"NIGERIAN NATION IS A TYPICAL AND A UNIQUE CASE STUDY FOR HUMANITY IN 2012"
There are two practicable ways for most Nigerians today in Nigeria to easily or quickly enrich themselves financially and materially without working for a monthly pay check or running a business outfit for profit making. (i) The first avenue for making a lot of money illegally in Nigeria today is through politics, political patronage, holding public elected positions or political appointments. These avenues allow these rogues politicians, political appointees and public elected officials to have unresisted, unregulated and unlimited access to the public money that comes directly from our nation's enormous oil wealth and revenues.
(ii) The second easy access to the dirty money or the questionable wealth and riches is through the instrument of religion. Many pastors/bishops of these Churches intentionally manipulate the biblical truths of the Bible for their own financial gains by collecting the tithes and the offerings of their gullible, vulnerable and ignorant followers for their own primary and personal benefits or uses. These pastors/bishops then give back false hope and unrealistic promises of financial wealth and good health in return for all these givings. The Imans and the koranic teachers do the same thing too in the name of Allah or the religion of Islam to exploit their dedicated disciples of their money. These religious exploitations also go on unabated with the traditional healers and Babalawos who also exploit their own followers too in the same similar manner like the way the mainstream big religions do on a larger scale.
(ii) The second easy access to the dirty money or the questionable wealth and riches is through the instrument of religion. Many pastors/bishops of these Churches intentionally manipulate the biblical truths of the Bible for their own financial gains by collecting the tithes and the offerings of their gullible, vulnerable and ignorant followers for their own primary and personal benefits or uses. These pastors/bishops then give back false hope and unrealistic promises of financial wealth and good health in return for all these givings. The Imans and the koranic teachers do the same thing too in the name of Allah or the religion of Islam to exploit their dedicated disciples of their money. These religious exploitations also go on unabated with the traditional healers and Babalawos who also exploit their own followers too in the same similar manner like the way the mainstream big religions do on a larger scale.
HOW DID THOSE NIGERIA'S BILLIONAIRES ON FORBES MAGAZINE MAKE THEIR MONEY?
Forbes magazine few weeks ago listed 11 Nigerians to be amongst the 40 richest Africans in 2012 in a nation where 80% of Nigerian citizens or about 120 million ordinary Nigerians are living in abject or chronic poverty of $1-$2 a day living budget. The biggest question that is left unanswered by all these Nigerians who are celebrating this good news today as a national pride is this:how did those Nigerian's billionaires listed by Forbes magazine make their money or become wealthy?
A detailed perusal of the Forbes' list revealed the following things about those Nigerians who are amongst the richest Africans today and made the list on this global magazine. (i) All these richest Nigerians are business men and women or government contractors, retired top military officers and former top civil servants or former political office holders.
(ii) These individuals made their wealth from the following sources in Nigeria (shady oil block allocations given to these individuals through favoritism, highly inflated importation of petroleum products to Nigeria, highly inflated government contracts that were never fully executed and the monopoly of the importation licenses that are needed for the importation of the basic goods and services that all Nigerians need to survive .
(iii) None of these wealthy individuals built their own wealth from the scratch without heavily and corruptly patronizing every government of the day in power in Nigeria. (iv) None of these wealthy individuals built their wealth with the same spirit of entrepreneurship that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey and many others all over the human universe used to build their own wealth and fame.
A detailed perusal of the Forbes' list revealed the following things about those Nigerians who are amongst the richest Africans today and made the list on this global magazine. (i) All these richest Nigerians are business men and women or government contractors, retired top military officers and former top civil servants or former political office holders.
(ii) These individuals made their wealth from the following sources in Nigeria (shady oil block allocations given to these individuals through favoritism, highly inflated importation of petroleum products to Nigeria, highly inflated government contracts that were never fully executed and the monopoly of the importation licenses that are needed for the importation of the basic goods and services that all Nigerians need to survive .
(iii) None of these wealthy individuals built their own wealth from the scratch without heavily and corruptly patronizing every government of the day in power in Nigeria. (iv) None of these wealthy individuals built their wealth with the same spirit of entrepreneurship that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey and many others all over the human universe used to build their own wealth and fame.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
IS THERE ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT IS TRULY A CHRISTIAN NATION?
IS THERE ANY COUNTRY UNDER THE SUN IN THE ENTIRE HUMAN UNIVERSE IN 2012 THAT IS TRULY A CHRISTIAN NATION? This theological belief is totally false, historical incorrect and completely unbiblical in nature and origin. Christianity or the Christian faith is a private and a personal decision of an individual that decides to put his or her faith in the person and the finished work of Jesus Christ for the primary purpose of enjoying the eternal salvation or the everlasting life for his or her soul. Jesus Christ according to the New Testament Bible died for humanity, human race or mankind and never for political nations or sovereign countries.
Eternal salvation or everlasting life was designed by God for man and not for nations or countries. Individuals are the ones who are saved through their faith in Jesus Christ and never the nations or countries. The presence of Christians as the majority group in terms of population in any nation does not make that nation a Christain nation. Nations are purely historical creations of men in all ages and in all generations. Nations come and go, but Jesus Christ remains the same yesterday, today and forever. There is no nation founded in the last 2000 years of human history to date that has a national constitution that is partially or completely based on the words and the teachings of Jesus Christ or on the Pauline doctrine or on the Epistles of the New Testament Bible.
Eternal salvation or everlasting life was designed by God for man and not for nations or countries. Individuals are the ones who are saved through their faith in Jesus Christ and never the nations or countries. The presence of Christians as the majority group in terms of population in any nation does not make that nation a Christain nation. Nations are purely historical creations of men in all ages and in all generations. Nations come and go, but Jesus Christ remains the same yesterday, today and forever. There is no nation founded in the last 2000 years of human history to date that has a national constitution that is partially or completely based on the words and the teachings of Jesus Christ or on the Pauline doctrine or on the Epistles of the New Testament Bible.
IS CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND ZIONISM ALL THE SAME RELIGIOUS FAITH OR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY?
IS CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND ZIONISM ALL THE SAME RELIGIOUS FAITH? The answer to the above named question is an extremely big "NO". Theologically and historically they are not the same. They are all like the three parallel lines placed side by side to each other that will never meet at any point.
(i) "JUDAISM" is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people. The origin of Judaism is in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament Bible) and Judaism historically and theologically has explored the later texts such as the Talmud. The religion of Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God developed with the children of Israel. According to Rabbinic Judaism, God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses the lawgiver on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah (divine revelations of God to humans)
.
(ii) "CHRISTIANITY" is based on the "person and the finished work (death, burial, resurrection, ascension and glorification) of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary". The faith that is expressed by any individual in the person and in the finished work of Jesus Christ makes that individual a Christian according to the words and the teachings of Jesus Christ and from the teachings of the New Testament Scriptures that was written original in the Koine Greek language.
(iii) "ZIONISM" is a "Jewish political movement that was established for the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland". Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state and address all threats to its continued existence and security to date.
Reference:www.wikipedia.com/
(i) "JUDAISM" is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people. The origin of Judaism is in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament Bible) and Judaism historically and theologically has explored the later texts such as the Talmud. The religion of Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God developed with the children of Israel. According to Rabbinic Judaism, God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses the lawgiver on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah (divine revelations of God to humans)
.
(ii) "CHRISTIANITY" is based on the "person and the finished work (death, burial, resurrection, ascension and glorification) of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary". The faith that is expressed by any individual in the person and in the finished work of Jesus Christ makes that individual a Christian according to the words and the teachings of Jesus Christ and from the teachings of the New Testament Scriptures that was written original in the Koine Greek language.
(iii) "ZIONISM" is a "Jewish political movement that was established for the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland". Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state and address all threats to its continued existence and security to date.
Reference:www.wikipedia.com/
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