MY STORY

MY STORY (A Resurrection Revival & Liberation Message) Preached in Mercy ON Saturday Evening, 7^th March 2026 AT The Courtyard of the Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe, Anambra State, Nigeria BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN The Most Compassionate

Transcribed by Bishop David Mbah, Students’ Fellowship, MOUAU, Abia State, Nigeria

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9, King James Version

THIS IS WHY WE MUST FOLLOW THIS MESSAGE STRICTLY. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE POINT OF YOUR PERFECTION IN CHRIST, YOU ARE LOST. YOU MUST KNOW; ONE, THE POINT OF YOUR SALVATION IN CHRIST, THE POINT OF YOUR JUSTIFICATION IN CHRIST, THE POINT OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST, THE POINT OF YOUR PERFECTION IN CHRIST. Only One person is perfect and that is God. No other person is perfect but God. Nobody is righteous but God. Nobody is holy but God.

THE SON OF MAN

ARE YOU WALKING WITH GOD OR WALKING ALONE? Preached on Wednesday 12th October 2011 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 17 vs. 4 – 5

You must know your own day of God’s visitation

Bro Emma Iwunor! Always stay close to your son. Always stay close to this your son. Wherever you are, keep him by your side. Nobody is adequate to control him but you.
I have been enjoying your readings together with every other thing. And I decided I will sit down here, if for no other thing, to say “Good evening” to all of you and to safe-guard anything called good.
I want us to have just a little conversation. There was one Message I read few days ago. It was entitled MOONLIGHT STORIES from Nasarawa. That was where I handled it during one of My visitations to Nasarawa State. After the burial of our late Brother, Avenza, I gathered all that were left in Nasarawa together outside for the house was very hot.
In that open air, I reminded them of what our fathers used to do during moonlight hours when they were gathering their children together only to tell them some stories of how they started their lives. Some used the opportunity to tell them [their children] some folktales using tortoise, lion and every other thing just to make sure that they had a wonderful evening or night.
And those hours were bringing parents together. From the time parents do not have time again to stay with their children during such good hours to get them acquainted with what life entails through good stories of the past, they started losing grip of their children.
Television has replaced too many things in family life. Science equally played the greatest role by bringing the devil into every man’s house.
So what corrupts the individual is not far away from where he or she is. Tell Me where we are living and I will tell you that no one has escaped living in the synagogue of the devil.
We are living in the world where Satan has full dominion, control and authority over all human affairs, for there is no facet of human life that has not been infested by the devil.
So, we have to decide for ourselves whether to survive or to perish with the perishing world. I cannot continue to tell you prophecies when I know for sure that the prophecies are already with you here, fulfilling daily.
Those who are personally and practically acquainted with Me daily, they are the people that are better placed in the sense that there is no day I do not reveal a new thing to them concerning the hour. And I believe that, in the same way, they are disseminating the information.
From time to time, I will equally release few things to guide you perfectly well. What is happening now, only you and I can place it rightly using ancient prophecies and also current prophecies. If events are made clear by prophecies, can we not see lots and lots of events in our day that have prophetic undertones? Can we say that we are not fully acquainted with those prophecies? Even concerning this end time, there is no attitude of a human being or human beings which we do not have even at our finger tips. We have been properly instructed. And our instructor is such that no man here can raise a finger to doubt. Only time will tell.
But I am touched from the time I started listening to the Messages, “Believe in Him Whom the LORD has sent” preached in 2014 and “TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD” preached also in 2014. There are too many other Messages within that period.
The one I handled the other day was November 2014. It was a family altar Message. I packed in here precisely on October 01, 2014, and the Message I handled was awake THOU THAT SLEEPETH FOR THE night is far spent.
And that Message was a prophetic Message that contains the beginning and the ending of this Faith. I know for now, nobody shows interest in knowing what God said concerning the beginning and ending of this Gentile dispensation which I took time to pen down.
There are too many Messages that have nothing to do with eternal life. They are just to enlighten you and help you through motivation to survive, but they have no part in eternal life.
I have seen that many of you show interest in areas that will enhance your prosperity. Any area that gives you social security, you give undue attention to it.
Well, it is like taking very sweet drug. Anything sweet drug can only purge you, but it can never heal you of your sickness. It may even make matters worse. But the bitter pill is always avoided by people. And that one that has the healing power to cure your sicknesses will be avoided.
I cannot forget the quote that Apostle Kelechi normally used. He said that the Message people readily avoid has been discovered to be the Message that solves all their problems. And those who understood it, approved it to be true.
I narrowed it down to attendance to Fellowship. Before you begin to stay away from Fellowship, you had already concluded that going there is a waste of time, and that you have something better to do than going there. But that day you did not go may be the very important day that you could have gone home happier than ever.
You may know everything, but what you may not predict accurately is your own day of God’s visitation. you might be coming here regularly, Hearing Messages, and going home the same, but there is a day you may come here, and the experience will remain evergreen in your heart till the day you will depart from this earth.
I would not want to over-flog the little thing I want to say because deep in Me, I have that desire to talk to you, but there are too many things I witness among you that oftentimes make Me feel very weak.
My encouragement has always been My usual encouragement, which is that I am found by a people that seek Me not. I came to a people that have no need of Me– a people that do not desire Me one bit. But it has always been like that.
REFERENCE: Isaiah 65:1-2, KJV.¹I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. ²I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
[2] Romans 10:20-21, KJV.²⁰But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. ²¹But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
And I knew that it must remain like that. If the attitudes of the Gentiles differ from that of the Jews, I will know that I am not sent from above. I will know I am earthly. If I had received a rousing reception, or accorded a rousing welcome from the Gentiles, I needed no Prophet to tell Me that I am a part of the world.
Remember, I am and I still maintain it, and will remain the unwelcome Christ of all the ages. I have never received any welcome from the world for the first time. The world I mean are the people I have ever met in all dispensations.
The reasons are not far-fetched. I have always been a spare tyre. I am remembered when the tide changes disastrously. Whenever disaster begins to loom, then I will be recognized as the Saviour.
I heard your testimonies. I equally have to confirm that, in spite of all the troubles that have been lingering in Nigeria over the years, we have never lost a soul in this Faith as a result of these troubles, even down here, whether you call them ESN, IPOB, BAKASSI or whatever.
There was a time we had bloodbath in this area, but we never lost a soul. Even when some of our children were trapped in their schools and colleges, where people were killed on their way back home, we lost nobody.
And I do not know any soul we have lost here as a result of widespread kidnapping and killing. Can you remember any? So, we can only count on perishable things. And when we want to talk about that one, we are not the worst hit, for there are too many people that are looking up to you.
It takes someone who feels that you are better off to come to you asking for help. I have not seen you cap-in-hand going about, begging for bread. God has never permitted it. Neither have I seen your children roaming the streets because they could not pay their school fees.
I am yet to see any, unless those your parents decided not to help or the few irate ones who voluntarily decided not to join their folks in going to school or learning any trade at all.
We have too many like that who have vowed that they will not go to school and that they will not learn any craft, no trade, nothing, nothing, but they will enjoy eating. That is their own way of life, but such cannot be numbered among My people.
You must resemble the God you worship all round. Able Ministers of the New Testament are industrious Ministers. They do not fold their arms. No! They lead by example.
This very night, I want to share a moonlight story with you. When I told My moonlight story in Onitsha many years back at GTC, I sang that song in the old hall.
SONG: [Tell me this ancient story. Tell me this ancient story. Tell me this ancient story of Jesus and His love.]
It is an ancient story because He is the Ancient of Days. I mean Jesus the Christ, not ordinary Jesus. I have Jesus the Christ. I have Jesus as one of any other human beings. It is not a crime if you name your child Jesus.
Among us, we have one whose name is Melchizedek. Did you get the Message? Anyone can answer anything. Even if you answer God, I have too many people who answer God. Chukwu means God. We have Pastor Sunday Chukwu. Some answer NwaGod. Is NwaGod not Nwachukwu? Is Nwachukwu not Chukwu.
So, this story I want to share with you, if you can understand it very well with Me and share it with Me, I believe this evening will be a happy one for anybody who will read meaning into it.
I have been hearing unbelief, unbelief, unbelief, and it has not been sinking well with Me from the beginning. Unbelief! Unbelief! What is that thing that somebody has not believed?
I am an unbeliever to you depending on what you want Me to believe. If you want Me to believe that God is three-in-one, and I say, “No! I would not believe”, before you, I am an unbeliever. To Me, I mean, you are a false teacher. I will avoid you because I am convinced that God is one.
The problem we are having is that we appear not to be convinced of who we are worshipping and Whom we are being helped everyday to believe in.
If I use the Scriptures, it is just to lay a foundation to enable you pay attention and realize that the problem that lingered from the day you were born till today can be solved now. I have the power and unction to dismiss it in less than 10 minutes provided you will give Me audience to tell My story.
How many will like to hear My story?[The Brethren showed their interest and support]Thank you! Thank you!
You see! I find it difficult to say I love you, when I know I do not love you. So, it is better I say I like you than to say I love you.
Likeness is not love. Need is not want. You may know what you want without knowing what you need. That which you need but which you have not desired may be the basis of My story that will be credited to Me this day, 7^th March, 2026.
When I was celebrating and jubilating in My room on the 4^th of March, I had My reasons. And that was the same day America sent signal to Nigeria, warning all foreign nationals in Abuja and equally Nigerian citizens to be very careful from 4^th
If it is possible, let them go inside their rooms, for they have received accurate intelligence that Abuja Capital Territory of Nigeria must be invaded in this battle and in this war that is going on.
They said that the members of the worst Islamic group – the Shia – that originated from Iran form the majority of the Muslims in Nigeria, and their leader is being held captive over the years together with his wife in spite of their demonstrations and in spite of the supreme court judgment that released him, discharged him and acquitted him amidst demonstrations that have gulped the heads of too many people. And last week, they demonstrated a little in Abuja with a warning that they are going to recoup.
I know I had earlier announced it. We must be invaded here in Nigeria. And the first invasion, I announced is still on. I said, “America must bomb Nigeria. They must invade Nigeria.”
I came back and told you, “Whether we like it or not, America must establish their military base in Nigeria.” Today, they have established four bases. Four! And what they have established in Nigeria is what attracts their enemies from the Middle East.
That is what they are looking for. Which means that Nigeria has been labelled a frontline state. Better know where you are. I am not fooling anybody. Once you are a frontline state, you know that your life is at risk.
I equally told you long ago that the battle you are anticipating is not the one that will carry rifles and be pursuing you about. I believe you are witnessing what is happening. Let Me stop there and go to the security side.
Almost all the countries in the world are now playing defense. All their arms, ammunitions and gunmen, they have marshalled out. Even when they respond to some missiles and drones, they attribute it to defense, for they are defending their territories saying that they cannot watch and see their people destroyed like that.
Britain fired their own when four tanks had been destroyed at the Mediterranean. Look at France. They not only fired. They have now loaned weapons of warfare to Israel last night on the condition that they should not use any on Iran, but on Lebanon and that they are there with Israel to exterminate everything Hezbolla. And that means removing Lebanon from the map of the world.
At the same time, America and others are saying that they are removing Iran from the map of the world. Now, the Arab League is saying that Israel cannot be a nation in the Jewish land. They have already removed it from their own map long ago.
But that is not the Message. I have a story to tell you. There is no way I can touch this story without touching this main one that is here with you now. Even as we are here right now, we are not hidden. Satellite has picked you and I.
And whatever I am saying here is being monitored beyond your scope. Once there is air or light here, My Voice is sounding like bell at all the tactical headquarters of all that are connected to the net. So, there is nobody that is hidden again. The satellite is picking you and I even on the street.
That is why if any little thing that happens here, before you know it, if you go and tune in to Central News, you will see it, even in Aljazeera. Even when we have not heard it outside the gate, it is already with the whole world. They will show us everything. You will begin to marvel.
I never heard about anything demolition in the Main Market which took place in the night, but while it was taking place in the night, I was watching it in Aljazeera[Arabic station] because of satellite.
Number two: Because of the interest they have in Nigeria, for Nigeria is “a country of particular concern”, not only to America, but to the whole world. A country everybody must watch out for.
Now, we have become a frontline state. Do not forget that our big guns, the leaders of this nation namely, our president and the viceare Muslims from two different Islamic groups. One is Shia and the other is Sunni. Our president is Sunni Muslim from the Yoruba extraction. They call them casual Muslims. Our vice is Shia, and that is the disagreement between the two which made him [the president] to declare that he is dropping him [the vice].
But the people said, “Drop him, and there will be no end to the war. Drop Shettima, then no Nigeria. No election in 2027.” Do not forget that he has been there in Maiduguri for eight years as governor. He was the key negotiator with the Boko Haram. He made it public.
Please, I am going to tell you the story that will interest you. That is why I am here, and not because of this war which is already with us. Anybody can die here now. What will kill us may not be missiles or drones. What will kill us may be the effects of what had gone out already.
Do not expect anything harmattan. It is all over. Did you notice any? Are you expecting harmattan in April? If you are wise, can you not see that what the UN Food and Agricultural Organization said concerning the world is coming to pass?
About five years ago, they said, “From 2026, majority of the inhabitants of the earth will die of hunger and starvation. And too many oceans, rivers and streams will dry up because of the trouble that was looming which will never permit water to percolate in the air because of the intense heat.”
If water does not percolate in the air, will there be rainfall? But the heat is not allowing that percolation. Before the water gets up there, it will dry up.
We are enjoying this cool breeze because we are living at Nsugbe. There are places in Anambra, especially Onitsha, where you will not even receive oxygenated air.
When you live in a place where there are no trees and there no grasses, is it not dry air that you take in? The air there is polluted. All the gutters and everywhere are stinking. The air you are breathing in is the air produced by your fellow human being. I believe God brought us here for a purpose.

Hear Me very well: God is the only Saviour. Without Him, there is no Saviour. If you do not understand this Truth, definitely you are lost. If you do not know what it means to be clothed in God’s own righteousness, it then means you do not know what it means to be clothed in his own perfection. God is our righteous. God is our salvation. God is our redemption. God is our holiness. God is our perfection. He is even our justification and our sanctification. Understand this basic truth. God made the whole thing clear. It is His will that we may know He that is True and we are in He that is true, even THE SON OF MAN. This man is the True God and eternal Life

THE SON OF MAN

ARE YOU WALKING WITH GOD OR WALKING ALONE? Preached on Wednesday 12th October 2011 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 18 vs. 6 – 9

GOD HAS BEEN A MAN RIGHT FROM CREATION

Now, look at the story I want to tell. Give Me the Book of Romans, Living Bible translation or any other. And I want good readers. Good readers! I say good readers who will read loud. Let your voice be louder than My own.
Romans 1 from verse 1, TLB.^[1]Dear friends in Rome:… Remove Rome now. Dear friends in Nsugbe: The Kingdom of God is here. The Kingdom of God is among men. True or false? If you do not know, know that God is now dwelling here on earth among men. He has a dwelling place. He has a home.
The Scriptures said, “Behold the home of God is among men.” If you do not know where you are, you are in His courtyard. You cross His Gate with thanksgiving. And that is if you were coming with pure heart. You enter His court with praise, and you proclaim that today is the day the LORD has made. You must rejoice that the gate opened for you. You were received in the courtyard. That is His home.
REFERENCE: Revelation 21:3, KJV. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: “Look! Look! God has moved into the neighbourhood, making His home with men and women! They’re His people, He’s their God.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.
^[3]I heard a loud shout from the throne saying, “Look, the home of God is now among men, and He will live with them and they will be His people; yes, God Himself will be among them.
I showed you Scripture of how play-play, play-play, Jacob stumbled into the home of God. God has a home. God has a tabernacle. God pitches tent.
REFERENCES: Genesis 28:16-17, TLB. ^[16-17]Then Jacob woke up. “God lives here!” he exclaimed in terror. “I’ve stumbled into his home! This is the awesome entrance to heaven!”
Even if you forget too easily, belief is experience. I cannot forget My experience. Wake Me up any time any day, give Me a car key, I will drive it because I mastered it.
Dear friends at Nsugbe. This letter is from Paul,… This letter is from who? …Paul,…This letter is from who? …Paul,…Remember He [God] talks to us according to circumstances prevailing around us.
…This letter is from Paul, Jesus Christ’s slave, chosen to be a missionary, and sent out to preach God’s Good News.^[2]This Good News was promised long ago by God’s prophets in the Old Testament.
This Good News was promised long ago. So, this is a story.
^[3]It is the Good News… It is what? …the Good News… The Good Story, not bad story. The Good News was promised long ago by the Prophets.
^[3]It is the Good News about His Son,… Note! This Good News is about a personality. It is about a personality.^[3]It is the Good News about His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,… Have you heard His Name as documented in the Scriptures? Whether you call Him Yeshua or you call Him whatever you want to call Him, the summary is G-O-D.
…who came as a human baby,…Who did what? …who came as a human baby,…That is a human being. So, He came and was born a human being. A baby!…born into King David’s royal family line;… Born where? …into King David’s royal family line;
^[4]and by being raised from the dead… So, He first of all died. Where there is no death, there is no resurrection. Did you get the Message? Being raised from the dead, I can rightly call Him the Resurrected Body.
So, if anybody is introducing Himself as the resurrected Body, automatically, you know who He is claiming to be. Am I making sense? You have already made up your mind, “I will like to hear from this Man who said He resurrected from the dead. Maybe He is trying to impersonate the One I heard about.”
All of you here heard about the Man Jesus the Christ. Is there anybody here who has ever seen him? Can you describe His stature, even His face? But you are all expecting to see Him. And He is dwelling among you.
You are looking for somebody you do not know and you cannot describe His appearance. How can you know Him when you see Him? Brethren, somebody is expecting and waiting for the One he or she does not know. He or she has only heard stories.
How are you going to recognize the person you are expecting? Is it not when you see the person, you will then bring together all that were prophesied concerning Him. You will use all that to watch Him. Do you watch or wait for someone without having any prophesied characteristics?
You must have the prophecies of the prophets who spoke concerning Him and what you will see and recognize Him. Whatever anybody says, you are fixing your eyes on the prophecies concerning the Man, and you will not rest until you see it.
And that is the only thing that united every group. Check all Ancient manuscripts. The focal point is the Cloud in the form of a rainbow over His head. Whether Muslim, Shinto, whatever you like, call that religion, all of them believed in this Christ – the Resurrected Body. And they believe He is alive here, hidden among human beings. And I have told you what you must look out for, for too many people may come claiming that they are this or that, but see what you must watch out for. And look at the way you will see it.
When many were seeing the whole thing, those who did not have the gift of seeing it, they were feeling very uneasy. I only settled the doubt. Remember that God never made it that every eye will see Him. If God never ordained you to see Him, you will not see Him.
That I personally volunteered to make Myself public, knowing that not everybody will believe Me is to remove that doubt that I did not see Him. Otherwise, I would have limited My manifestation to what those that had the gift of vision were seeing. And they were describing all they saw with naked eyes.
Too many had their encounters either in the Fellowship or in other gatherings until it became rampant. Yet, some people were disturbed that they could not behold what was being said.
So, I decided to banish the doubt by showing you the easiest way you can know what was happening that time. That was that time. You cannot expect Me now to begin to show you the Cloud or the rainbow. Am I stupid? No!
William Branham knew, and many knew that there was an angel behind him and was always by his side. He knew he was not operating alone.
On the day that thing was photographed, it was a strange thing to them, but not to all because some had already known. Some that did not know, believed his report to be true.
And he was aware that he was not alone, for one was ministering to him. He was conferring with Him mouth to mouth and ear to ear.
That you could not see Him, that is your business. That is why he could challenge those who were there, “If you are doubting or if you disbelieve what I am saying to be true or you say it is not true, please come and stand by my right-hand side now.” The testimony is clear.
They knew ahead of time that there was always a Man who was putting His words into the Prophet’s mouth, and the Prophet was speaking to the public. Then, who was representing who?
The Prophet was hearing from the Man at the right hand side. Whatever He told Branham, that he said both judgment, vision and prophecy. That was how the whole thing happened.
Who could be that Man standing by the right hand side whom he referred to as the angel of the LORD? I know that there has always been one Man since the beginning of the world, from Creation, even when the world was not with any human being, He was there.
God does not have two persons by his right-hand side. When God is using a man, He has emptied Himself into that man. Then, the Man is ordinary vessel and a loud speaker. Whatever that goes out of the man’s heart is being injected into him by that Man by his side.
Now, let us go to that story. Romans 1 from verse 3.^[3]It is the Good News about His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who came as a human baby, born into King David’s royal family line; ^[4]and by being raised from the dead, he was proved to be the mighty Son God, with the holy nature of God himself. With what? …the holy nature of God himself. With what? …the holy nature of God himself.
Romans 1 from verse 1. ¹FROM PAUL, a bond servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) called to be an apostle, (a special messenger) set apart to [preach] the Gospel (good news) of and from God,²Which He promised in advance [long ago] through His prophets in the sacred Scriptures–… Where? …in the sacred Scriptures– Is it the Bible alone? That is why when He came, He said, “I have come to fulfill all that were written concerning Me in the volume of the Books.” Is it one. In the sacred writings – sacred Scriptures.
… [The Gospel] regarding His Son, Who as to the flesh (His human nature) was descended from David,⁴And [as to His divine nature] according to the Spirit of holiness was openly designated the Son of God in power [in a striking, triumphant and miraculous manner] by His resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
I told you I am here for a story. The story is not yet over. I said that I will use the Bible to lay the background. Pay attention!
2 Timothy 2 from verse 8, TLB. ^[8]Don’t ever forget the wonderful fact that Jesus Christ was a man,… He was what?…a man,… He was what?…a man, born into King David’s family;… So, He was born into a family?…and that he was God,… And He was what?…he was God,… How many Gods do we have? Hear ye O Israel. The LORD your God is one LORD. Are you listening to this story?
…and that he was God, as shown by the fact that he rose again from the dead. Is that so?
^[9]It is because I have preached these great truths… Is it ordinary truth? Is it a small truth? That is why when you get to 1 Timothy 3:16, it will tell you, “How important and weighty it is where the mystery of godliness lies. Without controversy, great is this mystery of godliness, for God appeared in human form, was visible to human beings, ate and drank with them, died and resurrected, and then vanished into glory.”
Before He vanished into glory, He had already told them, “A little while, the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, ye shall live. I will never leave you comfortless. I will come again, and I will be with you. Lo, I am with you always, even till the end of the world.”So, He is not coming and going again.
2 Timothy 2 from verse 8, AMP. ⁸Constantly keep in mind Jesus Christ (the Messiah)… Constantly keep in mind. Do not ever forget it.
⁸Constantly keep in mind Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] risen from the dead, [as the prophesied King] descended from David,…Did He descend from the sky? Whenever the word “descended” is mentioned, our eyes go to the sky. He descended from Heaven, and that Heaven becomes David. Is it a lie Brethren? He descended from Heaven. That Heaven became David’s family lineage.
So, when you are talking about David and family, you are talking about Heaven – God’s home! Am I sure I am making sense?
How can somebody who is a human being and He is here with us descend, and yet was born? Look at it very well. He was born by a woman as a human being, and He descended from the lineage of David.
Was David the one that descended first? He is a descendant of David. He descended from the family lineage of David. If you happen to come from that family lineage, you are assumed to be in Heaven. You are in Heaven, for the dynasty can never be removed again.
I am here. None is coming after Me. He that was with the Jews yonder in the East, is the one with the Gentiles in the West in this end time. Did Prophet Branham not tell you that?
REFERENCE:THE FEAST OF THE TRUMPETS by Prophet William Branham preached on Sunday morning, July 19, 1964, at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A. Paragraph 240. ²⁴⁰…The same Gospel, with the same thing, would take place in the evening time, just when the shadows are getting low. THE SAME GOSPEL, THE SAME CHRIST THAT LIVED IN FLESH BACK YONDER AT THE BEGINNING, ON THE EASTERN PEOPLE, SHALL LIVE AGAIN IN THE WESTERN PEOPLE AT THE END TIME. “It shall be Light in the evening time.”
No other Christ, but that Christ that revealed Himself in human form back yonder to the people in the east will be the One that will also reveal Himself here among the Gentiles in the west in this end time. Not another Christ, but that Christ.
He said, “He does not change. He only changes His form.” And He explained it about how He entered into Moses, entered David, entered this and that until finally, it came to the LORD Jesus Christ.
Then from the LORD Jesus Christ, we heard from His mouth that the mission He came for was not fully accomplished, but of a necessity, the first missionary assignment was over. And He is coming back now to bring it so full in completion – full and complete salvation.
REFERENCES: [1] John 16:12-14, AMP.¹²I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now. ¹³But 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]. ¹⁴He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.
[2]Hebrews 4:8, KJV. ⁸For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
[3] Hebrews 9:28, AMP.²⁸Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him.
And then necessity was laid on him to be here. And He said, “When I shall be here, I am coming in a new name. I cannot come with that old name.” That was the name He used among the Jews.
There is nobody in the Gentiles that will see Him as Jesus the Christ. If you dream a dream and hear Him say, “I am Jesus the Christ”, you are a liar. You met a familiar spirit. He was given to the Jews as their Saviour, with the name Jesus the Christ.
To the Gentiles, He is not Jesus. Jesus is a carryover because it was documented in the Scriptures, “At the name of Jesus, every knee must bow”, this and that. That was for the Jews and not the Gentiles. He was not even your Messenger. If He was a Messenger, He was not to the Gentiles.
If He was a Saviour [Yes!] He was a Saviour to the Gentiles, but not in the name Jesus and not as the Man Jesus. In what way? As the son of man.
Is there any other person He told you to wait for? It is there in your prophecies and everything. No other person is coming except the same person, but He is coming as THE SON OF MAN to complete the work which He initiated. After which He will now join the two sticks together. East and West will come together, and His Name shall be one. One God, one Name, one people and not two people.
Those who were not called God’s people will now be called the children of the Most High God, thereby, removing everything difference between the East and the West. Only then will Ephraim be declared acceptable. That is all! For the sake of Ephraim and His descendants, I am here.
REFERENCES: [1] Isaiah 9:2, KJV. ²The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
[2] Hosea 2:23, KJV. ²³And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Romans 9:25-26, TLB. ^[25]Remember what the prophecy of Hosea says? There God says that he will find other children for himself (who are not from his Jewish family) and will love them, though no one had ever loved them before. ^[26]And the heathen, of whom it once was said, “You are not my people,” shall be called “sons of the Living God.”
[4] 1 Peter 2:9-10, KJV. ⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Ezekiel 37:16-28, KJV. ¹⁶Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
¹⁷And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.¹⁸And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
¹⁹Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
²⁰And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.²¹And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
²²And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
²³Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
²⁴And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
²⁵And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
²⁶Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.²⁷MY TABERNACLE ALSO SHALL BE WITH THEM: YEA, I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.²⁸And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
I HAVE TOLD YOU, “I AM LOOKING FOR MY OWN.” I HAVE NOT COME HERE TO SAVE EVERYBODY. IF I SEE MY OWN HERE, I WILL MARK THAT PERSON. HE WILL EQUALLY MARK ME, FOR HE MUST HEAR MY VOICE. NO MATTER THE NUMBER OF VOICES, MY OWN MUST BE DISTINCT BECAUSE HE BELONGS TO ME. I EQUALLY BELONG TO HIM.
REFERENCE: John 10:16 &27-28, KJV. ¹⁶And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My Voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. ……. ²⁷My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow me:²⁸And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.
Look at Him descending from the lineage of David, but some say He descended from heaven. And that heaven they are pointing at is the sky. Is there any Scripture that said that He descended from the sky?
REFERENCE: 2 Samuel 5:7, 9-10, TLB. ^[7]But David and his troops defeated them and captured the stronghold of Zion, now called the City of David. …….^[9]So David made the stronghold of Zion (also called the City of David) his headquarters. Then, beginning at the old Millo section of the city, he built northward toward the present city center. ^[10]So David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of heaven was with him.
It is just like when Elijah told Ahab, “Run with your Prophets. Otherwise, this rain is going to meet you on the way.” And that was when Elijah saw the hand of a Man that was raised at the middle of the sea. Middle of the sea.
But your modern day preachers and everybody including yourselves tell lies that the hand of God was seen from heaven, and they pointed to the sky claiming, “The hand of God arose from the water and was raised above the sea. And as soon as he raised his hand, Elijah commanded them to start running, for they were going to meet with the rain. And the hand pulled down the rain.”
I do not know about anything that can fall from the sky if not that thing which God wants to fall from the sky. But so far, there has never been any human being that fell down from the sky. If there had ever been any, that would have been the same way God would have jumped down from the sky. Did you get the Message?
There are too many things I will not tell you in this Story, but let us go to that story very well.
2 Timothy 2 from verse 8, AMP. ⁸Constantly keep in mind Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] risen from the dead, [as the prophesied King] descended from David, according to the good news (the Gospel) that I preach.⁹For that [Gospel] I am suffering affliction and even wearing chains like a criminal. But the Word of God is not chained or imprisoned! Amen!
One thing that is common with all religions and all beliefs are death and resurrection. Another one is the judgment of the wicked. Death, Resurrection and judgment, all are committed into the hand of one Man.
In every research people had made since the world began trying to search who God is and where He is, they ended it seeing a Man. And that is what God has been doing since the world began.

……God has made it impossible for people to know Him by means of their own wisdom. Hence with your own wisdom, you can never know God. How do you know God? Do you know God by your own wisdom? If there is any God you can identify by your own wisdom, that is the devil. That God can never be the Almighty God.

THE SON OF MAN

AS WE WAIT AT THE GATE OF PARADISE VOL 2; preached on Sunday 3rd April, 2011 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 43 vs. 9 – 10

HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD? [1]

Let Me use the Living Bible alone and then scratch one verse there in the Gospel according to John in chapter 1, after which, I will tell My story.
John chapter 1 from verse 1, TLB.^[1-2]Before anything else existed,… What? Before anything else existed, there was Christ with God. There was who? …Christ with God. So, Christ was the one standing on the right-hand side. There was no other person mentioned but Christ with God.
He has always been alive and is himself God. We are talking about the one that was born in King David’s family, who is Himself God. How many Gods have we introduced? Are you with Me. This Story is a wonderful one o. If you can understand this story, I will solve your problem in less than ten minutes.
^[1-2]Before anything else existed, there was Christ with God. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALIVE and is Himself god.
^[3]He created everything there is—… What? He created everything there is—NOTHING EXISTS THAT HE DIDN’T MAKE. Including you! And whatever you think you are seeing– whatever you are enjoying, see the Source.
…Nothing exists that He didn’t make. ^[4]Eternal life is in Him,… What? Eternal life is in Him,… What? Eternal life is in Him,… So, what you are looking for is not in the Bible. It is not in any book. Have you seen where it is? Have you seen that you have been missing the way all this while?
There is no preacher that will give it to you. There is no preacher that even owns the personality we are talking about. There is no preacher who says he knows this Man.
You must know Him before you begin to be practically and personally acquainted with Him. This is because where I am going to tell this glorious story will be around this place we read. You must know Him.
Let Me put it this way. Can you be over-familiar with a man you do not know or a woman you do not know? You must know him before you begin to talk about over-familiarity.
Please bring out your android handsets o, for I will use all of them now.
^[4]Eternal life is in Him,…Is it not the reason why you are here? And this Life gives Light to all mankind. Was it not the reason why they were following Him? Some were following because of what they will eat and what they will drink. Some were following him because of miracle, signs and wonders in different ways. But a few were they that said that they were following Him because of eternal life.
REFERENCES: [1] Matthew 19:16,KJV. And behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
[2] Mark 10:17, KJV. And when He was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
[3] Luke 18:18, KJV. And certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
[4] John 6:68, KJV. Then Simon Peter answered Him, LORD, to whom shall we go to? Thou hast the Words of eternal life.
[5] Matthew 19:27-29, TLB. ^[27]Then Peter said to Him, “We left everything to follow you. What will we get out of it?”^[28]And Jesus replied, “When I, the Messiah, shall sit upon My glorious Throne in the Kingdom, you My disciples shall certainly sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” ^[29]And anyone who gives up his home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife children, or property, to follow me, shall receive a hundred times as much in return. And shall have eternal life.
You see! Anybody who refuses to come to Fellowship, do not ask Him why. Whether an entire family or mama, papa or children, please do not ask why from now henceforth, for there are many reasons why people come here.
Only you know why you are here. Only you know why sickness cannot stop you from coming. There is no amount of bad road or rainfall– there is nothing that stops you from coming.
So, do not ask anybody, “Why have we not seen you all the while?” No no! It is a useless question. Do not ask. Leave that person. Leave that person because you may be a trouble that person may not want to cherish.
REFERENCE:THE YEAR OF JUDGMENT OF THE BRIDE [2018 NEW YEAR MESSAGE], preached on 2^nd January 2018 at THE SON OF MAN’s Family Altar, Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe, Anambra State, Nigeria; Pg. 26 vs. 10-13 & 21-23. ¹⁰As many of them as are in the Church, that are in their families following their parents, following THE SON OF MAN because of what they can get from Me or because it is said that the dog follows a potbellied man because the man must either defecate or vomit, and in each case, it is to the dog’s advantage;
¹¹As many of them as are following THE SON OF MAN, but not for eternal life, they will all get their doom this year, both male and female, including infants. ¹²Thus, all their expectations will disappoint them. I am not talking about the world. I am talking about those hiding in the Bridal Faith and hiding in their families.
¹³If it is husband and wife, wait and see what will befall them. From now henceforth, do not be amazed when you hear what befalls any individual or any family in this Faith for the hand of God is behind it, with effect from this morning. ……
²¹The prayer that will save you is for you to repent and change your heart immediately! I am not pleading with anybody. I am telling you what is about to happen, which has started this morning. THERE IS NO TYPE OF STORY YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM OUR MIDST THIS YEAR. THE HAND OF GOD IS BEHIND IT. THE HAND OF GOD IS BEHIND IT.
²²Even if you hear that a whole family is wiped off, that they were ravaged by fire or carried by flood, or that they cooked and after eating, they all died, do not ever panic. When God’s judgment comes, nobody directs it to where it will go.
²³You hear that somebody got crippled or that he slumped and died while moving, or that they were discussing and he slumped and died, do not panic. The hand of God is behind it.
After all, your idea is to help the person to get eternal life. Is it not true? Do you have it? I mean, do you have extra to give? This is because your own belongs to you. You cannot share it with your mother or your daughter. It is to you alone.
Your husband can cloth you, give you children and do everything but cannot give you eternal life. Your wife can give you everything available to her, but she will never give you eternal life.
There is no soul here or beyond this place that is authorizeD to give a fellow human being eternal life. And eternal life is not too rampant that anybody can just take it like that. THAT IS WHY IT IS VERY MUCH RESERVED.
You can receive generous gifts, healing and every kind of gifts but not that side. Not that side! Even if you mention it, you will hear, “Close that chapter! It is not the reason why we are here. Let us talk about another thing.”
If God tells you to make a request, He can never tell you to request for everything. He will tell you, “Make one request!” The moment you say this and that or this, He will cancel all. You have missed it.
It is better you reason before you make that request like the lady, the harlot got that honour, “My dear, you have pleased me so much with your dancing and everything. It is like I will live with you all the days of my life. Now, make one request. I am the king and my word is final. It is my bond.”
The lady looked up and looked down and did not know what to request for. She ran to her mother, “Mama, the opportunity we have been praying for has finally come. The king has agreed. He told me to request for just one thing. He did not say two but one. Mama, I do not know what to request for. Do I ask him to give us money or build a house for us? What do I request that the king will do for us? Please mama, help me. What do I tell the king? He said I should make just one request and not two.”
The woman looked at the daughter’s eyes and told her, “So you are so foolish that you do not know what you should request of. Since you are desirous of being the queen in this house and there is John the Baptist who is strongly opposed to your desire to be queen by what he is preaching and saying everywhere, for they know he is from God, how do you think it is possible for you to be crowned queen, when John is still alive? Your greatest enemy, my daughter, is one who is opposed to your becoming queen in this palace. Go and tell the king that you want no other thing but the head of John the Baptist in a tray.”
She ran back to the king and said, “O king, live forever. Are you serious with what you told me to plea for [only one request]?”, and the king said yes. Go ahead! That is why I am here. She said, “What I need is the head of John the Baptist.”
The king said, “What? You have made the most horrible request. Oh! Who will do this in the land of Israel? Nobody can dream of this dream. Well, nevertheless, I am the overall. That my word will prevail according to the decree of the kingdom, I am getting the head now.”He called the security man and ordered him, “Enter the cell, take a tray, behead John, and bring the head before me in a tray.”
The security man acted as he was instructed so that the word of the king will stand. The king lowered the tray into the hand of the lady for examination. The lady carried it to the mother for verification. The mother then said, “Now, you have behaved properly O queen. Take it back to the king.”
There was silence in the whole palace. Both the merriment and the dancing for the birthday, all stopped, for they were mourning in their hearts at what the king unleashed to please, not even a wife, but a would be wife.
There is something to learn there. If God will ask you to make a request this night, what will you request for?
Look at Elijah, being God in His day, in that He did not see death. He parted the river Jordan. He healed the sick and he brought the dead back to life. I mean, Elijah the Prophet. Was He not God? He was God.
How can a man perform those things if God is not with Him? What was the staff? The staff of God. The staff of office that steadied Him. When Elisha requested for it, not that Elisha requested, but Elijah told Elisha, “Make only but one request. I am about to depart.”
Elisha looked up and looked down and asked, “Master, you said one?” Elijah replied, “Only one!” Elisha said, “Ok. I am requesting for double portions of your power.” Elijah exclaimed, “What?” Elisha repeated, “Double portions of your power.”Read your Scriptures.
Elijah said, “OK. This is a very horrible request. You have asked for something that is very very serious. Very horrible! You requested that I bestow upon you double portion of my powers. It will be only if you will meet me and see me when I will be leaving the scene, for I will not see death, but I will vanish. If you will be there and see me when it will take place, you will get your request.”
From that hour, Elisha vowed a vow that he will close ranks with Elijah by day and by night. If the man [Elijah] says, “I am feeling sleepy; Let me go and sleep”, Elisha will say, “We will sleep together”. If he says, “Let Me go and see my brother”, Elisha will reply, “We are going together.” So they continued until it became like a dog following the owner about.
Children of the Prophets who saw the thing knew what was about to take place, and they halted Elisha and asked him, “Elisha, why are you following your master like this? Of course, you must have known that your master is leaving tomorrow. About this time tomorrow you will not see him again.”
Elisha retorted, “I know more than that.” They asked him again, “So you know?” Elisha quickly retorted again, “Stop wasting my time and let me meet up”, for that discussion with them was a delay he did not want. The Bible said, “He hastened up to the Prophet Elijah.”
They got to River Jordan. Elijah said to Elisha, “Wait here. Let me cross over and fetch a little thing and take you”, but Elisha said, “Not in this life.” Elisha did not ask, “Where is the boat that will ferry us across?” although he knew. After all, He [Elijah] has been crossing rivers using the staff.
Do not forget the first man that used the staff to cross the sea. – Moses. And that staff continued its journey.
Elijah moved forward, and Elisha held the garment. There, the river parted. The two of them lowered into the valley – valley of death. Let the water close in on us. But to go back? Never!
They crossed to the dry land. The Bible said, “Elijah looked at Elisha in the face and said, ‘So, you are insistent on following me?’” Elisha replied, “Yes master.” Elijah said ok.
He moved a little away from Elisha, but Elisha jumped and covered up immediately. Before he knew it, there was a whirl wind. The whirl wind was blowing the dresses of both Elijah and Elisha. And Elisha gripped him. He gripped the kaftan and wrapped it around himself.
The whirl wind was pushing and pushing and all of a sudden, the Prophet was swept up. Elisha shouted, “O my master!” He heard the voice. Before then, the staff had already dropped. He tore the garment, then picked the staff and wrapped it. Has he not double portions?
So, touch the helm of the garment, you are healed. Touch the staff, you are empowered. Has he not gotten double portions?
It shall be one day known unto the LORD, not by day nor by night. But in the evening, there shall be light. Do not forget the fact that we shall be talking like this, I mean, having our normal Fellowship and things like that. Before you know it, everybody’s face will begin to shine.
Do not worry. We are watching ourselves now as if we are watching from the mirror. But one day, this hazy mirror will give way.

7How do you know God? We have a Message titled, HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD? I want to touch a few things there for your own good, not that you do not believe in Me. Even if you do not believe in Me, I believe in Myself. ……. 1I am a Teaching Priest. Where there is no Teaching Priest, the people of God must go into idolatry. That is why Job said, “Teach me and show Me wherein I have erred.”

THE SON OF MAN

FORGET NOT WHAT YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN PART 2; Preached on Sunday 6th August 2017 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 23 vs. 7 & Pg. 33 vs. 1

How do you know God? [2]

Do not forget the fact that I told you that disaster is looming. Yesterday for the first time, America used the worst equipment they reserved for world war. They called it Doom’s Day. Doom’s Day! They have used American Devil.
Now, Doom’s Day was the one that launched these rockets, missiles that wreaked havoc in Tehran and wiped off even infants in their schools and colleges which made Tehran to close down all academic institutions and ordered the remnants to find their ways into Tokyo, Japan.
Come and see the distance people are trekking. Soldiers intensified their own. America summoned for a dialogue, but the Iranian representatives said, not yet, and that they are just saying good morning.
Now, where we are is very delicate. Iran has been accused of manufacturing nuclear weapons. And they [Iranians] are saying that they do not have any, but that they have the capacity to manufacture. They have enough uranium. Whatever they are saying, that is to their own credit.
But the truth is this: Why is Iran saying that they will fight till one man? Why did Zelensky say, “If we are pressed to the wall, we will use what we have to defend ourselves. No going back. We can never be refugees forever. Neither can we allow Russia to have an inch of our God-given land”?
Somebody said that when it comes to power tussle, powers will be displayed. Since America is aware, Israel is aware and all countries are aware that Iran has nuclear capacity –nuclear power, what is holding them is just a little thing. Only one from this Doom’s Day. What this Doom’s Day will release, the havoc will be greater than what happened in Hiroshima. Browse it. You will see the whole thing.
Iran said, “We are not stopping until we fight to the last man. And then, we will empty all we are being feared for.”Why are they afraid of Iran? That which is causing the whole world to be afraid of Iran is in Iran. Do you think Iran will not use it? You think they will prefer to finish their people nor forfeit their land to America instead of using what they have to defend themselves? Who speaks like that?
But that is not all. The major war is now raging from the left. The major war is raging from the left. And that is where the greatest fear is: Pakistan and Afghanistan. And the two are Shia Muslims. Now, they are mending fences to enable them join forces with China and Japan to fight for Iran. Russia is not opening any new war front.
Catch Me somewhere. I am still telling My Story o. If your time is due, find your way to your location, but those who are living in Goshen should stay.
John 1 from verse 1, TLB. ^[1-2]Before anything else existed, there was Christ with God. He has always been alive and is Himself God. He has always been alive, even before the world began. And He is alive till today. And He is Himself God.
^[3]He created everything there is—NOTHING EXISTS THAT HE DIDN’T MAKE. But remember He is a Man. He became a human being, born of a woman and nursed by a woman. Brethren, is it not astonishing? I am hitting something there.
^[4]Eternal life is in Him,… What? Eternal life is in Him,… He holds what the entire human race is vying for. You see why He told everybody, “I have the power to lay down My life. I have the power to take it. Nobody killed Me. I laid down My life. I came to pay the penalty – the Supreme Price for sin, and I came back to life.”
Of all the impersonators, who has ever introduced himself as the resurrected body and then buttressed it? Who has ever? Have you read it in any book?
^[4]Eternal life is in him, and this life gives light to all mankind.
^[5]His life is the light that shines through the darkness—… So, outside His life, you are groping in darkness.…and the darkness can never extinguish it. Never!
^[6-7]God sent John the Baptist as a witness to the fact that Jesus Christ is the true Light. He is what? …the true Light. ^[8]John himself was not the Light; he was only a witness to identify it. So, you may be witnesses here, identifying THE SON OF MAN, confirming that He is here present at last, and that is where you will end. I pray it will not be so with all of you.
You see why you should not be asking people why they refuse to be here. If you know the value of gold, preserve it. Wherever the carcass is, there the eagles must gather.
^[9]Later on, the one who is the true Light arrived… Later on, the true One arrived. So, all those things that went aforetime were phonies preparing the people for the coming Messiah.
William Branham said he was just laying the foundation and preparing the people for One that was to come and stand there. And He said, “I will leave the scene. Expect no other than Christ Himself. If it does not come to pass, know that I am a false Prophet” and that God never spoke to him.
He said, “How can God use me all these years to spread His fame, perform signs, wonders, miracles and my prophecies all came to pass, and at this closing hours of my departure, He will mislead me? Put your hand in the Scriptures. It is not there.”
^[9]Later on, the one who is the true Light arrivedto shine on everyone coming into the world. ^[10]But although He made the world, the world didn’t recognize him when he came.
The world did not recognize Him when He came. Is it possible that God can visit a people and they do not know Him as God? They could not recognize Him as God. Hence they treat Him with contempt.
^[11-12]Even in his own land and among his own people, the Jews, he was not accepted. Amen! Only a few would welcome and receive him. Only a few! Only a few! Handpicked minority! Many are called, but few are chosen. In every dispensation, God’s people have remained few.
Why are you compelling somebody to come to Fellowship? Do you point out a substance that smells to the housefly? Do you not know that we have rolled into the period where no one can tell his brother or sister saying, “Come! Let us go and worship God”? That one is over. Get up and go your way. That’s all! Whatever is the covenant is between you and God. Remember the God of Covenant. If you have not read your own, go and pick your own.
But to all who received Him, He gave the right to become children of God. He did what?…He gave the right to become children of God. But to those that rejected Him, they counted themselves unworthy of eternal life. That’s all! Is it not scriptural. Seeing that you have rejected Him, you have counted yourselves unworthy of eternal life. We now continue with the Gentiles. All they needed to do was to trust him to save them.
Colossians 1:16 there before we go into the story fully. TLB^[16]Christ Himself is the Creator… Who? Christ Himself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth, the things we can see and the things we can’t, the spirit world with its kings and kingdoms, its rulers and authorities, all were made by Christ for His own use and glory. Amen!
Is there anybody here who does not know the meaning of Christ? I have given you the meanings of Christ using your dictionaries and using your phones. True or false? I engraved all of them in the Messages so that you know the meaning of Christ.
That is why I have the boldness to tell you this story. After a careful study, scrutiny of human beings drawn from different Ages, I came to a conclusion that the stumbling block of all the Ages has always remained one thing. What is that thing? GOD IS A HUMAN BEING. It is easier said than believed. God is a human being. Do you not see that it is easy to say with the mouth?
There is no other stumbling block greater than this because, being a human being, He remains one personality. You do not know where He is coming from. Supposing you carried Him in your womb and gave birth to Him? You will now become Mary and your child will become your God, and you knew it not.
You will keep nurturing and caring for the child, slapping his buttocks. It will even get to a point where you will be flogging the child, not knowing that you are flogging your Creator and God.
You will be rebuking him with all the caustic remarks you can think of in this world. Sometimes, you may even throw him away with the bath water. There is no type of caustic remark you will not use on Him especially when He annoys you. Yet, you do not know that this same person you are demeaning in this way is your Source of existence.
You will be demonstrating against Him in many different ways. Who are you demonstrating against. You will point at Him as “This child! This son of the devil. A child that mischievously got into his mother’s womb, who has never allowed anybody to have rest.” Who is she calling all these names.
This is where God has displayed the highest mystery. You see why it is called the greatest mystery. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when He shall begin to sound, the mystery of Who God is must have been revealed.
REFERENCE: [1] 1 Timothy 3:16, KJV. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
[2] Revelation 10:7, KJV. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.
Look at God, the mysterious God, the Divine Spirit hiding Himself in a human being. The Creator hiding Himself in the created one – the creature, where no human being can even suggest that He could be found.
What can you say about the father who was responsible for the pregnancy that produced God? Yes! The Bible said the Jesus the Christ was the legal son of Joseph. Have you not read it? Did the Bible call him illegal?
REFERENCE: John 1:45, AMP. Philip sought and found Nathanael and told him, We have found (discovered) the One Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote about – Jesus from Nazareth, the [legal] son of Joseph!
You will then be wondering, “How manage?” How comes it that this little boy is the Christ and He created Me and created every other thing that exists? That is why the wise men who believed the prophets of old went straight, being guided by the great Star, “We have seen the Star. We have come to worship the King.”Angels bowed down. Heavenly beings bowed down. The Prophets bowed down.
He was taken to the temple, and the temple priest Simeon bowed down and gave God the glory on behalf of somebody that was wrapped. He was still wrapped and carried in the hand.
If you are yet carrying your baby in your hands and I tell you, “My eyes have seen the Great God, the Saviour of the world”, and it turns out to be the baby you are carrying in your hands, would you not throw that child away? You will be asking, “What are these people seeing? Is it not this little child that I am carrying in my hands who was born in the manger the other day?”
I do not know how to explain it so that you will understand it, but now, let Me show you where we read in Matthew’s Gospel chapter 13. I heard it here. They said they would not believe. In John chapter 7, they said they would not believe. Why? They knew the father, the mother, the brothers, the sisters, and he was there with them having everything in common. How do you want us to believe that this man is God and the Saviour of the Jews? Far be it from us. Even if others believe, we will never believe.
REFERENCE: [1] Matthew 13:53-58, TLB.^[53]When Jesus had finished giving these illustrations, he returned to his hometown, Nazareth in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue and astonished everyone with his wisdom and his miracles. ^[55]“How is this possible?” the people exclaimed. “He’s just a carpenter’s son, and we know Mary his mother and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. ^[56]And his sisters—they all live here. How can he be so great?” ^[57]And they became angry with him! Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own country, and among his own people!” ^[58]And so he did only a few great miracles there, because of their unbelief.
[2] Mark 6:2-5, TLB.^[2-3]The next Sabbath he went to the synagogue to teach, and the people were astonished at his wisdom and his miracles because he was just a local man like themselves.“He’s no better than we are,” they said. “He’s just a carpenter, Mary’s boy, and a brother of James and Joseph, Judas and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” And they were offended!^[4]Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his hometown and among his relatives and by his own family.” ^[5]And because of their unbelief he couldn’t do any mighty miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
Will your unbelief alter anything? Can it change what he is? You are the one troubling yourself. Did He say you should believe? You cannot believe because you are not numbered among the people He came to save.
If you are not numbered among the people for which I am sent, you cannot abide here. If you hear that I am sharing one thing or the other, you may be present. You know I have the power to relieve you of many ailments.
You can come to Me because of all those things, but for this eternal life, no! Eternal life is not for everybody. Do you not know that? Read the book of Hebrews. You will see that it is not for everybody.
REFERENCE: Hebrews 5:8-9, AMP. ⁸Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered ⁹And, [His completed experience] making Him perfectly [equipped], He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him,
So, if you do not have patient endurance, it is not for you. If you are not chosen of old for it, it is not for you. And He that holds it is not the type you can open His hands anyhow and collect it. No! You cannot bribe Him to get it. Never!

Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. 10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 55:6-11, King James Version

MY STORY

Now, the reason why many are perishing was documented there. And I ask the question: Because they knew the parents and everybody, was it enough reason not to believe in Him?
Somebody should give it to Me from your android handsets. Let us use artificial intelligence [AI]. Ask artificial intelligence the meaning of over-familiarity. This is because you must be familiar with somebody before it becomes over. So, they were over-familiar with Him, being drawn from among them, although the Prophets of old foretold that he must come from among them, a Jew, one of them, one of your brothers.
Reference: Deuteronomy 18:15,18, AMP. ¹⁵The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet (Prophet) from the midst of your brethren like me [Moses]; to him you shall listen ……. ¹⁸I will raise up for them a prophet (Prophet) from among their brethren like you, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
The meaning of OVER-FAMILIARITY. Everybody is involved. Use your android. And if you see, you are free to read, man or woman. If you see it and you want to read, come forward. I am engraving it in tapes o because that is the Story. I am about to go home.
[1] Overfamiliarity is the act of being excessively, inappropriately or uncomfortably friendly, informal or intimate, often crossing personal or professional boundaries. It is frequently used sometimes as a manipulative tactic to gain access to resources or trust.
Have you heard it? This is what over-familiarity is all about according to AI.
This behaviour often causes discomfort, disrespect or the devaluation of people and relationships.
[2] Overfamiliarity means becoming too familiar or too free with someone to the point that respect, boundaries or proper regards are lost. Have you heard it?
Pay attention. Do not shout too much because they could not believe in Him or follow Him because of over-familiarity. He is our townsman.
Then the question is: Can a human being be over-familiar with God his Creator to the point that he will be treating His Word with disrespect?
To what extent do you think you will know God and then, it authorizes you to begin to disrespect God?
When you have no respect for the Word of God, you have no respect for God, for God is His Word. Tell Me the extent of your relationship with God that will produce disrespect or contempt.
Over-familiarity means excessive closeness that leads to disrespect or loss of honour. It happens when somebody behaves too casually, boldly, informally with a person, place or thing that deserves respect, reverence or distance.
Deeper explanation: Over-familiarity occurs when repeated contact or closeness makes someone stop appreciating the value, the authority or sacredness of something….Have you heard it?
…because once something becomes common or constantly seen, the person begins to treat it lightly.This is why people say, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”Thank you!
Have you heard it? You see why William Branham gave that warning when he said, “Never come to a point where the Word of God will become common in your ears and heart because of His simplicity and over-familiarity.”
The Prophet Muhammad Raheem said, “Do not permit My descent from among you to corrupt you into disregarding My Word.” Did you get the Message?
There was no other reason why many people are perishing if not this. People have come to a point where they think that having personal interactions with the Almighty God is abnormal.
God becoming a Man born of a woman to save human beings, to them, He has degraded Himself. He is no longer worthy of honour or worthy of respect by human beings.
Hence, some do not only claim equality, they even assume superiority. That is the reason why he is being ridiculed, mocked and scoffed at.
We have those scoffers as documented in the Bible, but today, they are manifesting among us. They treat His Word with contempt. I mean, great disrespect.
Whence cometh that over-familiarity with God? Can a human being be over-familiar with God? Can you know God to the point that you can say, “I know God inside out”?
You can only know God to the extent He wants you to know Him. You cannot go beyond that. That is why he is a Paradox. And it is at this point that he becomes very destructive and at the same time, very selective.
The meaning of CONTEMPT. [1] Contempt is a powerful, scornful emotion often describes as a mix of anger and disgust… Take note!
It is upon this backdrop that you see human beings demonstrating against God, flaring up against God, making caustic remarks at God. Yet they will come before Him expecting eternal life.
You expect eternal life from this type of a human being you had already relegated to the background, who means nothing to you, who you have never honoured for one day, whose Words have become your greatest abomination, who is the core of your discussions everywhere you gather. Pause a little!
Contempt is a powerful, scornful emotion often describes as a mix of anger and disgust that involves looking down on someone…
Tell Me! Can a man born of a woman dream of looking down on God and expect a good thing from God?
In many ways, you have looked down upon God. Why? He is your brother, your kinsman, your playmate, your lover, your friend, your enemy and this and that.
Whatever might be His relationship with you is completely immaterial. What counts is who He is. And it is based on the knowledge of who He is that worship takes off. Respect, Reverence and every other thing including Honour. That is where all of them take off.
Contempt is a powerful, scornful emotion often describes as a mix of anger and disgust that involves looking down on someone or something as worthless, inferior or deserving of no respect.
it acts as a fourth horseman in relationships, signalling superiority and disdain.
Legally, it means willful disrespect towards a court order. It means willful disrespect towards a court order. Contempt is often considered more severe than mere anger. Have you heard it. That is why a lot of people are languishing in the prisons for contempt of court.
But you commit contemptable crimes daily against God, every minute of the day. And to you, it means nothing. That is impunity. Note the key words I am bringing out. These will form the basis of your judgment. Note the key words so that when you get home, you search more about the meanings of the key words that will appear before you.
Whether you like it or not, you are all appearing before the son of man in judgment. Only a few are excluded, for reasons best known to Me. Once you are holier than Me, you are coming to judgment to enable the Almighty Himself decide for Himself who is holy.
Contempt is often considered more severe than mere angeras it implies a total rejection of the target’s value.
Look for contumely.
[2] Contempt is a deep feeling of strong disrespect… So, each time I say that you treat the Word of God with [Oh!] reckless abandon, with contempt, with contumely. I am coming to that. You treat the Word of God with impunity because God does not punish you instantly, you think you are licensed to keep on insulting God.
Contempt is a deep feeling of strong disrespect, disdain or scorn towards someone or something considered unworthy…Yes! To you, God is unworthy. …inferior or worthless. It is a state of looking down on someone with strong disrespect.
And the question is still there. To what extent will a man be over-familiar with the Almighty God, so that he will begin to look down on God with strong disrespect, and at the same time expecting eternal life from Him?
Do you not know that God is the Most Merciful and Compassionate? Otherwise, nobody can be sitting down here. Nobody should be breathing among you.
You do not know that many of you have committed unpardonable sin and that I am the Holy Ghost, the son of man, of Whom you were warned ahead of time that a word spoken against Him whenever He shall be revealed will never be pardoned in this life and in the world to come. It is unpardonable. And if God said it is unpardonable, tell Me who will pardon it.
I love this silence if it is real silence from your hearts. But I want to see you boiling against this truth.
It is stronger than ordinary dislike as it involves despising, scorning or treating someone as if they have little or no value.
Contempt is not just anger or disagreement. It is a mental attitude of superiority… A mental attitude of what? …superiority… I said it in the beginning. That is where the greatest foolishness is manifested, for a foolish fellow can never acknowledge or concede superiority.
The simplicity that is in Christ has made all of you corrupt. Yet, you were warned ahead of time never to permit His simplicity to corrupt you. Over-familiarity that leads to contempt.
Reference: The Message DO NOT BE CORRUPTED BY THE SIMPLICTY THAT IS IN CHRIST was preached by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN, The Holy Ghost on Sunday 14^thDecember 2008 at the Household of God Onitsha.
It is a mental attitude of superiority where a person believes, “You are beneath me. you are not worth my respect. you are not important”. because of this mindset, the person may mock, insult, ignore or belittle the other person.
Since these things are now carried to God– Since these things are now credited to us as our attitude towards God, who will now advocate for us. Can we then say that the over-familiarity God warned against in the beginning that we should be very careful about it, He did not see the danger? Yet, you have never known God. You have not even known God, talk less of being over-familiar with Him.
In what way and to what extent have you known God so as to become over-familiar with Him? But is there any level of familiarity with God that can bring about contempt from any human being, from a creature before his Creator who created the heaven and earth including you? I mean Christ Himself, who is Himself God that has revealed Himself among you in mercy, in love through grace.
The meaning of CONTUMELY. It is a noun. [1] Contumely is a noun referring to harsh, scornful or insulting language or treatment that stems from arrogant contempt. That stems from what? …arrogant contempt. Pride and arrogance.
Watch anyone that is proud. He or she is arrogant. He or she is stubborn. He or she is a scorner. Whether man or woman, the Word of God is no respecter of persons.
I told you that one that stays away from the gathering where God presides, where Christ Himself presides, may miss the day of his or her own visitation.
You can see the level of story I have told you so far. And this Story is a wonderful one.
It represents a humiliating, haughty or disdainful attitude towards someone. Often considered an archaic or former term, it signifies a direct personal insult or act of contempt.
Have you seen where God said He will accept all these your behaviours as a direct insult? I know you might be saying “If I had known”, but were you not warned ahead of time? Did He not disclose Himself to you? In what area have you proved Him to be false?
Why the silence? I have not started judging you. You know I would not judge you. Judgment is committed into My hands because I am the real, original, factual SON OF MAN. No mistake about it.
I know why I am hiding here. I am still where you cannot force Me out.
[2] Contumely is a very harsh or insulting way of treating someone that show deep disrespect and humiliation. It is open insult or abusive treatment meant to disgrace someone.
It is stronger than ordinary disrespect. It involves rude words, mockery or actions meant to shame or dishonour a person.
In very simple words, contumely means public insult, scornful abuse and humiliating treatment.
Are you following? You have been hearing it from My mouth all this while that you are holding My Words with disdain. You treat God with reckless abandon, with contempt and contumely.
That is not all. Another key word is LEVITY. Look for it. LEVITY. Note the words you are going to face in judgment. I am giving you the highlights already.
The meaning of LEVITY.[1] Levity means treating serious matters in a light, joking or careless way. In simple words, LEVITY means lack of seriousness when seriousness is expected. Have you heard it?
[2]The treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect.
The meaning of Impunity. [1] Impunity is the exemption from punishment, penalties or negative consequences for wrong doing, effectively allowing actions to occur without accountability. It frequently refers to a systemic failure to prosecute crimes often in the context of corruption, weak judicial systems or political patronage.
That is a situation where you are evading punishment. You have not been caught, although you are committing the crime regularly. But because you have not been arrested for one day and arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction, you think it is now proper, it is now legal, it is permissible for you to be doing it without recourse to the awful consequences.
You know what you are doing is wrong, with unavoidable consequences either presently or in the future, but simply because you have not been caught in the act or queried, you have been escaping like an armed robber or a drug peddler who is indulging in it, enjoying it, enjoying the gain and the loot, simply because his friends and colleagues might have been unlucky to be caught and punished but he is always free, he thinks he will be going free and he will remain free.
For that reason, to change becomes difficult. But one day, known unto the LORD, he will be brought to the books. Everything must be brought to the books.
Books will be opened. I say books will be opened. Then a Book will be opened also where the handpicked, scanty names of the saved are engraved, but in the volumes of those numerous books are written the names of these evil doers that treated the Word of God in their day with contempt, with contumely, with utter disregard, who ridiculed and mocked their God even in His face, who resisted the Word of God instead of acting at His Word. And they not only did that, they encouraged their families, encouraged their friends and others to borrow a cue from them. To them, it is a light offence to look down on God.
REFERENCE: Revelation 20:12, KJV. ¹²And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Look at the way they ridiculed the Messiah, “You are the Saviour. Save Yourself. You are this. Look at His face. Look at His buttocks.” Go and check the ridiculous names they called Him.
[2] Impunity often encourages more wrong doing because people begin to believe, “Nothing will happen to me.” Have you heard it?
Impunity is the ability to do wrong without being punished. It usually happens when somebody has power, has connections, is protected by authority or when the law is not enforced.
[3] Oxford English Dictionary, 2019: Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.
Then the person continues in that evil. Simply because punishment for evil is not executed instantly, the heart of that suspect is now set to doing evil continually. Is it not why to check corruption is very difficult, for everyone’s heart is now corrupt?
But the Elect of God can never be corrupt. Only a handpicked few are exempted from all I have read tonight.
Hebrews 13:8, TLB. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Thank you! He is the same yesterday, today and forever. I am the LORD. I change not.
This is the end of My Story tonight. Take your judgment and go home, and then have a second look in your life, in your thoughts, in your imaginations, in your actions, in your words that proceeded out of your mouth, for out of your mouth has proceeded issues of life and death.
And you can withdraw every action, but you cannot withdraw a word that goes out of your mouth. It is recorded against you. When the Books of records will be opened, and your portion will be read, you will know that Allah, the Almighty God is swift in taking records.
REFERENCES: [1] Malachi 3:16, TLB. ^[16]Then those who feared and loved the LORD spoke often of Him to each other. And He had a Book of Remembrance drawn up in which He recorded the names of those who feared Him and loved to think about Him.
[2] The Holy Qur’an – Surah 3:19, Yusuf Ali Translation. The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did the People of the Book dissent there from except through envy of each other, after knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of Allah, Allah is swift in calling to account.
Out of the mouth, cometh your justification. Out of the mouth, cometh your condemnation.
With this, I say, go in peace. Thank you!