The entire creation has a creator. He is the One God. He is the source of all that exists, spirit or material, visible or invisible, tangible or intangible. All of creation is subject to Him. He IS the Almighty. He is He who will judge each man, and humanity. He is the the repository of being, wisdom and power; . that is why the Yoruba call Him Edumare Oba Eleduwa. Edumare, Father, Eleduwa! That is the name I choose to call Him.
- Our land, our people, our history and our environment point to my belief that we are blessed. it is our duty to secure and enforce this blessing for our children's children. THAT is our main task as a people.
- before the political and geographical entity named Nigeria was formed, we were a diverse people of different tribes, races, languages, ethnic groups and dialects.
- Concerning our nation, certain facts are self evident;
. we all are in this geographical space.
. we have been here for generations.
. we will be here for generations.
. our children's grandchildren, and their own grandchildren, will be in this geographical space.
. we must thrive, together, in this God given land.
. our grandchildren must thrive, and their children after them.
. it is our responsibility, and the responsibility of each generation, to ensure our collective prosperity.
- Our history is real. The conflict, hatred and suspicion that has occurred is real. But, we cannot be enemies. If we become enemies, we have failed. The prize of failure is death. We MUST LIVE!
We will learn the lessons from our history, we will forgive ourselves our sins, and the sins of our fathers. We will ask God for the same.
- We will learn from the essence of our pre-political history, culture and traditions; we will interpret this in light of the Faith of Abraham
- We will make this the hypostasis of Our Nation, Our People, and Our Commonwealth.
- The survival and prosperity of our Great Nation will not be as a result of the amazing acts of a single man, nor of a particular group of men.
- It will be as a result of all men everywhere doing what they should everyday.
- Each of us, in our varying stations and locations in life, can CHOOSE to embody the best and the ideal of a Citizen of Nigeria.
- We can CHOOSE to build ourselves to be the best we can be, to be a neighbour to the next man, to contribute to the best of our ability to building the people and the nation, and to defend Nigeria and its territory. So help us God.
- We do not need to hold office to give Nigeria the best that we can. However, being in office confers a sacred duty which we must heartily fulfill, so help us God.
- Our people and our nation will attain its resident blessing, only when each if us plays his role as the "ordinary Nigerian citizen".
- On account of my Faith in God, I believe in The Ordinary Nigerian Citizen:
a. I am confident that he will provide leadership in his individual estate.
b. I am confident that he will trust in God.
c. I am confident that he will do what is right, and what makes Nigeria survive and prosper. So help him God.
- So help me God, I have a responsibility to pursue the building of a People and a Nation. To build a People and a Nation that pursue, attain and retain the resident blessing of God.
- It is to this Faith and this pursuit that I invite you, join me!
- Though the name we give to it may differ, the awareness/experience of The Almighty is universal. In fact, it may almost be called an archetypal universal subconscious; an "hypo-stasis of the Divine" in all Men.
Given the Gospel of Christ, God is personal to each man and to each race: each man and race must be able to appropriate the faith of Abraham as the faith of his/its ancestors.
The God of Abraham is not the God of the Arab, nor the God of the Jew. He is not the "God of the white man"; He is OUR GOD. And The God of our ancestors.
- Michael: a Hebrew word, a proclamation, affirmation and a challenge. Mica' El! Who is like God?!!
- Agbaakinrisha: a Yoruba word, in fact a statement. Lord of the Brave, prince of the valiant; the one whose spirit is chosen by the Almighty, and thus Courageous
- Ogirioko: a Yoruba word denoting the sheer face of a granite cliff: immutable, unassailable, invincible, cannot be successfully attacked.
- ekeji-Edumare: a Yoruba term: Companion, Child of The Almighty. Member of the household of God. Son of Heaven.
Make no mistake; I do not consider myself a perfect man. FAR FROM IT! I have made mistakes, some of which are even out-rightly stupid! I have had instances when I sinned, and there may still be instances when I will. What I assure you, and what I choose to hold firm, is that I have made a conscious, deliberate decision to submit myself, my will, my life, my assets and my personality to Yahweh, The God of Abraham. I have chosen the Eternal Life that Yahweh offers in Christ Jesus.
I have chosen to live my life based on the above premise.
This is why I now choose to act and project my true self with Faith and confidence.
Are you a Nigerian? Come, walk with me!
- I am Micha'el, Agbaakinrisha (Agbaakin Orisha) ekeji-Edumare: Son of God, the possessor of heaven and Earth.
- I am a spirit entity in continuum and contiguity with God; with whom I form a unit of effect.
- I am the expression of Yahweh on earth.
Genesis 1, and Romans' 1:16:
2 things in the beginning
. darkness
. the waters.
2 persons
. God
. the "Spirit of God"
3 acts
. moved upon the face of the waters.
. "and God said".
. "and God made".
2 initial needs 4 order/creation
. light
. the firmament - a "curtain", a dividing line called heaven.
.what was the sequence of vs 1 and 2?
. what was the darkness?
. what was light?
. what was the waters?
. what was the firmament?
. why put the waters above and below?
. where/what is the waters above?
. "and the evening and the morning" = day!
1. Genesis 1 presents a protocol for god-like creation by us, by sons-of-God: it gives us the process and challenges of our creation activities.
2. vs2: the face refers to the interface; the point where the material and non-material interphase. It is:
(1) our intellect, will and emotions.
(2) i no know yet o!
the creation of vs1 was non-material, cf Hebrews 11:3
If Edumare rested after He made man, then He left it to man to do all else that needs to get done.
- God separated the spiritual from the physical with the heaven as a boundary/dividing line between the 2;
. why?
. each realm has its natural laws. - how do they interact?
- What God "created" was essence: what God made was (physical, expereince-able, tangible) expression
. God created man in His (own) image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created he them
. Genesis 1:28
- A characteristic of God is that "He declares the end from the beginning": the book of genesis may be actually predictive, not "historical".
a. showing how things ought to be (done).
b. showing things that will be (done).
- The blessing of God to Man is in the similitude; in the intent and the image in which man was created.
God's statement was informational; to make us aware of the natural mathematical consequence of the blessing:
. Genesis 1:28.
- THIS is what I hope to attain, for self and for the nation.
