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    FUNERALS:DO NOT OBSERVE THE TRADITIONS OF MEN

    CHRISTIAN SUPERNATURAL TEACHINGS

    BIBLE CLASS LESSONS AND

    EVERLASTING GOSPELS

    BY:

    LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND

    SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE

    BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR

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    eath s never the en

    FATHER CONSOLES: You need to

    see

    Father help and console the bereaved in the heart. He would say:

    Weep not

    your

    relation is not dead. Death

    is

    a cruel

    word.

    There is nothing like it. He has finished his assignment. He needs

    the

    flesh no more. Beyond

    your

    sight is

    another task for

    him.

    After that task

    he passes on to

    yet

    another task till he attains the

    crOWD of

    a

    perfect

    life;

    and where

    he has gone all shall go.

    If

    you

    harbor

    any grief and give way to sorrow in

    your

    heart,

    these sentiments will

    grow

    greater,

    and you will

    be

    nothing

    but

    grief.

    Help your

    relation;

    for

    he seeks solace now

    more

    than

    ever. He is glad when you are

    glad,

    and sad when you are sad.

    Rise up bury your woes and smile

    at

    grief and then help

    others

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    DO NOT OBSERVE

    THE

    TRADmONS OF MAN

    I have told you many times that when anybody sleeps in the Lord, you

    should not keep mourning houses, you shquld not cry and yell, you

    should not entertain people with drinks, do everything in the

    Brotherhood way. Brotherhood has the correct method

    of

    organising the

    occasion. Refrain from

    the

    native law

    and

    custom. You cannot please the

    world

    and

    God at the same time. When you try to please the world, you

    have displeased

    God

    and when you

    try

    to please God you certainly will

    displease the world; but it is more profitable to please God than to please

    the world.

    Any business venture with the people

    of

    the world is a great loss to

    you. f you contribute periodically a little sum of money with the people

    of

    the world, you

    will

    give them ydur own share, but they would not give

    you your own because they know that Brotherhood members do not

    go to court. When you ask them they

    will

    jest at you and tell you to go to

    court. We do not keep mourning houses, we

    do

    not drink, we

    do

    not

    smoke cigarette, we do not

    -observe tradition, why then

    do

    you buy

    drinks, cigarette and keep the tradition and customs of your village?

    Now you

    are

    receiving double punishment for yourselves. You are

    celebrating feasts for members of Brotherhood and at the same time you

    are buying drinks for people of the world, what is your gain?

    s

    the feast

    which you make in Brotherhood not greater than all those things they

    make in the world? You should adhere strictly

    to

    the doctrine

    of

    Brotherhood when someone sleeps in the Lord. Keep vigil night where you

    sing for the soul of the departed;

    and on

    the following day you

    carry

    the

    remains of the departed to the last resting place. Thereafter, you keep

    prayers for seven days. That is good for the soul of the departed person.

    o

    you know that you are being watched and emulated by the world.

    You fear People of the world and say that your 'tate parents were elderly

    people 'ill the family,

    that

    is why you keep mourning houses,

    and

    hold

    memorial service and wake-keeping

    for

    them. In conforming with the

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    traditions of men you perish and your brethren perish also. You would

    see

    people rushing into Brotherhdod because of our ways of doing

    things. We only eat groundnuts biscuits bananas and sugar cane which

    is very simple. That is why other wealthy people would not join us. They

    know that in Brotherhood people are not extravagant they would chose

    Presbyterian or Catholic where they would spend on drjnks and

    entertainment in order

    to

    boost their ego.

    DO NOT DRINKOR OFFER WINE

    So long as you do not drink wine do not offer it to anybody. Since

    you have seen this wonderful light try to teach others to see the light too.

    f you do not keep mourning houses others

    will

    copy from that. f you

    do

    not buy wine the people

    of

    the world

    will

    not come therefore

    we

    should not go beyond our normal fruit feast. This advice is for your own

    good and to lessen your burden because if your father or mother dies

    Brotherhood will come anti conduct the burial

    n

    a lighter way than

    is

    done by the world.

    DO NOT PUT ON EAR-RINGS AND NECKLACES

    "

    You have been advised never to put on ear-rings and necklaces but

    when you come in here you remove them and put in your hand bags and

    when you go out from here you put them on again on the pretext that you

    are wearing them to the office. Does it mean that if you do not wear ear

    rings you would

    not

    be paid your salaries? Do you not know that when

    you. put on the ear-rings you are disgracing God; many people have

    realised that Brotherhood

    is

    teaching the truth and they uphold the truth

    de away with this practice.

    When you are advised never to put on ear-rings and necklaces but

    when y )u come in here you remove them and put in your hand bags and

    when you go out from here you put them on again on the pretext that you

    are wearing them to theoffice. Does it mean that if you do not wear ear

    rings you would not be paid your salaries? Do you not know that when

    you put on the ear-rings you are disgracing God; many people have

    realised that Brotherhood

    is

    t e c h i n ~ the truth and they uphold the

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    BCS FUNERALS PRACTICES

    Luk 23:52 This manwent unto Pilate, and begged

    the body of Jesus.

    Luk 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in

    linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in

    stone, wherein never man before was laid.

    Luk 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the

    sabbath drew on.

    Luk 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me.But

    he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my

    father.

    Luk 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury

    their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of

    God.

    Mar 6:29 And when his disciples heard of it,they

    came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

    Mar 6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves

    together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both

    what they had done, and what they had taught.

    Mar 6:31 And he said unto them, Come yeyourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a

    while:for there were many coming and going, and

    they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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    Mar 6:32 And they departed into a desert place by

    ship privately.

    THE BURIAL OF THE BODY OF OUR LORD JESUS

    CHRIST

    AND HE TOOK IT DOWN, AND WRAPPED IT IN LINEN,

    AND LAID IT IN A SEPULCHRE THAT WAS HEWN IN

    STONE, WHEREIN NEVER MAN BEFORE WAS LAID.

    (Luk 23:53)

    Luk 23:50 And, behold, there wasa man named

    Joseph, a counsellor; and he wasa good man, and

    a just:

    Luk 23:51 (The same had not consented to the

    counsel and deed of them;) he wasof Arimathaea,

    a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the

    kingdom of God.

    Luk 23:52 This manwent unto Pilate, and begged

    the body of Jesus.

    Luk 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in

    linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in

    stone, wherein never man before was laid.

    Luk 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the

    sabbath drew on.

    Luk 23:55 And the women also, which came with

    him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the

    sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

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    Luk 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices

    and ointments; and rested the sabbath day

    according to the commandment.

    Joh 19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea,

    being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of

    the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away

    the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave himleave. He

    came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

    Joh 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at

    the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a

    mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred

    pound weight.

    Joh 19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and

    wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the

    manner of the Jews is to bury.

    Joh 19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified

    there was a garden; and in the garden a new

    sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

    Joh 19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because

    of the Jews' preparation day;for the sepulchre

    was nigh at hand.

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    Luk 9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was

    come that he should be received up, he stedfastly

    set his face to go to Jerusalem,

    Luk 9:52 And sent messengers before his face: andthey went, and entered into a village of the

    Samaritans, to make ready for him.

    Luk 9:53 And they did not receive him, because his

    face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

    Luk 9:54 And when his disciples James and John

    saw this,they said, Lord, wilt thou that we

    command fire to come down from heaven, and

    consume them, even as Elias did?

    Luk 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said,

    Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

    Luk 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy

    men's lives, but to savethem.And they went to

    another village.

    Luk 9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in

    the way, a certain mansaid unto him, Lord, I will

    follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

    Luk 9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes,

    and birds of the airhavenests; but the Son of man

    hath not where to layhishead.

    Luk 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me.Buthe said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my

    father.

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    Luk 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury

    their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of

    God.

    Luk 9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will followthee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which

    are at home at my house.

    Luk 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having

    put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit

    for the kingdom of God.

    JOHN THE BAPTIST:

    Mar 6:7 And he called unto himthe twelve, and

    began to send them forth by two and two; and gave

    them power over unclean spirits;

    Mar 6:8 And commanded them that they should take

    nothing for theirjourney, save a staff only; noscrip, no bread, no money in theirpurse:

    Mar 6:9 But beshod with sandals; and not put on

    two coats.

    Mar 6:10 And he said unto them, In what place

    soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye

    depart from that place.

    Mar 6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, norhear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the

    dust under your feet for a testimony against them.

    Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for

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    Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than

    for that city.

    Mar 6:12 And they went out, and preached that men

    should repent.Mar 6:13 And they cast out many devils, and

    anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed

    them.

    Mar 6:14 And king Herod heard of him;(for his name

    was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the

    Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore

    mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

    Mar 6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others

    said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

    Mar 6:16 But when Herod heard thereof,he said, It

    is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the

    dead.

    Mar 6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid

    hold upon John, and bound him in prison for

    Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had

    married her.

    Mar 6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not

    lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

    Mar 6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against

    him, and would have killed him; but she could not:Mar 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he

    was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and

    when he heard him, he did many things, and heard

    him gladly.

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    Mar 6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that

    Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords,

    high captains, and chief estatesof Galilee;

    Mar 6:22 And when the daughter of the saidHerodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod

    and them that sat with him, the king said unto the

    damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will

    give itthee.

    Mar 6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou

    shalt ask of me, I will give itthee, unto the half of

    my kingdom.

    Mar 6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her

    mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head

    of John the Baptist.

    Mar 6:25 And she came in straightway with haste

    unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou

    give me by and by in a charger the head of John

    the Baptist.

    Mar 6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry;yetfor

    his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with

    him, he would not reject her.

    Mar 6:27 And immediately the king sent an

    executioner, and commanded his head to be

    brought: and he went and beheaded him in theprison,

    Mar 6:28 And brought his head in a charger, and

    gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to

    her mother.

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    Mar 6:29 And when his disciples heard of it,they

    came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

    Mar 6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves

    together unto Jesus, and told him all things, bothwhat they had done, and what they had taught.

    Mar 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye

    yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a

    while:for there were many coming and going, and

    they had no leisure so much as to eat.

    Mar 6:32 And they departed into a desert place by

    ship privately.

    THE DEATH BURIAL AND RESURRECTION

    OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

    JESUS CHRIST WAS GOD THE FATHER:

    Our Lord Jesus Christ throughout His ministration

    had been attributing all the works He did to the

    Father. Before then, people had been attributing the

    successes and failures of the world to ghosts,

    mermaid, beelzebub, charms, among others. Nobodyknew that God was responsible for everything. But

    when the Jews noticed the miracles wrought by

    Christ, they started calling Him king of the

    Beelzebub. They even laughed Him to scorn, calling

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    Him the son of Mary and Joseph. THEY NEVER

    BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE SON OF MAN, SON OF

    GOD AND GOD HIMSELF.

    THERE ARE NO THREE GODS BUT ONE GOD, THE

    TRIUNE GOD. THE SPIRIT, THE WATER, AND THE

    BLOOD FORM THIS TRIUNE GOD.NO ONE KNOWS

    WHERE THE WATER AND BLOOD COMES FROM OR

    WHERE THEY GET DRIED TO. YOU SEE THAT GOD

    CAN COME BY ANY NAME AND FORM. WHEN HE

    CAME AS THE SON OF MAN, SON OF GOD AND GODHIMSELF, THEY TREATED HIM DISDAINFULLY, AND

    FINALLY KILLED HIM. HOWEVER OUR LORD JESUS

    CHRIST WAS GOD AS WELL AS THE SON OF GOD.

    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS ALSO THE SPIRIT,

    WHILE THE FLESH WAS THE HOUSE AND SO, WHEN

    THE SPIRIT LEFT THE HOUSE, IT COLLAPSED(SLUMPED).THIS HOUSE FLESH) WAS PLACED IN

    THE TOMB BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT COMPLETED ITS

    SPIRITUAL ASSIGNMENT, AFTER THREE DAYS AND

    NIGHTS, IT WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE. AS SUCH

    THEHRIST, RESURRECTED WITH HIS FULL BODY.

    SPIRIT IS THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE (PHYSICAL

    BODY) AND SO, WHAT IS REFERRED TO ASRESURRECTION IS JUST THE REVITALIZATION OF

    THE HOUSE BY THE SPIRIT. THIS IS THE MYSTERY

    OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.

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    IT IS THE SPIRIT WHICH IS GOD AND IT DOES ALL

    THE WORK THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE HIM.The

    churches, religious bodies, occult and mystical

    organizations are trying their best yet, they have notgot this Spirit which is God. Even the physical and

    esoteric scientist are trying but they have not got it.

    SINCE THEY CANNOT POSSESS THIS SPIRIT, IT

    MEANS THEY HAVE NOT GOT GOD AND THEREFORE,

    THEY CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

    That was why Christ said: "Verily, verily, I say unto

    thee, except a man be born of water and of the spirit

    he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (JOHN

    3:5). As God, Christ knew that if He does not leave

    the house in time the people would break his legs.

    So He gave up the ghost accordingly. He did not

    want to behave like Jacob who wrestled with an

    angel and got this bone fractured.

    BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    EXCERPT FROM : MYSTERY OF DEATH

    I GO MY WAY, AND YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND SHALL

    DIE IN YOUR SINS: WHITHER I GO, YE CANNOT

    COME.

    Joh 8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury,

    as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands

    on him; for his hour was not yet come.

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    Joh 8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my

    way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your

    sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

    Joh 8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself?because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

    Joh 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from

    beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I

    am not of this world.

    Joh 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die

    in your sins: for if ye believe not that I amhe,ye

    shall die in your sins.

    GOD SAT ON THE CREATION

    CHAIR ONLY ONCE:

    SINCE THE CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE,

    HAVE YOU HEARD THAT GOD HAS CREATED

    ANOTHER PERSON?

    The Deep Sleep

    The wisdom of God passes all understanding. Man is

    always confounded by the wisdom of God. I hadearlier revealed to you about the first "Adam" who

    died and rose up again. You have been told that God

    caused Him to fall into a deep sleep. (Gen 2:21). That

    deep sleep symbolizes death. And He had died before

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    He resurrected. This is so because except you plant

    the seed of corn and yam tuber into the ground and

    they die, no new corn or tuber will be duly

    reproduced.

    To Die Is To Regenerate

    If a person is not dead, how can somebody be born

    into the world? You have lived in the world for a long

    time and one of your hands or legs has become

    paralyzed. All your teeth have fallen out. You will not

    be born again since you are still in the flesh. Why is

    it that you are ignorant about this issue? Know then

    that when somebody dies, in his rebirth, he will not

    come back alone. As you plant a yam tuber, (and

    until it dies it will remain alone) but when it dies it

    produces as many as five new tubers. The same

    thing happens when a man dies. You and God, who

    should be considered a foolish person?

    "Go Ye And Multiply" (Gen 1:28)

    When you are on earth in the flesh you answer to

    only one name, Okon. But when you die and

    resurrect again you will not come back as Okon

    alone but as a Asuquo, Etim, Kanu, Ikwo, Matthew,Kayode, Peter and Sani, as many as possible. Reason

    with me, God created only one man, that one man

    doubled into two and from these two persons, the

    world has now witnessed an explosive population.

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    SINCE THE CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE, HAVE

    YOU HEARD THAT GOD HAS CREATED ANOTHER

    PERSON?As you plant one yam tuber in the groundwatch it carefully, if it does not die completely, but

    still lives, it cannot germinate and cannot bring forth

    any shoots. But when it dies completely, and farmers

    take the dead tuber away, then it will reproduce

    itself into three or four big yam tubers. SO IT IS WITH

    MAN. IT IS ONLY AFTER THE DEATH OF ONE MAN

    THAT MANY OTHERS CAN FOLLOW. BELIEVE

    COMPLETELY THAT IF A MAN DOES NOT DIE, NO

    PERSON WOULD BE BORN AGAIN INTO THE WORLD.

    AS LONG AS YOU LIVE HERE IN THE FLESH, YOU

    ONLY REMAIN ALONE BUT WHEN YOU DIE, YOU

    RESURRECT, IN MULTIPLES.

    YOU WILL ALSO REMEMBER THAT WHEN OUR LORD

    JESUS CHRIST WAS HERE IN HIS LAST ADVENT

    WHEN HE WAS AT JERICHO, HE WAS SEEN BY THE

    PEOPLE THERE. WHEN HE WENT TO JERUSALEM,

    HE WAS SEEN THERE. HE WAS ALWAYS SEEN AS A

    SINGLE INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE HE CAME IN THE

    FLESH. BUT WHEN HE DIED, THE CONDITIONCHANGED. BEFORE HE DIED, HE HAD SAID, "IT IS

    EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO AWAY, FOR IF I GO

    NOT AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT COME

    UNTO YOU." WHEN HE DIED AND RESURRECTED, HE

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    APPEARED IN MULTI-FORMS. HE APPEARED

    EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME AND MANY

    PEOPLE ATTESTED TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS

    SEEN IN SEVERAL PLACES AT THE SAME TIME.

    You Cannot Be Reborn Unless You Die

    We should have the wisdom that His absence means

    He has come as multiple identical individuals. There

    is therefore, the multiplication of "Jesus" ever since

    His resurrection. You should no longer pray that until

    He comes back again, it is not meant that you should

    maintain the stand that He abides alone. The only

    condition He gave was that if He did not go away the

    Comforter would not come, and if He did not die, He

    would not be reborn unto them. Tell me the truth, if

    He did not die, do you think He would have

    resurrected? What crime did the Jews commit

    against Him? What sins did Judas Iscariot commit?

    What sin has God Himself committed in the matter

    relating to His death? Should it not be expedient for

    us to be joyful? Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself had

    said to His disciples, "If you loved me you would

    rejoice because I said I go unto the Father, for the

    Father is greater than I". (John 14:28). No personseems to understand this statement. We should be

    happy because if you do not depart you will not

    return. Sometimes you are poor, sometimes your

    hairs have turned gray, and one of your legs

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    amputated, and if you do not depart with deformities,

    you cannot come back as a very healthy man with all

    the parts complete; as a handsome man or beautiful

    lady.BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    GOD CANNOT SIT PERMANENTLY ON THE

    CREATION CHAIR MOLDING MAN WITH MUD.

    It is stated in the Bible that, "The first man ADAM

    was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a

    quickening spirit." (1 Corinthians 15:45).

    THIS IS HOW THE CHILDREN OF GOD MULTIPLIED.

    GOD CANNOT SIT PERMANENTLY ON THE

    CREATION CHAIR MOLDING MAN WITH MUD.

    "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon

    Adam, and he slept and he took one of his ribs, andclosed up the flesh instead thereof.

    And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,

    made he a woman and brought her unto the man."

    (Genesis 2:21-22).

    Without the 'death' of Adam, other human beings

    could not have been in existence. I want all human

    beings to realize their ignorance today. Many lament

    that someone is dead. But the question is, if

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    someone does not die, how could there be

    resurrection?

    Adam was alone in the garden and after sometime,

    he complained of loneliness. He pleaded with God to

    give him a companion and God gave him Eve. What

    happened to Adam was exactly what our Lord Jesus

    Christ said, as recorded in the first lesson above.

    What do you call deep sleep? Is it not death? God

    caused him to die and in his resurrection, Eve was

    born.

    It is stated in the Bible that, "The first man ADAM

    was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a

    quickening spirit." (1 Corinthians 15:45).

    THIS IS HOW THE CHILDREN OF GOD MULTIPLIED.

    GOD CANNOT SIT PERMANENTLY ON THE

    CREATION CHAIR MOLDING MAN WITH MUD. GOD

    USED THE SAME METHOD OF CREATION AND

    MULTIPLICATION ON ABEL. WHEN ABEL DIED, THE

    CHILDREN OF GOD BECAME MUCH MORE THAN

    THOSE OF THE DEVIL WHICH MANIFESTED IN CAIN.

    AND REMEMBER THAT GOD WARNED THAT CAIN

    SHOULD NOT BE KILLED BUT A MARK SHOULD BE

    MADE ON HIS FOREHEAD. Do not look at death as

    evil for that is the only way of multiplying the good

    people.

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    Our Lord Jesus Christ said at JOHN 14:27-28: "Peace

    I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the

    world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be

    troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how Isaid unto you, I go away and come again unto you. If

    you love me, ye would rejoice because I said, I go

    unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I."

    NOW, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT IF HE HAD NOT

    DEPARTED THE ENTIRE WORLD WOULD BE

    HEADING FOR PERDITION. FIRST, HE HAD TO COMEAND SAVE THE WORLD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,

    IT WAS NECESSARY THAT HE SHOULD LEAVE SO

    THAT THE COMFORTER, EVEN THE HOLY SPIRIT

    MAY COME AND DWELL WITH MAN. WITH HIS

    PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION, THE KINGDOMS OF

    THIS WORLD HAVE BECOME THE KINGDOM OF THE

    ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS CHRIST. HE HAS COMEWITH A MYRIAD OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD TO

    DWELL WITH HIM HERE ON EARTH.

    UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE KEEP PRAYING TO

    THEIR FATHER WHO THEY CLAIM LIVES IN HEAVEN.

    HOW CAN THE FATHER, EVEN THE COMFORTER

    STILL LIVE IN HEAVEN WHEN CHRIST HADPROMISED THAT HE WILL COME DOWN TO LIVE

    WITH MAN ON EARTH?

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    THE CHILDREN OF GOD HAVE MULTIPLIED IN THE

    UNIVERSE BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL

    PROPAGATION OF GOD AND HIS CHILDREN. IT IS

    FOR THIS PROPAGATION THAT GOD, IN HUMANFORM CAME AND DIED ON EARTH. FOR THIS SAME

    REASON DID THE CHILDREN OF GOD DIE THAT THE

    SPIRITUAL PROCESS HAD YIELDED THE EXPECTED

    RESULT, THE CHILDREN OF GOD HAVE FILLED THE

    ENTIRE UNIVERSE NOW.

    THIS SPIRITUAL PROCESS COULD BE LIKENED TOWHAT A FARMER DOES. A FARMER DOES NOT EAT

    THE SPECIES OF HIS BEST TUBER OF YAM.

    INSTEAD, HE REPLANTS IT SO THAT IT MAY

    PRODUCE MORE OF ITS KIND. IN THIS WAY, HE

    OWNS MORE OF THE GOOD SPECIES.

    IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT GOATS GIVE BIRTH TOGOATS, COWS TO COWS, ETC. THEREFORE, GOD

    REPRODUCES HIS CHILDREN BY ACCEPTING TO BE

    SACRIFICED ON THE CROSS.CONSIDER THE CASE

    OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. AFTER HE HAD

    ACCOMPLISHED HIS ASSIGNMENT, KING HEROD

    GOT HIM IMPRISONED AND FINALLY KILLED HIM.

    HIS DEATH HAS RESULTED IN THE BIRTH OF MANYJOHN THE BAPTISTS WITNESSING TO THE FATHER

    TODAY.

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    IN A SIMPLE STATEMENT, JOHN'S DEATH MEANS

    HIS PROPAGATION AND THE RELEASE OF MORE

    FORERUNNERS INTO THE WORLD. FOR THIS SAME

    REASON OF PROPAGATION, THE APOSTLES LIKEPETER AND JOHN WERE GIVEN THEIR CHANCES TO

    FULFILL THEIR OWN ASSIGNMENTS BEFORE DYING.

    A lot of people keep asking the question why should

    Christ have died (Though for only seventy two hours)

    and why all the Apostles were killed? The question

    is, if they did not die, how could the children of Godbe multiplied today? There is no other way they

    could multiply unless by that method stated by

    Christ at JOHN 12:24."Verily, verily, I say unto you,

    Except a corn of wheat falls to the ground and die, it

    abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much

    fruit."

    Brethren, as long as your ways are evil, your eyes

    will still be blinded and your conscience impeached

    by ignorance and you cannot understand the ways

    and operations of God. God cannot, and has never

    and will never make any mistakes. Whatsoever He

    has done and whatsoever you witness in the entire

    world is perfectly done by Him. No one can reallyunderstand the ways of God unless it pleases the

    Father to bestow the wisdom on him.

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    John the Baptist was carnally senior to Jesus the

    Christ by six months. He stood by his job of revealing

    and preparing grounds for the Christ. For thirty years,

    he steadfastly did his work. In order that there maybe rapid progress of work, John had to give way to

    Jesus the Christ alone. HIS DEPARTURE GAVE

    BIRTH TO MANY JOHN THE BAPTISTS WHO HAVE

    CONTINUED WITH THE JOB OF WITNESSING TO THE

    TRUTH.

    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF COMPLETED HISASSIGNMENT SUCCESSFULLY AND TOOK HIS

    LEAVE. WHEN HE LEFT, SO MANY CHILDREN OF

    GOD WERE RELEASED INTO THE WORLD. THIS IS

    WHY THERE EXISTS SO MANY CHILDREN OF GOD

    ALL OVER THE WORLD. You may be wondering why

    Christ was not beaten to death with a club, shot with

    a gun or slaughtered with a cutlass. THE REASON ISTHAT WHEN HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN WAS WHEN

    HE ACTUALLY DESCENDED TO DWELL WITH MEN.

    BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    LORD OF THE HARVEST:

    Mat 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and

    villages, teaching in their synagogues, and

    preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing

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    every sickness and every disease among the

    people.

    Mat 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was

    moved with compassion on them, because theyfainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep

    having no shepherd.

    Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The

    harvest trulyisplenteous, but the labourersare

    few;

    Mat_9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,

    that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

    Luk 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other

    seventy also, and sent them two and two before

    his face into every city and place, whither he

    himself would come.

    Luk_10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvesttrulyisgreat, but the labourersarefew: pray ye

    therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send

    forth labourers into his harvest.

    Joh 4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him,

    saying, Master, eat.

    Joh 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat

    that ye know not of.

    Joh 4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to

    another, Hath any man brought him oughtto eat?

    Joh 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do

    the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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    Joh 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and

    thencometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift

    up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are

    white already to harvest.Joh 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and

    gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that

    soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

    Joh 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth,

    and another reapeth.

    Joh 4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye

    bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye

    are entered into their labours.

    THE DEPARTURE OF CHRIST LED TO THE RELEASE

    OF THE COMFORTER

    First Bible Lesson: John 16:7

    "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient foryou that I go away: for if I go not away, the

    Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I

    will send him unto you."

    The Departure Of Christ Led To The Release Of The

    Comforter

    You are all aware that our Lord Jesus Christ spoke in

    parables for without parables would He not speak.

    (Matt 13:34). What is read to you is a parable and I

    am revealing this parable to you, today. Have you not

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    heard what He says: "If I go not away," that is to say,

    if I do not die, I will not be regenerated and will not

    come back, but if I die I will come back, regenerated.

    Because He realized that the field was indeed all

    ripe but the reapers were not there that was why He

    said it was expedient He went away that He may

    come back to you quickly and appear to you in

    abundance. Now neither does He travel by canoe,

    nor does He travel by car, nor hire an engine-boat to

    travel, but He is found everywhere; and before He

    sends you to a place, He is already there, because

    He appears everywhere.

    Our Lord Went Into The Hades To Take Dominion

    Over It

    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST DWELLS INSIDE YOU. IN

    YOUR DREAM AND IN VISIONS YOU SEE HIM. HE IS

    SPEAKING TO YOU IN THE SPIRIT. HE IS IN FRONT

    OF YOU. HE IS SLEEPING WITH YOU AND

    SIMULTANEOUSLY, HE IS WITH YOUR BROTHER

    AND OTHER BRETHREN WHEREVER THEY ARE.

    Do not be deceived again that you should wait until

    our Lord Jesus Christ comes back. Have you not

    seen Him now? He dropped dead and almost

    immediately He resurrected with a spirit. He is in

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    front of you. He is sleeping with you and new life in

    multiples. This resurrection is also meant for me and

    you and every person without exemption. Our Lord

    Jesus Christ went down in the hades during whichperiod He obtained the keys of hades and death.

    Chained death itself, broke the spear of death of

    death and destroyed hades itself. Thus reigning

    supreme without any barrier.

    Stop Death, And Stop Growth Of Population

    In the civilized countries, even in the less-civilized

    ones, laws have been promulgated to legalize

    abortion, to forestall what they call population

    explosion which, if left unchecked, would lead to a

    global shortage of food. In spite of the legislation of

    abortion in many countries the world's population is

    not checked. For as long as people die, people will

    continue to be born. Unless it is possible to stop

    death, otherwise, there will still be births.

    This law was to be promulgated in Nigeria. It would

    have not served any useful purpose. If you want to

    stop the growth of population, you have first of all tostop death. Because if people do not die, no person

    would be born, even if you marry a hundred women,

    they would remain as males.

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    Tell me why people should not die. Somebody has

    completed his assignment on earth; he is so old that

    he cannot see again, it would be time for him to take

    his next assignment after rendering an account ofhis earlier stewardship. He cannot see or walk or do

    anything for himself and you still plead that he

    should continue to live. Why should he tarry any

    longer? Since he completed his first assignment, he

    should take up the second.

    Some people have children at their old age. By the

    time you have children, you are already too old. How

    can you enjoy them? You therefore, have to go so

    that you come back to enjoy them. Sometimes, you

    have been very kind and benevolent to a great many

    people and you are not doing well, supposing you are

    old and cannot enjoy the fruits of your labour at a

    time the people should compensate you, you will not

    enjoy whatever they give you because all parts of

    your body would be aching. In order to enjoy these

    things, you have to depart so that you can come

    back. Why do you argue that it is not good?

    What You Sow The Same Will You Reap! (Gal 6:7)

    Your main problem is that you are still ignorant of

    the fact that to die is to be regenerated. Such

    ignorance induces you to steal and be indebted to

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    others. When you come back, you will defray all your

    indebtedness before you can settle down to enjoy

    yourself.

    BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBUEXCERPT FROM: MYSTERY OF DEATH

    THEY UNDERSTOOD NOT THAT HE SPAKE

    TO THEM OF THE FATHER. (JOH 8:27)

    Joh 8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? AndJesus saith unto them, Eventhe samethat I said

    unto you from the beginning.

    Joh 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of

    you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the

    world those things which I have heard of him.

    Joh 8:27 They understood not that he spake to them

    of the Father.Joh 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have

    lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I

    amhe,andthatI do nothing of myself; but as my

    Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

    Joh 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father

    hath not left me alone; for I do always those things

    that please him.

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    THE FATHER IN ME HE DOES THE WORK:

    Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father,

    and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto

    you I speak not of myself: but the Father that

    dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

    Joh 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I

    hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I

    seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father

    which hath sent me.

    Joh 5:36 But I have greater witness thanthatof

    John: for the works which the Father hath given

    me to finish, the same works that I do, bear

    witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.Joh 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent

    me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither

    heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

    Joh 5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for

    whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

    Joh 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go

    away, and comeagainunto you. If ye loved me, ye

    would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father:

    for my Father is greater than I.

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    Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the

    Father, and it sufficeth us.

    Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long

    time with you, and yet hast thou not known me,Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;

    and how sayest thouthen,Shew us the Father?

    Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father,

    and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto

    you I speak not of myself: but the Father that

    dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

    Joh 14:11 Believe me that Iamin the Father, and

    the Father in me: or else believe me for the very

    works' sake.

    Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that

    believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do

    also; and greaterworksthan these shall he do;

    because I go unto my Father.

    Let me reiterate this question. Why was Christ

    crucified in the middle of two robbers? Recall that

    one of the robbers was placed on His left while the

    other was on His right hand side. What is the

    meaning of his arrangement? It is said that only the

    king knows the secret of his kingdom. At JOHN 10:8,

    Our Lord Jesus Christ said: "All that ever came

    before me were thieves and robbers and the sheep

    did not hear them."

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    The arrangement of the robbers with Christ is a

    MYSTERY which no man had ever revealed and it has

    pleased the Holy Spirit to reveal it today: FROM THE

    FIRST CREATION OF ADAM TO OUR LORD JESUSCHRIST, ALL HAD ERRED AND COMMITTED

    INIQUITIES. AND TO REVEAL THAT THERE WAS NO

    RIGHTEOUS MAN ON EARTH, OUR LORD JESUS

    CHRIST WAS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE

    SINNERS. THE FIRST ROBBER ON HIS LEFT

    CONNOTES THE PERIOD FROM ADAM TO CHRIST.

    THEN FROM CHRIST IN THE CENTER TO THE OTHER

    ROBBER ON THE RIGHT REPRESENTS THE PERIOD

    OF THE ADVENT OF CHRIST TO ETERNITY. THIS

    INVARIABLY MEANS THAT FROM THE FOUNDATION

    OF THE WORLD TO ETERNITY, THERE IS NO JUST

    MAN OR PERFECT MAN. (Romans 3:10-11).

    THEREFORE, CHRIST BEING PLACED IN THE MIDDLEOF THESE TWO PERIODS SIGNIFIES THAT HE IS THE

    ONLY SOURCE OF SALVATION AND MEDIATOR FOR

    ALL GENERATIONS.Read the first Lesson below.

    CHILDREN OF GOD DO NOT DIE

    FIRST BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 12:24

    "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat

    falls to the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it

    dies, it bringeth forth much fruit."

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    THE CHILDREN OF GOD DO NOT DIE:

    A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT

    MEMBERS OF BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND

    STAR ARE DYING. WHO INTIMATED THEM WITH

    THIS WRONG NOTION? BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS

    DO NOT DIE BUT ARE ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT- TO

    BRING MORE CHILDREN OF GOD. THIS IS FOR THE

    FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.

    YOU CAN SEE THE RAPID WAY IN WHICH THE

    CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MULTIPLYING THESE DAYS.

    There are many children of God who were slain for

    the services of God. These are the people that are

    sent back to the world to continue with their

    services. Recall what is written in the scripture:

    (Revelation 6:9-11)

    "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under

    the altar the souls of them that were slain for the

    word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O

    Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge

    our blood on them that dwell on earth? And white

    robes were given unto every one of them and it was

    said unto them, that they should rest yet a little

    season, until their fellow servants also and their

    brethren that should be killed as they were, should

    be fulfilled."

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    People who kill, maim and torture the children of God

    do not know the implications of their actions. They

    do not know that they are only helping to get the will

    of God fulfilled in their midst. Caiaphas had oncesaid that it was better for one person to die than for

    the entire nation to perish. (JOHN 11:50). Little did

    Caiaphas know that Christ's departure would bring

    more children of God to the world. EVERYTHING

    HAPPENED ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD. THIS

    IS A PROOF THAT GOD IS THE CAUSE AND EFFECT

    OF ALL THINGS.

    All those who died from the time of ADAM were

    under the imprisonment of death. None of them was

    able to ascend unto heaven. This is because they

    were under the yoke of evil and hades. As such,

    when Christ cried out on the cross, the curtains of

    the temple tore, the graves of the saints wereopened and they emerged from the graves. SEE

    MATTHEW 27:50-53 FOR CONFIRMATION.

    "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice

    yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil of the

    temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom

    and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And thegraves were opened, and many bodies of the saints

    which slept arose, And came out of the graves after

    his resurrection, and went into the holy city and

    appeared unto many."

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    IT WAS CHRIST'S ASSIGNMENT TO SUBDUE DEATH

    AND COLLECT ITS KEY. HAVING OVERCOME THE

    POWER OF DEATH AND HADES AND COLLECTED ITS

    KEYS, DEATH DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE.NOTHING IMPRISONS AGAIN ( HEBREWS 2:14-15).

    This is why the population of the world increases by

    leaps and bounds. NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS

    THE KING AND LORD OVER ALL PLANES OF

    MANIFEST, INCLUDING HEAVEN AND EARTH. HE

    RULES OVER ALL THINGS CREATED BY GOD. AND

    WHEN PERFECTION WILL BE THE ORDER OF THE

    DAY, THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH.

    God has descended on earth and His children have

    filled the entire world. They are in every nook and

    corner of the world. Hitherto, when there were no

    children of God, there too was no Holy Spirit on

    earth. But today, the Holy Spirit has descended tolive with His beloved children. This explains why

    Jesus the Christ said: "It is expedient for you that I

    go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not

    come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto

    you." (JOHN 16:7).

    Christ's death therefore was to fulfill the aboveexcerpt.OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS FOND OF

    REFERRING TO GOD AS THE FATHER.And it was

    during one of these times that Philip demanded to

    know Who the Father really was; he said:

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    "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast

    thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me

    hath seen the Father, and how sayest thou, show us

    the Father." (JOHN 14:9).

    LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE FATHER WHICH

    CHRIST HAS BEEN REFERRING TO IS THE HOLY

    SPIRIT. THIS SPIRIT IS THE DOER OF ALL THINGS

    FROM CREATION. THAT SPIRIT IS LIFE AND THAT

    WAS WHY IMMEDIATELY CHRIST SURRENDERED

    THE SPIRIT, THE MORTAL BODY SLUMPED.If youseek the Father carefully, you will not see Him. That

    was why the Jews regarded Him (Our Lord Jesus

    Christ) as an insane person when He said He was in

    the Father and the Father in Him. FROM THE

    CREATION OF MAN, HAS ANY HUMAN BEING

    PERFORMED THE TYPE OF JOB DONE BY OUR LORD

    JESUS CHRIST? HE WAS NOT THE ONE DOING THEWORKS PER SE BUT THE FATHER, EVEN THE HOLY

    SPIRIT. HE EVEN MADE IT CLEAR THAT HIS WORDS

    AND WORKS ARE DIRECTLY FROM THE FATHER AS

    HE SAID:

    "Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the

    Father in me? The words that I speak unto you, Ispeak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in

    me, he doeth the works." (JOHN 14:10).

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    Even on the Cross, Christ called on the Father and

    surrendered His spirit onto Him before He could die.

    WHAT WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS WAS

    THEREFORE NOT CHRIST BUT THE SINS ANDINIQUITIES OF THE WORLD.The time He said He had

    surrendered His Spirit to the Father was when the

    Spirit departed from Him.

    JESUS CHRIST WAS GOD THE FATHER:

    Our Lord Jesus Christ throughout His ministrationhad been attributing all the works He did to the

    Father. Before then, people had been attributing the

    successes and failures of the world to ghosts,

    mermaid, beelzebub, charms, among others. Nobody

    knew that God was responsible for everything. But

    when the Jews noticed the miracles wrought by

    Christ, they started calling Him king of theBeelzebub. They even laughed Him to scorn, calling

    Him the son of Mary and Joseph. THEY NEVER

    BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE SON OF MAN, SON OF

    GOD AND GOD HIMSELF.

    THERE ARE NO THREE GODS BUT ONE GOD, THE

    TRIUNE GOD. THE SPIRIT, THE WATER, AND THEBLOOD FORM THIS TRIUNE GOD.NO ONE KNOWS

    WHERE THE WATER AND BLOOD COMES FROM OR

    WHERE THEY GET DRIED TO. YOU SEE THAT GOD

    CAN COME BY ANY NAME AND FORM. WHEN HE

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    CAME AS THE SON OF MAN, SON OF GOD AND GOD

    HIMSELF, THEY TREATED HIM DISDAINFULLY, AND

    FINALLY KILLED HIM. HOWEVER OUR LORD JESUS

    CHRIST WAS GOD AS WELL AS THE SON OF GOD.

    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS ALSO THE SPIRIT,

    WHILE THE FLESH WAS THE HOUSE AND SO, WHEN

    THE SPIRIT LEFT THE HOUSE, IT COLLAPSED

    (SLUMPED).THIS HOUSE (FLESH) WAS PLACED IN

    THE TOMB BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT COMPLETED ITS

    SPIRITUAL ASSIGNMENT, AFTER THREE DAYS ANDNIGHTS, IT WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE. AS SUCH

    CHRIST, RESURRECTED WITH HIS FULL BODY. The

    spirit is the owner of the house (physical body) and

    so, what is referred to as resurrection is just the

    revitalization of the house by the spirit. THIS IS THE

    MYSTERY OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.

    IT IS THE SPIRIT WHICH IS GOD AND IT DOES ALL

    THE WORK THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE HIM.The

    churches, religious bodies, occult and mystical

    organizations are trying their best yet, they have not

    got this Spirit which is God. Even the physical and

    esoteric scientist are trying but they have not got it.

    SINCE THEY CANNOT POSSESS THIS SPIRIT, ITMEANS THEY HAVE NOT GOT GOD AND THEREFORE,

    THEY CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

    That was why Christ said: "Verily, verily, I say unto

    thee, except a man be born of water and of the spirit

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    he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (JOHN

    3:5). As God, Christ knew that if He does not leave

    the house in time the people would break his legs.

    So He gave up the ghost accordingly. He did notwant to behave like Jacob who wrestled with an

    angel and got this bone fractured. "And Jacob was

    left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until

    the breaking of the day. And when He saw that he

    prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of

    his and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint.

    (GENESIS 32:24-25). Now, if He had not given up the

    ghost, He would have remained alive until the

    soldiers came, in which case, they would have

    broken His legs. This however would have been

    contrary to the words of God which states that: "He

    keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken."

    (PSALM 34:20). In that case He would not have been

    the Christ.

    BY LEAER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    MY FATHER WORKETH HITHERTO, AND I

    WORK.

    Joh 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute

    Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had

    done these things on the sabbath day.

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    Joh 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father

    worketh hitherto, and I work.

    Joh 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill

    him, because he not only had broken the sabbath,but said also that God was his Father, making

    himself equal with God.

    Joh 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them,

    Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do

    nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father

    do: for what things soever he doeth, these also

    doeth the Son likewise.

    Joh 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth

    him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew

    him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

    Joh 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and

    quickeneththem;even so the Son quickeneth

    whom he will.

    Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath

    committed all judgment unto the Son:

    Joh 5:23 That allmenshould honour the Son, even

    as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not

    the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent

    him.

    Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He thatheareth my word, and believeth on him that sent

    me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into

    condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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    Joh 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is

    coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the

    voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall

    live.Joh 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so

    hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

    Joh 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute

    judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

    Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming,

    in the which all that are in the graves shall hear

    his voice,

    Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done

    good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that

    have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

    Joh 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I

    hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I

    seek not mine own will, but the will of the Fatherwhich hath sent me.

    THE RESURRECTION PROCESS:

    THE SPIRIT IS THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE

    (PHYSICAL BODY) AND SO, WHAT IS REFERRED TOAS RESURRECTION IS JUST THE REVITALIZATION

    OF THE HOUSE BY THE SPIRIT. THIS IS THE

    MYSTERY OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.

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    FIRST BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 12:24

    "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat

    falls to the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it

    dies, it bringeth forth much fruit."

    THE CHILDREN OF GOD DO NOT DIE:

    A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT

    MEMBERS OF BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND

    STAR ARE DYING. WHO INTIMATED THEM WITH

    THIS WRONG NOTION? BROTHERHOOD MEMBERSDO NOT DIE BUT ARE ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT- TO

    BRING MORE CHILDREN OF GOD. THIS IS FOR THE

    FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.

    YOU CAN SEE THE RAPID WAY IN WHICH THE

    CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MULTIPLYING THESE DAYS.

    There are many children of God who were slain forthe services of God. These are the people that are

    sent back to the world to continue with their

    services. Recall what is written in the scripture:

    (Revelation 6:9-11)

    "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under

    the altar the souls of them that were slain for theword of God, and for the testimony which they held:

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O

    Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge

    our blood on them that dwell on earth? And white

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    robes were given unto every one of them and it was

    said unto them, that they should rest yet a little

    season, until their fellow servants also and their

    brethren that should be killed as they were, shouldbe fulfilled."

    People who kill, maim and torture the children of God

    do not know the implications of their actions. They

    do not know that they are only helping to get the will

    of God fulfilled in their midst. Caiaphas had once

    said that it was better for one person to die than forthe entire nation to perish. (JOHN 11:50). Little did

    Caiaphas know that Christ's departure would bring

    more children of God to the world. EVERYTHING

    HAPPENED ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD. THIS

    IS A PROOF THAT GOD IS THE CAUSE AND EFFECT

    OF ALL THINGS.

    All those who died from the time of ADAM were

    under the imprisonment of death. None of them was

    able to ascend unto heaven. This is because they

    were under the yoke of evil and hades. As such,

    when Christ cried out on the cross, the curtains of

    the temple tore, the graves of the saints were

    opened and they emerged from the graves. SEEMATTHEW 27:50-53 FOR CONFIRMATION.

    "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice

    yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil of the

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    temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom

    and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the

    graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints

    which slept arose, And came out of the graves afterhis resurrection, and went into the holy city and

    appeared unto many."

    IT WAS CHRIST'S ASSIGNMENT TO SUBDUE DEATH

    AND COLLECT ITS KEY. HAVING OVERCOME THE

    POWER OF DEATH AND HADES AND COLLECTED ITS

    KEYS, DEATH DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE.NOTHING IMPRISONS AGAIN ( HEBREWS 2:14-15).

    This is why the population of the world increases by

    leaps and bounds. NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS

    THE KING AND LORD OVER ALL PLANES OF

    MANIFEST, INCLUDING HEAVEN AND EARTH. HE

    RULES OVER ALL THINGS CREATED BY GOD. AND

    WHEN PERFECTION WILL BE THE ORDER OF THEDAY, THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH.

    God has descended on earth and His children have

    filled the entire world. They are in every nook and

    corner of the world. Hitherto, when there were no

    children of God, there too was no Holy Spirit on

    earth. But today, the Holy Spirit has descended tolive with His beloved children. This explains why

    Jesus the Christ said: "It is expedient for you that I

    go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not

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    come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto

    you." (JOHN 16:7).

    Christ's death therefore was to fulfill the above

    excerpt. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS FOND OF

    REFERRING TO GOD AS THE FATHER.And it was

    during one of these times that Philip demanded to

    know Who the Father really was; he said:

    "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast

    thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me

    hath seen the Father, and how sayest thou, show us

    the Father." (JOHN 14:9).

    LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE FATHER WHICH

    CHRIST HAS BEEN REFERRING TO IS THE HOLY

    SPIRIT. THIS SPIRIT IS THE DOER OF ALL THINGS

    FROM CREATION. THAT SPIRIT IS LIFE AND THAT

    WAS WHY IMMEDIATELY CHRIST SURRENDERED

    THE SPIRIT, THE MORTAL BODY SLUMPED.If you

    seek the Father carefully, you will not see Him. That

    was why the Jews regarded Him (Our Lord Jesus

    Christ) as an insane person when He said He was in

    the Father and the Father in Him. FROM THE

    CREATION OF MAN, HAS ANY HUMAN BEING

    PERFORMED THE TYPE OF JOB DONE BY OUR LORD

    JESUS CHRIST? HE WAS NOT THE ONE DOING THE

    WORKS PER SE BUT THE FATHER, EVEN THE HOLY

    SPIRIT. HE EVEN MADE IT CLEAR THAT HIS WORDS

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    AND WORKS ARE DIRECTLY FROM THE FATHER AS

    HE SAID:

    "Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the

    Father in me? The words that I speak unto you, I

    speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in

    me, he doeth the works." (JOHN 14:10).

    Even on the Cross, Christ called on the Father and

    surrendered His spirit onto Him before He could die.

    WHAT WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS WAS

    THEREFORE NOT CHRIST BUT THE SINS AND

    INIQUITIES OF THE WORLD.The time He said He had

    surrendered His Spirit to the Father was when the

    Spirit departed from Him.

    JESUS CHRIST WAS GOD THE FATHER:

    Our Lord Jesus Christ throughout His ministrationhad been attributing all the works He did to the

    Father. Before then, people had been attributing the

    successes and failures of the world to ghosts,

    mermaid, beelzebub, charms, among others. Nobody

    knew that God was responsible for everything. But

    when the Jews noticed the miracles wrought by

    Christ, they started calling Him king of the

    Beelzebub. They even laughed Him to scorn, calling

    Him the son of Mary and Joseph. THEY NEVER

    BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE SON OF MAN, SON OF

    GOD AND GOD HIMSELF.

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    THERE ARE NO THREE GODS BUT ONE GOD, THE

    TRIUNE GOD. THE SPIRIT, THE WATER, AND THE

    BLOOD FORM THIS TRIUNE GOD.NO ONE KNOWS

    WHERE THE WATER AND BLOOD COMES FROM ORWHERE THEY GET DRIED TO. YOU SEE THAT GOD

    CAN COME BY ANY NAME AND FORM. WHEN HE

    CAME AS THE SON OF MAN, SON OF GOD AND GOD

    HIMSELF, THEY TREATED HIM DISDAINFULLY, AND

    FINALLY KILLED HIM. HOWEVER OUR LORD JESUS

    CHRIST WAS GOD AS WELL AS THE SON OF GOD.

    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS ALSO THE SPIRIT,

    WHILE THE FLESH WAS THE HOUSE AND SO, WHEN

    THE SPIRIT LEFT THE HOUSE, IT COLLAPSED

    (SLUMPED).THIS HOUSE (FLESH) WAS PLACED IN

    THE TOMB BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT COMPLETED ITS

    SPIRITUAL ASSIGNMENT, AFTER THREE DAYS AND

    NIGHTS, IT WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE. AS SUCHCHRIST, RESURRECTED WITH HIS FULL BODY. THE

    SPIRIT IS THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE (PHYSICAL

    BODY) AND SO, WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS

    RESURRECTION IS JUST THE REVITALIZATION OF

    THE HOUSE BY THE SPIRIT. THIS IS THE MYSTERY

    OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.

    IT IS THE SPIRIT WHICH IS GOD AND IT DOES ALL

    THE WORK THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE HIM.The

    churches, religious bodies, occult and mystical

    organizations are trying their best yet, they have not

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    got this Spirit which is God. Even the physical and

    esoteric scientist are trying but they have not got it.

    SINCE THEY CANNOT POSSESS THIS SPIRIT, IT

    MEANS THEY HAVE NOT GOT GOD AND THEREFORE,THEY CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

    That was why Christ said: "Verily, verily, I say unto

    thee, except a man be born of water and of the spirit

    he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (JOHN

    3:5). As God, Christ knew that if He does not leave

    the house in time the people would break his legs.

    So He gave up the ghost accordingly. He did not

    want to behave like Jacob who wrestled with an

    angel and got this bone fractured.

    "And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man

    with him until the breaking of the day. And when He

    saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched

    the hollow of his and the hollow of Jacob's thigh wasout of joint. (GENESIS 32:24-25).

    Now, if He had not given up the ghost, He would

    have remained alive until the soldiers came, in which

    case, they would have broken His legs. This however

    would have been contrary to the words of God which

    states that: "He keepeth all his bones: not one ofthem is broken." (PSALM 34:20). In that case He

    would not have been the Christ.

    BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

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    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:

    OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: HE WAS THE FIRST

    FRUIT OF THE FATHER AND IT WAS WRITTEN

    ABOUT YOU. SINCE HE IS THE CAPTAIN,

    COMMANDING THE ARMY, HE IS ALWAYS USED AS

    AN EXAMPLE TO THE WHOLE WORLD, FOR

    WHATEVER HAPPENS.

    BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS EXACTLY WHAT

    HAPPENED TO HIM. HE WAS THE FIRST FRUIT OF

    THE FATHER AND IT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT YOU.

    SINCE HE IS THE CAPTAIN, COMMANDING THE

    ARMY, HE IS ALWAYS USED AS AN EXAMPLE TO

    THE WHOLE WORLD, FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS.

    Regeneration After Death

    Do not plead that you should not reincarnate again

    because it is now too late. When you die, you

    reincarnate, not as an individual, but as many

    persons.

    It is equally too late for you to pray to God not to die.

    If you are not dead, how will you be regenerated? If

    you are not born how would you die? This is the

    strategy adopted by God to cause the multiplication

    of people in the world. This process of life is thework of God.

    No matter how you pray, light the candle and burn

    incense and call in the name of Jesus or Jehovah,

    you will not succeed in destroying death now. You

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    should not continue to bother yourself about this

    concept of death. Only let the will of God be done.

    Death Is Not The EndExamine these two statements made by people

    "until the end of the world," "world without end."

    When a man is dead, people usually think that he

    should be given the last honour. You are aware that

    he has reincarnated like a baby, an adult or an old

    man with his different a dress, this means then that

    there is no end of the world. There is none because

    the world has no end. World without end.

    It is foolishness to feel that you are going to give the

    dead man the last honour, because if he had lived he

    would have enjoyed the fruits of his labour. His death

    means that He is being regenerated, and has the

    time to enjoy His children.

    I AM MERELY ILLUSTRATING THIS LESSON WITH

    THE LIFE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BECAUSE

    WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

    TO HIM. HE WAS THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE FATHER

    AND IT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT YOU. SINCE HE IS

    THE CAPTAIN, COMMANDING THE ARMY, HE ISALWAYS USED AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE WHOLE

    WORLD, FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS.

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    God Is Responsible For Any Increase In Population

    When the Israelites were delivered from the land ofbondage, the male adults were 600,000. But do not

    forget that in any population the women and children

    always outnumber the men. Among those who left

    Egypt only two reached Canaan. The question is

    when the people had successfully settled at Canaan,

    was the population not greater than when they left

    Egypt?

    Have you not heard that because of the sin of

    fornication 23,000 persons died in a day in the

    wilderness? For tempting God, many thousands also

    died, and for murmuring against God, many

    thousands also died. (1 Cor 10:8-10). Where did they

    die? Yet they were heading to the promised land.

    Would you argue that there was no land? In spite of

    the fact that so many thousands died in the desert,

    yet Canaan was densely populated. For one person

    to die, thousands of persons will be regenerated.

    Why then should you argue that a certain thing or

    event is bad. What is evil in it? Instead, you begrateful to God for making resurrection possible with

    mankind.

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    When A Man Overstays In The World He Is A Burden

    To Others

    We have a reason to be joyful because the wisdom of

    God passes all understanding. A man lives to his old

    age, though there is nothing wrong with him, he

    cannot see, he has lost his sight, he has lost his

    teeth, he cannot speak, or think or walk about

    because as you came into the world so will you

    return. If you do not go, what are you doing on earth?

    When you have old parents at home what can they

    do again? You have to do everything for them. You

    fetch water and firewood for them. They remain

    where they are and pass feces and urine. If you have

    to shoulder such responsibilities what is the use of

    continuing to live?

    And so Brethren, I do not wish to overload you, our

    first lesson will now be read. Listen attentively

    because this year is a wonderful year in which the

    wax will be removed from your ears, and the planks

    from your eyes, and you will see your way through.

    The words of today will dwell richly in your hearts.BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    EXCERPT FROM:MYSTERY OF DEATH

    BCS:

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    BCS IS NOT PLANTED BUT ITGERMINATES:

    THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS THE TEACHER AND THE

    RULER.

    *NEW TEACHING: WHEREVER BROTHERHOOD OF

    THE CROSS AND STAR IS TAKEN TO THE INDIGENES

    OF THE PLACE ARE SOUGHT FOR AND THEIR

    POSSESSION IS HANDED TO THEM.

    BROTHERHOOD IS NOT PLANTED BUT ITGERMINATES. THAT IS WHY WHEREVER IT IS

    TAKEN TO, THE INDIGENES OF THE PLACE ARE

    SOUGHT FOR AND THEIR POSSESSION IS HANDED

    TO THEM.This is our government in which we do not

    steal and we do not kill. Who is it that does not love

    goodness. No other person rules. It is the Holy Spirit

    who is the Teacher and the Ruler. The Indians rule

    themselves with their own System of government.

    Russia, America and every country has its own ruler

    with its common form of government because love is

    new. All the old things have passed away. It is love

    alone who rules in heaven and earth. Do not kill

    animals or man again. Do not hate any person. Do

    not steal. Remain in love and peace with all. This is

    the teaching which the Holy Spirit has brought.

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    Our Mistakes

    You err when you say that Brotherhood comes from

    Nigeria, or from Calabar, or from Biakpan; or thatOlumba Olumba Obu is the owner. You also err when

    you say that you go to plant Brotherhood. Is it

    plantain or yam? You also err when you claim that

    you are ruling Brotherhood? Do you rule Brotherhood

    or does Brotherhood rule you?

    He teaches us and forgives our sins. He changes and

    reforms us. He feeds us and teaches us to love one

    another. What is the work you have done? It is for

    the whole world to rejoice because Brotherhood

    does not emanate from any person. You may leave

    me out but go and live in peace and love with one

    another. That is what the Holy Spirit has brought.

    The first man was Adam. Were there no other

    names? But it was started with Adam and Eve.

    Everything has got a beginning. Today are Adam and

    Eve with us? What do you lose and what does Adam

    lose? It is said that many people run in a race but

    only one person receives the prize.

    Man Has To Lead

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    Since it was ordained that man should be at the head

    no matter what happens, man will be at the head.

    When you kill an animal it belongs to you while in the

    forest, but when you bring it out to the village, it is

    no more yours. Communism was started by Lenin in

    Russia and now he is dead, and the body embalmed

    and preserved for posterity. This is all you can see of

    him. God used Mohammed to found Islam. Today

    Mohammed is no more in the world but Islam is still

    practiced as a religion. Boniface started Roman

    Catholicism but is he here today? Bahaula started

    the Bahai faith but is he here today? God uses

    people to accomplish His will.

    Forget about these people because they are like the

    moon which shines for all. Each of them is a

    messenger and nothing else. God will not start any

    instruction with a tree. If this is the cause of your

    annoyance, do not mention the name of Olumba Obu,

    keep him out but practice the teachings of the Holy

    Spirit. Do not look again to the left or right.

    John the Baptist started preaching repentance.

    (Mark 1:4) Our Lord Jesus Christ also came but are

    these people physically here today? At all times God

    has to pass through men. This foundation is very

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    sure. Brotherhood existed before the foundation of

    the world was laid. This is the time of its

    manifestation and there is no going back. This is the

    only expected Kingdom we have been praying for.

    Have you ever seen anything from Africa which gains

    popularity in Europe and America?

    Let me tell you what is happening in the world today

    because it is the Holy Spirit who is revealing Himself

    to the people. There is a certain man in London whovowed not to bow down to any black man. That

    night, as he went to bed, the Holy Spirit revealed

    himself lavishly unto him. The following day he

    resigned his appointment, and now goes about with

    soutane preaching the gospel in every part of town

    and even sleeps with his soutane on. Another man

    from Cross River State of Nigeria who was a Pastor

    in another church denomination was arrested in

    Lebanon with a lot of foreign currency while on a

    business trip. The case was such that he would not

    escape jail or the firing squad but the Father

    appeared and he was released. When he got back, to

    London, he got baptized with members of his

    household and now rejoices in Brotherhood. He will

    be here this month. Is this the work of man? Was I

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    the one who went to him. What can a small person

    like myself know how to do?

    Attribute All To Jehovah God And His Christ

    IF YOU WANT TO PRACTICE BROTHERHOOD, TALK

    ONLY ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THERE WILL BE

    PEACE. DO NOT WANDER TO ANY PART OF THE

    WORLD BECAUSE YOU WILL FIND NO WAY. THE

    FOUNDATION IS SURE. This is why a lot of people try

    to render the teaching in various languages. The

    time for deceit had long past. Count me out of what

    you do. I am not a chief, I am neither chairman, nor

    Pastor, nor Prophet, nor Christ Servant, nor Elder nor

    anything, but the point is, what about the work? If

    you refuse me, do you equally refuse the work? Our

    Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation and the Leader.

    Jehovah God and His Christ is the one in control. I

    had told you that I am not the doer of this work. But

    even if I lie down in the house, the work still

    continues. Imagine the testimonies of what

    happened in Germany and other parts of the world.

    HAVE YOU EVER FOUND ME TRAVELLING OUT EVEN

    TO ORON? GOD HAD DISGRACED THE WISDOM OF

    THE WORLD, OF THE WHITES AND OF THE BLACKS.

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    HE ALONE EXISTS. I have no boast of my own. I

    boast in Him. Let our Golden Text be read.

    BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

    THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND

    SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE

    BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR

    Excerpt from the gospel: WHITHER AFRICA

    FUNERALS IN BCS:

    Once you have been baptized you have become one

    with God and you have been made clean and

    therefore you should have nothing to so with drink,

    corpse, even if it is that of your mother or father.

    Read Numbers 6:1-8

    Have you heard that, it is said, let the dead bury

    the dead, but you should go and preach the glory of

    God. You have heard that when Our Lord Jesus

    Christ was arrested all His disciples ran away. WhenHe was nailed to the cross it was Joseph of

    Arimathia who went and requested His body from

    Pilate, none of the disciples went because it was

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    Joseph's due to do that. All persons have their

    different assignments. All men, women, children, and

    all other classes of people have their functions to

    perform- and the children of God too have their duty,

    that is to advise people, teach them and to lead the

    way. But there are some people whose duty it is bury

    the dead.

    Therefore if you do believe that Jesus Christ was

    crucified and God caused Him to resurrect why thendo you cry, mourn, lament, and do the things you

    ought not to do? What is most pathetic is that if you

    go to the mortuary now you will see those who

    passed away since last year being kept there. WHY

    SHOULD CORPSES BE KEPT FOR ONWARDS OF ONE

    WEEK TO SIX MONTHS AND EVEN ONE YEAR? THAT

    PERSON HAS LEFT THE MORTAL CELL AND WHAT

    OBTAINS IS THE DUST AND THAT SHOULD BE

    RETURNED TO THE DUST. WHAT SURPRISES ME IS

    THAT EVEN BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SUCCUMB

    TO THE UNHEALTHY RITUALS. BROTHERHOOD

    MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THEIR

    PEOPLE THAT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE DEATH AND

    THAT WHEN SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY THE

    CORPSE SHOULD BE PROMPTLY RETURNED TO THE

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    DUST TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN ON THE

    SURVIVORS. FOR INSTANCE, SOMEBODY LIVES IN

    YOUR HOUSE AND DOES NOT DEFAULT IN RENT

    PAYMENT. WHEN THE HOUSE STARTS TO LEAK HE

    PROMPTLY CALLS YOUR ATTENTION TO IT AND AS

    WELL AS OTHER PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE

    MENDED IN THE HOUSE. If you refuse to take good

    care of the house despite several appeals until the

    tenant decides to quit and the house collapses and

    falls, who is to blame? And, if after the house has

    fallen you call people to come and make merry with

    you and you spend up to three times the cost of

    building a new house, who is a fool? How can you

    afford to invite people to come and make merry with

    you because your house has collapsed? What is the

    wisdom there? IT IS EVIL AND UNRIGHTEOUS TO

    PUT A DEAD BODY IN THE MORTUARY. IT IS AN

    INDIRECT WAY SATAN USES TO DEPLETE YOUR

    RESOURCES. DOES IT MEAN THAT WHEN SUCH A

    CORPSE IS FROZEN FOR SO LONG, LIFE WILL

    RETURN TO IT? IN SOME COUNTRIES CORPSES AREBURNT TO ASHES WHICH ARE THEN DISPOSED OF.

    EVEN IF IT IS THE CORPSE OF A PRIME MINISTER,

    IT HAS TO BE INCINERATED. The prayer most of you

    offer is that God should not allow your parents to die

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    soon, especially at a time you have no money.

    Brotherhood makes the whole thing very simple: If a

    person sleeps in the Lord, the empty case, the

    corpse, is quietly disposed of by burying it in the

    ground without any fanfare. What will follow next is

    to conduct evening services in the deceased

    person's compound for seven days and that is all.

    THIS IS SO BECAUSE WE KNOW FULLY WELL THAT

    THE MAIN BEING IN THE PERSON HAS LEFT THE

    ABODE AND SO THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION IN

    INCURRING ANY EXPENSES JUST TO DISPOSE OF

    AN EMPTY CASE. IT IS ONLY DEMENTED AND

    FOOLISH PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO

    UNDERTAKE SUCH AN EXERCISE OF SPENDING FOR

    A CORPSE. WHATEVER YOU SPEND FOR THE

    CORPSE IS LOST AND YOU WILL SUFFER A GREAT

    DEAL BECAUSE SUCH AN ACT IS NOT PERMITTED

    BY GOD. If you go and spend onward of ten to

    twenty thousand nairas for a coffin alone, just to

    dispose of a corpse, does it mean that you have not

    seen beggars and the poor that you could use suchmoney to help? What is the wisdom in doing such a

    thing? And if the worldly people could do such

    foolish acts, should people who call themselves

    children of the new kingdom do it too? YOU WILL

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    DISCOVER THAT IF WE DO NOT JOIN THE WORLD

    AND THEIR UNGODLY TENDENCIES, AND IF WE

    ALSO REFRAIN FROM EATING MEAT AND FISH ALL

    HUMANITIES WILL FOLLOW IN THAT WAY. THERE

    ARE SOME CHURCH DENOMINATIONS IN THE

    WORLD, LIKE THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES WHO

    ATTACH VERY LITTLE OR NO IMPORTANCE TO

    THESE CEREMONIES AND RITUALS. ON THE OTHER

    HAND THERE ARE YET MANY OTHER CHURCH

    DENOMINATIONS WHICH ATTACH GREAT

    IMPORTANCE TO THESE CEREMONIES AND

    RITUALS. IT IS ONLY DISAPPOINTING TO FIND

    SOME BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS ENGAGING IN

    THESE ACTS. ONE WONDERS WHETHER THEY ARE

    HELPING OTHERS TO PROGRESS SPIRITUALLY OR

    TO REGRESS. IF A BROTHERHOOD MEMBER PUTS A

    CORPSE IN THE MORTUARY FOR MONTHS OR

    YEARS AND THEREAFTER BURIES IT UNDER THE

    TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF THE WORLD, AND

    THEREBY SPENDS HUGE SUMS OF MONEY, IS HE

    DOING THAT TO THE LIVING OR TO THE DEAD ORTO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD OR TO GOD?

    BROTHERHOOD HAS NOT COME TO CREATE A

    WORLD UNTO ITSELF OR DO SOMETHING TO

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    PLEASE ITSELF. IT HAS COME TO SERVE GOD, TO

    COMPLY WITH ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS OF GOD.

    HE HAS GIVEN AND REVEALED HIS GLORY TO ALL

    MANKIND.When our Lord Jesus Christ was in India

    on a missionary journey, He had a letter from His

    mother informing him of the death of His father. The

    only reply He gave was that Joseph had finished his

    assignment. Therefore brethren, if you look at it

    closely you will discover that it is a utter foolishness

    to waste your time and money and energy to observe

    worldly traditions when somebody passes away.

    People who observe these traditions will never go

    unpunished. The meaning is simply that you do not

    believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. Do you think that if

    our Lord Jesus Christ had had that kind of mind He

    would have been able to undertake the service of

    God ? He would have wanted to stay behind and

    bury his parents. If He had attached importance to

    carnal things, when He received His mother's letter

    informing Him about the passing away of His father

    Joseph, He would have terminated his ministry workand gone home. If that constituted the work of God

    it would have been included in the passage in

    Luke:9:59-62. Brethren, have you heard that, what is

    this flesh to man?

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    Read James 4:13-16.

    People in the world are making burial rites

    appear a life and death issue. Some people makeuse of all the savings they have made in their life

    performing such exercise. It is just like a young man

    who is starting life and also Christmas festivities.

    Some people are so much indebted to other persons

    that they can never defray such debt until they

    themselves are buried.

    MY INJUNCTION:

    MY INJUNCTION THEREFORE IS THIS THAT: NO

    BROTHERHOOD MEMBER SHOULD PATRONIZE

    MORTUARY SERVICE IN ANY FORM. ONCE

    SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY PROCURE A COFFIN ANDDISPOSE OF THE CORPSE; MERELY RETURN THE

    DUST TO THE DUST. IF YOU SAY YOU WANT ALL

    MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TO COME AND SEE THE

    CORPSE BEFORE IT IS BURIED, WHAT WILL THEY

    DO WITH IT? WILL THE ARRIVAL OF OTHER PEOPLE

    CAUSE THE BODY TO RISE AGAIN? IT IS UTTERFOOLISHNESS TO DO SUCH A THING.

    Of all people born of women, I do not think there

    has been any person greater than these persons in

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    Matthew 11:11. Concerning those two personalities,

    what happened to them? John was buried in the

    prison by his disciples, and no other person was

    called in to celebrate or perform any rites. Have you

    heard that he was put in the mortuary? Or did you

    hear that invitations were given to the world to come

    and celebrate? Jesus the Christ, who died for our

    sins, was nailed to the cross at 9.00 a.m. He gave up

    the ghost and surrendered His soul unto the Father

    and at 6.00 p.m. Joseph of Arimathia collected His

    body and quietly buried it. Nothing more than that

    was done to Him. Who are you? Are you better than

    Jesus as you want a crowd to gather and observe

    rituals? Is there any person greater than John the

    Baptist and Our Lord Jesus Christ?

    I have been advising you and I have been giving

    you this story about the only child one woman who

    was married to one of David's soldiers delivered to

    David. David actually loved that child so dearly.

    Incidentally the child became very sick and David

    fasted and did everything humanely possible for the

    child to recover, but all his efforts were of no avail.

    David did all that because he loved this child and his

    mother so dearly. That is why if somebody loves a

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    woman he will definitely love the children born by

    that woman. And if a man does not love a woman he

    will also extend that dislike unto her children.

    Because David loved this child so dearly and

    sacrificed for the child to survive, the attendants

    refused to inform David when the child died. They

    feared he would kill himself. But when it became

    obvious that the child was dead already, David

    requested that he should be given water to have hisbath and ordered that food be prepared for him to

    eat. The people were surprised at the attitude of

    David, something they thought will result in all hell

    breaking loose for him. David explained to them that

    he went to great extent to ensure that the child

    would survive, but since the child had finally died

    there was no point in punishing the body anymore.

    The lesson here is that God owns all of us, He

    provides time for everything and for everybody. He

    fixes how long each person would exist. No person

    knows his mission on earth and how long he has to

    stay in the world. God is our Creator; He owns us and

    knows everything about us. Therefore the children of

    Brotherhood should cease to be foolish. All of you

    should wake up from your ignorance and lead and

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    show the world the way. God is everything to us.

    This is what the world does not know. Now is t