ISHMAEL AND ISAAC IN BROTHERHOOD WE STAND

 

 ISHMAEL = THE LORD HAS HEARD THY AFFLICTION.

Today as we join all Muslims to celebrate, we pray that the meaning of Ishmael “The Lord has heard thy affliction” be Nigeria’s portion indeed. Amen.

GENESIS CHAPTER 16:1-15.

The Holy Scripture of truth states in the above verses in summary as follows:-

Abraham remains childless and Sarah his wife gave him her maid Hagar as wife. Hagar became pregnant and despised her mistress which led to her mistress maltreatment. She fled into the wilderness and angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the way of Shur and declared thus unto her, “Return to thy mistress and submit thy self under her hands. And the angel of the Lord said unto her, verse 10,” I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. Verse 11, And the angel of the Lord said unto her, behold thou art with a child and shall bear a son and shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction, VERSE 12 “And he will be a wild man his hand will be against every man and every man’s hand against him, and he  shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” 

God indeed has spoken and no man can question Him. 

It is trite that what God said here is how it has been with polygamous homes, but I also have seen some polygamous homes that are peaceful as a result of submissiveness and love.

This singular mistake was made long ago and it was and has been the will of God to reconcile man back to Himself and has done so but has not been given wild acceptance and the conflicts still continued.

God’s ordination is that all Abraham’s children must live together. While we live together must this conflicts continue, must we continue to destroy one another for what each person believe in? Did God’s commandments not bind all of us? Are we going to face different God at the end of the day?

God purpose in verse 12, is not that both children should be killing themselves but that both shall be a point of correction to each other.  Chapter 18:19, states that  “For I know him (Abraham) that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him.”

What did God spoke about Abraham? Chapter 12:3, states “And I will bless them that bless thee, and I will curse him that curseth thee;  and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Abraham became a friend of God just because he obeyed God. God/Allah began to rely on him to teach his children the ways of the Lord, and God ordained it that Abraham’s children will now teach other families the ways of the Lord.

Obedient spirit, following the foot step of our Father Abraham is what God requires of us. God set government in motion as the instrument  of correction among us, therefore there is no reason for jungle justice and taking laws into our hands. Abraham was not a killer neither did he lay it down to us as a legacy.

Abraham is watching us as his children and taking record of our deeds, at the end of this life he is going to welcome in his bosom the children that took his footsteps. Ishmael and Isaac were both circumcised as a sign of seal to God’s covenant to their father and they inherited that covenant, so those that obey this everlasting covenant will be welcomed by Abraham and he will present them to God.

LETS RESPECT EACH OTHER’S FAITH AND LIVE IN THE LOVE OF BROTHERHOOD WHICH BEGAN WITH OUR FATHER ABRAHAM. LETS’ FORGET OUR MOTHER’S MISTAKES THAT LED TO ALL THESE HATRED. MAY GOD HEAR OUR AFFLICTION AND SEND HIS HELP UPON THIS NATION.

HAPPY EID MUBARAK.

THE CHRONICLES AND THE MAN ( OMAR MATEEN)

THE PRIESTLY PERSPECTIVE

It is a hard times indeed all over the world as we mourn people killed in terrorists attacks.

The world also has delve into the political history of such mass killings amongst others to discover the brain behind such heinous killings one will posit reasons as being political power, economic power, religious power, hatred e.t.c. but has concluded that with all diligence no reason should be enough to justify all these human waste.

The world witnessed holocaust, perpetuated in Germany by one whose ambition is to conquer the world and rule therein but that he hated a tribe and wanted its extermination is another thing altogether.

Countries has also experienced genocides caused by ambitious leaders who want to cling to power by all means.

The foundation of killing started in the garden of  Eden, by Cain who became jealous of his brother Abel’s success. Since then the world know no peace.

The world was drawn to other types of killing in the Holy Bible and such killings was either ordered  by God or done to appease His anger.

In Numbers 25:1-13, the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness on their way to Canaan Land, and abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab and joined them to serve Baal. God became angry and started to destroy the Israelites. The Israelites began to seek the face of God to avert His anger, another  man went and took a Moabite woman as a sin partner and Phinehas became angry, took a javelin and trust them through in the tent and they died. God spoke to Moses in verse 10, “And the Lord spake unto Moses saying, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for My sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy, wherefore say, Behold I give unto him My covenant of peace, And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was  zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.”

From the above we can see that there are killings that appeases God  and the ones that He frowns at. God frowns at the killing of an innocent man and He orders the killings of a sinner that has refused to repent, He can do that spiritually or physically using a human instrument.

We have examples of people who murderered innocent ones for jealousy and envy,  Cain, Jezebel who killed innocent  Naboth  to covet his land, King Saul who killed the priests because he envied David and so many others, there are others who were consumed and killed at the presence of Moses, Elijah, Elisha e.t.c.

WHERE DOES OMAR MATEEN BELONG IN THESE.?

When people indulge in sin and think that God will keep quiet, then they are mistaken.

The people of Sodom indulged in sodomy and God sent angels in form of humans to destroy the city with brimstone and fire. In our world of today people resume the act of sodomy and were exporting it to other parts of the world just to provoke the destruction of the world. I remember when they landed in Nigeria, they went straight to the National Assembly to prevail on them to have a bill of gay passed into law, they really shook the entire nation. America took it to herself to sell it to Mr, Goodluck Jonathan and Mr. Muhammed Buhari as a condition for  help, she was told that the culture is against Nigeria’s public policy. 

My question is, between Gays and Omar Mateen who killed each other?

When people indulge in various kinds of sin, the innocent suffers in various ways, the growing innocent children are the most endangered, for they will think it is a normal norm and they will grow to emulate same. when God’s punishment come the whole people suffers, that is why our world is full of suffering today. So many conflicts between the Wheat and the Tares.

Omar Mateen has paid his debt, the world is trying to discover who he is, but the only testimony that is accruing to him is given by his father who said that Mateen hates to see where two men are kissing. Sin destroy our world so fast and the enemy of Creator right now is happy for man’s staying away from God and the devastation that is ongoing.

Many will be facing the charges of murder, holocaust, genocide before God, while others like Mateen will be facing the charge of abatement of nuisance, but all judgement remain God’s discretion.

There is only two life, a life of everlasting destruction and a life of everlasting life with God.

  A TIME FOR DECISION TAKING.