ANCIENT LANDMARK

By Sam Adeoye

I have no doubt that the generations to come will forever curse the generations that lived before them and if cares are not taken, the possibility of religion ruining the human ability to think for themselves, seek for relevant information within their formation and clans and taking necessary steps to accomplish a feat will forever remain a dream in the dark.

Religion is a destroyer of human ability and capacity to seek for the relevant visions and dreams that upholds his being and his capability to establish a fundamental principle and ideology that will guaranty a better and secured future for the coming generations.

Once a person is deprived of his original intent, it automatically becomes the non-existing element. More to say, a zombie; which religion had turned so many people into today, as a result of their inability to think for themselves and making the right decisions that will provide them with whatever they needed to accomplish their aims and objectives in life.

To every nationalities and tribes in their world, God had given a messiah, namely a champion, liberator, leader, defender, saviour and a guardian angel; and these six kinds of people are all represented in the bible.

A champion, Samson

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said: “Our god has delivered into our hands Samson our enemy!” When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the destroyer of our land, and the one who multiplied our dead.” So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars. Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them.” Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there — about three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed. Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left. Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life. And his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years. Judg 16:23-31

A liberator, Moses

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” Moreover He said,”I am the God of your father — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. And the Lord said:”I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” Ex 3:1-10

A leader, Jacob

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem. And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother. Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth. Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. Also God said to him:”I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” Then God went up from him in the place where He talked with him. So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. Gen 35:1-15

A defender, David

Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David,” Go, and the Lord be with you!” So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.” So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron. Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents. And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.” So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man is.” Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” So David answered,”I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.” 1 Sam 17:31-58

A savior, Jesus

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matt 1:18-21

Guardian Angel, The parents

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Ex 20:12

‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Deut 5:16

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” Eph 6:2-3

At different times, for different purpose, God gave the children of Israel a Messiah to see them through the phase of life they were then and bring about His purpose for their lives. Without one Messiah fulfilling his own part, there is no way the other messiah will emerge. Why? Because destinies are intertwine and so is human lives.

When someone failed in life to fulfilling his own part in the dispensation of life; it affects every other lives that are attached to his or her own life. Therefore, it is essential that we pay attentions to the things we say about people and do to others most especially those that are closer to us. Because, in the programs of God relating to human creations, those around you are the ones that had been attached to your life and destiny. Some to help you accomplish a fit and some you are assigned to help achieve a purpose. But when you allow uncertainty or unwillingness to affect your sense of judgment, you will end up not just destroying yourself but as well as destroying them.

To every clan and nationalities across the planet God had given a Messiah, an individuals after His heart. The Yorubas God had given the Orunmila and Sango the god of thunder, the very instruments in the hands of God, used to deliver the children of Israel from the hands of Pharaoh in Exodus 9:23 hwere it wassaid that; ‘and Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.’ But unfortunately, the Yorubas will rather abandoned the one Messiah God had given them to pursue and worship the very one whom He gave to the children of Israel as it was said in Luke 1:30-33 that; ‘then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

While Sango is the god of thunder; which is one of the spirits in the presence of the Lord as it was said of so many spirits in His presence according to 2 Chron 18:19-21 where it was said that; and the Lord said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab king of Israel to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ The Lord said to him, ‘In what way?’ So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, ‘You shall persuade him and also prevail; go out and do so.’ I also strongly believed that both Orunmila and Sango are part of the part of the host of heaven whom God referred to as ‘Us’ in Genesis when He said in Gen 1:26; “let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” And the same way God made Jesus Christ to come in the flesh is the same way He made all the Messiahs whom today we referred to as gods to be born in the flesh.

Orunmila is known to be the sage; the wise, the clever, the knowledge; these are the attributes Jesus Christ displayed in His days. As a matter of facts, in Isaiah 11:1-2 it was clearly stated regarding Jesus that; ‘there shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.’ Everything about this verse of the bible painted the perfect picture of Orunmila the sage; one of the many Messiah God had given to the Yorubas but that was abandoned for the sakes of religion.

For those who might not know or understand. Orunmila exists from the very beginning of creation and his path was well established in Gen 2:9 where it was said that; ‘and out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.’

In Gen 2:16-17, God commanded the Adam, saying, “of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Even though the religious folks made us to believe that the death God made mentioned there is spiritual death. That is not so. That is a pure lies.

One, there is no way God will create a Man in His image when He is not a Man. God did not create a Man, God created a god and a goddess; and this King David made clear in Psalm 82:6 saying; ‘I said, “you are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.’ Human beings are created to be gods not Man. But the moment Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they lost their god ability and they became a lesser being from their original creation which today we referred to as Man and in Psalm 82:7 King David said; ‘but you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.” Why, because the god ability is lost.

On, in Gen 3:22 after Adam and Eve had eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; ‘the Lord God said, “behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil.’ That’s it. The main purpose for the Orunmila’s existence is to keep God’s creation on the path of good and away from evil; the very part Jesus Christ made mentioned of in the Lord’s Prayers in Matt 6:13 saying; ‘do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen’

All the gods you see in the world todays had always been in existence. They are the sons of God bible referred to in Job 1:6 where it was said that; ‘now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord’. Not just that, in Gen 6:1-4 it was said that; ‘now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.’ Whether you believe this or not, there are some sons of God that are presently living with us in the flesh. These are the individuals that are referred to as the giants, the mighty and the renown. But we don’t recognize them or pay attention to them because religions had blinded us all.

It is a show of madness when you abandoned what had been given to you to seek for had not been given to you. As a matter of fact, that is an act of stupidity and foolishness. And it’s so pathetic to see how religion had made so many people to believe in a lie and end up walking in ignorance. When at the same time some smart individuals are benefiting from the same. Religion is the biggest scam in the world and funny enough, virtually everyone in the world are falling for it. Why? When the brain is dull, the heart will be empty. There is nothing left for the head to do. A dull brain, plus an empty heart, equals wasted life. Which means, so many religious people are wasting away on a daily basis without remedy.

Note that everything you read in the Old Testament of the Bible and trying to practice are all laws, cultures and traditions of the Jews e.g the Israelites. It has nothing to do with God. Neither can it benefit you as much as it is benefiting them; the Israelites.

Time and time again, God kept warning the children of Israel not to abandon their laws, culture and traditions for another person’s laws, culture and traditions. This was made clear in Proverbs 22:28 saying “do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.” Meaning do not abandon the laws, cultures and traditions which your fathers (the generations before you) have set.

Maybe you don’t know, let me tell you. The wrath of God is against anyone and everyone that remove the ancient landmark, that is the rules and regulations that governs the family you’re born into and the culture and traditions of your tribe. This was made clear in Hosea 5:10 where it was said that; “the princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water.” No wonder Africa is not progressing like the rest of the nations that keep to their roots and culture.

In India, Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati, the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga), the wife of Shiva. This is for you to know that they are once human like you and I, just as Sango and his two wives Oya and Osun. Till date, India keeps to their cultures and their World Economy impact you cannot deny. They are the world’s fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

As if that is not enough; in China, Shangdi, (Chinese: “Lord-on-High”) Wade-Giles romanization Shang-ti, also called Di, ancient Chinese deity, the greatest ancestor and deity who controlled victory in battle, harvest, the fate of the capital, and the weather is their Messiah; keeping to their culture. Their World Economy impact is enormous. China is the world’s largest manufacturing economy and exporter of goods. If you think you can beat that, try it.

Israel that sold Christianity to us and gave us Jesus did not even worship Jesus, because Jesus Himself said in Luke 4:8 that; ‘you shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ The Israelites worship and serve Yahweh, name for the God of the Israelites, representing the biblical pronunciation of “YHWH,” the Hebrew name revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus. The name YHWH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh, is known as the tetragrammaton. Now, the Israelites World Economy impact is alarming. Israel is the 9th largest arm exporter in the world and has the highest number of billionaires in the Middle East, ranked 18th in the world. In recent years Israel has had among the highest GDP growth rates within the developed world along with Ireland. In 2022, Israel Tourism Income data was reported at $5.518 Billion. This records an increase from the previous number of $2.217 Billion for 2021. Israel Tourism Income data is updated yearly, averaging $3.752 Billion from Dec 1992 to 2022, with 31 observations. Jerusalem is said to be the most-visited city with 3.5 million tourist arrivals annually as of 2017.

Middle East gave the world Islam. The association of the word specifically with Islam comes from the special status of Arabic as the language of Islam’s holy scripture, the Qurʾān: since the Qurʾān in its original language is considered to be the literal word of God, it is believed that God described himself in the Arabic language as Allāh. Today, their World Economy impact is far reaching. The economy of Saudi Arabia is the largest in the Middle East and the eighteenth largest in the world. A permanent and founding member of OPEC, Saudi Arabia is also a member of the G20 forum as one of the world’s largest economies. $ 1.063 Trillion (Nominal, 2023 est.) $2.3 Trillion (PPP, 2023 est.).

In December 2022, Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Revenue reached $24 Billion, compared with $4 Billion in the previous year. The Kingdom earned about $12 Billion annually from the 2.6 million pilgrims that used to visit Mecca and Medina for haj, and another 19 million visitors for the Umrah, according to official data for 2019, or the last year before the pandemic hit the global travel industry.

You cannot be standing against the pole that is upholding you and think you cannot fall. Every nations across the planet had separated their religion from their family rules and regulations, culture and traditions that is why they’re excelling except Africa and Africans that had abandoned their own totally.

Even Jesus Christ with all His anointing aligned himself with the rules and regulations of the family He was born into and He never go against the culture and the traditions of His people; read your Bible well it’s there. It’s share foolishness when you turn your back against the rules and regulations that governs your family and abandoned the culture and the traditions of your people all in the name of religion.

I know many will say that the wickedness is too much. Valid point. But do you think there were no wicked people in the days of Jesus Christ? If you don’t know any, at least you know Pharaoh in the days of Moses and Herod in the days of Jesus Christ, Jezebel is another one. As they were in those days, so they shall continue to be, period.

You’d Fasted, Prayed, jump from one Mountain to another like a Monkey seeking for the solutions to your life issues and you’d found none. My dear, go back to your family. To your father’s house and ask questions. Get to know the rules and regulations in your family and keep to it. Enough of this madness. You can practice your faith and still uphold your culture and traditions. I hope that God will open your eyes to see, learn and act fast before it’s too late.