“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark” (Gen 6:14)

(…continues from part Four…)

5)            Who spoke to Noah? Who, from Mosaic couch, said, “Make thee an ark of gopher wood”? And Whose instruction was, “And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of:” when Noah understood that he was to build an ark? Is the answer to each question not, “God”? God did not just think of the ark as a means of Noachian salvation, He was the Architectural Engineer of the ark. What He had purposed to do long before the creation of any intelligent being, the LORD God instructed Noah to do. God did, truly, tell Noah to build the ark. Let me quote Damina to see whether his teaching agrees with the above revealed Mosaic Book, “God didn’t tell Noah to build an ark. It was Noah who decided to build an ark as a means of communicating what God revealed to him.” The spirit of deceitfulness dwells, of sooth, dangerously, in the heart of Abel Damina. Do not be Damina-swayed, be warned.

                I, honestly, do not see the rationale behind Damina’s teaching that has the topic: “Tithing is not for the New Testament Church.” Who was the first person to decide, from his heart, to tithe his possession? It was Abraham. Was Abrahamic tithe triggered by divine law of the Old Testamentary economy? No, it was not. Two forces I know are responsible for Adamic resolve: the force of Good and the force of Satanism. Was it the gentle whisper of Satanism that prompted Abraham’s offer of the first ever tithing or was it inspired by the Spirit of God?

Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth

                We can easily find out where Abraham got the tithing inspiration. 18) “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most  high God. 19) And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20) And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all” (Genesis 14:18-20). Does Damina know Bible at all? If he does and continues to choose to teach the Word of God à la eisegetical route, then he, like Cain, the first Antichrist of the antediluvian age, has been totally beguiled by God’s enemy. The word ‘beguiled’ in Genesis chapter 3 is the Hebraic nâshâ’ (naw-shaw’): ‘deceive utterly; to lead astray, that is, (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce.’ Does Dr Abel Damina read the Bible for fun or seriously, with an intent to please the LORD God? Looking at Genesis 14:18-20 the first thing of awesome jolt I received is what Melchizedek brought along with him for celebration: bread and wine. The first prognosticate the Body of Jesus Christ, our LORD, the Creator and Saviour. The baked dough also foresaw the redeemed body of Christ, God’s children of Christianity; standing proudly: the trophy of the finished work of Golgotha. Abraham was shown the Church! He gave, theologically, as a Christian of the Church of Jesus.

They – 120 men and women – received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Day.

                The wine is sparkling effervescence, the bubbling strength of the Holy Spirit’s impartation that keeps the children of the Most High ever fresh before the thrice holy Jehovah, seated for eternity in Majesty. No one had officially received the eternality of salvation when the king of Salem offered the elements of the communion: a prefiguration of the true salvation. Melchizedek said to Abram, when he had not had the name of Jehovah attached to him, “Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:” which helped in prompting him to give the first tithe: in honour of Him, the Possessor of heaven and earth, according to the teaching of Rev. Chris Okotie.

                Definitely, if the LORD owns everything, the wisest thing expected of the right thinking intelligent being is to offer out of what He had provided in acknowledgement of God’s beneficence. That was what Abram did even before he received the elevation that changed his name to Abraham. Father Abraham, apprehending the soteriological quiddity and beholding the Christological authorship of the phenomenal establishment, gave the tithes of all to say, “Thank You Jehovah Jesus, I am truly grateful!” In the New Testamentary order, that prefigured Church is now an earthly reality of Divine beholding; so, Damina, what stops the willingness of redeemed members of the Church from offeringtithe; especially, in the light of “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase” (Proverbs 3:9): which contains the eternal wise sayings of the Godhead to mankind? Of course, it got legalized.

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse” Malachi 3:10.

                The legality came with the blessings of: 10)“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.” Is there any New Testamentary verse or contextual scenario that outlaws tithing? If there is none, then you cannot make any verbal loudness where the Bible is silent. Is it not of arrant stupidity not to take advantage of the blessings that come with Malachi 3:10-11?

                That this man could muster up a wicked boldacity without a bit of conscience twist, teaching that, “God never entered into covenant with man,” is a diabolical deviation from scriptural facticity. Actually, Dr Damina does have an eisegetical ally in the pastoral faux pas of Dr Chris Oyakhilome. Please, help me understand this biblical account which reads, 17) “And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18) But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee” (Genesis 6:17-18). God told Noah, “But with thee will I establish my covenant,” which was a covenant between God and Noah, a creature of Adamic standing: a man. I hope Oyakhilome and Damina will not, in unison, say, “Noah is not a man.”

Get born again by saying this simple prayer.

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”

(…to be continued…)

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