I, honestly, did not know whether I should laugh or pity Dr. Damina watching the video as he taught that the elder, seated on one of the twenty-four celestial thrones, forming an ark round the throne of God the Father, did not know the word of God because he described Jesus as the Lion of Judah. Damina just opens his mouth and allows anything that feels like dropping out of his mouth have its way through. Dr. Damina would not agree with the epithetical Lion of the Tribe of Judah. He teaches that because the lion is a beast, therefore, it cannot be applied to Jesus Christ, the Saviour. Is Damina the Apostle John who wrote The Book of Revelation? Do you know what is funny? He said, “Jesus is the Lamb of God, not a lion.” Hear his argument, “How can Jesus be a lamb and a lion at the same time? It doesn’t make sense.” So, you see, Damina does not teach the Bible according to the revealed Word; he prefers to teach God’s word according to what he feels based on logical reasoning of Adamic fashioning. This is what eisegesis or isogesis is all about. Maybe Jacob, the father of Israel, was struggling with caducity when he prophesied concerning Judah in Genesis 49:9-10. Damina’s system of sermocination is likened, in all wise, to the way of rap music. You see, when they began to punctuate the music industry with rap, I said to myself, “Man, a fallen creature, has begun to talk.” The rhythmic captivity and the pulsating strength that run underground the rap genre give beauty to it. But when you pay attention to the lyrical rendition, it is nothing short of the vagrant stray, both to the left and right of Divine warning. Rap publishes prevailing ills of society; good. Are their lyrics not laced with vulgarism of Satanism? Most of today’s supposedly teaches of the Bible are mere motivational speakers, devoid of the kennel of the kerygma. The rap music is a societal pollution; so are the biblical teachings of Dr. Abel Damina. Apostle Michael Orokpo gave a teaching on Zion and said this in conclusion, “This is why some of you will go to heaven and yet will not see Jesus for eternity.” This teaching does not string any connection to the revealed Scripture. I do not know what arcane version of the Bible Oropko studies for his apostolic didacticism. What is the meaning of Zion? It is defined as ‘parched land, sunny mountain and by extension – probably from its height – a fortress, hence, divinely fortified people of the Most High.’ Zion of heaven is the assemblage of the redeemed saints of Jesus, or the Born Again Christians. Michael Oropko maintains that the celestial Zion is a place for only those who practised Christianity well enough to receive rewards in heaven. Read More