6 Herald of the New Kingdom Saturday January 21 - Friday) February 1989

New Year
THE Sole Spiritual
In a gospel which He
was raised from the
Head of the Brother analysed the efficacy of
death, the sight of blind
the spolcen words. He man Batimaeus was
!rood of the Cross and
Star, .Leader Olumba
cited cases in the Bible to restored, water was
buttress l-lis claim. He turned into wine, 5,00;0
Olumba Obu, bas
reminded His adherents people were fed, Mary
decreed tbat Nigeria will
never again witness a
of the outcome of the Magdalene's sins were
civil war.
curse pronounced by forgiven and the fig tree
Making this known in
God on Adam, Eve and '.vithered and died.
the serpent, and Leader Obu went on
Calabar in His new year
described that period as to explain that the word
message, He told a
the first advent of the operates in this last
mammoth congregation
drawn from all over the
word the Father. advent as the Holy Spirit
world that Nigeria will
During the second to reconstruct and
advent of the word, as recreate the world. He
only witness what He
our Lord Jesus Christ reminded the
called "Police action".
the Leader Obu congregation of what He
According to Leader
explained that no other said in 1967 before the
Obu, by "Police action"
He meant tribulations
weapon besides the word creation of the 12 States
was used. He explained
that will befall unbelie-
in Nigeria. He recalled
how with only the how He declared an end
vers and those without
spoken word, I....uarus to the Ovil war
the reverence for God.

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in December 1969 and a
few days after the war
ended. Another example
He cited was the
Niger i a/Cameroun
disagreements which
almost resulted in a ';/ar
but was halted by the
spoken words.
Stressing the need to
make positive use of the
spoken wonts, He said,
"Neither man, nor
money. nor war. nor
penal institutions, nor
hatred. nor knowledge
can unite and stabilize
the world. It is only the
spoken word that can."
Leader Obu expressed
disappointment that the
word is lavishly found in
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the world, yet the world word to the entire world
knows Him not, adding for a better and positive
that by the message, He usage.
was re-introducing the
By Lawrence Ubah