I learned few things from reading the comments from people yesterday.

1. I will improve the test for employing Africans in any future project I am involved in. Many people just don't have the reasoning faculty.
2. It is a very long road to development in Africa. In fact, it may never happen. But we shall keep trying.
3. Be very reserved in employing fanatical Christians. They will destroy your business with prayer instead of working on it. Yes, I am a Christian myself but there are lots of foolish Christians running around the continent, Muslim too, in case you ask.

Anyway. On to the blasphemy of the day. This is a long one. Please brace yourself for it.

The Jews believe that God will not show you the way until you have started, while an African Christian believe God will show you the way before you start. This is a fundamental difference in the interpretation of what God is willing to do for you. It makes one nation rich and the other poor.

Why is modern Israel a successful nation.? I promised to finalized this today. First, let's start with the military.

Orde Wingate was a Major General of the British Army when he died fighting in a plane crash. Today he would have been called a terrorist if he was of colour. Go and Google him. The British and Israelis called him a military genius and he was.

He is the one that trained the army that later became Israeli army when Israel was formed on May 14, 1948. Wingate came to Palestine in 1936 to start his insurgency there. He commanded and accompanied the Israeli soldiers to battles.

If you go to Israel today, The man is still well honored there. He even have a square named after him: The Orde Wingate Square. He was like General Stonewall Jackson and General Eisenhower in the USA. He set the tone for how the Israeli army would became today.

We had great men and women in Africa too. Even some from Britain, But we have abandoned everything they thought us. People like William Wilberforce, Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay. So we have not made any progress because we refused to build on the foundation. The Israelis did.

If Orde Wingate had trained the Nigerian army and they work like the Israelis they would have been as good as the Israeli army today. You see no general steal the money and buy old Jets and armoured tanks for the Israeli army. Every Israeli, Male or female must be trained for combat.

It is share bruteforce. It wasn't God that did it. The Israeli worked their backs off training and learning and investing. It is a share dedication and an unrelentless effort. NO BLACK nation on earth have ever done that. I know this is blasphemy to my people but I will continue.

For more blasphemy.
The success of the Jewish people have to do with The Jewish culture. The culture is formed by their believes. The believes is formed by their Jewish holy books and not Christianity. This is where African Christians get confused and stop thinking. Israelis are not Christians. The God of Christians said Jesus is the only way. Nobody comes to the father without Christ But, The Jewish people don't believe in Jesus, so now that God must break his own rules so Israel can remain blessed. A five year old European child can figure this out. This brings cognitive dissonance.

But the Jewish people don't have this type of confusion in their head. Period. They don't even think they are blessed anymore. They are still trying to repent from their sins. That is why they go to the wailing wall.

They are focused at what they do. They have one problem though. They take everything seriously and literary. Infact, too seriously. Nothing is a joking matter there. But, that has become their strongest point. They study and get absorbed in their holy books and use the lesson they learn to improve their lives. Just last week a Jewish military officer was dismissed for giving some soldiers resting time because they were exhausted.

A Jew is very methodical and structured. They are thought that from infancy. They know you must teach a child before 7 years old. If you miss it the child will be deficient. In African, most Children are left on their own at that age.

All these knowledge is recorded in their holy books.The following is a basic, structured list of the central works of Jewish practice and thought. But you can skip it.

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and Rabbinic literature
Mesorah
Targum
Jewish Biblical exegesis
Works of the Talmudic Era
Mishnah and commentaries
Tosefta and the minor tractates

Talmud:
The Babylonian Talmud and commentaries
Jerusalem Talmud and commentaries
Midrashic literature:
Halakhic Midrash
Aggadic Midrash
Halakhic literature
Major Codes of Jewish Law and Custom
Mishneh Torah and commentaries
Tur and commentaries
Shulchan Aruch and commentaries
Responsa literature
Jewish Thought and Ethics
Jewish philosophy
Musar literature and other works of Jewish ethics
Kabbalah
Hasidic works
Siddur and Jewish liturgy
Piyyut (Classical Jewish poetry)

Interestingly they even have a books on Ethics. Then you have the Oral Torah that are not written down. Those are campfire stories of wisdom. You have to learn those as well. Where are our campfire stories of wisdom? The story of the tortoise and the lion with lessons to be learned. We have abandoned them.

Imagine studying these Jewish books from childhood and following the principles outlined herein all your life. The books are online, they are everywhere. Anyone can read them, but most Africans don't read and many of our brothers don't like following instructions. That is one thing Jews people don't have issues with because the Torah said they must follow instructions.

Any country that follows the wisdom in these books like the Jews people will excel like the Jewish people. There is no magic to it. But Africans always want to belief in miracle instead of getting down to work. They said no other nation can do what the Israelis are doing. But in the last 60 years many nations have done more. The United States even went to the moon. China has done even more and the UAE have done crazily well. These are the nations who have studied and adapted what works.

Unlike Nigerians, they have deep, commitment to change.
These are some of the believes that drives the Jewish people. They don't just read them but, they live them. some of them are in the bible. Because part of the bible is in the Torah.

1) “The wages of a worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning” (Lev 19:13). So they don't owe workers. that way people remain motivated to work. How many months are Nigerian workers owed? That was already so 40 years ago.

2) "Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns."
Deuteronomy 24:14 ( how much are even the churches paying their workers in Nigeria?) People are not motivated to work. Without good reward, there is no motivation and as such the entire nation suffers and no progress.

3) “You shall have just balances and just weights” (Lev. 19:36) Cheating and fake products are not allowed in that culture. In Nigeria you will hardly see a product that is not faked. Even the Christians takes the lead in this. They call it business..

4) Humbleness and accept criticism
“He who loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid” (Proverbs 12:1).

5) Generosity
“The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself” (Proverbs 11:24).

" King Solomon said, “Our work is meaningless unless it is to do good” (Ecclesiastes 3:12–13).

6) Honesty
“If one is honest in his business dealings and people esteem him, it is accounted to him as though he had fulfilled the whole Torah” (Mechilta B’Shalach 1).

7) Ethics
“Know what is above you: An eye that sees” (Ethics of the Fathers, 2:1).

Christianity is based on Jews Values. Jesus changed one thing. While everything in the Jewish culture was based on Law and Punishment. Jesus thought Love and Forgiveness. so this is the equation:

Judaism = Jewish culture + Law and punishment
Jesus teaching = Jewish culture + Love and forgiveness.

Africans only adapted parts of Jesus teachings and skip everything else. The love, the forgiveness and the Jewish culture. Ironically, they also skipped their OWN culture because they think they are now Christians. So, they are left without any core value. Black Africans are simply lost.

Africans adopted christianity artificially without adopting the culture that went with it. which is the foundation of success.

Just like Elijah challenged the people: I am challenging everyone today who call themselves Christians in Africa “How long are you going to sit on the fence? If you are a christian then do everything a christian supposed to be doing and you will prosper. And if you are not, go back and learn from your forefathers and do everything they thought and you will prosper. But sitting on the fence and praying to go to heaven will not get you anywhere. Even God don't want to have you there because you have not done your work here on earth. Jesus last words on earth as a human were. "It is finished" He completed his work. Have you? So why do you think God will take you to heaven. Don't be ridiculous.

Don't be a Christian and do traditional wedding today and do Christian wedding next week. You are serving two masters and you will not succeed in life.

Remember God will not show you the way until you have started
If you read this far then you are a hero.


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Thank you sir. The list of books show the Israelites do not live by one book alone. They are not afraid to dump old books in genizahs too and write new ones. I guess they ensure they've wrung out every word before dumping them!

Jargons we must learn to distinguish a constructive criticism from mere gibberish.


God's principle of success is clearly shown in the bible study the life of jesus, he is an epitome of excellence.
If any Christian tells you that he doesn't need to work to be blessed, he is deceiving himself, the bible says that God will prosper the works of our hands, meaning our hands must first be at work.

"God will not show you the way until you have started"
This statement is a lie from the pit of hell!

Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The word of God is what directs us, the Holy Spirit is there to lead and direct us.

Christians donot be Decieved!!! One word to sum up this post: jargons!!! Just as I earlier said.

spartan117:
Jargons we must learn to distinguish a constructive criticism from mere gibberish.


God's principle of success is clearly shown in the bible study the life of jesus, he is an epitome of excellence.
If any Christian tells you that he doesn't need to work to be blessed, he is deceiving himself, the bible says that God will prosper the works of our hands, meaning our hands must first be at work.

"God will not show you the way until you have started"
This statement is a lie from the pit of hell!

Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The word of God is what directs us, the Holy Spirit is there to lead and direct us.

Christians donot be Decieved!!! One word to sum up this post: jargons!!! Just as I earlier said.

No wonder you haven't progressed in life.

Adieza:

No wonder you haven't progressed in life.

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Amen.

OP, nice article. The Jew's believe in structure is uncanny. Not the African christian that turns verses into 'allegories' all in bid to continue living in hypocrisy.

They'll soon flock here to throw tantrums and insults like their beloved jesus taught them. Christianity and religion killed the African continent.