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oroje1:
No..Gen 2:7 you were no where before God formed u and gave u the breath of life which animates the body,and at death you simply ceases to exist or go back to that same state of none existence,,and hence the Bible call it spirit in some parts of the Bible,,,At death Eccl 12:7 say simply put,that the body returns to the dust where God formed u from,and the spirit(or breath of life) which God gave u will return to him, it didn't say it will go else where to continue living, it will simply return to God who gave it to u as a free gift.. meaning any hope of a future life for u lies in God's hands, so how u n I use the life God gave us now determines whether we'll get eternal life or eternal destruction in the future.

I wrote what I wrote as someone who has once experienced, personally, what death looks like. I don't want to make a long details here.

I will advise you to go and learn more about Sheol—The Old Testament speaks of Sheol as the “realm of the dead,” and this includes both the saved and the lost. For example, consider the patriarch Jacob, who thought of himself as going to Sheol when he died Gen 37:35

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Again?
If we should open the hearts of our politicians like a Calabash, we'll find nothing good in it. I mean nothing good but scorpion, chameleons, cobra and the like.

We are yet to recover from debts incurred in the past they are introducing another to create an avenue to loot. Have we not suffered enough?

If you're planning to become a politician I will advise you to think twice because the evil they celebrate can never go with impunity

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I think we need more hunger before coming to our senses to deliver ourselves and coming generations from our selfish leaders.

We'll remain a prey in the hands of politicians and our multi-dimensional problems will linger so long as one tribe sees the other as an adversary:
the Yoruba still see Igbos as their mortal enemy, the Igbo man sees Yoruba man as a traitor. an Hausa man sees Igbo as his perennial foe, Both Yoruba and igbo see the Fulani as wild animals. The Fulani see the entire country as their sole heritage and even the Hausa and Fulani herders are at war in the farm.

Fortunately, this is what our politicians need to continue fooling us

Therefore, in this condition, only hunger can help us to lay our differences aside, forge a united spirit that will deliver us from our self-centred leaders.

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He should be transferred to Venus or Mars; there's no sin there

I've always maintained that just one wrong action can have a devastating effect.

You can cross a road without watching and not be hurt but you won't always be lucky to escape being run over by a speeding car.

Building collapse has been a trend in Nigeria what with economic hardship and lack of strict application of building laws.

How can laws be applied when the task-force relaxes rules because of bribe at the cost of innocent lives whom the same government has a prerogative to protect.

The dead are victims of reckless leadership; I pray God should rest their souls in peace.

Shameful and unjustifiable things are happening in Nigeria because the smartest allow the dullest of mind to rule over them.

ezenna191:
Etiti state is long overdue

It's dead on arrival rather!

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No one need to be told they are already in Nigeria

Barrywilly:
This is a gross violation of their rights. You don't have any business or right to video them or expose them to the media. They own their bodies.

many Nigerians aren't aware of what is actionable in the court.

millionaireman:
Methinks, those three or so Reps proposing Etiti State are perverting the course for a sixth state for the southeast.
They know that that area of the southeast had benefited from all previous state creation exercises.
They know that the area between Imo West and Anambra south never benefited from state creation, and this area deserves the sixth state; and that people from this area of Imo West and Anambra south will never live to see Etiti State created as sixth state for the southeast.

Exactly!

potent5:
Is Anioma in the East? What is the business of part the Southsouth in balancing Southeast states?

What made them in different regions is the law, the evil law that puts igbo people in league with Itsekiri, Urhobo, because of Biafran war, in order to bring dis-unity and identity crises among the Igbos should be amended to integrate the region and make them see one another as one.

Remember one of the greatest problems we have in Nigeria is the amalgamation of northern and southern protectorates. Reckless regional division and amalgamation of regions of unparalleled culture and identity can lead to crises

CrossRhodes:
South south
South east

Two different regions
Are you retardedd?

And what makes it different, the law, the evil law that puts igbo people in league with Itsekiri, Urhobo, because of Biafran war, in order to bring dis-unity and identity crises among the Igbos should be amended to integrate the region and make them see one another as one.

Creation of Etiti state is completely useless. Anioma is more reasonable but the best move in Nigeria today is to address corruption, insecurity and reduce the cost of governance.

I like this man; he's doing the direct opposite of those who have brought Nigerians to unimaginable and unforseen deprivation and vowed to finish Nigeria "kpatakpata"

sultanofpigs:


It's brewing.... When e go burst... E go bad.

It's seriously brewing..

I tell you!

oroje1:
If man has an immortal soul, Then what's your understanding of of Gen,. 2:7 and Eccl. 12:7?

Ecclesiastes 12:7—“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it”

The physical body dies but the spiritual body, the heart, lives forever. At the point of death the spirit leaves the body and goes to the God, the spirit world where it continues to exist as a spirit.

Genesis 2:7-- "then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being"

God created man to live forever on earth but man ate the forbidden fruit and became a living soul. At that point the human spirit became evil and can no longer sustain the body to live forever again but God quickly fixed this for us when He sent His only begotten Son to die for so as to redeem and sanctify our hearts.

When God created man he used two substances: the dust which was from the earth and His spirit which is eternal. The spirit is from God and can never die since God Himself can never die. You're only temporarily away from the body but present with the Lord.

When the trumpet sounds, God will rebuild your physical body then your spirit will reunite with a new body and you will live forever with a body that can no longer die.

One fundamental and recurring pattern observable in our universe is evolution.
As smaller dwarf stars evolve into giant stars so do living things evolve from unicellular microorganisms into multicellular organisms.

When we observe closely we will suspect a graduation from non-living things characterized by inability to maintain their bulkness to living things that are able to maintain their bulkness against forces of degradation.
The presence of ammonium radicals in water signals the beginning of life form. Then virus which is regarded as the link between the living and the non-living things.

The most complicated and sophisticated level of organizations is found in mammals of which homo sapiens is leading.

Now the major difference between homo sapiens and other higher mammals such as Chimpanzees, Orangutans, is intellect, i.e. ability to reason and acquire knowledge. This makes man the most evolved species in the world.

Now why is man so advanced and so distinct from other lifeforms? Because man has something that's not present in other lives.

Man is a tripartite being composed of the body, the soul and the spirit. The body of man is does not continue for eternity because it comes from the earth but the spirit of man is eternal because it comes an eternal being.
For this reason, whoever is born into this world is in the thrills of eternity because he can never die.

When a man dies his physical body decomposes like other animals but his soul and his spirit which we call the heart, a spiritual body, continue to live in the spirit world.

In the spirit world everything there is vivid and much more alive. What we see responds to what we are thinking. We always have all the time we need. Particular individuals are only as near or as far away as our thoughts of them, and thinking of a person or place can actually bring us there.

Now the idea of evolution continues in the spirit world but the criteria takes another form; you evolve not based on your level of organization,because the heart, a spiritual person, does not have a physical body and so evolution is now based on the content or the integrity of your heart.

The kingdom of God exists in three forms
1. The heavenly kingdom, which is the dwelling place of God, the saints and the holy angels.
2. The inner kingdom, which is the hearts of men. whatever exists in the hearts of men defines the character of the person in the physical world. It takes a good heart to evolve. The hearts of men is evil and needs sanctification so that it can evolve.
So a life giving spirit has to enter into this hearts and wash it clean like a mother would sit and baths her children. Otherwise the spirit of man will be stuck and will not evolve. This is why Christ died so that His spirit can fill the heart of men and purify it in a process called redemption.
3. The physical kingdom, which is represented by the church of God as we see on e earth.

The license to evolution in the spirit world is love. So the hearts that are full of love in it go to the higher heavens. those without love in it have to evolve before moving on to the higher heavens.


The concept of love was first mentioned and emphasized by Jesus Christ. He taught us about love so that we we can have the licence to highest heavens.
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By highest heavens I mean the dwelling place of the divinity, the saints, the Seraphins, the Cherubins, the holy angels, and the Thrones.

This is where the most evolved lives live; God Himself being the perfect form of all imperfections.

Now in heavens there are angels with different hierarchies.

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Angels

There are invisible beings with almost every perfection possible, who are always around us, who massively outnumber us, and who definitely outthink us! I’m not talking about aliens. I’m talking about Angels and Demons.

We learn from Scripture, Tradition and the official teaching of the Church that each angel is a person with intelligence and freedom. They are immortal creatures who are pure spirits possessing no physical body yet surpass in perfection all visible creatures.

In her diary St Faustyna writes of a profound experience with an angel: (630) Then I saw one of the seven spirits near me, radiant as at other times, under a form of light. I constantly saw him beside me when I was riding on the train. I saw an angel standing on every church we passed, but surrounded by a light which was paler than that of the spirit who was accompanying me on the journey, and each of these spirits who were guarding the churches bowed his head to the spirit who was near me.

When I entered the convent gate at Warsaw, the spirit disappeared. I thanked God for His goodness, that He gives us angels for companions. Oh, how little people reflect on the fact that they always have beside them such a guest, and at the same time a witness to everything! Remember, sinners, that you likewise have a witness to all your deeds.

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There are three levels or hierarchies of angels and three groups within each hierarchy – making nine categories or choirs of angels

1. The Seraphim, the Cherubim, and the Thrones.

2. The Dominions, Virtues, and Powers.

3. The Principalities, the Archangels, and the Angels.

The mission of the first and highest hierarchy of angels, the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and the Thrones is to contemplate the infinite goodness of God and the proper goal of all things. The Seraphim communicate the love of God, the Cherubim communicate the truth of God, and The Thrones communicate the purpose of all things to the next hierarchy of angels.

The Angels closest to God are the Seraphim. Their name means “the burning ones” or “the Angels of Fire” because God is a consuming fire of love. The Seraphim are set on fire by the love of God which they communicate to the others. Isaiah Chapter 6 describes the Seraphim: I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

We literally join the Seraphim in their hymn of praise in each Mass right before the consecration of the Eucharist because we are entering the presence of Almighty God with them.

The Cherubim excel in their knowledge of God. St. Thomas Aquinas speculated that Lucifer was probably a Cherub rather than a Seraph, since the burning love of Seraphim is opposite to pride, whereas great knowledge of truth, which the Cherubim possess, can more easily lead to pride.

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The second hierarchy of Angels is the Dominions, Virtues, and Powers

Their mission is to govern the material world, control the elements, the seasons, the stars, even the sun and moon – in short, all aspects of nature.

The idea of the Angels controlling the turning of the seasons or the rotation of the planets may sound farfetched to some, but keep in mind what we can call the “more the merrier principle” with His Church. The more God gets his creatures involved in His divine actions, the more his creatures are made holy, and the more God is given glory. Whenever free creatures use their freedom to cooperate with God in the fulfillment of his divine plan, it is both pleasing to God and a grace for the creature.

Every parent knows it is more satisfying when the child cleans his or her room on their own, even though the parent certainly can do the cleaning by their own efforts. The same is true for God. He could put forth all the efforts necessary for the governing of creation on His own and by His own power, but it gives him more glory when his angels cooperate in the fulfillment of God’s will.

For this reason, St. Thomas nicknamed the Angels, “God’s secondary causes” because God chooses to do all possible in his creation through the intercession of His Angels.

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The third or lowest hierarchy of Angels is the Principalities, Archangels, and Guardian Angels

They have a three-fold mission:

I. To defend us against Satan and the demons – as St. Michael does.

II. To help us know the will of God – as Gabriel does when announcing God’s plan to Mary and telling Joseph to take Mary as his wife and to escape when Herod tries to kill the baby Jesus.

III. To heal us – as St. Raphael does

The Principalities, as the “spiritual generals,” have the greatest authority of this lowest hierarchy in carrying out God’s plan during the spiritual warfare for souls that takes place each and every day of our life on earth.


The Archangels are leaders and messengers of great importance in the world of man.

These Angels preside over a multitude of peoples and also deliver the most important messages to humanity.

The last group of Angels are the Guardian Angels.

The Catechism teaches that from its beginning until death, every human person is surrounded by the watchful care and intercession of a Guardian Angel.

"Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life."

I wonder if my Guardian Angel would be willing, in the evening, to review my day with me?

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We are making a big mistake if we live as if angels do not exist

Dr. Mark Miravalle, in his book Time to Meet the Angels, shares in the insights of a mystic who relates what Jesus wants us to know about the Angels

My children, there is so much talk of the enemy and the enemy is so glorified in your world, that many souls forget that heaven is far and away more powerful than the pitiful band of bitter ones who serve darkness. These want only your misery. Conversely, the unlimited number of good and holy servants, want only your joy and safety. But your prayers are necessary to mobilize all of this power. In these times, many souls spend time with darkness through their activities and recreation. In doing so, souls are inviting the enemy’s companionship. If souls do not invite our companionship, through prayers and requests, we do not force ourselves. So surround yourself with all that is Light and the enemy will avoid you. Ask for an honor guard of My angels and you will be enveloped in powerful beings from heaven who will insure that you complete your missions in safety. Children, you are God’s little creatures. You will not be abandoned.

hopefulLandlord:
If one can believe in talking snakes, talking donkey, Virgin giving birth, someone feeding 5000 men with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes then having 12 baskefuls of leftovers afterwards etc etc then you can believe that a vehicle can tumble many times and someone in it can survive without a scratch

If you you experience the power of God I mean if God enables you to see things that are supernatural, you will repent in tears and believe the scriptures.

phoneport:
Agbado economics
Tinubu built Lagos people where una dey
E nor fit build naira

Execute them to save lives! No one knows the number of people they have killed already or those they will kill when left alive. Murderers deserve no pity.

Ordinarily and rationally, this 'Emilokan' should have been impeached by now for gross incompetence to save vulnerable Nigerians who cannot withstand the terrible ordeals of the present day Nigeria. But the national assembly are busy passing laws that are neither implemented nor address the plights of the grassroot.

We are still practising ethno religious and money politics not democracy as obtains in climes where laws are working.

It's unfortunate that this incompetence is directly affecting the unwary and the enfeebled citizens who do not know how to emancipate themselves from the evil leadership.

At the present insane economic woes, we need genuine and selfless activists to spring up from every nook and cranny of the country to save the helpless

OriginalFake:
Now someone is going to throw bombs in the north for what's happening in the Central Asia country

uria:
into space to do wetin

To chase clout

Bobby4090:
Oga, leave the economy and face your Anglican church that has been on the downward slide since decades now. Is there any sign that you'll stop the slide? You're the one who has failed in your religious duties as all your members are leaving to join pentecostal churches and your there still preaching political economy. Kuku resign naa and join Labour Party and stop masquerading as a cleric.

Meaning that the church is not affected by the economy?

Amah70:
With your tall English language, you are mentally incapacitated to not understand that creating Anioma, or any other state, from outside the southeast zone and make it a sixth state for the southeast, amounts to reducing political representation for Nd'Igbo in Abuja?

And where did you see Anioma in my comment if you aren't struggling with compression? Let's see who will cede her land for your gotham ill-conceived state.

Ofodirinwa:
What are you? Are you Isu? Oru? Aro? Idu? Umueri? Agbaja? Ikwerre? Ngwa?

There's nothing called Anambra na asusu igbo. Because you don't know your self or your culture doesn't mean that an Idemmiri man will want be be in a state with an Onitsha man over his blood brother in Orlu.


The actually problem is Oru/Orlu people don't participate online your fake google igbo culture
There is nothing called Anambra an any language. If you don't know your father knows

Orlu state is dead on arrival like the level headed had already maintained and the sponsors lack moral credentials, maturity and competence for attempting to further miniaturized the existing states for the selfish interests of the greedy and the power thirsty.