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dddrexjr:
pls m a little bit confused cos almost all the successful pastors are called fake prophets,u'l hear ppl testifying dat these "men of God" are into cults bla bla bla.
so pls hu is d REAL PROHET?

Through their teachings, you shall know them.
What does the Bible says? What are they teaching their congregation? Most of them only talk about properity and miracles and never real repentant and sin.
Most Churches have missed it, even when teaching about the coming of Christ, they teach what's not in the scripture.
The teaching of eternal hell fire, rapture, trinity, the changing of the Seventh day Sabbath to sunday etc, are all false teachings.

emusmith:
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Signs Of The End Times
https://www.nairaland.com/2362495/signs-end-times#34508395

mistypiper:
Been hearing and reading about the End Time since Jehovah witness days. Make God bless man.

The whole event stated 1500 years ago and we are at the final stage now.
It's interesting as things are unfolding just as has been prophesied thousands of years ago.

Ovacoma:
no single verse in the Bible points to this self acclaimed prophet, yet, to get legitimacy, some mentally challenge people say muha is all over the Bible. He was rejected by the Jews because of the introduction of a strange god to them. God had already commanded them to reject such false prophet that introduce them to any other gods. This is y muhammed was rejected, and he began to kill them, if he was from the same God of the Jews, he will not be slaughtering them and also command his followers to do the same, which they are doing today. Jesus was crucified by the Jews, yet, he didn't even threaten them or ask his followers to be killing them when they could. Many Jewish prophets were persecuted by the Jews, none of them formed an army and began killing the Jews. Aren't the Muslims tired of peddling lies to promote muhammed who was just an original false prophet? Do we need much arguments like these before we can believe this prophet of allah?

That Al Tabari verse I quoted earlier is enough not to take Mohammed and his words seroiusly.
Let them continue, but I've said my own.

The image of Daniel

The signs of the end times is something that all faithfuls must look for to find out how close we are to the second coming of Christ Jesus. Even many non believers are looking into this issue now, which shows there are significant changes going on in our world today. Many people are wondering what is happening with all these disasters, wars, worldwide economic woes, animal deaths and a general degredation in society. And the Bible has the answer. They are the signs that the end of the world as we know it is close.
Christ said Himself ..."So likewise ye,when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors"(Matthew 24:33). We know that we cannot fix a date, but we know the signs.
In Daniel 2, verses 31-45, we have a prophecy of all the different kingdoms that were to rule the world from the time of Babylon, right up until the end of the world and the second coming of Christ (destroying rock). And where are we today? We are in the feet of the image. Amongst the divided kingdoms of the world.
So this prophecy alone tells us that this generation is living in the "end times". And when did the "age" of the feet begin? In A.D.476.
We have been in the last age for over 1500 years! Conflict and war rages across the globe. Disaster after disaster unfolds upon the nations. Economies are collapsing around the world. Animal life is diseased and dying. And wickedness and sin is rampant. Do you have eyes to see what is happening? God is giving us plenty of warning!

Sign 1- Ability to Enforce Mark of the Beast
Revelation 13:17 .....'And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.'... We are told in this Bible verse that during the last days the beast system would enforce the world to take the mark of the beast.
Now carefully think about this one. It says in Revelation 13 that those who don't take the mark will not be able to buy or sell. So what needs to happen for this prophecy to be fulfilled, to stop people from "buying and selling"? We need to get rid of cash right? And replace it with an electronic form of payment. It would then be easy to press a button and freeze the finances of any person who refuses to go along with the beast. Has this been possible in the past? No, because we did not have the technology to do it. But now we do have the technology and the people in control are actively pushing for this to happen today. This is a sure sign of the end times that we live in.

Sign 2- Perilous Times Shall Come
2 Timothy 3:1-5 .....'This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.'... The Perilous times are here, and will continue to get worse. There are protests, riots and uprisings all over the world today. The economy worldwide is in trouble and everything just seems ready to explode! And this plays into the hands of the beast power who can bring the "solution" to the troubles of this world. But that solution will be a deception.

Sign 3- Those Who Destroy The Earth, God Will Destroy
Revelation 11:18 ...'And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.'... This applies to the end time signs and is an amazing one that many people miss. What could man do to the earth throughout history? Not much, other than sling a few arrows and rocks and dig the ground with a shovel. But what does man do to the earth today? We destroy with great weapons of war and massive industry. Pollute the air with chemicals. Pollute the waters with oil and other toxins. Destroy the forests and so on. And as you will see from the list of mass animal deaths, the animals are dying in great numbers because of it.
There is no other time in history where mankind was destroying the earth like we are today. This is a sure sign of the times.

Sign 4- False Christs and Prophets
Matthew 24:4-5,11 .....'many shall come in My Name, saying, I am Christ .... and many false prophets shall arise and deceive many.'..... With this one, we tend to focus on the "false Christs" and forget that the sign also includes false prophets and preachers. Sure, we have certainly had many characters claiming to either be Christ, or a special "chosen one". And it doesn't stop there, as there are many new age, spiritualist, and satanic cults in the world today that deceive the masses.
But we now also have a world full of false prophets, preachers and movements like never before within the churches that preach error and deceive millions of people. For example, the prosperity gospel preachers who focus entirely on material wealth and prosperity and do not convict people of sin.
And the only reason people are deceived by these is because they don't study the Bible. We need to test everyone against the Word of God to see if what they are preaching is the truth.

Sign 5- Famine
Matthew 24:7 ....'and there shall be famine.'..... We are living in such a time of famine and hunger all over the world today, that there are thousands of people dying of starvation EVERY DAY. What makes this even more sad is that the amount of food that is wasted by the rest of us could feed these poor people who are starving to death. God will judge everyone for what we have done, or what we DIDN'T do.

Sign 6- Earthquakes in Diverse Places
Matthew 24:7 .....'and earthquakes in divers places.'.....
Costa Rica sees increase in seismic activity during past 62 years.
Over 3,000 noticeable quakes hit Japan in 2012.
Over 5,000 earthquakes hit Mexico in 2012.
Koreas experienced twice as many quakes in 2012 than in the past.
The world is now experiencing 3,000+ earthquakes every month!
Jesus Christ said that there would be earthquakes in "diverse" places, and that prophecy is certainly being fulfilled.

Sign 7- Killed For Your Faith
Matthew 24:9-10 .....'Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.'..... Christians are being persecuted and killed all over the world for their faith in Christ Jesus, especially in places like China, Russia, Africa, Iraq, Israel, even here in Nigeria, etc. And soon this persecution will rise up in the western world when the mark of the beast is enforced. The Roman Catholic Church killed tens of millions of Christians during the dark ages between 538 - 1798AD, and this evil will rise again just before Jesus returns.

Sign 8- Sinful Society
Matthew 24:12 .....'And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.'..... Idolatry, Adultery, Violence, Lust, Greed, Homosexuality, Theft, Lying. Just take a look around you and you will see the world is abounding in these sins, and not just the heathen world, but also WITHIN THE CHURCH! The love of many have certainly "waxed cold" and the fact that many professing Christians believe that the ten commandments are no longer binding, then naturally sin is going to increase.
Look at how society was just 50 or so years ago. People could leave their houses unlocked without fear of a thief entering the house. People dressed more modestly and women were not dressed in a "sensual" way. People were a lot more "pious" and caring and courteous towards one another. But today, society has degraded to an all time low.

Sign 9- People Will be Lovers of Pleasure
2 Timothy 3:1-5 .....'This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall belovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.'..... Again, take a look around the world today and you will that this Bible verse above concerning the end times is being fulfilled. Now notice that it says people will be lovers of PLEASURE more than lovers of God, and that they SEEM to be Godly, but in reality they are Christians by name only. This is a perfect description of the church today.

Sign 10- War and Rumours of War
Matthew 24:6-7 .....'And ye shall hear of wars ..... For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.'..... Many people mock and say that this isn't a sign of the end times, because all these things have been happening for centuries, but when you look at the stats you can see that the frequency and intensity is greatly increasing. For instance, over the past century there has been well over 200 wars and conflicts that has brought about the death of well over 150 million people. And there hasn't been one single day where a war or conflict hasn't been fought.

Sign 11- Knowledge Shall be Increased
Daniel 12:4 .....'even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.'..... This Bible verse concerning the end times can have two applications. The first is applied to Biblical knowledge concerning Bible prophecy. Since 1844 the truth of Bible prophecy has been opened up to God's people like never before and He now has a remnant church with the full truth. The second application is that of worldly knowledge. Just look at how much technology has developed over the past 50 years. We have seen an incredible increase of knowledge there.

Sign 12- True Gospel Preached Throughout the World
Matthew 24:14 .....'And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations;and then shall the end come.'.....Jesus said that "THIS GOSPEL", meaning the TRUE gospel must be preached and then the end would come. This true gospel is being preached through many websites, not forgetting the pulpit, tv, radio, books etc. The gospel of Christ Jesus is now reaching the ends of the world and the return of Jesus is in sight.
GET READY! He is coming soon!

Quoting Deut 18:18 and twisting it to be refering to Mohammed

Can we now agree that that chapter has never been altered as usually claimed by our Moslem brothers?
If you agree, now go to verse 20 of that chapter
"but the Prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, that prophet shall die"

Now read Mohammed's own confession:
"I have fabricated things against God and have inputed to Him words which He has not spoken"~Mohammed [Al-Tabari 6:111]

You must be ready to accept that Mohammed is aa fake prophet according to Bible standard.
Stop picking and choosing the texts that make you feel best.

http://time.com/6662/the-mystery-of-the-bibles-phantom-camels/

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/meast/do-camel-bones-discredit-the-bible/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2551511/Do-camels-prove-Bible-INACCURATE-Archaeologists-reveal-mammals-domesticated-900BC-centuries-Biblical-characters-rode-them.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140210-domesticated-camels-israel-bible-archaeology-science/

About the camels, read any of the articles above.

Various articles have been written about the study carried out by university of tel aviv, which used camel bones to date the earliest time camels were in that part of the world. They conducted their research and concluded the earliest time as 900BC, long after the bible claims in some verses that certain people rode them as seen below.

Genesis 37:25 'Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.'
Genesis 24:10 'Then he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim.'
Genesis 24:61 'Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.'
Source: KnowingJesus.com


This research was was conducted by non muslims. This further re asserts the claims by modern historians that the bible has been tampered with and that its some contents aren't as old or original as claimed.


About the contradictions between teachings of Paul and jesus, I'll give you one example.

Jesus said, he did not come to abolish the laws of past prophets but to confirm every single letter of them till the end of time. In the book of Matthew if I'm not mistaken.

But apparently, due to Paul's inventions, christians dis regard the law of Moses. This can also be seen in the fact that jesus obviously a Jew, he supports circumcision and was circumcised. Also the fact that the don't eat pork but christians do, or the fact that your bible clearly forbids shell fish but christians gobble the heck out of these things. The Torah was a book of laws, the bible has no laws but as the bible says, it confirms the laws of the Torah. I.e its law was to follow that of the Torah .So if christians these days don't follow the bible or its laws , they don't follow the laws of God but that of man, it's evident in the way christians are becoming more tolerant of adultery faggotry and other heinous acts, because the laws of man are flexible, but that Of God is rigid. You may claim to be against them now, but seeing as the crusaders who brought the religion to you are starting to become the opposite of what they sold to you, it won't be long before you follow suit.

For the records, when Jesus said He didn't come to abolish the Law, He was talking about the Decalogue not some ceremonial laws or that that concerns foods and drinks. Didn't Jesus Himself say, what you put into your mouth is not what makes you unclean but what comes from your inner mind?
Paul was refering to ceremonial laws-which have been nailed to the cross by virtue of Jesus death- while Jesus was talking about upholding the Law- the moral law and 10 commandment.
While eating pork is not a sin under grace, murder is. See the difference? Paul never contradicts Jesus.

They will learn better after May 29, 2019.

Who is this Dullgara

Na dem dem...fellow TANoids


But wait! Which trade exactly?
Even shoe making?
Thank God the border has not been adjusted to include my Local Government to be part of Ekiti State. That state sucks with Fayose on top!

The least punishment should be demotion without option of retirement.
Baba for example, demote Minima back to Colonel

bnovative:
In ideal situation you are correct, but this is nigeria where the bar is reduced for people of northern extraction. i can cite so many examples and allow u judge for yourself. Buhari had no ssce, and he is about the few officers who fail military exams. If u have evidence to the contrary, post it here.

The truth is, he sat for the exams, but the result wasn't out yet when he joined the Army. Pass or fail, Buhari had SSCE.
The bar was not lowered for the Northerners alone. It was shortly after independence. We had acute shortage of skilled manpower. You can't raise standard when people have alternatives, right, left and centre. While people like him from the North were joining the Army, most of their Southern counterparts were going to the University home and abroad or doing something else. Would he get to the rank of a General, had he enter the Army with SSCE now? No! And rarely would you see a University graduate joining the Army then. He dey craze?
He became Lieutenant II in 1963 after he came back from England and it's not out of place that he was a Maj. General in 1983.
I'm not holdiing brief for him or the North, but any Nigerian who had SSCE in 1961, got a job, furthered his studies and after 25 years in service, he's no where near a Maj. General or its Civil Service equivalent, then he/she was a failure.
There was a country then, unlike now.

I'm not aware Buhari failed all the courses he took in Kaduna, India, England and the USA.

meforyou1:
buhari joined army with 'Awaiting Result'

I know. All those who entered the Army that year (few months after independence) with awaiting result are those who were still writing their SSCE. That doesn't mean he didn't later get the Certificate, good or bad.

meforyou1:
is it not their oil money?

No, it's not. They are not being paid from the proceed of their fish business.
The oil belongs to all Nigerians because no one planted it there.
If the FG is going to compensate or reward the Niger Deltans for being the inhabitants of the land or/and for having their livelihood taken away by oil exploration, then all indigenes from 18 residing there must get paid, not some criminals.

bnovative:
U only wish buhari had a certificate, but inside you know he has none. Normally i don't respond to people who think they can't make a point without insult, and this is the last i will dignify your rant.

I can assure you that no one, in the history of the Nigerian Army has ever retired a Sergeant without Secondary School Certificate.

That Buhari, a retired Maj. General do not have a Certificate is strictly your wish.

Saraki is the new Senate President.
I hate rumour.

It depends on where you stay.
We have 11KV, 22KV, and 33KV lines.
While I enjoy almost 24/7 power supply on a 33KV line whenever I go to Ilorin, same can not be said of my Uncle's place just about 2Km away.

1009ja:
The FRSC is nothing but another extortion agency. They set up illegal "mobile courts" where cash are snatched from unsuspecting motorists. They do this most times with the help of "jurisdictional judge" and a "jurisdictional public prosecutor". They come up with all sorts of jargons they do not know anything about to extort money from us. A few months ago in what they called "Ekwusigo Magisterial District", they set up with a few army boys and later the "judge" and "prosecutor" arrived. Over two thousand motorist and the vehicles have been detained. On the average, motorists were extorted about #15,000 each. The operation ran late till about 6:30 in the evening when they started sharing the cash. The "judge" collected the lion share. The army were given theirs and they made sure to wait until the FRSC people left, providing security for everybody'd share. The fake receipts written were from bookshop in Onitsha. The names of some of the FRSC people were A.N. Okala (Supervisor in charge of three cashiers), M.E. Olowokere (cashier), E.C. Neboh (cashier), Offoh (cashier). There were so many of them on the road just harassing motorists with the army boys and forcing them into the open field where they set up the operation. When I asked why the receipt was not bearing the name of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as it would be if you go to FRSC office, the "judge" threatened to get the army boys to teach me a lesson. When I related my experience with friends, everyone told me of their similar extortion experience in these fake FRSC mobile courts.

Are you sure of those names and which FRSC command is that?

If revolution begins today, I'll be the one to take Mark's life.
If you know him, tell him I said so.
They passed carefully selected self-serving bills.

noblezone:
[size=23pt]Kano riot of 1953[/size]

Google: Kano riots 1953.

The Kano riot led to the granting of greater regional autonomy to the three regions.

Sir Oliver Lyttleton announced that it is impossible for the regions to work together, and therefore representatives from each region was invited to discuss a new Nigerian Constitution.

At what point was the precious regional autonomy destroyed?
I doubt if we will still be having all these problems we are having now if the autonomy was sustained.
You won't even be here talking about Biafra, because each region will be allowed to develop at its own pace; the ND Militancy won't exist because they'd have a meaningful control their God-given resources- no lazy parasites; there will be mutual respect among the various tribes and not mutual suspicion.
If we fake ignorance of where our problems began, we won't find the solution.

Thank God we have a President that won't make his Vice a ghost worker like Samboribobo.

I trust him with that office.
Let the much touted cabals look Baba straight in the eye and dictate to him if they can.

noblezone:
1960s, Buhari and co

1970s, buhari and co

1980s. Buhari and co

1990s, Buhari and co

2000s, Buhari and co

2010s, buhari anc co..

Excuse me.

Please, Nigeria's problem did not start in 1999.
It started in 1914.

And which change are you talking about?
Old wine in new bottles?

Nigerian problem didn't start in 1914, it started in 1966 after that coup and totally destroyed in 1986 with IBB SAP. Things were not perfect before 1999, but they got worse. How much did Jonathan pay to get a job in 1983? PDP democratize our problems. Simple!

chuna1985:
A senator rents offices in their districts and in Abuja, All the cars under their fleet has drivers, who pays them Who fuels the car n who pays for repairs n maintenance

They have secretaries, Advisers,, security details, pay for their flights, Personal assistants, who pays them. They pay for electricity, buy fuel for generator, organise lunch meal for their staff, pay for water bills in the office buildings n all what not on a monthly basis, that few I can remember .....Is what most of the 30 million goes for..

A senator has average of 30 members of staff and a whole lot of bills to pay, that's where a huge chunk of the 30 million goes into.

The real money senators in Nigeria makes is bribe, lobbying, and gifts. A senator can receive hundreds of millions per year from these.

They have free office spaces and residential quarters in Abuja, so I don't know what you're talking about (Mark actually resides in their quarters in Apo). They don't pay their security details from their own pockets too. They are all entitled to at least one. They can use parts of their constituency allocations to build their constituency offices once and for all.. A Senator have no business having more than 3 official vehicles and five members of staff. I know a couple of lawmakers and I can tell you, they aren't spending 10% of their pays on all what you listed up there. Their staff do not earn anything out of the ordinary, just that they are connected. They can help you get jobs. Need I tell you that these lawmakers, in addition to their huge budget, also deny Nigerians chances to compete for federal jobs?
We have a long way to go in this country.

sunsewa:
Do u reside in Rivers state,comment on what u know,Amaechi is the one that is childish and chronic liar,when I heard on Tuesday and Wednesday last week of the looting in govt house portharcourt,I could not believe it,until when the news spreads every nook and cranny of pH,how people where carrying television's,households and other things from govt house.

You heard? So you think Amaechi looted the government house so that Wike can come and call him a thief?
Since you and Wike have your evidences, why not approach a law court instead of ranting? I guess he's achieving his aim ranting in the media? Is that not what he desired to make of this allegation?
Wike authorised the looting on friday.

chuna1985:
Obama earns 396,000 dollars as basic salary, That one no include the Allowances.

Secondly, Obama collects a fixed percentage of all contracts signed directly from his office. That runs into Millions n millions of dollars a year.

All members of american Congress (National assembly) are Dollar millionaires, u can investigate in that.

Trust me, No Nigerian leader actually earns more than their counterparts in the united states of America...Its simply impossible. Nigerian budget is 22 billion dollars, But a state like North calorina in america budgets 23 billion dollars.

United states budgets 4 - 5 trillion dollars a year, we n dem no be mate.

You have to convince me Congressmen earns up to $3 million a year before I believe you [Mark earns nothing less than that per year].
You just said US budget is between 4 to 5 trillion dollar[ that's a thousand times the value of our own].
1. US Legislators don't budget $150 billion dollar for themselves. That's what our law makers are doing here [spending 3% of our budget on themselves].
2. I'm glad to tell you that no US lawmaker earns equivalent of N30 million in a month. They don't pay themselves based on the size of their budget, your argument doesn't hold water.
3. If at the level of US development, Obama is earning less than $400,000 per annum, then our Presidents should be earning nothing more than N5 million in a year. And...
4. If their lawmakers are dollar millionaires, it's only fair if none of our lawmakers worth $1 million from law making. This is exactly what Ribadu was trying to say. Spendings must be commensurate with revenue. These people don't care about the country they claim they're serving; only servicing their bellies.

Change for good.

Wield the big stick and ensure there is gas to power if power generation is to improve

...and Jonathan couldn't do just this in 6 good years?

Thank you Nebo for assurring us, we made the right choice of kicking Jonathan's butt back to the creeks.

noblezone:
thats the delusion many of you fall into.

Motion is different from Direction,
You can make progress on your way own the drain,

That is the sorry state of Nigeria.

We just changed a government that was rapidly taking us the wrong direction. We've been in this democratic mess with the PDP for 16 years, but situation of things are only getting worse. APC/Buhari has 4 years to prove us wrong. Buhari is sincere about his rescue mission and it's not about returning power to the North. Give CHANGE a chance. You'll be glad you did.