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Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 5:16pm On Aug 03, 2015 |
iyke20024:that is not correct bro. I personally asked this question the day those guys came to Goethe Institute and the white woman (one of the VO at the embassy) said they'll send your application but be u would not get the visa (even if granted) until u fund 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 1:54pm On Aug 03, 2015 |
hollaytan:The embassy may even reply you in another 2 weeks from now, so I suggest u chill till like last week in August. If no show yet, u can then ask your school for extension. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 4:57pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
XpensiveT:Thank God u had a great interview. I knew that would be the case. My interview today was absolutely classical. I had a great time thanks to God. I'll try update the house later. Just a few details to add to the usual everyday question. got a mail from them to fund not quite long. See ya bro 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 11:06am On Jul 15, 2015 |
debris:Western Union |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 9:38am On Jul 15, 2015 |
iyke20024:which branch did you initiate the transfer? |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 7:19pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
twinkle1:Thats BDC rate you just mentioned. I'm not sure anyone would want to go that route cos it's quite expensive |
Education / Re: How To Study In Europe Tuition-Free: Get Our Scholarships & Tuition-Free Guides by Oye50(m): 6:50pm On Jul 02, 2015 |
ojuola1:and you think Google can't give all those? Anyone can personally search out these info on google, that was why I said no special thing in what you are giving out |
Religion / Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Oye50(m): 12:57pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
The first man “Therefore, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed on all men inasmuch as all sinned” (Romans 5:12). We read in 1 Corinthians 15:45 that Adam was “the first man.” God did not start by making a whole group of men. The Bible makes it clear that only the descendants of Adam can be saved. Romans 5 teaches that we sin because Adam sinned. The death penalty, which Adam received as judgment for his sin of rebellion, also passed on to all his descendants. Since Adam was the head of the human race when he “fell,” we who were in the loins of Adam “fell,” also. Thus, we are all separated from God. The final consequence of sin would be separation from God in our sinful state forever. However, the good news is that there is a way for us to return to God! Because a man brought sin and death into the world, all the descendants of Adam need a sinless Man to pay the penalty for sin and the resulting judgment of death. However, the Bible teaches that “all have sinned” (Romans 3:23). What is the solution? The Last Adam God provided the solution—a way to deliver man from his wretched state. Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15 that God provided another Adam! The Son of God took on a human nature in addition to His full divinity, becoming a perfect God-man—Jesus Christ. In His humanity, He was a descendant of Adam (through Noah, Abraham and David)—He thus became our relation! He is called “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45), because he took the place of the first Adam. He became the new head, and, because he was sinless, He was able to pay the penalty for sin: “For since by a man came death, by a man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:21-22). Christ suffered death (the penalty for sin) on the cross, shedding his blood (“without shedding of blood is no remission” Hebrews 9:22) so that those who repent of their sin of rebellion and put their trust in His work on the cross can be reconciled to God. Since the Bible describes all human beings as sinners, except the God-Man Jesus, and we are all related (“And He has made all nations of men of one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth” Acts 17:26), the gospel makes sense only on the basis that all humans alive and all who have ever lived are descendants of the first man Adam. If this were not so, then the gospel could not be explained or defended. The Book of Hebrews amplifies how Jesus took upon himself the nature of a man to save mankind (Hebrews 2:11-18). Thus, only descendants of the first man Adam can be saved. All related Thus, there was only one man at the beginning—made from the dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7). This also means that Cain's wife was a descendant of Adam. She could not have come from another “race” of people and must be one of Adam's descendants. The first woman In Genesis 3:20 we read, “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” In other words, all people are descendants of Adam and Eve—she was the first woman. Eve was made from Adam's rib (or side) (Genesis 2:21-24)—this was a unique event. Jesus (Matthew 19:4-6) and Paul (Ephesians 5:31) use this historical and one-time event as the doctrinal foundation for the marriage of one man to one woman. Also, in Genesis 2:20, we are told that when Adam looked at the animals, he could not find a mate—there was no one of his kind. All this makes it obvious that there was only one woman, Adam's wife, at the beginning. There were never any other women around who were not Eve's descendants. If Christians cannot defend that all humans (including Cain's wife) can trace their ancestry ultimately to Adam and Eve, then how can they understand and explain the gospel? How can they justify sending missionaries to every tribe and nation? Therefore, one needs to be able to answer the question about Cain's wife, to illustrate that Christians can defend the gospel and all that it teaches. Cain's brothers and sisters Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). His brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born on this earth. Even though only these three males are mentioned by name, Adam and Eve had other children. In Genesis 5:4 a statement sums up the life of Adam and Eve—“And the days of Adam after he had fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.” This does not say when they were born. Many could have been born in the 130 years (Genesis 5:3) before Seth was born. During their lives, Adam and Eve had a number of male and female children. The Jewish historian Josephus wrote that, “The number of Adam's children, as says the old tradition, was thirty-three sons and twenty-three daughters.” The Bible does not tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve. However, considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years—Genesis 5:5), it would seem reasonable to suggest there were many! Remember, They were commanded to “Be fruitful, and multiply” (Genesis 1:28). The wife If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extra-biblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the first generation, brothers would have had to have married sisters or there would be no more generations! We are not told when Cain married or any of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that some brothers had to marry their sisters at the beginning of human history. But what about God's Laws? Many people immediately reject the conclusion that Adam and Eve's sons and daughters married each other by appealing to the law against brother-sister intermarriage. Some say that you cannot marry your relation. Actually, if you don't marry your relation, you don't marry a human! A wife is related to her husband even before they marry because all people are descendants of Adam and Eve—all are of “one blood.” The law forbidding marriage between close relatives was not given until the time of Moses (Leviticus 18-20). Provided marriage was one man to one woman for life (based on Genesis 1 and 2), there was no disobedience to God's law originally when close relatives (even brothers and sisters) married each other. Remember that Abraham married his half-sister (Genesis 20:12). God blessed this union to produce the Hebrew people through Isaac and Jacob. It was not until some 400 years later that God gave Moses laws that forbade such marriages. Biological deformities Today, brothers and sisters (and half-brothers and half-sisters, etc.) are not permitted by law to marry because their children have an unacceptably high risk of being deformed. The more closely the parents are related, the more likely it is that any offspring will be deformed. There is a very sound genetic reason for such laws that is easy to understand. Every person has two sets of genes, there being some 130,000 pairs that specify how a person is put together and functions. Each person inherits one gene of each pair from each parent. Unfortunately, genes today contain many mistakes (because of sin and the Curse), and these mistakes show up in a variety of ways. For instance, some people let their hair grow over their ears to hide the fact that one ear is lower than the other—or perhaps someone's nose is not quite in the middle of his or her face, or someone's jaw is a little out of shape—and so on. Let's face it, the main reason we call each other normal is because of our common agreement to do so! The more distantly related parents are, the more likely it is that they will have different mistakes in their genes. Children, inheriting one set of genes from each parent, are likely to end up with pairs of genes containing a maximum of one bad gene in each pair. The good gene tends to override the bad so that a deformity (a serious one, anyway) does not occur. Instead of having totally deformed ears, for instance, a person may only have crooked ones! (Overall, though, the human race is slowly degenerating as mistakes accumulate, generation after generation.) However, the more closely related two people are, the more likely it is that they will have similar mistakes in their genes, since these have been inherited from the same parents. Therefore, a brother and a sister are more likely to have similar mistakes in their genes. A child of a union between such siblings could inherit the same bad gene on the same gene pair from both, resulting in two bad copies of the gene and serious defects. Adam and Eve did not have accumulated genetic mistakes. When the first two people were created, they were physically perfect. Everything God made was “very good” (Genesis 1:31), so their genes were perfect—no mistakes! But, when sin entered the world (because of Adam—Genesis 3:6, Romans 5:12), God cursed the world so that the perfect creation then began to degenerate, that is, suffer death and decay (Romans 8:22). Over thousands of years, this degeneration has produced all sorts of genetic mistakes in living things. Cain was in the first generation of children ever born. He (as well as his brothers and sisters) would have have received virtually no imperfect genes from Adam or Eve, since the effects of sin and the Curse would have been minimal to start with (it takes time for these copying errors to accumulate). In that situation, brother and sister could have married with God's approval, without any potential to produce deformed offspring. By the time of Moses (a few thousand years later), degenerative mistakes would have built up in the human race to such an extent that it was necessary for God to forbid brother-sister (and close relative) marriage (Leviticus 18-20). (Also, there were plenty of people on the earth by then, and there was no reason for close relations to marry.) Cain and the Land of Nod Some claim that the passage in Genesis 4:16-17 means that Cain went to the land of Nod and found a wife. Thus, they can conclude there must have been another race of people on the earth, who were not descendants of Adam, who produced Cain's wife. “And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.” From what has been stated previously, it is clear that all humans, Cain's wife included, are descendants of Adam. However, this passage does not say that Cain went to the land of Nod and found a wife. John Calvin, commenting on these verses, states: “From the context we may gather that Cain, before he slew his brother, had married a wife; otherwise Moses would now have related something respecting his marriage.” Cain was married before he went to the land of Nod. He didn't find a wife there, but “knew” (had sexual relations with) his wife. Others have argued that because Cain built a “city” in the land of Nod, there must have been a lot of people there. However, the Hebrew word translated as “city” need not mean what we might imagine from the connotations of “city” today. The word meant a “walled town” or a protected encampment. Even a hundred people would be plenty for such a “city.” Nevertheless, there could have been many descendants of Adam on the earth by the time of Abel's death (see below). Who was Cain fearful of? (Genesis 4:14) Cain kills Abel. Click here for the story. (Illustration copyrighted). Some claim that there had to be lots of people on earth other than Adam and Eve's descendants, otherwise Cain would not have been fearful of people wanting to slay him for killing Abel. First of all, in the days before civil government was instituted to punish murderers (Genesis 9:6), someone would want to harm Cain for killing Abel only if they were closely related to Abel! Strangers could hardly have cared. So the people Cain was afraid of could not have been another race of people. Second, Cain and Abel were born quite some time before Abel's death. Genesis 4:3 states: “And in the course of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord.” Note the phrase “in the course of time.” We know that Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3), and Eve saw him as a “replacement” for Abel (Genesis 4:25). Therefore, the period from Cain's birth to Abel's death may have been 100 years or more—allowing plenty of time for other children of Adam and Eve to marry and have children and grandchildren. By the time Abel was killed, there could well have been a considerable number of descendants of Adam and Eve, involving several generations. Where did the technology come from? Some claim that for Cain to go to the land of Nod and build a city he would have required a lot of technology that must have already been in that land, presumably developed by other “races.” However, Adam and Eve's descendants were very intelligent people. Jubal made musical instruments such as the harp and organ (Genesis 4:21), and Tubal-Cain worked with brass and iron (Genesis 4:22). Because of intense evolutionary indoctrination, many people today think that our generation is the most intelligent that has ever lived on this planet. But just because we have jet airplanes and computers, it does not mean that we are the most intelligent. Modern technology results from the accumulation of knowledge. We stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us. Our brains have suffered from 6,000 years of the Curse (since Adam). We are greatly degenerated compared with people many generations ago. We may now be nowhere near as intelligent or inventive as Adam and Eve's children. Scripture gives us a glimpse of what appears to be great inventiveness from the beginning. Conclusion Many Christians cannot answer the question about Cain's wife because they focus on today's world (and the problems associated with close relations marrying), and do not understand the clear historical record God has given to us. They try to interpret Genesis from our present situation, rather than understand the true biblical history of the world and the changes that have occurred because of sin. Because they are not building their world view on Scripture, but taking a secular way of thinking to the Bible, they are blinded to the simple answers. Genesis is the record of the God who was there as history happened. It is the word of One who knows everything, and who is a reliable witness from the past. Thus, when we use Genesis as a basis for understanding history, we can make sense of questions that would otherwise be a mystery. 1 Like |
Education / Re: Auction Toyota Camry For Sale by Oye50(m): 11:39pm On Jun 27, 2015 |
Are you so daft to feel that guys on NL are as daft as you. You are disgusting |
Education / Re: How To Study In Europe Tuition-Free: Get Our Scholarships & Tuition-Free Guides by Oye50(m): 11:32pm On Jun 27, 2015 |
There's noting special in what he's sending you than to tell you the countries that offers free tuition education. They include Germany, Norway, Finland, Austria and Iceland. Don't be deceived by anyone. If you want to study, Google should be your best friend but if you want to enrich another man, you can pay him to get an info you can get for free. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 11:15pm On Jun 24, 2015 |
Diamond bank will gladly help you in processing form A. Eke40seven said it here sometimes ago and I approached the bank. They confirmed to me that it's very possible. I already opened an account with them and I'll see what happens when I'm ready to make the transfer. So if you want to exchange to Euro you should approach any Diamond Bank branch. 248 is way beyond budget oooo 1 Like |
Politics / Re: No Chadian Air Strikes Conducted In Nigeria- Defense Headquarters by Oye50(m): 7:35pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
OREMUSSANCTUS:naso we see am o 2 Likes |
Politics / No Chadian Air Strikes Conducted In Nigeria- Defense Headquarters by Oye50(m): 7:33pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said the claim that the Chadian military had conducted air strikes against six terrorist camps in Nigeria was not correct. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade. Olukolade said the fact was that the Nigerian Airforce surveillance mission identified targets tagged: Camp 6 around Bosso town which was not within Nigerian territory “and alerted the partners, accordingly’’. He said the places reported to have been struck by the Chadians were therefore most likely to be in Niger Republic and not Nigeria as widely reported in the international media. ”Although the terms of the multilateral and bilateral understanding with partners in the war against terror allow some degree of hot pursuit against the terrorists, the territory of Nigeria has not been violated as insinuated in the reports circulated in some foreign media,” he said. Olukolade said the Nigerian military would continue to cooperate with partners in the mission to exterminate or contain terrorists strictly in conformity with existing terms of the Concept of Operation at strategic, operational or tactical levels. He said it was however important that issues were “accurately reported while avoiding misleading or unnecessary sensationalism from any quarter’ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/defence-headquarters-says-no-chadian-air-strikes-conducted-in-nigeria/
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Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 1:18pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
Deyooluv:after your interview, they'll return your passport. Cheers 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 7:50am On Jun 18, 2015 |
Walesby:The 8040 should be enough. |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 11:19pm On Jun 17, 2015 |
Deyooluv:it is not possible. They will remind you just after your interview via email that you should fund your account in order for them to continue with your application. So not funding may mean dumping your application. Besides y do you entertain fear and skepticism. Be prayerful and positive. I don't see any reason why u shouldn't get the visa by God's grace of cos |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 9:39am On Jun 16, 2015 |
Eke40seven:Wow, so sorry bro. How bad things happen to good people. It is well, I'm sure. I don't know how best to say what I should say but I'm happy you've gone past the incident |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 7:04pm On Jun 14, 2015 |
krone101:Wow, the funny thing is we might even know each other cos that's the same time I attend my classes. A1.6 is my class taught by Frau Frances |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 11:30pm On Jun 13, 2015 |
Eke40seven:I didn't know you are attending classes at goethe. It'll be a pleasure to meet u. i attend mon, tues and thur classes |
Health / List Of Disease That Kill Nigerians Most by Oye50(m): 1:00am On Jun 09, 2015 |
1. HIV/AIDS 2. Malaria These two diseases according to the report kill Nigerians the most. The report says 50% of Nigerians are infected with malaria at least once in a year. Little children and pregnant women are the most affected. However the number of deaths from these diseases are gradually reducing in recent times due to efforts and measures put in place to counter them. Other killer diseases in no specific order are: 3. Pneumonia 4. Tuberculosis 5. Diarrhoea 6. Yellow fever 7. Measles
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Computers / Re: -free Computer Software And PC Games @elite Computers And PC Games- by Oye50(m): 8:22am On Jun 05, 2015 |
What price do u charge per software and where are u based |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 5:33pm On May 31, 2015 |
Bankijey:then you can try your luck. To the best of my knowledge I don't think it should be a problem during certification Cos no identification is required. All need do is check if it's an original document. Though I can't say same for your applications |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 1:04pm On May 31, 2015 |
Bankijey:why not tell your school to correct it since it's their mistake and not yours. They should do that free of charge to be fair on you |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 12:48am On May 28, 2015 |
ignorantguru:I wish you the best of luck you can ever wish for |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 10:10pm On May 26, 2015 |
twinkle1:somewhat 4 weeks |
Phone/Internet Market / Re: Clean Samsung S4 For Sale At Cheaper Price by Oye50(m): 9:08pm On May 25, 2015 |
Tekkyboy:I didn't get your point exactly |
Phone/Internet Market / Re: Clean Samsung S4 For Sale At Cheaper Price by Oye50(m): 2:53pm On May 23, 2015 |
That phone is fake. Just check the menu to confirm. I use same phone and this is how a typical menu looks like.
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Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 6:54pm On May 08, 2015 |
yusufftaiwo:I think you should confirm the mail you sent to and make adjustments where necessary. I sent my documents this morning and they responded almost immediately. Cheers |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 1:13am On May 07, 2015 |
XpensiveT:you'll have to pay it when u register. Also there's a fee of 5k for books and other materials apart from the 30k registration fee. Another helpful dictionary of 3k is been sold but that is so optional. |
Travel / Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 2 by Oye50(m): 1:11am On May 07, 2015 |
Eke40seven:I remember like two ppl here gave a response which they recieved after booking appointment. The embassy told them to wait till June or July thereabout. Are u saying we can do the booking right away? |
Politics / Re: Man Trekking To Otuoke For GEJ Gets Female Partner [photo] by Oye50(m): 2:55pm On May 06, 2015 |
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