The Lost Sheep and the Good Shepherd

The people of Nigeria are in bondage to religion. Half are bound by Christianity and the other half are bound by Islam. But ask yourself where did these doctrines originate. Are they native to our continent?  The answer is no they are not. However they both originate in Africa with Abraham who was himself a black African, as was Adam, Noah, Moses, and Jesus.

What am I saying then? Well I'm saying that a tomato is a tomato even if you call it by another name.  Both Christianity and Islam are derivatives of the ancient Hebrew religion, and the ancient Hebrews were brown complexioned people like us.

The Hebrews were dispersed in two waves from the the area known today as Israel.  They were taken into bondage when the Babylonians destroyed King Solomon's Temple in 597 BC. After being permitted to return to Judah they reconstituted themselves until the Romans delivered the death blow to the Mediterranean Hebrew Civilization in 70 AD. The Romans destroyed the second temple leaving only the Western Wall (Whaling Wall) of the second temple intact.

So the Hebrews who were originally brown skinned people with afro textured hair fled. Today their descendants can be found in West Africa, where they escaped to fleeing from the Romans. What is not so commonly known is that they managed to thrive in West Africa. In fact, there was a Kingdom of Judah along the Niger River in West Africa until it was destroyed by Arab invaders. This Arab aggression just about erased the memory of the brown skinned Hebrews in Africa, but some how the story of their existence survived.

Actually the Europeans knew very well of this history. Which is the reason why the Star of David was embossed on the colonial era Nigerian flag.  The christian missionaries came to us with the gospel. But down played the fact that Jesus came for the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi (the only Hebrews in Israel  by 70 AD, when the Romans destroyed it). The suffering to befall Israel was foretold in the book of Deuteronomy. Yet Almighty God's promise to Israel is also recorded in the bible.

So today in West Africa we have several nation states populated by Muslims and Christians. All of these people are the modern day descendants of the Hebrews who fled out of Israel. Regardless of whether you are a Muslim or a Christian, the truth is that you are related to the very "Jews" who Jesus came to save.

You can reject this truth, but the truth remains the truth. There are many people in the world who known of these facts. And now you do too. Nigeria, who are you actually?