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APRIL 2018<br />
THE<br />
KAINOS<br />
MAN<br />
If any man be<br />
in CHRIST<br />
FROM BABYLON<br />
TO AMERICA<br />
The Bible prophecy<br />
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Top 10<br />
Business<br />
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SPOTLIGHT<br />
20 ON THE COVER BABYLON TO AMERICA<br />
16 YOUTH CORNER Profession/Entrepreneur<br />
19 MAKING WAVES Letters to God<br />
THE GOSPEL<br />
9 INSPIRATION What is your stand?<br />
12 INSIDE WORD Stepping into the<br />
Supernatural<br />
LEADERSHIP<br />
32 LEADERSHIP NOTE Promotion<br />
36 POSSIBILITIES IN AFRICA Top 10 Businesses<br />
38 BUSINESS Mind the system<br />
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42 HAIR & FACE Your foundation shade<br />
43 HEALTH Migraine<br />
44 FASHION African fashion<br />
PROMOTION<br />
46 PRAYING WOMEN & SWAT<br />
50 FINALE Talking and Listening
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The Gospel<br />
Easter! One of the most popular ‘holidays’ in religion.<br />
A time for lent for the Catholics, and celebration of<br />
Good Friday for many. A time where those that fellowship<br />
as Anglicans, Catholics or Methodists take to reflect<br />
on their relationship with the Lord by sacrificing<br />
certain things they love for 40 days, in honour of the<br />
Lord. For some it is food, some technology and some<br />
even smoking. This period of sacrifice or fasting, is<br />
broken on Good Friday; a day when the death of<br />
Christ on the cross is celebrated by preaching or reflecting<br />
on the last words he spoke while on the cross.<br />
The words are called in the Catholic religion ‘the seven<br />
last words’.<br />
I asked a friend of mine the other time if he knew<br />
about these words and his answer was that, ‘the only<br />
thing I know about Good Friday is that it is a commemoration<br />
of Christ’s crucifixion’. I was amazed at<br />
how he didn’t know about how the Catholic religion<br />
celebrates this day; a religion so popular and significant<br />
where I come from; a day which even the heathens<br />
know about and find the doors of the church. It<br />
then dawned on me that he obviously is not the only<br />
one.<br />
This day used to be a very significant day for me too.<br />
As I grew up in the Anglican church, I understood the<br />
religion of Easter and Good Friday’s ‘seven words’ and<br />
respected it, until one day, now with a much better understanding<br />
of the bible, I decided to go through these<br />
seven last words everyone was so hyped up about on<br />
my own and for my own understanding.<br />
Two of these words seem to mean the same thing from<br />
my level of understanding, although differently interpreted.<br />
However, I stand to be corrected.<br />
6 th word: John 19:30 When Jesus had received the<br />
sour wine, he said, ‘it is finished,’<br />
and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.<br />
7 th word: Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a<br />
loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my<br />
spirit!’ And having said this he breathed his last.<br />
Matthew; Mark; Luke and John all talk about Jesus’ last<br />
days leading to his death but in different interpretations.<br />
Is it then safe to say that this religious commemoration<br />
on Good Friday should be called the ‘6 last<br />
words’ rather than ‘7 last words’? Is it possible that Jesus<br />
said something and gave up his spirit, only to come<br />
back, say something and give up his spirit again?<br />
In these last days, it is no longer enough to have someone<br />
else teach you the gospel. You need to read and<br />
understand the word of God yourself and allow the<br />
Holy Spirit to interpret it for you. You need to equip<br />
yourself with the truth so that you are not easily fooled<br />
by all sorts of teachings and religious practises that<br />
come your way.<br />
It is time to wise up regarding the gospel, time to know<br />
the truth!<br />
Mfesim<br />
Mfesi Mayekiso<br />
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What is your stand?<br />
Envy is for the ignorant; fighting for the misinformed; jealousy for the fooled and arrogance for the afraid.<br />
You have been given a spirit of love, power and sound mind!<br />
You cannot envy another's position without envying their problems. One envies because they do not know<br />
who they are – their identity. They do not know that they are God's unique creation created for a special<br />
purpose. Therefore, God will assign to them a journey aligned with the fulfilment of that purpose. He will also<br />
bless them according to that purpose. Stay in your lane, envy is not your portion.<br />
You have been given a spirit of sound mind, self control. Fighting is not your portion. If you have to fight to<br />
be heard, God is not in control there but the spirit of the enemy. Whoever comes to you with sleeves up<br />
geared to fight, look past them to see the force behind their actions. Where there is God there is peace. You<br />
cannot fight or argue with spirits. Rather say a little prayer and hold your tongue. You will see how powerful<br />
that is, and the devil will be shamed! It takes good practice but it works.<br />
Why should you be jealous of another's success or achievement? Do you know the walk they had to walk to<br />
get there? Everyone will be answerable to Christ on the last day. Jealousy is like saying that the other is not<br />
worthy to have, but you are. The word says 'the unconverted pursue these things but our Father in heaven<br />
knows that we need them'. If the Father has not yet given you what you believe you should have and you<br />
need, it means that it is not yet time for you to have it. You are not yet ready to receive what He has<br />
apportioned for you. Check yourself. All things work together for the good of those who love the Lord…<br />
Fear is a disease that penetrates your spirit like a virus. It starts with insecurity/self judgement followed by self<br />
doubt, then ignorance which leads to arrogance. You cannot make your presence felt by instilling fear unto<br />
others or controlling them. You also cannot do it by conforming to other's lifestyle and classification. You<br />
have to know who you are and what you stand for in order to have a positive influence. Arrogance is equal to<br />
stupidity. You become arrogant because you are unaware that you have become insecure and ignorant. A<br />
misinformed action is a stupid action. Know yourself, know your fears and find a better way to address them.<br />
God gave to every woman, inner strength and to every man, physical strength. Through that strength she is<br />
able to stand even when she has been tossed around, belittled, taken for granted, rejected, physically abused<br />
or even raped. Through his, he is able to work hard for his family no matter what life throws at him. There is<br />
no situation that is special. Whatever you are going through, someone else also did and through their God<br />
given strength, they thrived instead of falling. The enemy cannot take away that strength except through fear;<br />
ignorance; self doubt; envy; jealousy and arrogance.<br />
Stand tall child of God no matter the situation, knowing that your father in heaven will lift you out in a<br />
manner that glorifies His name, in the most perfect time. You may believe that you need it now, but God says<br />
you need me more so seek me. Then in perfect time you shall have it. In perfect time you will get what our<br />
father apportions, abundance perfect for you!<br />
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INSIDE Word<br />
By<br />
PASTOR GIBSON NGULUBE<br />
(Bachelor of Theology; Dip<br />
Teaching)<br />
Lead Pastor at AFM Midrand<br />
Restoration centre; High<br />
School teacher; Investor &<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
Featured on<br />
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Colossians 3:1-3<br />
If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things<br />
which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand<br />
of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on<br />
things on the earth. 3 For you are dead, and your life<br />
is hid with Christ in God.<br />
The Kainos man seeks those things which are above and<br />
not the things on the earth because he was created<br />
according to God in righteousness and true holiness.<br />
God speaks by His Spirit to the Kainos man, that is, your<br />
regenerated spirit man. Your spirit man communicates<br />
with your mind to relay what the Holy Spirit is saying so<br />
you can apply it to your practical life. Many people do<br />
not know when their spirit man is trying to contact them<br />
with a message from God and thereby fall short of<br />
kingdom experiences. Stepping into the supernatural<br />
entails tuning into the spirit man and doing what he<br />
leads us to do.<br />
Accidents, losses, and failures will cease if you would<br />
master how your spirit man contacts you. Your spirit man<br />
can be years ahead of your mind in information gathering<br />
because the Bible says the Holy Spirit will show you<br />
things to come. You can live in such a way that you are<br />
not in the dark about what is happening in your life or<br />
around you. You can know things two years before they<br />
happen, by walking in the spirit.<br />
The spirit man, though born again, may remain a captive.<br />
Not a captive of the devil this time, but a captive of<br />
strange thought patterns, a captive of an un-renewed<br />
mind, a captive of the undisciplined body. That is why<br />
the Bible says we should put our body under the spirit.<br />
God will not do that for you. The Holy Spirit may be living<br />
inside somebody in His majesty and the greatness of<br />
God and the person may still be committing fornication.<br />
It is very possible simply because the person has not<br />
learnt how to bring his body under subjection.<br />
Romans 8:13<br />
For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die:<br />
but if you through the Spirit put to death the deeds<br />
of the body, you shall live.<br />
Regular fasting and serious meditation on the Word of<br />
God will help keep the body under every day. Left to<br />
itself, the body prefers to watch TV every day. You won’t<br />
see the body ever wake up and feel like praying or<br />
reading the Bible. It does not like spiritual things, and it<br />
was not that God created the body to hate spiritual<br />
things. Originally, the body of man was made to walk<br />
and cooperate with the spirit in exercising might and<br />
authority. But immediately man sinned, the soul began<br />
to operate, and the soul is not spiritual. The soul is still<br />
a part of the world, so it trained the body to function<br />
and respond to worldly stimuli.<br />
Hebrews 5: 14<br />
But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age,<br />
even those who by reason of use have their senses<br />
exercised to discern both good and evil.<br />
You can have this body trained to respond to the spirit.<br />
A lot of us have trained our bodies to respond to<br />
sickness and fear. A lot of sickness that people have is<br />
not as a result of the sickness gaining control, but the<br />
body just responding to what you have trained it to do.<br />
This body needs a master to train it. If you do not train<br />
it in the way of righteousness, it will not behave<br />
righteously.<br />
It is your own responsibility and it is what you train the<br />
body to do that will affect your spiritual life. We can, by<br />
the help of the Holy Spirit, find out ways by which our<br />
spirit man gets across to us. Your spirit man is on the<br />
inside of you. Sometimes we refer to your spirit man as<br />
the inward man.<br />
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If you can understand him, he will help you and bail you out of troubles because he is the one that the<br />
Holy Spirit indwells and relates with. This knowledge of how your spirit contacts you is critical to the success<br />
of every Christian on the earth and for stepping into the supernatural.<br />
Let us look at some ways by which your spirit contacts you.<br />
Compulsion and Restraint.<br />
How do you know that you should or should not do something?<br />
There is either a compelling or restraining on the inside of you. It could be the spirit compelling you to do<br />
or the spirit restraining you from doing.<br />
Acts 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them<br />
not.<br />
Compulsion means to make somebody do something by force or by strong persuasion—something that<br />
limits one’s freedom of action. Compulsion is a strong inner pressure to go ahead. Therefore, it is possible<br />
for your spirit man to compel you to do something.<br />
Restraint is an equally strong inner pressure not to go ahead.<br />
To compel is likened to a man under pressure to go to the bathroom; he is only relieved after answering<br />
the call of nature. In the same way the spirit compels you. You are refreshed /feel free only when you do<br />
what the spirit compels you to do.<br />
Job 32:18-20<br />
For I am full of words, the spirit within me compels me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine<br />
which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wine skins. 20 I will speak, that I may be<br />
refreshed: I must open my lips and answer.<br />
You are only refreshed if you do what the spirit compels you to do.<br />
You are preserved when you refuse to do what He restrains you from doing.<br />
Perception<br />
The word ‘perceive’ physically speaking can apply to your sight. But we are not dealing with<br />
physical perception. To perceive something is to notice or be conscious of something, to be<br />
conscious of somebody in the shadows or of something hidden.<br />
Acts 14: 8-10<br />
8. And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his<br />
mother’s womb, who never had walked: 9. The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly<br />
beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10. Said with a loud<br />
voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.<br />
That man’s faith would have gone unnoticed if Paul had not perceived in his spirit that he<br />
had faith to be healed. He would have left that meeting still crippled, but Paul perceived and<br />
spoke the word that launched him to his feet.<br />
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Mark 2: 8<br />
8. And immediately when Jesus perceived in<br />
his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves,<br />
he said unto them, why reason ye these<br />
things in your hearts?<br />
The best way to deal with the spirit of lies is<br />
through perception. In Acts chapter 5, Ananias<br />
sold a piece of land and kept part of the money.<br />
Peter became aware of it by perception and challenged<br />
him. Peter did not know of it before, but he<br />
just perceived it and spoke the word.<br />
Sometimes when you perceive some things in the<br />
spirit, you will need to stir it up until you hit a gift of<br />
the world of knowledge to give full details. Perception<br />
is not as detailed as word of knowledge. Perception<br />
is just your spirit giving you warning signals<br />
so you can prepare for things ahead. You<br />
don’t have to suffer accidents if you will just follow<br />
up on your perception and pray through on it. People<br />
suffer loss when they ignore divine signals.<br />
Some people say ‘we are wiser after the event’, but<br />
that is not God’s intention for a child of God. The<br />
spirit inside you is to make you wiser before the<br />
event so you can handle it to the glory of God and<br />
for your good. If you pick up a perception, follow it<br />
up and do something about it. It is not a matter of<br />
being suspicious, but rather having a holy perception<br />
about things.<br />
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YOUTH CORNER<br />
P o w e r e d B Y
Y O U T H C O R N E R<br />
PROFESSION OR ENTREPRENEURSHIP?<br />
You have now finished High School and your marks<br />
look good, perhaps even better than you anticipated.<br />
What is the next step?<br />
For most matriculants, this is not even a question.<br />
Everyone’s dream when they start their year in matric<br />
is to be accepted at that university or college so that<br />
they can go and further their studies. They see themselves<br />
in tertiary with all other students, and it is a<br />
mark of achievement. Those that are unable to pursue<br />
their studies because of financial limitations are discouraged<br />
or miserable because they have or are<br />
missing the success train. They find work either to sustain<br />
themselves and their families and for some, to<br />
pay for their tuition.<br />
Do not let society define or classify you!<br />
Most of the decisions made by humanity are decisions<br />
made for them by society. In everything in life, it is<br />
important to know your identity and therefore your<br />
purpose. You cannot get through life without knowledge<br />
of these two important factors of your existence.<br />
It is the lack of knowledge thereof that leads us to following<br />
paths that are not designed for us. Your purpose<br />
basically gives you a road map of your targeted<br />
success in life, and your identity helps you achieve this<br />
success.<br />
In South Africa, the unemployment rate is a major<br />
problem for qualified graduates and it can be very<br />
frustrating. We have already established that the major<br />
contributor to this rate of unemployment is the<br />
quality of education offered by the tertiary institutions;<br />
education that does not encourage creative thinking.<br />
So what then becomes the point for the qualification if<br />
you cannot use it to initiate progress in your life? We<br />
could say knowledge, but if the education itself does<br />
not promote self sustenance and creativity, what<br />
knowledge are you gaining and what is its benefit for<br />
your life?<br />
The education gained in the years of your study<br />
should be able to uplift you to the next level of your<br />
life. If it doesn’t, like the South African one, be ready<br />
and willing to study up to the level of at least a<br />
Masters degree or a certain level of professional<br />
qualification for you to have significance in the job<br />
market. An undergraduate qualification is as good as<br />
nothing, unless you are fine with extended administrative<br />
assignments.<br />
Entrepreneurship on the other hand is a God given<br />
ability. It comes or can be realised in different forms.<br />
One can be an entrepreneur in entertainment or<br />
sports, using their God given talents. One can be an<br />
entrepreneur amongst many in fashion; cooking;<br />
events management; hair; agriculture or even vending,<br />
which are also a God given talent. The list is endless.<br />
Entrepreneurship gives you access to a creative<br />
and self sustaining mindset. You are able to identify<br />
opportunities and convert them into a profitable business.<br />
This is the mindset that is needed for every<br />
country’s economy. Hence many countries provide<br />
support to entrepreneurship.<br />
The idea is not to give up on further studies, but to<br />
engage your mind in a productive and creative manner.<br />
When you study while working, you become<br />
more engaged and subsequently more creative than a<br />
person that just acquires information and not immediately<br />
put it into practise. There are high chances of<br />
that person forgetting the information or lacking<br />
knowledge of how to incorporate it with reality. Meaning<br />
that you will have basic understanding of your<br />
field and will require further training; something companies<br />
have no time or interest in doing. In business,<br />
time is money and any time spent on training someone<br />
is money lost.<br />
Be broadminded! Do not limit yourself by conforming<br />
to classifications of society or the world. Empower<br />
yourself with knowledge necessary for your field of<br />
interest in every way possible that is available to you.<br />
Those that take a gap year, stand a better chance of<br />
finishing their exact desired qualifications than those<br />
that rush to tertiary without properly identifying their<br />
appropriate needs and necessary education required<br />
thereof. College drop-outs are a reality and a total<br />
waste of time and money.<br />
Make an effort to know and satisfy yourself!<br />
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MAKINGWaves<br />
A story about a troubled mail man that befriends a family of<br />
a young boy coping with cancer by writing daily letters<br />
to God<br />
Initial release: 9 April 2010 (USA)<br />
Acts: Jeffrey SS Johnson & Tanner Maguire<br />
Written by: Patrick Doughtie<br />
Director: David Nixon<br />
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‘From Babylon to America’ is a film written and produced by the School for Prophets. The<br />
film’s narration is done by Jan Capa, also known on social media by his nickname Attila<br />
Kakarott. The school is a film production with its main focus on interpreting the bible, word<br />
and prophecy and broadcast the teachings through their YouTube channel.<br />
The film focuses on the prophecy told by Daniel in Daniel 2, regarding a dream King<br />
Nebuchadnezzar had about a statue. It continues to narrate further through the vision<br />
Daniel had about the beasts in Daniel 7, in conjunction with John the Baptist’s vision in the<br />
book of Revelation 13.<br />
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It is important to note the following prophetic representation of the symbolic elements in<br />
these visions to have a better understanding. Attila interprets them as follows:<br />
Dragon: Satan<br />
Beast: Political or Super Power; Kingdom; Nation<br />
Sea/Water: People; Densely populated area<br />
Earth: Sparsely populated area<br />
Horn: King; Power or Principle<br />
Blasphemy: Claiming to be God on earth or having power to forgive sin<br />
Time/Day: Year<br />
42 Months : 3.5 years; 1260 days (30 days p/m as per Hebrew calendar)<br />
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Daniel 2 NLT (The Statue)<br />
32 The head of the statue was made of fine<br />
gold. Its chest and arms were silver, its belly and<br />
thighs were bronze, 33 its legs were iron, and<br />
its feet were a combination of iron and baked<br />
clay.<br />
Daniel's interpretation in the bible indicates that<br />
the statue represented four different kingdoms<br />
that were to follow after king Nebuchadnezzar's<br />
kingdom, Babylon. These are the kingdoms that<br />
ruled with pagan principles. The film details these<br />
kingdoms as follows:<br />
- Head of gold: Kingdom of Babylon<br />
- Silver chest & arms: Kingdom of Medo-Persia<br />
- Belly & thighs of bronze : Kingdom of Greece<br />
- Legs of Iron : Kingdom of Rome/Roman Empire<br />
- Feet mixed with iron & clay : Roman Empire<br />
divided into two areas of ruling (East & West),<br />
now called Europe.<br />
The Empire was further divided into ten tribes<br />
represented by ten countries in Europe. (Note:<br />
Two feet with ten toes). The ten countries/Tribes<br />
are German; Swiss; French; Italians; English;<br />
Portuguese; Spanish; and three others that<br />
became extinct (Heruli; Ostrogoths & Vandals)<br />
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Daniel 2:43<br />
As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so<br />
they will mix with one another in marriage, but<br />
they will not hold together, just as iron does not<br />
mix with clay.<br />
The Roman Empire tried to fix the division,<br />
however, did not succeed. Then, the alliance,<br />
government (iron) and church (clay) was formed<br />
as prophesied and became the ruling power at<br />
the feet of the pagan ruling power (the statue).<br />
These feet represented the Roman church, a<br />
mixture of paganism and Christianity. This<br />
authority was now led by Constantine, who was<br />
also the 1 st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
The iron in the feet represents Rome (political<br />
power with pagan principles). The clay represents<br />
the church. This resulting in The Papacy<br />
kingdom, the Roman church with a political, civil<br />
and ecclesiastic power, with the Bishop of<br />
Rome (the Pope) as the head of all churches.<br />
- The rock (which destroyed the statue):<br />
The Kingdom of God<br />
And in the days of those kings the God of<br />
heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never<br />
be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to<br />
another people. It shall break in pieces all these<br />
kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it<br />
shall stand forever … Daniel 2:44<br />
You will notice that the bible talks about these<br />
kingdoms coming into power all the way from<br />
the ruling of king Nebuchadnezzar to the crucifixion<br />
of Christ by the divided Roman Empire.<br />
From the time of the Apostles of Christ being<br />
baptised in the Holy Spirit, the Kingdom of God<br />
started to grow enormously till today. It is also<br />
important to note that the book of Daniel was<br />
written by Daniel (except Daniel 4 by king Nebuchadnezzar),<br />
600 years before the time of Christ.<br />
Therefore, these kingdoms continued in power<br />
for 600 years before Christ.<br />
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Where did Paganism come from?<br />
After the floods that wiped out all humans except<br />
for Noah and his select, from his sons<br />
came a son to Cush named Nimrod (Gen 10:8).<br />
Genesis 10:9-10 He was a mighty hunter before<br />
the LORD. Wherefore it is said: Even as Nimrod<br />
the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning<br />
of his kingdom was Babel (meaning<br />
confusion). The name Nimrod means rebellion.<br />
Nimrod was the rebel against God, and as the<br />
leader of Babel he was also connected with the<br />
building of the tower of Babel. Genesis 11:4<br />
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a<br />
tower, whose top may reach unto heaven … According<br />
to Josephus, a Jewish historian, Nimrod<br />
said he would be revenged on God should He<br />
decide to drown people with floods again. For<br />
that he would build a tower so high that even<br />
the waters cannot reach. That way, he would<br />
avenge on God for destroying their forefathers.<br />
However, God upon seeing what the people<br />
were doing said in Genesis 11:7-8 Go to, let us<br />
go down and there confound their language,<br />
that they may not understand one another’s<br />
speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad<br />
from thence upon the face of all the earth …<br />
Tradition says that Semiramis, Nimrod’s wife<br />
was also his mother. According to legends, she<br />
became pregnant after engaging in an adulterous<br />
affair while married to Nimrod. Around this<br />
time, Nimrod dies an untimely and violent<br />
death. In an effort to remain in power and hide<br />
her misdeed, she made the most audacious<br />
claim. She claimed that upon Nimrod’s death,<br />
he had been resurrected as the god of the sun.<br />
As the sun god, Nimrod used his sunrays to miraculously<br />
inseminate her with a son. This son<br />
was then considered to be divinely conceived.<br />
The child was named Tammuz, which she<br />
claimed was the re-incarnation of Nimrod. Thus<br />
Semiramis was both Nimrod’s wife and mother.<br />
After all this, the story of this child spread all<br />
over the world and resulted to the birth of sun<br />
worship along with the birth; death and rebirths<br />
of cults that have lived on through history. These<br />
mysterious religions adopted different names for<br />
Nimrod, Semiramis and their child Tammuz.<br />
This was the birth of paganism.<br />
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Daniel 7 (the beasts)<br />
3 Then four huge beasts came up out of the<br />
water, each different from the others.<br />
4 The first beast was like a lion with eagles’<br />
wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off,<br />
and it was left standing with its two hind feet<br />
on the ground, like a human being. And it was<br />
given a human mind. 5 Then I saw a second<br />
beast, and it looked like a bear. It was rearing<br />
up on one side, and it had three ribs in its<br />
mouth between its teeth. And I heard a voice<br />
saying to it, “Get up! Devour the flesh of many<br />
people!” 6 Then the third of these strange<br />
beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard.<br />
It had four bird’s wings on its back, and it had<br />
four heads. Great authority was given to this<br />
beast. 7 Then in my vision that night, I saw a<br />
fourth beast—terrifying, dreadful, and very<br />
strong. It devoured and crushed its victims with<br />
huge iron teeth and trampled their remains beneath<br />
its feet. It was different from any of the<br />
other beasts, and it had ten horns. 8 As I was<br />
looking at the horns, suddenly another small<br />
horn appeared among them. Three of the first<br />
horns were torn out by the roots to make room<br />
for it. This little horn had eyes like human eyes<br />
and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.<br />
1ST BEAST (BABYLON)<br />
Jeremiah 4:6-7 and Nabakkuk 1:6 & 8. In these<br />
prophecies God was talking about Babylon that<br />
was to come and conquer Israel, taking the people<br />
out of Israel into Babylon. He describes the<br />
Babylon king Nebuchadnezzar as the lion in<br />
Jeremiah, and the Chaldeans (Babylonians) as<br />
the eagle in Nabakkuk. Daniel 7:4 describes the<br />
1 st beast as a lion with eagle’s wings. That as he<br />
was watching he saw the wings being pulled out<br />
and the beast left to stand with two feet, and<br />
given a man’s heart. Something that also comes<br />
up in Daniel 4:14-16 as the dream king Nebuchadnezzar<br />
had, with the instruction that he be<br />
given a heart of a beast instead of that of a<br />
man, and made to live with the beasts.<br />
The prophecy through king Nebuchadnezzar’s<br />
statue dream and Daniel’s vision of the beasts is<br />
the same prophecy about the kingdoms that<br />
were to come after king Nebuchadnezzar.<br />
Therefore:<br />
2ND BEAST in Daniel 7:5, a bear with three ribs<br />
in his mouth refers to Medo-Persia<br />
3rd BEAST in Daniel 7:6, a beast looking like a<br />
leopard with four bird wings and four heads<br />
refers to Greece.<br />
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4TH BEAST (ROMAN EMPIRE)<br />
The 4th Beast in Daniel 7:7 with iron teeth and<br />
ten horns refers to the Roman Empire. Daniel<br />
continues to say that three of the ten horns were<br />
uprooted and in their place a little horn rose.<br />
We have already noted in the interpretation of<br />
the statue that the Roman Empire was divided<br />
into ten tribes, of which three became extinct.<br />
What is then represented by the little horn with<br />
human eyes and mouth, and spoke arrogantly<br />
or blaspheming God?<br />
THE LITTLE HORN<br />
Interpretation as per Daniel 7:24-25. The horn<br />
was said that it would reign for time, times and<br />
half a time (42 months equalling to 1260 days<br />
equivalent to 1260 years). That it would come<br />
amongst the ten horns, meaning it would be a<br />
king or kingdom coming from the Roman Empire<br />
or Europe after its division (AD476), but it<br />
would be different from the other kingdoms. The<br />
human eyes and mouth mean that it would have<br />
a man as its figure head. This head would blaspheme<br />
God (claim to be God on earth or claim<br />
to forgive sin), wage war against His people and<br />
will try to change the times and the laws of the<br />
kingdom of God.<br />
The Papacy, the government of the Roman<br />
Catholic Church and the period its Pope shall<br />
reign.<br />
You will remember that in the previous interpretation<br />
of the feet with clay and iron, it was noted<br />
that the Roman Catholic Church was given<br />
political, civil and religious power after the Roman<br />
Empire’s division, and its Roman Bishop<br />
(the Pope) was made the head of the church.<br />
The Vatican ascended to power and authority in<br />
538AD, with Pope Vigilius as its 1 st official Pope.<br />
The Papacy blocked up three of the ten tribes<br />
that divided Rome, the tribes that went extinct.<br />
The tribes denied the teachings of the Church of<br />
Rome. The Bishop then called for the three tribes<br />
to be gotten rid of. It is a diverse kingdom as it<br />
is a union of Church and State.<br />
The head of this entity (the Pope) claims to be<br />
Jesus Christ, and the Papacy claims to have the<br />
authority of God<br />
“The Bishop of Rome is not only the representative<br />
of Christ, but Jesus Christ himself hidden under a<br />
veil of flesh” – Archbishop of Venice (Pope Pius X)<br />
“We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty”<br />
- Letters to Leo XIII Page 304<br />
The duty of the Priest is also that of forgiving sin<br />
“We’re the redeemer to descend into a church,<br />
and sit in a confessional to administer the<br />
sacrament of penance, and a Priest to sit in a<br />
confessional. Jesus would say over each<br />
Penitent: ‘Ego Te Absolvo’ (Latin for I forgive<br />
you). The Priest would likewise say over each<br />
of his Penitents . ‘Ego Te Absolvo’ and the<br />
penitents of each would be equally absolved. -<br />
Dignity and duties of the Priest, Pg 34 Ligonier).<br />
These two are equivalent to blaspheming God.<br />
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Over 100 million Christians were killed by the<br />
Papacy during the ‘dark ages’. A period when<br />
the bible was illegal, and being caught with one<br />
resulted in you being tortured and killed. Unfortunately,<br />
no one can change the law and prophecy<br />
of God. However, around 1500-1600, the<br />
papacy hired two priests (Francisco Ribera &<br />
Luis de Alcaza) to counter the historicist view of<br />
bible prophecy. The aim was to point people<br />
away from identifying the Papacy as an Antichrist<br />
power of scripture.<br />
“The Bishop of Rome is of so great authority<br />
and power that it can modify, explain, or interpret<br />
even divine laws … The Bishop of Rome<br />
can modify divine laws, since his power is not<br />
of a man, but of God, and he acts as Vicegerent<br />
(representative) of God upon earth.” –<br />
Lucius Ferraris Prompta Bibliotheca Article:<br />
‘Papa’ II, Vol VI, Pg 29.<br />
The Roman Catholic did however manage to<br />
change God’s Holy Sabbath from Saturday to<br />
Sunday (Catholic record of London, Ontario –<br />
Sept 1, 1923). This as their act of authority.<br />
“Sunday is our mark of authority … the church<br />
is above the bible, and this transference of<br />
SABBATH observance is proof of that authority”<br />
- Catholic record of London, Ontario<br />
– Sept 1, 1923<br />
FROM OLD WORLD TO NEW WORLD<br />
In 1798AD, Napoleon Bonaparte rebelled<br />
against the Papacy and sent his general to arrest<br />
the Pope and subsequently claimed Rome, taking<br />
the power away from the Papacy. 1798AD –<br />
538AD = 1260 years. This was the birth of Protestantism.<br />
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John's vision of the 4th and the last beast -<br />
Revelation 13 NLT<br />
DESCRIPTION of the Beast from the Sea<br />
1 Then I saw a beast (Political/Super power;<br />
Kingdom or Nation) rising up out of the sea<br />
(People or Densely populated area). It had<br />
seven heads and ten horns (King/Kingdoms;<br />
Power), with ten crowns on its horns. And written<br />
on each head were names that blasphemed<br />
God. (Blasphemy: Claiming to be God on<br />
earth or to forgive sin)<br />
2 This beast looked like a leopard, but it had the<br />
feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion! And the<br />
dragon (Satan) gave the beast his own power<br />
and throne and great authority.<br />
3 I saw that one of the heads of the beast<br />
seemed wounded beyond recovery—but the fatal<br />
wound was healed! The whole world marvelled<br />
at this miracle and gave allegiance to the<br />
beast. 4 They worshiped (bow down) the<br />
dragon (Satan) for giving the beast such power,<br />
and they also worshiped the beast (Political/<br />
super power; Kingdom or Nation). “Who is as<br />
great as the beast?” they exclaimed. “Who is<br />
able to fight against him?”<br />
5 Then the beast was allowed to speak great<br />
blasphemies against God. And He was given<br />
authority to do whatever He wanted for forty-two<br />
months (time, times, half a time equalling to<br />
1260 years). 6 And He spoke terrible words of<br />
blasphemy against God, slandering his name<br />
and his dwelling—that is, those who dwell in<br />
heaven. 7 And the beast was allowed to wage<br />
war against God’s holy people and to conquer<br />
them. And He was given authority to rule over<br />
every tribe and people and language and nation.<br />
8 And all the people who belong to this<br />
world worshiped the beast. They are the ones<br />
whose names were not written in the Book of<br />
Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered<br />
before the world was made.<br />
- The Papacy, this beast carries the same detail<br />
as the 4 th beast in Daniel’s vision<br />
9 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and<br />
understand. 10 Anyone who is destined for<br />
prison will be taken to prison. Anyone destined<br />
to die by the sword will die by the sword (Bible<br />
or Civil Power). This means that God’s holy<br />
people must endure persecution patiently and<br />
remain faithful.<br />
Note: During Napoleon’s Protestantism, the<br />
Pope was held imprisoned and later died in exile.<br />
The power was then taken away from the<br />
Papacy. It was wounded but not killed. While the<br />
Papacy (beast) was on its way down, John talks<br />
of another beast that comes out of the earth.<br />
Therefore, this new beast rises up in the late<br />
1700 as the Papacy lost its power in 1798AD.<br />
The Prophecy of the rising of all the other kingdoms<br />
showed that all the other kingdoms taking<br />
over rose from the west. Therefore, this beast<br />
will also rise up from the western hemisphere of<br />
the New World<br />
DESCRIPTION of the Beast from the Land<br />
11 Then I saw another beast (Political/Super<br />
Power; kingdom or nation) come up out of the<br />
earth (Sparsely populated Area). He had two<br />
horns (King/Kingdoms; power or principle) like<br />
those of a lamb (Christ), but He spoke with the<br />
voice of a dragon (Satan).<br />
Note: Two principles of Christ are summarised<br />
by the two first and most important commandments<br />
– Matthew 22:37-40. Love the Lord your<br />
God … & Love thy neighbour ...<br />
They are a duty of man to God (Church) and a<br />
duty of man to man (State/Civil duty). This new<br />
beast (Power) understands these two and the<br />
separation thereof.<br />
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The United States of America. A Christian<br />
based Superpower that rises up in the late<br />
1700, from the sparsely populated area (earth)<br />
of the western hemisphere in the new world, acknowledges<br />
Church and state and the separation<br />
thereof.<br />
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1776 – Declaration of its independence<br />
1783 – End of the revolutionary war<br />
against Great Britain<br />
1787 – US constitution was framed<br />
1789 – US constitution was ratified<br />
1789 – George Washington served as<br />
the 1 st president of America<br />
The New World order of America states<br />
that America is established from the<br />
New World<br />
When America was discovered, the<br />
continent was barely (sparsely) populated<br />
America’s constitution protects the<br />
separation of Church and State<br />
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America was established as a protest<br />
against Britain, detaching itself from a<br />
king that ran church and state, the<br />
Pope. Hence it became a republic<br />
(kingdom without a king) and protestant<br />
(church without a Pope) nation.<br />
We are now at the era of the 2 nd beast of Revelation<br />
13, which we have identified as the<br />
United States of America.<br />
Revelation 13:11, but He spoke with the voice<br />
of a dragon (Satan). 12 He exercised all the<br />
authority of the first beast (the Papacy). And he<br />
required all the earth and its people to worship<br />
the first beast (the Papacy), whose fatal wound<br />
had been healed. 13 He did astounding miracles,<br />
even making the fire flash down to earth<br />
from the sky while everyone was watching. 14<br />
And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform<br />
on behalf of the first beast (the Papacy), he<br />
deceived all the people who belong to this<br />
world. He ordered the people to make a great<br />
statue of the first beast (the Papacy), who was<br />
fatally wounded and then came back to life.<br />
The Papacy (1 st beast) was a persecuting<br />
superpower that united church and state, and<br />
persecuted Christians who did not obey their<br />
commands. This then means that America will<br />
also unite church and state, and will persecute<br />
those who do not obey the commands of this<br />
soon to be mirror image of the Papacy. This is<br />
something that has been slowly happening in<br />
recent times.<br />
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15 He (America) was then permitted to give life<br />
to this statue (Papacy – union of church and<br />
state) so that it could speak (laws and legislation).<br />
Then the statue (Papacy) of the beast commanded<br />
that anyone refusing to worship it must<br />
die. 16 He required everyone—small and great,<br />
rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a<br />
mark (imprint/stamp that represent ownership)<br />
on the right hand or on the forehead. 17<br />
And no one could buy or sell anything without<br />
that mark, which was either the name of the<br />
beast or the number representing his name.<br />
This means that the first beast (the Papacy),<br />
through the beast from the earth (America) will<br />
force people to obey its commands e.g., in almost<br />
50 states of America, there is a legislation<br />
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called ‘the blue laws’ also known as Sunday<br />
laws. The legislation is set although not yet<br />
enforced. We have already established that<br />
Sunday is the Papacy’s Sabbath. The Papacy,<br />
through America will eventually force people to<br />
have its mark of ownership, the mark of the<br />
beast. This mark will identify as belonging to the<br />
beast those that accept it as well as obey the<br />
rules of the Pope, which is equivalent to worshipping<br />
the Pope, and therefore shall bear the<br />
same price when it comes to the wrath of God.<br />
Revelation 14:10-11 Then a third angel<br />
followed shouting, ‘Anyone who worships the<br />
beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on<br />
the forehead or on the hand must drink the wine<br />
of God’s anger …<br />
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Promotion<br />
Then the king gave Daniel high<br />
honors and many great gifts, and<br />
made him ruler over the whole<br />
province of Babylon and chief prefect<br />
over all the wise men of Babylon.<br />
Daniel 2:48<br />
King Nebuchadnezzar made an<br />
impossible request in order to test<br />
the skills and accuracy of the well<br />
known wise men of Babylon. He<br />
asked them to tell him as well as<br />
interpret the dream he had the<br />
night before, failing which, they’d<br />
all be killed. Normally one would<br />
tell you the dream they had, and<br />
then expect you to interpret it for<br />
them. However, with the king it<br />
was a different case. He wanted to<br />
know what the dream was and its<br />
interpretation. Something that was<br />
impossible for any person to do,<br />
no matter their powers. So Daniel<br />
consulted the Most High God, his<br />
God and asked Him to help with<br />
the king’s request in order to save<br />
himself and others. The Lord revealed<br />
everything to Daniel, both<br />
the dream and its interpretation.<br />
That way he was able to save himself<br />
and the wise men of Babylon.<br />
There is a God in heaven who reveals<br />
secrets – Daniel 2:28<br />
With God what is impossible with<br />
man is possible with Him. Daniel<br />
could not have known the dream<br />
and its interpretation without the<br />
assistance of the Most High. His<br />
reliance on Him granted him not<br />
only relief from being killed, but<br />
also promotion, an act of raising<br />
one in rank or position. Someone<br />
who was captured under the<br />
norms of a slave was now made to<br />
rule over a province of Babylon,<br />
was made to be a leader of those<br />
belonging to the same province he<br />
was meant to be enslaved in.<br />
What does this then mean about<br />
God and promotion?<br />
You need to be<br />
in a good standing<br />
with Him as well<br />
as seek the<br />
promotion from<br />
Him in order to<br />
get the right<br />
one.<br />
All authority is instituted by God<br />
and He gives it to whomever He<br />
likes, whether that of a business or<br />
of a person. The promotion<br />
thereof is also dependent on God.<br />
When your business grows in turnover,<br />
at that point in time it has<br />
been given promotion. When your<br />
boss assigns you new responsibilities<br />
that are more senior than what<br />
you originally assumed, that is<br />
promotion. A businesses’ growth<br />
in revenue also means growth in<br />
responsibility. An individual’s<br />
growth in responsibilities means<br />
growth in salary. That is why you<br />
find that people in certain industries<br />
work hard for a long time,<br />
remaining loyal and diligent to<br />
their superior, all so that they can<br />
be regarded for a promotion when<br />
an opportunity comes. In the corporate<br />
sector, most people attain<br />
promotion by switching companies<br />
in an attempt to move to a better<br />
position, while others in bigger<br />
corporations make their move internally<br />
by changing departments.<br />
The desire to grow in an employment<br />
sector or in business is something<br />
that comes naturally. Everyone<br />
wants to see their efforts being<br />
recognised and appreciated<br />
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God gave Solomon<br />
very great wisdom and<br />
understanding, and<br />
knowledge as vast as the<br />
sands of the seashore.<br />
In fact, his wisdom<br />
exceeded that of all<br />
wise men of the East<br />
and the wise of Egypt.<br />
He was wiser than<br />
anyone else ...<br />
1 Kings 4:29-31<br />
and promotion is usually the best way to do that.<br />
However, what we do not recognise is the giver of<br />
promotion. Who initiates promotion? It is the lack<br />
of understanding of this that results into people<br />
going to all kinds of lengths to get what they want.<br />
Some would resort to lying about their experience<br />
in their CV. Some would even go to the extent of<br />
giving fraudulent professional qualifications. In<br />
business however, the intensity is worse. One<br />
would resort to any form or method possible to<br />
ensure growth in revenue. God is the inititiator of<br />
every promotion …<br />
You need to be in a good standing with Him, as<br />
well as seek the promotion from Him in order to<br />
get the right one. The efforts you make with your<br />
superior or your business are the efforts you need<br />
to make seeking God and His guidance for your<br />
growth and placement. When you use your own<br />
efforts, or resort to fraudulent or false information<br />
to get it, you are putting yourself at all sorts of risk.<br />
You don’t even know if the promotion you are<br />
chasing is the right one, or if it is the right time for<br />
you to get it. God assesses you and equips you for<br />
anything He is to bring into your life. Therefore,<br />
whatever promotion He will deem you suitable for,<br />
He will first assess and then prepare you for it so<br />
that you do not struggle maintaining the position.<br />
We see that Daniel’s promotion, even resulted to<br />
his fellow Israelites also being promoted. We also<br />
see them again in Daniel 3:30 being promoted for<br />
refusing to worship the god of Nebuchadnezzar.<br />
This happened with even kings in the bible e.g.<br />
King Solomon or David, them being placed as<br />
kings because of their loyalty to God. Therefore,<br />
when you need promotion, be it for self or for your<br />
business, put more of your efforts in seeking<br />
God’s guidance and direction for it. He will give<br />
you just the perfect one<br />
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DOING BUSINESS IN AFRICA
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Top<br />
BUSINESS<br />
Opportunities<br />
in AFRICA<br />
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AFRICAN FASHION<br />
The explosive combination of<br />
creative genius and entrepreneurial talent is increasing<br />
the visibility of African fashion on the world<br />
stage and a new breed of designers are leveraging<br />
the continent's rich cultures, history and fabrics to<br />
make bold fashion statements. The African Development<br />
Bank estimates that the African fashion industry<br />
could be worth US$15.5 billion over the next<br />
five years. While this is huge, it's only a small share<br />
of the global fashion industry's value of US$1,3 trillion.<br />
Despite its current challenges, Africa's fashion<br />
industry has the potential to create millions of jobs<br />
and significantly boost economic growth on the<br />
continent. This is already happening in countries<br />
like Mauritius, Ethiopia and Lesotho where apparel<br />
exports are a major foreign exchange earner.<br />
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REAL<br />
ESTATE<br />
It's the severity of the real estate deficit<br />
across Africa that makes it such an amazing multibillion<br />
dollar business opportunity. Across the major<br />
segments of the real estate market, residential,<br />
office spaces, retail outlets, industrial and hospitality<br />
facilities are all in short supply, thus creating an<br />
avenue for investors and developers to tap in and<br />
benefit from these underserved needs.<br />
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FOOD<br />
PROCESSING<br />
Currently Africa's biggest food problem<br />
isn't production, it's processing and then marketing.<br />
If Africa could process more of the food it<br />
produces, food waste will reduce, food supplies<br />
would be more stable and less seasonal and food<br />
prices would be less prone to wild swings. Nigeria<br />
for example, is a leading producer of tomato in Africa.<br />
However, the country spends millions of dollars<br />
every year on importing processed tomato<br />
paste from China. The same situation applies to<br />
several other imported processed food products<br />
whose raw materials are abundantly produced in<br />
Africa.<br />
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PAY<br />
TV<br />
With annual revenues estimated at<br />
over US$4 billion dollars. Africa's large population<br />
and its youthful demographic makes the continent a<br />
very attractive market for the pay-TV industry. Africa's<br />
growing Internet penetration, rising<br />
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smart phone adoption and digital migration will be<br />
the key growth drivers of the pay-TV market in Africa<br />
as niche offerings such as video on demand<br />
and internet protocol TV evolve in 2018 and beyond.<br />
More households on the continent will become<br />
pay TV subscribers generating more revenue<br />
for new and existing players in Africa's fast emerging<br />
pay-TV market.<br />
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URBAN TRANSPORTATION<br />
Uber, a highly successful multinational<br />
retailing business has recently opened the<br />
eyes of Africans to the big opportunities in Africa's<br />
urban transport market. Now present in 12 cities<br />
across the continent including Johannesburg, Lagos,<br />
Kampala, Nairobi and Cairo, Uber has created<br />
a powerful platform for entrepreneurs and investors<br />
to reap the lucrative rewards of serving urban<br />
transport needs in Africa.<br />
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RENEWABLE ENERGY<br />
According to a recent World Bank<br />
study, only one in three people in sub-Saharan Africa<br />
has access to electricity and up to 80 percent of<br />
households on the continent use firewood and charcoal<br />
as a primary energy source for cooking, endangering<br />
the continent's fast depleting forest resources.<br />
Across the continent, Companies such as<br />
Xemco Solar, Off Grid Electric, Iappro energy in<br />
Ghana and several others are lighting up Africa by<br />
using the power of the sun and water to provide low<br />
cost electricity to unconnected households.<br />
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DIGITAL<br />
HEALTH CARE<br />
With less than one doctor per 20000<br />
persons in countries like Ethiopia and Tanzania. The<br />
healthcare industry in Africa is in a perilous state.<br />
But entrepreneurs across Africa are taking on these<br />
challenges by creating innovative digital healthcare<br />
solutions. These innovations which include telmedicine,<br />
e-prescriptions and in-health applications<br />
are helping to free up congested health facilities<br />
from dealing with non-life threatening conditions,<br />
so they can provide better care to patients who require<br />
more critical care.<br />
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SPORTS<br />
BETTING<br />
Sports betting is definitely making a<br />
windfall in Africa as lax laws on betting, a widespread<br />
use of mobile phones and increasing access<br />
to the Internet have reduced the barriers to enter<br />
this 350 million strong African market with a growing<br />
appetite for sports betting. In July 2016 Sport-<br />
Pesa, the biggest sports betting business in east Africa<br />
became the first organization in Kenya to sponsor<br />
an English Premier League football club after it<br />
signed a three-year deal with Hull City FC.<br />
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MOVIES & MUSIC<br />
With a population of over 1 billion<br />
people, of which about 60 percent are young people<br />
below the age of 25. Africa presents a very fertile<br />
ground for its local film and music industry. The<br />
four biggest business opportunities in this industry<br />
are in film and music financing, production, distribution<br />
and exhibition. With less than one cinema<br />
per million people, Africa is the most underserved<br />
cinema market in the world and in music the growing<br />
entrance of African music into the western world<br />
is generating millions of dollars for stakeholders in<br />
this industry.<br />
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FINTECH<br />
Tech fin is one of the newest and<br />
fastest emerging industries in Africa. As the name<br />
implies FinTech involves the use of technology to<br />
support and enable banking and financial services.<br />
Making it easier, faster and cheaper to meet Africa's<br />
underserved demand for financial services. In many<br />
countries on the continent, access to financial services<br />
is very poor, in most cases just about one in<br />
five adults has a bank account and most transactions<br />
are still done in cash. But since the wild success<br />
of Mpesa, the revolutionary mobile money solution<br />
that has transformed financial services in East<br />
Africa, several innovative FinTech products services<br />
have erupted across the continent.<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
MIND THE SYSTEM<br />
The basic understanding of economy, closed economy<br />
is that there are three (3) major contributors to<br />
its sustenance. These are households, firms and<br />
government. Without these contributors the economy<br />
is basically non-existence. Each country’s economy<br />
is measured by its gross domestic product<br />
(GDP), simple terms, its spending. So we can safely<br />
say that without a flow of cash (medium of exchange),<br />
every country is almost doomed. The three<br />
(3) contributors have to spend their money for the<br />
economy to grow or become sustainable. Two elements<br />
of spending are accessible, through income<br />
from or to the supplier (firm) and the financial institutions<br />
e.g. banks.<br />
While the firms receive or make their money<br />
through selling their produce to those who desire it,<br />
they also spend it through buying labour from the<br />
households as well as necessary equipment for this<br />
production. So the firms flow their money understandably<br />
for the production and sustenance of the<br />
business. The households receive or make their<br />
money by selling their time (labour) and they spend<br />
it through buying necessities to sustain their households<br />
e.g. food. Government on the other hand is<br />
all about sustaining the country and its ability to<br />
trade, and they are the biggest contributor of any<br />
economy. They make their money through taxes,<br />
levies and fees and they spend it through firms,<br />
grants and subsidies.<br />
So if you look at the three (3) main contributors of<br />
any economy, you immediately realise that their<br />
purpose of generating and spending money is<br />
sustenance thereof. It is to circulate resources and<br />
ensure that all are living and operating under acceptable<br />
conditions. Households provide a needed<br />
service (labour); firms provide income to the households<br />
as well as whatever necessary produce; government<br />
ensures a proper running and maintenance<br />
of the country as well as proper distribution<br />
of resources. Therefore, these will always remain<br />
the engine of a country’s economy because what<br />
they provide is a necessity.<br />
What is then the purpose of a financial system?<br />
Granted, all this flow of money has to be under certain<br />
management in order to combat fraudulent<br />
activities like money laundering. Every country has<br />
its own trading currency which I presume it necessary<br />
for the management of cash flow. What would<br />
it mean then if the whole world was to use one<br />
global currency? Who would manage the cash<br />
flow? Who would take claim to it? As it is, every<br />
country is able to account for its currency because<br />
they manage and generate its print and subsequently<br />
its flow. So, in a case of a global currency<br />
who is to account for it as well as manage it, and<br />
what would be their benefit? Who would be<br />
deemed suitable for that position and who would<br />
deem them suitable?<br />
Whether you are an<br />
individual or a business,<br />
God is the Creator<br />
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We have distinguished that the purpose of a financial<br />
system, provided by financial institutions is to<br />
ensure proper flow and management of currency<br />
e.g. bank. However, including banks, we also have<br />
financial institutions that have their purpose mainly<br />
to provide currency in the form of loans and insurance.<br />
We also have financial institutions whose aim<br />
is to grow one’s currency through investments.<br />
Would these institutions do all these out of the<br />
goodness of their heart, to help society? It appears<br />
so from the marketing point of view. It appears as<br />
though the financial life of households; firms and<br />
government would tumble if these institutions didn’t<br />
exist. They are providing a solution to the nightmare<br />
of financial sustainability. It all seems good on the<br />
surface, but what are they benefiting out of it?<br />
Dependence!<br />
Whether you are an individual or a business, God is<br />
the Creator. He created humanity and He creates<br />
every business opportunity. On all this creation He<br />
spoke or speaks a purpose upon its life. He then<br />
provides resources, including a financial blessing<br />
account perfectly suitable for the realisation and<br />
sustainability of that purpose. In other words, the<br />
financial blessing account of every individual as well<br />
as business is measured and apportioned according<br />
to the purpose each need to serve.<br />
So what then happens, what raises and increases<br />
the need for individuals and businesses to seek the<br />
financial assistance of these other financial institutions?<br />
I could say living or spending beyond available<br />
means, but that is only an element of a bigger<br />
problem.<br />
The enemy comes only to kill, steal and destroy. The<br />
purpose attached to the human or business gives a<br />
certain degree of identity. The enemy’s purpose is to<br />
kill or steal that identity, as well as to destroy the life<br />
of. The enemy does not have its own original resources<br />
or ability to create. Therefore, it takes from<br />
whatever God has created and uses it for its own<br />
gain.<br />
When you have an income, whether business or<br />
individual you are a potential target for the financial<br />
institutions. The justification would be that they need<br />
money to sustain the service they offer. Fair enough.<br />
This is why everyone pays fees for their bank, investments<br />
or insurance accounts. However, this is not<br />
where they make their biggest chunk of money. It is<br />
through loans; credit cards etc. the things that you<br />
do not necessarily need, but are offered. The aim of<br />
it all being to suck you into the system that you are<br />
unable to survive on your own.<br />
These institutions target people or businesses with a<br />
flow of income and they offer their products to<br />
them. Secondly, these would have an outstanding<br />
credit rating. Meaning they have mastered a way to<br />
manage their finances. This then means that these<br />
institutions offer them a way to extend their spending<br />
abilities, while slowly and unnoticeable taking<br />
their money bit by bit and eventually driving them to<br />
a corner of dependence on their solutions.<br />
If I am managing my finances well, why do you see<br />
the need to extend my spending if it is not for your<br />
own benefit? I cannot blame it on my inability to<br />
control my spending appetite, but the structure and<br />
design of the world’s system. It is designed to tempt<br />
you to believe that when you spend more your<br />
status rises, but only in material possessions. However,<br />
those possessions are not your own if they are<br />
funded by someone else on interest.<br />
The point I am trying to make is that, God provides<br />
accordingly but the enemy is always waiting to steal<br />
that which God has provided. The only money field<br />
that exists is in utilising the financial provision God<br />
has availed to you in a manner that serves the purpose<br />
of your creation. That way you are ploughing<br />
it back. In everything that God has created there is<br />
a regeneration seed. Therefore when He gives you<br />
a financial provision, use it in the manner in which<br />
it has been purposed, for it to regenerate and grow.<br />
The financial system is not a solution but a devil’s<br />
way of stealing from God’s provision so it can sustain<br />
its own purpose.<br />
Do not be lewd into a debt trap by what the world<br />
presents as acceptable and glorious. Stand firm on<br />
yours and your businesses’ purpose. God will always<br />
provide accordingly as well as sustain you or<br />
your business.<br />
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Your<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
SHADE<br />
It is always a mission to get a perfect shade for your skin complexion. Some parts of your<br />
face may require a darker shade while others require a lighter shade. So what then is the<br />
solution to this besides going to the makeup artist to help you with a close match?<br />
Try two shades of foundation!<br />
1<br />
Apply one shade darker than your skin tone along your hairline; temples and<br />
down your neck; under your cheekbones; your jaws and side chin and nose<br />
2<br />
Apply one shade lighter on the centre of your face; cheekbones; under your eyes<br />
and nose.<br />
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Migraine<br />
A migraine is a primary headache disorder<br />
characterised by recurrent headaches<br />
that are moderate to severe.<br />
Typically, the headaches affect one<br />
half of the head, are pulsating in nature,<br />
and last from 2 to 72 hours. Associated<br />
symptoms may include<br />
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Nausea<br />
Vomiting<br />
Sensitivity to light<br />
Sound<br />
Smell<br />
The pain is generally made worse by<br />
physical activity. Up to one third of<br />
people have an aura: typically a short<br />
period of visual disturbance that signals<br />
that the headache will soon occur.<br />
Occasionally, an aura can occur<br />
with little or no headache following it.<br />
Migraines are believed to be due to a<br />
mixture of environmental and genetic<br />
factors. About two thirds of cases run<br />
in families. Changing hormone levels<br />
may also play a role, as migraines affect slightly<br />
more boys than girls before puberty and two to three<br />
times more women than men. The risk of migraines<br />
usually decreases during pregnancy. The underlying<br />
mechanisms are not fully known. It is, however, believed<br />
to involve the nerves and blood vessels of the<br />
brain.<br />
Initial recommended treatment is with simple pain<br />
medication such as ibuprofen for the nausea, and<br />
avoidance of triggers. Specific medications such as<br />
triptans or ergotamines may be used in those for<br />
whom simple pain medications are not effective.<br />
Caffeine may be added to the above. A number of<br />
medications are useful to prevent attacks including<br />
metoprolol, valproate and topiramate.<br />
Globally, approximately 15% of people are affected<br />
by migraines. It most often starts at puberty and is<br />
worst during middle age. In some women they<br />
become less common following menopause.<br />
As of 2016 it is one of the most common<br />
causes of disability.<br />
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A d v e r t o r i a l<br />
A platform for women to<br />
gather together all over<br />
the world to bring about<br />
the gift of intimacy with<br />
God, that manifests the<br />
blessings of God into the<br />
physical realm. Its mission<br />
is to bring women into<br />
their rightful position of<br />
giving life into everything<br />
God has placed in their<br />
hands.<br />
Praying Women
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SPIRITUAL WEAPONS
A d v e r t o r i a l<br />
SPIRITUAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS<br />
(SWAT) is a prayer platform where we engage<br />
the enemy head-on through intense<br />
prayer and fasting. The bible in 2 Corinthians<br />
10:3-5 encourages us to engage<br />
spiritual weapons for spiritual enemies,<br />
for we do not fight against flesh and<br />
blood but against principalities; against<br />
powers; against the rulers of the darkness<br />
of this age and against spiritual hosts of<br />
wickedness in heavenly places (Ephesians<br />
6:12). As such no other weapon can suffice<br />
except spiritual ones. As sons and<br />
daughters of God being manifested, we<br />
have to destroy the works of the devil (1<br />
John 3:8) through Christ who is in us. So<br />
if you are under any kind of affliction or<br />
disease, these prayers are for you<br />
& TACTICS
Finale<br />
Poem by<br />
It should only be when you quarrel with your thoughts<br />
that you shall talk<br />
It is only when I talk that you listen.<br />
It is only when you listen that I talk.<br />
For you have only one mouth but two ears<br />
So talk less and listen more<br />
Think clearly before you talk<br />
Don’t be too quick to utter a word<br />
Your mind must be faster that your mouth<br />
Pay attention before you listen<br />
For hearing and listening are not the same<br />
Hearing is the duty of the ear<br />
But listening is the duty of the soul<br />
It is only when it is audible that you hear<br />
But your soul can listen even to the soundless<br />
It is only when you know that you talk<br />
But does it matter whether you know or not to listen?<br />
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