Map of Malawi Lake Malawi The Governing Body men of the Watchtower Society over Jehovah's Witnesses ordered all Malawi men, women and children to not buy and carry a 50 cent card issued by the national congress even though they also ruled that Mexican Jehovah's Witness men could pay for and carry a card falsely stating they had done service for the Mexican military.  As a result many of Malawi's JWs were driven out of their homes, murdered, burnt to death etc.  See if you think the card was so anti-God the Governing Body had the right to subject the Malawian JWs to such horrors: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2010/05/malawi-congress-party-card.html Here is a copy of the afore-said Mexican military document: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2010/05/mexico-military-document.html Later the Governing Body were told still another government of a nation in Africa required its citizens purchase a card like that in Malawi.  They Governing Body said "forget it."  In other words, they had Jehovah's Witnesses in Africa be burnt and raped, but they did not in the other land because their bad, unscriptural (read Romans 13:1) ruling had become too big a headache for themselves.  Their decisions are thus shown to not be from "Jehovah God" but their own imperfect selves, definitely not worth dying or having to suffer as JWs in Malawi did.

GOD’S KINGDOM SOCIETY (GKS)  Around the earth, the largest, most similar yet different competitor of the Watchtower Society is the “God’s Kingdom Society,” (GKS) which some estimate may have 3 million members.  The GKS itself, which has its world headquarters in Nigeria, does not count how many people are GKS members.  They do this because 2 Samuel 24 shows that God punished King David for taking a census of his people.  However, Nigeria itself has about 155 million people, and about 7 million live in Delta State, a stronghold of the GKS where it is highly regarded; so an estimation of 3 million GKS members is not unreasonable. QUICK OVERVIEW AND FUTURE: The GKS much resembles Jehovah’s Witnesses but differs largely in that it places much more emphasis on helping the needy, elderly, and young people.  So far it’s membership is mostly mostly Nigerian.  Despite the historical and at least partly continuing emphasis on helping the needy, it appears that it is now focusing more on trying to expand.  In such a process it is predictable that some hardening occurs and this is what we see for example in the article “GKS Bent On Evicting 72 -Year- Old Widow” by Eubaldus Enahoro in the Nigerian Observer News of 2008.  It says the GKS has dragged Mrs. Grace Edet from an apartment she has been occupying at the God’s Kingdom Society (GKS) to court in order to recover the two bedrooms flat at the Senior Ministers Executives Quarters she has been occupying at the Salem City Warri.  She told newsmen that her husband was with the GKS’s founder in early 1940 and served as a senior minister of the church until death in 1991.  Further, the current President appears to expressing some opinions in line with ideas of  GKS’s traditional rival, the Watchtower Society. She disclosed that her husband was also buried in the church yard and since she came to Salem City in 1957 as a young lady she took the place as her home and was a complete devotee of the church.  Mrs. Edet noted that the plot to eject her started when the Executive Board of GKS headed by Brother Mathias Iwoh cut her monthly stipends and subsequently stopped her monthly allowance and was left to survive on goodwill from loved ones.  She disclosed that her recent ordeal reached its peak when she was asked to vacate the premises as she was no longer wanted for anything, adding that the trauma she was facing as a result of sanction by the church was very agonizing, stressing that her only hope is in God Almighty. http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/15092008/15092008/news/national/news12.html   FOUNDER AND EARLY HISTORY: Now deceased, Gideon M. Urhobo was born in 1903 in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos.  His family was part of Nigeria's elite class.  He was educated at the Warri Government School.  He taught in Roman Catholic schools and the Warri Government School, but in 1930 obtained a comfortable Colonial Government job as a postal clerk and telegraphist. He wrote that after three and a half years of diligent and prayerful studies of the Bible, Jesus Christ came to him in a vision.  Christ commanded that he preach God's Kingdom (or Gospel of Peace) as a remedy to all human woes in all the nations, expose all of Satan's false doctrines, and pronounce God's judgment against all wickedness. When Gideon Urhobo resigned his job in 1933 and became a preacher of much more humble means, his wife left him.  He then took care of their children alone while also going out to preach on street corners and in public places.   Other friends and family members  thought he must be crazy so they also deserted him. Beset with persecution in Warri, he went to Sapele in June 1933. There he gave lectures against the false doctrines of "churchianity."  These angered other clergymen against him.  He also preached against Islam, which has many members in northern Nigeria.  After reading some interesting publications written by Joseph Rutherford who was then the President of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, he went in October 1934, to a meeting with Watchtower representative W.R. Brown. As a result he briefly became a Watchtower agent under Brown.  However, he soon began disagreeing and expressing differences over topics such as about marriage, organization, leadership, the memorial supper, women preaching, and Watchtower's predicting dates for Armageddon. Gideon Urhobo also said only prophets, especially those who are anointed persons, are Jehovah's Witnesses; and he did not agree that only 144,000 humans go to heaven.  When Brown said JWs have no human leader, Urhobo countered that it was untrue but in fact Joseph Rutherford was the human leader of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  Brown then declared that Gideon Urhobo was an enemy of the Watchtower Society and trying to take over.  When Urhobo split with the Watchtower in December of 1934, others followed him to form God's Kingdom Society.  In this way, the GKS was born.  The Watchtower Society and the Roman Catholic Church began acting as the main opposers of Gideon Urhobo and the GKS, a little one that in time became “a mighty spiritual nation.” (Isaiah 60:22; Mathew 13:31, 32)  The Watchtower Society called Gideon Urhobo names such as devil, Judas, and sinner.  They also pretended that his preaching would be like a withered branch, but instead it has borne more fruit than theirs and it continues to grow.  Although Watchtower’s attacks have been vicious and loud in denouncing his separating from W.R. Brown, even the Watchtower’s Charles Taze Russell separated from N.H. Barbour. After Gideon Urhobo died on February 25, 1952, those who had known him declared that although imperfect as all humans are, his life which included numerous acts of kindness for others, was truly that of a holy man or saint.  He is also considered to be a Spirit-anointed witness for Jehovah and Jesus Christ. It is true that as the first President of the GKS, he never went to Europe or America, and his most prominent secular job was only that of a telegraphist.  However, he allowed himself to be amply used for God’s purpose. Although Gideon Urhobo studied with and distributed some publications of Jehovah's Witnesses, it must also be remembered that he was in fact always and foremost for Jehovah God Himself and Jesus Christ not the Watchtower Society. From its founding the GKC has pointed out that the Watchtower Society has proved itself a false prophet many many times.   As a quick example, even before the Watchtower Society mispredicted that 1975 would bring Armageddon, JWs poured into Nigeria's towns and villages proclaiming Armageddon's imminence" after the eclipse of the sun on Tuesday, 2nd May 1947. SINCE GIDEON URHOBO: Gideon Urhobo was succeeded by Ebenezer Otomewo, who served 45years as President of the GKS until dying on April 27, 1997.  There was much during growth his tenure but almost nothing is written about him, so possibly he was equivalent to Joseph Russell in the Watchtower Society’s history. In September 1997 Emmanuel Oseghale Aighalua, an attorney, became President at age 39 and serves the GKS as President.  For this he is assisted by other GKC officers and Executive Board members including the current Vice President is Samuel Nwaeke. He is outspoken, opinionated and has traveled to Europe and the U.S.     MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS DURING PRESIDENT AIGHALUA'S RULE:  President Aighalua has called on all the parties involved in warfare in the Niger Delta to cease all hostilities and negotiate.  He has also called on the federal and state governments to improve the level of security especially where there are many violent crimes.   He says the nation’s leaders need to live by the Bible and practice what they preach about not living in luxury and greed.  In Nigeria 1% of the population allegedly controls 80% of the wealth.  This is considered un-Christian and goes against the well-being and happiness of others. Aighalua has spoken against Christians dressing children in sexually provocative ways such as T-shirts saying “porn star in the making,” lack of parental guidance in video and TV films, parental emphasis on secular instead of spiritual education.  He has also noted “the increasing portrayals of violence, occultism, witchcraft, immorality, crime and so on via TV, video and the internet.  His email is oeaighalua@yahoo.com.  He is against young people joining secret societies. Aighalua personally disapproves of birthdays, noting Bible occasions that do not speak well of those.  He also feels that  the money, time and energy spent feeding of guests, making  cakes, hiring live bands or deejays in some cases, sewing special clothing etc, could be better spent on more spiritual doings to benefit children and the poor people in society.  He also disapproves of African burial ceremonies being turned into festive occasions at which young people dress flamboyantly, harass people on the roads, drink, drive recklessly and sing unedifying songs. His wife Blessing Aighalua accompanied him to the United States on a visit with GKS members gathered in Boston, Massachusetts during July 24-26, 2009.  They also went to fellowship with GKS members in other parts of the United States.  He reached to the U.S. media, helped conduct seminars and training sessions on leadership etc.  The President and his wife live in a large house or mansion called Paradise House. The annual GKS ministers meeting is a time for decisions of church policy and the state of the world in light of the scriptures.  Meeting in Ghana and Kenya for example, it has spoken against any use of abortion or human embryonic cells for example for scientific purposes.  The ministers have also spoken against anyone wanting to kill or harm the scientists, noting that two wrongs don’t make a right and vengeance belongs not to humans but to Jehovah.  They also encouraged the governments of Ghana and Kenya to act against greed and for Liberians to stay at peace after U.N. peacekeepers pull out.  They have also called on Western governments to not legalize homosexual marriages. GENERAL BELIEFS: The GKS believes that God Almighty the Father is Jehovah.  Its main goal is to peacefully tell the Good News and organize for Jehovah's Kingdom under Jesus Christ.  It does this by free public lectures and publications, TV, radio, the internet, witnessing on street corners and at homes mostly in Africa and in some Western cities. Most of the evangelizing is done by male members.  Female members mostly contribute by charitable deeds and building stronger families.   The 144,000 number for those serving with Christ from heaven is not literal and not filled.  Tolerance and neighborliness need to be given to those of other beliefs, but it is noted that although many groups say they are Christians or for Jehovah, their fruits show that to the contrary they are being cleverly misled by the devil who is a wicked spirit.  Pain, suffering, poverty, death of loved ones are all blamed on Satan and his demons. Although the Bible speaks of women such as Miriam, Deborah, Anna and Hulda as religious leaders, prophetesses or preachers such references are believed by GKS to be anathema and due to misunderstandings.  For example when Deborah is called a Judge over Israel, this may have been in only an honorary non-literal sense. Hell is not taught to be a literal place of fire but sleep-like death for unconscious souls.  Some will have a resurrection to life, others to judgment.  Christ and anointed Christians are called the Little Flock.  They receive the First Resurrection which is in heaven. (Lu 12:32, James 1:18)  The Better Resurrection will be for faithful men and women of old who worshipped Jehovah before Christ was born on earth, (Hebrews 11:4-40) and it will take place on earth, not this but a reconstructed earth glorified like the Garden of Eden.   Isaiah and Revelation speak of a new heavens and a new earth. The General Resurrection will be for the remaining others, both good and bad, and it is also upon the reconstructed planet earth. Good people receive eternal life.  Bad people will be judged and sentenced according to their deeds. (John 5:28,29)  Humans will not only be resurrected but death itself will be ended for them. (Hos. 13:14).  It is seen from his upholding of Christianity that Saint Gideon Urhobo is among them, but otherwise there are no known members of the GKS, their resurrection being on earth. Christ’s Kingdom come upon the reconstructed paradise Earth will reign for 1000 years.  Then he will hand over the Kingdom to his father Jehovah according to I Corinthians 15, from verse 24 to 28.  Then the Kingdom of God will continue and cover the whole planet under the full command of Jehovah God Almighty. In Psalm 115 verse 16 King David said the earth is for the children of men, that is for humans. King Solomon said God had shown him a vision of those who go to heaven.  He said he saw more than 1,000, but not one was a woman. (Ecclesiastics 7:28).  Jesus Christ chose apostles who go to heaven as spirit beings, and later he chose seventy other disciples.   However, no woman was among them, but women and men do receive the General Resurrection which is on earth.  At John 3:12-13, the apostle Paul says no one had then gone to heaven except for Christ. Only knowing adults are given baptism symbolic of their dedication as Christians.  Racism is opposed.  The gift of speaking in tongues or other languages has ceased as people can now read the Bible and preach in their own languages, which was not the case at the time of the early church. Those who speak in tongues today are using meaningless sounds contrary to what happened on the day of Pentecost.   People cannot see Christ in the flesh for he is now a spirit in heaven.  Only saints will see Christ when they are resurrected as spirits to heaven at Christ’s second presence.  Others chosen in the last days will know of his coming by revelation, go and educate the world about God and His kingdom. The GKS position is that it is shameful that some professed Christians actually worship idols.  Idol worshippers lack faith in Jehovah.  Interfaith is avoided because it is seen as light mixing with dark.  Homosexuality is also condemned.  However the President of the GKC has commended Anglicans for working against the legalization of homosexuality in Nigeria.  The GKC urges faithful Christians to show fruits of the spirit such as love, joy, and long-suffering.  ATTENDANCE SERVICES: Sunday service is simple, opened by "Hail Jehovah and Jesus Christ!"  Members also commonly use this expression to greet each other.   Next come sermons or exhortations, announcements, and songs of thanksgiving.  The ending cry is also "Hail Jehovah and Jesus Christ!"   Songs are usually accompanied by organ music and may be traditional or modern African and Western songs.   Most meetings are in English but with allowance made for those of other language groups.      Members do not partake of the Lord's Meal (the Last Supper) because they believe Christ already came and was resurrected to glory in heaven.  GKC members pray while standing with their eyes open.  (This must make it harder for enemies to spot them.)    WOMEN: Women cannot wear men's clothing or dress provocatively.  They must wear a head covering, cannot speak during worship or sit in the altar area.  Instead men sit on the right of the altar and women on the left. There are Wednesday night Bible Study meetings lasting 1½ hours for men.  There is a separate timed meeting that night for the women.  Additional Bible study opportunities are available. MEMBERSHIP: Membership is free and as easy as agreeing to the beliefs of the GKS.  Donating is encouraged, and much joy comes from doing Christian deeds to help needy people. YOUTH: The GKS has a Youth Assembly with fun activities such as a Bible quiz, drama, music, and sports.  This comes every August.   Freedom Day concerns the birthday of Jesus, and it is held in October.  The highly spectacular Feast of Tabernacles is held in December. There are also special fellowshipping conferences for ministers in June.  A fellowshipping conference for lay members and women is in March and April. CURRENT LOCATIONS: Major GKC Bible Study groups gather throughout Nigeria and other African nations such as Liberia’s capital Monrovia and Benin City in Benin.  In Europe there is an especially large concentration  in London, not surprising since Nigeria is in the British Commonwealth and was once a British colony.    In the United States members of the GKS gather in widely-spread cities such as in Detroit, Michigan, and Decatur, Illinois.  The world headquarters is at Warri or Salem City, Nigeria, in Delta State or province. GOD’S OVERALL PLAN:  Jehovah created the Word who became God's agent in creation, and the Word was later sent to this earth where he was the only spirit son of God ever born to a woman, that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.    Satan was and is the powerful spirit being who heads the other powerful spirit beings commonly called bad angels or the demons.  Jesus Christ has returned to heaven where he is with Jehovah the Father, and Christ is the powerful spirit being who heads all the good, holy and faithful angels.  There is only one God Almighty, the Father Jehovah who is all powerful.  However, Christ, the other angels, Satan and his demons, being powerful spirit beings are also sometimes called “gods” spelled with a small letter “g” in the sense of being powerful spirit creatures.  (Ps 82:6)  Jehovah is "God of gods, and Lord of lords." (Deut 10:17)   The Kingdom of Heaven is an actual place far above the firmaments, that is a place literally in the heavens.  The Kingdom was established only after World War I which was 1914-1918.   That was when Jesus returned invisibly.  Most people inherit admission into the Kingdom here on earth, but a small number go up to the headquarters in heaven.   Armageddon will occur sometime but no one knows when or can truthfully set a date for it.  After Armageddon the planet Earth will be restored to Edenic paradise and surviving humans will eventually be restored to perfection.  This will all be to the great glory and praise of Jehovah God. PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE WITH JW’S; POSSIBLE FUTURE EVANGELIZING EFFORTS BY THE GKS:   Although the GKS believes we live in the Last Days, it does not see its preaching mission as something that must be accomplished so quickly by a fixed or immediate date but as possibly a mission to which it must be committed on a long-term basis.  Jehovah’s Witnesses are seen as sincere and admirable for their zealousness but totally misled.  Also, unlike Watchtower, the GKS does not claim to be the only true Church organization in the world, but does appealingly say that it is a fruitful, branch of the Christianity faith sincerely trying to follow the Bible itself. Many Nigerians, especially of the Urhobo and Isoko cultures, have become members of the GKS.  This is only partly because of its Bible teachings that are regarded as positive.  Even non-members enjoy the GKS’s rich blend of Nigerian music, its large colorful festivals and appreciative use and blending of the elements of other people’s cultures.   Instead of standing apart from or fighting against difference in culture as Jehovah’s Witnesses do, the GKS makes use of cultures.   Likely in evangelizing in other nations, GKS would be sensitive to the local cultural differences there, too.  For example in the United States polygamy is against the law and culturally taboo, so it would likely take those factors into account. There are examples of the GKS sensitivity to culture dating back to when G.M. Urhobo and W.R. Brown of the Watchtower Society were alive.   As said already, a major example is that of polygamy.  First GKS President Gideon Urhobo and the GKS have said that polygamy is not only scriptural but cultural inherent and a totally legal arrangement in many African nations including Nigeria.  Brown, Watchtower and JWs both long ago and now have opposed polygamy even where legal and cultural.  In fact Watchtower now compels men with more than one wife to divorce them all except for one.  However, before the GKS came into existence, Watchtower’s JWs in Nigeria had also permitted the practice of polygamy!  Until the 1950s, Watchtower ordered JWs to oppose giving the traditional greeting that Nigerians make to an elderly person, because it involved a bow to the elderly person.  They claimed this was an act of creature worship.  However, as said, they switched to the approach of the GKS. The Urhobo culture is the main culture in Delta State, one of Nigeria’s 36 states.  It is in southern Nigeria, near the northwestern Niger River delta.  The Urhobo people speak a type of pidgin or broken English called Brokan which is used across Nigeria.  English, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are also all official languages.  Thus, the GKS is used to preaching in multi-ethnic contexts which means that if it becomes serious about preaching in other lands, its likelihood for success is all the greater. The GKS has its world headquarters at Salem City which is in the city of Warri in Delta State.  The state of Warri is noted for the production of oil, and its inhabitants are mostly Christians.  Some other religious groups in Delta State are the CMS, Baptists, Roman Catholics and Pentecostalists.  It would need to establish branch offices in more nations to do more evangelizing.  One can only make guesses as to where, should the GKS choose to do more to expand, it would be most likely to do so.  Beyond London, U.K., it is known that the GKS has had some training sessions in the United States.  Given too that English is a main language for many Nigerians in the GKS, other African nations where English is spoken, such as in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi etc), would be logical possibilities.  Brazil, long a place where Watchtower has grown at a quick pace, is another logical place, but it is more distant and the language there is a dialect of Portuguese.    Not only has the current GKS President already shown some keen interest in evangelizing outside of Nigeria, but the approach of 2014 is significant for both the Watchtower Society and God’s Kingdom Society.  Watchtower has told JWs that 1914 was the year that would begin the end of the world ushering in Armageddon then paradise on earth.  In 2014 it will be seen that the world still exists, making Watchtower look stupid and false.  Watchtower’s misprediction of the end coming exactly in 1975 led to a fall in its membership; so clearly by the end of 2014, there will be another decline in its membership.   Watchtower has already moved to make some adjustments, but those may be too little too late.  Meanwhile the GKS, as true to for other onlooking religious groups around the earth such as the Roman Catholic Church, Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists, etc, has beyond doubt recalled the significance of 2014 (a hundred years past 1914), so as we go toward that year more competition with Watchtower can be expected.  In the 1800s the Adventists also predicted the End, but they survived and have grown since because of the emphasis on hands-on, membership-oriented love as seen with Adventist hospitals, retirement homes, schools, etc.   Watchtower has done none of those things. USE OF TECHNOLOGY:  The GKS recognizes that technology can be used for good or bad.  Although warning of the internet’s dangers, it uses the internet.  For example it has youtube videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/GodsKingdomSociety and its current President has an email.  Currently there are a number of GKS Facebook websites, some with the group’s name, others not.  The GKS has long used TV, radio etc.

THE WATCHTOWER MOVEMENT (KITAWALA) IN THE "DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO" A much more radical product of the synthesis of African and Christian elements is the Kitawala movement or so-called "Watchtower movement", which appeared in Katanga Province (now Shaba Region) during the 1920s. Influenced by the black American missionary activity in South Africa of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses), the movement converted miners who then spread elements of the movement northward from their South African base into the Katangan copper belt. The British "Reverend" James Booth and his African associate Elliott Kamwana, both black, used Watch Tower publications but did not limit their preaching to the Bible Students message of Charles Taze Russell (it does not seem that Russell understood this at the time).[5] Besides preaching the imminent arrival of God's kingdom, they also preached racial equality, equal pay for equal work, and the impending struggle for the restitution of Africa to Africans. Although anticolonial in ideology, the movement had no concrete strategy of revolution, which, however, did not prevent the state from cracking down on it. As with Kimbanguism, the state attempted to repress Kitawala by relegating its members to isolated rural regions. Ironically, this strategy once again simply served to speed the spread of the movement as exiled adherents converted their rural neighbors. Over time the movement became more Africanized and more radical, slowly transforming itself from any association with the worldwide Watch Tower organization into what has been termed a form of peasant political consciousness. The term "Kitawala" combines the prefix "ki" with "tawala", a corruption of a local word for "tower" and is by far the most common term for the movement; the invented term "Waticitawala" has sometimes been used intentionally to evoke the early twentieth century thread from Watch Tower. Theological messages varied from place to place, but a common core of beliefs included the struggle against sorcery, the purification of society, and the existence of a black God. Kitawala denounced all forms of authority as the work of Satan, including taxes, forced labor, and most other coercive elements of colonial rule. The movement's anticolonial message was so strong that the worldwide Watch Tower movement formally renounced it. Colonial bannings failed to eradicate the movement, however. And the independent state that succeeded colonial authority, black African though it be, has been no more successful in converting the Kitawalists from their apolitical, antiauthoritarian stance. Kitawalists continue to resist saluting the flag, participating in party-mandated public works (Salongo), and paying taxes. At times they have resisted state pressure violently, as in Shaba in 1979 when the appearance of army units in their midst provoked an attack by Kitawalists on the state's administrative offices and the killing of two soldiers. The state retaliated with a vicious repression. More frequently, Kitawalists withdraw when state pressure becomes excessive. Entire communities have moved into deep forest in areas such as Équateur Region in order to escape any contact with civil authorities.  SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo (with underlining and yellowing added for empahsis) 5 "South Africa and Neighboring Territories", 1976 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, page 72, "In The Watch Tower of July 1, 1909, Booth describes the distribution of tracts in Johannesburg and Pretoria among the Africans and then says: “They are overjoyed at having the same message brought here which they have heard was being proclaimed up in their home country, Nyasaland, by Brother Elliott Kamwana."

JW COUPLE DISOWN 5 YEAR OLD CHILD  AND DISTURB THE PEACE BECAUSE HE GOT A LIFE-OR-DEATH BLOOD TRANSFUSION - IN GHANA, AFRICA Two JW parents of a five year old disowned the child after a doctor gave the child an emergency blood transfusion.  They also burst into the hospital with a gang of JW friends in protest so that the hospital had to call in the police.  This happened in Ghana which is in West Africa.   It does not show on the map here but is inland near Kumasi which is shown.  It's in the The Adansi South District in the Ashanti Region entirely in a forest with eight forest reserves.  Income sources include hardwood lumber, pineapples, black peppers, cashews, tomatoes; and there is eco-tourism with many scenic waterfalls and mountain ranges. The article also correctly explains a lot about the Watchtower Society's history and doctrines, including that it looks forward to Armageddon any day now.  Now click on the following link for the original article with far more details: http://www.citifmonline.com/site/news/news/view/5368/1

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1. MWIBUKE IVYO IMANA IVUGA KU BIJANYE N'IBIKOKO, IBITEGWA HAMWE N'ISI YACU.  Mu gutangura abantu benshi na canecane abavugwa mu Gitabu, ni ukuvuga Abayahudi, Abakirisu hamwe n’Abayislamu barumvise ko Imana ishaka ko twofata neza ibikoko. Ikorowani ivuga iti: “Hari impera mu gufata / kugirira neza ikiremwa muntu canke igikoko”. Igitabu ca Talmud kivuga ko ubugwaneza ari igihambaye kungana n’amategeko (amabwirizwa) yose y’Imana. Yesu Kristu yatanguje ubukristu hamwe n’ubuzima bwiwe ni akarorero ntangarugero k’ukugira neza. 1. REMEMBER WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT ANIMALS, PLANTS AND OUR EARTH: To begin, most people, especially All People Of The Book, that is Jews, Christians and Muslims have heard that God wants us to treat animals right.  The Koran says "There is a reward for kindness to every living animal or human.” The Talmud says kindness is as important as all of God’s commandments.  Jesus Christ began Christianity, and his life is an outstanding example of kindness. 2. It is true that Christ helped his disciples to catch and eat some fish, (John 21:6-13) but he and they also taught people to not be needlessly un-cruel.  His Father, God in heaven, thousands of years ago said to not yoke a mule with an ox. (Deuteronomy 22:10) They would be unevenly matched in strength.  That would be cruel, cause injury and suffering.  Even non-believers understand that animals kept healthy can live longer, produce better meat and other products.  Also they can give birth to more animals for more food. 2. Ni ivy’ukuri ko Kristu yafashije abigishwa biwe gufata no kurya amafi, (Yohani 21: 6 -13) ariko we hamwe nabo barigishije kandi abantu kutica / kugira nabi bidakenewe. Se wiwe, Imana  yo mw’ijuru, imyakaibihumbi n’ibihumbi.iheze yavuze kudafatanya indogoba n’impfizi. (Gusubira mu vyagezwe 22: 10). Ntibinganya inguvu/ ubushobozi.  Vyobaye ari bibi,, vyoteje ibikomere hamwe n’ububabare. Abatemera barategera ko ibikoko bifashwe neza bishobora kuramba, biratanga inyama nyinshi hamwe n’ibindi vy’akamaro. Vyongeye, birashobora kuvyara ibindi bikoko vyinshi kubw’ imfungurwa. 3. Abantu bamwe biyumvira ko bakeneye kwica ibikoko vyose biboneka nabi canke ikindi gihe biteza ingorane. Nk’akarorero ibitangurirwa birafise ubumara bushobora kugira nabi canke kwica abantu, kandi mu bisanzwe abantu bica ibitangurirwa kugira ngo bikingire impanuka canke bakingire abandi.  Ariko mu gihe hatobayeho ibitangurirwa hobayeho isazi nyinshi, amavubi/ inyabumba, hamwe n’imibu, kandi ivyo vyoteza ingorane nyinshi ku bantu. 3. Some people think they need to kill all animals that look ugly or sometimes cause problems.  For example many spiders have poison which can hurt or kill people, and naturally people kill spiders to keep them from causing danger to themselves or others.  However, if no spiders existed at all, then there would be many more flies, ants and mosquitoes; and those would cause humans even more problems.  4. Muri ubwo buryo nyene, inzovu kenshi na kenshi zironona ibiterwa. Ariko zirashobora gukora ibikorwa bigora abantu. Bitayeko inzovu zirakwega ingenzi zitanga amafaranga ashobora guterera mu butunzi bw’ibihugu. N’uko rero, dutegerezwa kwibuka ko inzovu, ibitangurirwa, hamwe n’ibindi biremwa navyo nyene bikenewe. Soma mu gitabu ca Yobu 38: 25 – 28, no muri Zaburi 104: 27 – 30) havuga ku bijanye n’Imana n’irema ryayo nk’inyenyeri, imisozi, umuyaga, umuriro, inzuzi/ amabahari, impene hamwe n’intare.  Yesu yavuze ko Data wo mw’ijuru yitwararika nutunyoni duto hamwe n’amashurwe yo mw’ishamba (Matayo 6: 26 – 29, 10: 29). 4. Similarly, elephants sometimes destroy some crops.  However, they can do difficult work for humans, and they also attract tourists who pay money which can help the economies of nations.  Therefore, we must remember that elephants, spiders and other creatures are also useful.  Read what Job 38:25-28 and Psalm 104:27-30 tell about God and His creation including the stars, mountains, wind, fire, oceans, goats and lions.  Christ said our Father in heaven even cares for very small birds and wildflowers. (Matthew 6:26-29, 10:29)  5. Imana iha abantu bose ingabirano nyinshi harimwo ivyamwa n’ivyatsi bishobora gukiza ingwara.  Imana kenshi irariha abo bose bitwararika kandi bakiga ibihereranye n’ibidukikije.  Akarorero abantu baratoye  ibiterwa vyinshi vyofasha mu gukiza ububabare hamwe n’ingwara zica.  Imana iritwararika ibijanye na kazoza  k’iyi si yacu, abantu bose, ibikoko hamwe n’ibiterwa biri kuri yo. Bitayeho Ivyahishuriwe Yohani  11: 18 havuga  ko Imana izohonya abahonya isi. Turabaho kandi turapfa ariko kubera Kristu; Imana izotuzura twese (Yohani 3: 16, Ivyakozwe n’intumwa 24: 15) nk’akaryo ka kabiri ko kuba kw’isi izoba yahinduwe  I Paradizo; kandi bamwe  bazofatanya na Kristu mw’ijuru. Mbega inkuru nziza!   5. God gives all humans many gifts.  These include the many healing fruits and herbs.  God often repays those who care about and study nature.  For example humans have discovered many plants that help to cure painful and deadly diseases.  God cares about the future of our Earth, all the people, animals and plants on it.  In fact Revelation 11:18 says God will ruin those who ruin the earth.  We live and we die but because of Christ, God will resurrect all of us (John 3:16, Acts 24:15) for a second chance upon Earth restored to paradise; and also some will serve with Christ in heaven.  That is very Good News!  Abasomyi bashobora gusaba ibinyamakuru  hamwe n’inyigisho ya Bibiliya ku buntu. Bariza kw’Ishengero ry’ Abanyeshure ba Bibiliya b’Isezerano rishasha (NEW COVENANT BIBLE STUDENTS’ CHURCH),  DZALEKA REFUGEE CAMP, KATUBZA 828, DOWA - MALAWI Email: ncbsc7@yahoo.co.uk christianwitnesses.com