"Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" Acts 2:38
Keys to Power, Authority and the Coming Glory
Keys to Power, Authority and the Coming Glory (Digital Download) by Henry Gruver; Code: 3233D
By Henry GruverWho did God send to Korea to deal with current events? Henry Gruver.
This is the Digital Download Version only without the companion CDs.
Henry Gruver has spent over five decades experiencing a lifestyle of supernatural power and the presence of God in his life. In this exclusive 5-CD set, Henry mentors you to see and do the same.
You will learn how to commune with God and plead the Blood of Jesus. Walking in the supernatural starts there. And Henry brings understanding your authority as a believer. You will raise your faith to new levels as you prepare for the Glory that is coming on the Church.
This exclusive CD series helps you learn:
This exclusive CD series helps you learn:
• How to operate in your authority as a believer
• How to apply the power of the Blood of Jesus
• How to prepare for the coming Glory
• How to commune with God
• Keys to victorious spiritual warfare
It is God who wants to give you authority and power. Henry Gruver says you need it!
Henry Gruver has ministered and traveled the globe, often on obscure assignments, for over five decades.
A Miraculous Life Package by Bruce Van Natta
A Miraculous Life Package (Book, Booklet & 2-CD Set) by Bruce Van Natta; Code: 9536
By Bruce Van NattaFinding Your Miraculous God
Bruce Van Natta has had extraordinary encounters with God. His book, A Miraculous Life, shares stories of what the miraculous looks like in your daily life and it gives key points to help you walk in the supernatural. His first encounter came at the age of five, a hug from God. But it was a workplace tragedy that birthed his fulltime miracle ministry.
It took two angels and a paramedic (a baby born-again Christian!) to bring Bruce back from death. He left his body three times! Bruce is convinced that no matter who you are, where you are, your age, gender, or spiritual commitment, God longs to talk to you and through you, to change your life and the lives of those around you. God lives in the miraculous and He is your miraculous God!
Bruce’s companion teachings will transform the way you think and see yourself.
• God Will Talk Through You (Booklet)
• Positioning Yourself for Supernatural Victory (2-CD Set)
God’s kingdom works through people like Bruce and people like you. Just ask God to use you.
Bruce Van Natta has been sent on a mission from Jesus to start fires in people’s hearts for God. Through Sweet Bread Ministries he gives his testimony worldwide, sharing the miraculous power and love of Jesus.
The Cleansing Healing Power of the Blood by Dr. Sandra Kennedy
The Cleansing Healing Power of the Blood (Book & 3-CD Set) by Dr. Sandra Kennedy; Code: 9539
By Dr. Sandra KennedyAre You Being Cleansed as God Intended?
One of satan’s greatest strategies is to magnify a believer’s sins, while minimizing God’s forgiveness. To access the benefits of Jesus’ blood, you need to learn how to agree with every promise and provision that the Cross has made available to you. Otherwise, you are being robbed!
Dr. Sandra Kennedy teaches the power of the Cross. She clearly shows you your purchased rights to:
• Your benefits out of right standing with God
• Freedom from guilt and shame
• All-sufficient healing
• Victory over strongholds of sin and unbelief
For all who long to live in the victory purchased by Jesus, Sandra’s book and 3-CD set are for you. God’s forgiveness toward you has no limits, and His breakthrough power knows no bounds. And satan knows it.
Dr. Sandra Kennedy is founder and Senior Pastor of Whole Life Ministries in Augusta, Georgia. She has been teaching the principles of healing for over thirty years and is passionate about helping people learn to walk in health and wholeness. Sandra has been healed numerous times and has helped countless numbers of people receive their healing.
Shelter of the Most High by Francis Frangipane
Shelter of the Most High (Book & 3-CD Set) by Francis Frangipane; Code: 9538
By Francis FrangipaneFor your most urgent needs, go to the Secret Place.
In The Shelter of the Most High, Francis Frangipane gives unchanging Biblical direction for times of uncertainty and fears. Francis says in the midst of your difficulty, there is shelter in God and who He is. Regardless of the world’s circumstances and what they declare, the certainty is that nothing you encounter can defeat you, once you’ve found this place.
But you must learn to remain in the stronghold of God! To help you, Francis’ new 3-CD series, Secrets of The Secret Place, gives you keys to:
• Remove obstacles to entering the Secret Place
• Maintain a hunger for God before the need is urgent
• Prepare yourself for encountering God’s Presence
You are not powerless. You can take steps. Francis prays for you on each CD, including prayers for healing, restoration and breakthrough. He wants you to abide in the Secret Place.
Francis Frangipane is founding pastor of River of Life Ministries in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is is an international conference speaker and best-selling author. Francis is also the founder of an online school, In Christ’s Image Training, with students in 115 nations.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart
The LORD is nigh unto
them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psa. 34:18
The Man of Sin Has Been Revealed—the Mark of the Beast
The Man of Sin Has Been
Revealed!
The
Mark of the Beast
The
mark of his name; which is “the mark of the beast” is a biochip
which is a tiny chip implantable inside the human body to send and receive
radio messages— millions of this biochip is already being produced by US based
companies, and are already systematically in circulation in parts of the world.
Therefore, beware!
“The mark of the beast” is now systematically in circulation around the world!
The biochip
is implanted into peoples’ right hand or in their foreheads.
The components of a biochip are: microchip,
capacitor, and an antenna coil. It is about 11.5 millimeters in length—size of
an uncooked grain of rice.
‘The
mark of the beast’, “the name of the beast”, and “the
number of the beast” are connected with this biochip.
And he causeth all,
both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number
of his name.
Revelation 13:16-17
This is one of the most misinterpreted prophecies in
all of the Bible—yet it is vitally important to understand it.
This
prophetic passage clearly reveals that ‘the false prophet of the antichrist’ as
the religious leader of a ‘one-world
religion’ will give out orders to all mankind: both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to
receive “the mark of the beast” in their right hand, or in their foreheads.
Think about it! The
false prophet will require of the poor, the common-man, the entrepreneur,
business people, traders, merchants, the rich, the super-rich, the clairvoyant,
the scholar, the politician, bureaucrats, technocrats, the media man, staff of
labor unions, members of civil societies, clergy men and women, bishops,
priests, pastors, religious leaders, people in government, prisoners, and even
fugitives of the law, to get bio-chipped in their right hand, or in their
foreheads.
And that no man
might buy or sell, except those with the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name.
The world is being prepared to receive ‘the
antichrist’ and his seal.
In the past Obama led US government administration, four
companies were approved to produce the microchips on which the global economy
depends.
In recent times, a US based company in Wisconsin microchipped
its employees.
40 employees at the local firm “Three Square Market”,
which makes cafeteria kiosks intended to replace traditional vending machines,
“got tiny rice-sized microchips embedded in their hands.
A
recent Online Publication reads:
Several technologies already available or
under development will enable electronics firms to make implantable ID
locators, and the human yearning for convenience and security makes them almost
irresistible to marketers.
“The field is developing because the
technology is becoming available to do it” said Edward Cornish president of the
World Future Society, based in Bethesda, Md.
Inevitably, implantable radio locators
conjure up visions of Big Brother and unscrupulous scientists abusing such
technology to control the masses. But the researchers laying the foundations
for this technology see their work as helping humankind, not subverting
privacy. They seek to aid people using wireless phones to summon emergency
help, to track soldiers who become lost on maneuvers and to enable people to
get along without carrying cash by automatically crediting an account.
Animal advocates already urge pet owners
to have tiny identification chips implanted in their dogs and cats so if they
are lost, shelters can identify them through a national computerized database.
Authorities have experimented for years
with fitting convicts with electronic monitors to allow them to leave jails for
limited reasons, such as work release. Several systems already are in place
with the potential to locate people using radio signals. The most obvious,
called GPS, for global positioning satellites, was launched by the military
years ago and has become available for civilian applications. It uses
satellites to map a person’s position with great precision. Some automobiles
come equipped with GPS gadgets that can give drivers their location, and
boaters use similar technology. Researchers want to combine such locators with
equipment that monitors a person’s health.
Engineers in Salt Lake City have designed
a device intended to determine, whether someone wearing it is becoming too cold
or too hot, a sign of exposure.
“We want to highlight people who need
attention early, when there is still time to get to them with help” said Peter
Kind, a senior vice president at Sarcos Research Corp., which has developed a
prototype GPS-based device.
Sarcos’ initial target is the military.
The body monitors and locators could transmit information about soldiers to a
central location to reduce the risks while troops are on maneuvers.
Another means to track people relies upon
the existing network of cellular-phone transmitters. The cellular industry and
emergency-response officials have proposed standards to the Federal
Communications Commission that would enable police, fire and ambulance
dispatchers to find people who dial 911 from wireless phones.
At present, nearly one-quarter of the 911
emergency calls made in the U.S come from wireless phones, and half the time
the callers don’t know their location, posing a major problem for emergency
personnel. Developing computer systems to track locations of so many calls is a
daunting task, but it is consistent with the phone industry’s goal of one day
assigning phone numbers to human beings, rather than to equipment. Once the
phone network becomes sophisticated enough to do this, it will smooth the way
for widespread monitoring of people’s whereabouts.
Companies already market pagers for
children so parents can keep in touch when youngsters are away from home.
Adding the ability to pinpoint location at any time is natural extension;
keeping track of the child through a chip implanted under the skin may be
another. “People accept that increased communications makes life more
convenient at the same time that it means there’s no hiding place anymore,”
said Bernard Beck, a Northwestern University sociologist. Bernard said, “If I
have a universal ID implanted, I can cash a check anywhere in the world.
There’s no worry about credit cards being stolen. These are attractive
matters.”
There is a plan by the authorities to
implant tracers in criminals, promising that this would reduce incarceration
because it would allow them to be tracked at all times. They added, people
wearing locators would be deterred from committing crimes because of the
likelihood they would be caught. But the potential loss of privacy is a huge
issue.
“It’s one thing to have my hospital
monitoring my heartbeat for fibrillation, but it’s an entirely different matter
to have the government monitoring my whereabouts” said Dan Polsby, a
Northwestern University law professor.
Although potential problems are huge,
locator ID chips may be inevitable, said Cornish of the World Future Society.
Just as many people now allow supermarket chains to keep computerized records
of their individual purchases in return for price discounts, many will embrace
the chips for the security and convenience they offer, Cornish said.
“We all want to walk down the street
feeling safe,” he said. “This technology offers that promise along with the
dilemma of lost privacy.” Cornish believers, at least initially, that such
chips would be voluntary. But he acknowledges that “things that are voluntary
today have a way of becoming compulsory tomorrow.”
“I was in London recently on a day when
everyone on the street was wearing a red poppy. I felt conspicuous without one.
I wanted one. As these chips are introduced, people will begin to assume you
are locatable. It will become an issue if you aren’t,” he said.
Cornish said he sees a similar attitude
already regarding e-mail addresses and pagers. “If you tell people you don’t
have an e-mail address, they ask, “How can we contact you?” Some employers now
require staff to wear pagers, to be locatable. Someday, they may require
chips.”
Revelation 7:3 declares that the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads!
Saying, Hurt not the
earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our
God in their foreheads.
Both the
saints and ‘the Israel that is by faith’ are sealed by GOD. They belong to
GOD—because they were purchased by the Blood of the Lamb.
The Book of Revelation clearly states the judgment and punishments for those who
accept the biochip implant of the antichrist’s government and those who worship
his image.
If any man worship the
beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without
mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire
and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the
Lamb (read Revelation 14:9-10).
And the first went,
and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous
sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which
worshipped his image.
Revelation 16:2
And the fifth angel
poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of
darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain (Rev 16:10).
“The second death”—an eternal condemnation in hell,
faces those who receive “the mark of the beast”, and who worship the beast and
his image.
And the third angel
followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his
image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their
torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.
Revelation 14:9-11
Apostle John saw the souls of a multitude that were
beheaded for ‘the Testimony of Jesus Christ’, and for the Word of God; they
refused to worship the beast, and his image, and neither received his mark on
their foreheads, or in their right hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years (see Rev.20:4).
And I saw as it were a
sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the
beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name,
stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God (Revelation 15:2).
The antichrist “whose coming is after the working of Satan with all
diabolical power and signs and lying wonders” (II Thess. 2:9), will globally
enforce his ‘mark’ through the ministry of his false prophet (see
Rev.13:14-15).
This New Testament prophetic book—The Book of Revelation
points out that GOD Almighty has a seal that identifies His people.
Satan also has a mark; an emblem that will identify
those who belong to him.
“The
mark of the beast” is revealed! The beast’s mark
(biochip), which every lost person of the end time will receive.
What could be subtler than a computer chip under the
human skin?
Accepting
the mark—the biochip means captivity!
"He that leadeth
into captivity shall go into captivity..." (Rev. 13:10)
Let us be sober and watchful in prayer.
But the end of all
things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer (1 Pet. 4:7).
The LORD redeemeth the soul of His servants
The LORD
redeemeth the soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be
desolate.
Psa. 34:22
The Man of Sin Has Been Revealed—the Name of the Beast
The Man of Sin Has Been
Revealed!
The
Name of the Beast
And he causeth all,
both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number
of his name.
Revelation 13:16-17
“The name of the beast”, ‘the mark of the beast’, and
“the number of the beast” are connected with the Bible prophesied “man of sin”—
“son of perdition”— “the antichrist”.
II Thessalonians 2:3 talks about “a falling away”, and
the revealing of “the man of sin”.
“Let no man deceive
you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away
first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition…”
Know this:
The
man of sin has already been revealed in his time!
And now ye know what
withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
II Thessalonians 2:6
The
mystery of iniquity is already at work!
For the mystery of
iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken
out of the way.
II Thessalonians 2:7
The Scriptures clearly reveals, illustrates, and
narrates satan’s “mystery of iniquity” in several passages and verses.
Satan, through his “son of perdition”—“the man of
sin” who opposes and exalts himself ‘above all that is called GOD, or that is
worshipped’—will set up the abomination of desolation in the temple of GOD in
Jerusalem.
Let no man deceive you
by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away
first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that
he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
showing himself that
he is God
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
The rise of the antichrist is after the working of
satan—he will rise with satan’s power, and with diabolical signs and lying
wonders.
“…whose coming is
after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders” (II
Thess. 2:9)
Verse 10 says: And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And, the next verse says: And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe
the lie (verse 11).
‘The
working of satan’ will manifest in the ‘scar’ of the beast—his
deadly wound which Apostle John saw, was healed. ‘The world wondered after the
beast; they worshipped the dragon and they worshipped the beast’.
That’s “strong delusion!”
And I saw one of his
heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the
world wondered after the beast.
And they worshipped
the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,
saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13:3-4
The beast ascended out of the abyss, yet will go
into perdition.
The beast that thou
sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into
perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold
the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Revelation 17:8
By "the mystery of iniquity"
the deadly wound of 'the beast that ascended out of the bottomless pit' was
healed in Revelation 13:3 and all the world marveled and followed the beast.
In GOD’s numerology, the number 13 stands for ‘witchcraft’,
‘sorcery’.
Number 3 stands for resurrection.
In Revelation
13 ‘the working of satan’ in ‘the man of sin’ and his false-prophet, associated
with all diabolical power, delusion, and deception are revealed. And, in the
third verse is the precise ‘key-delusion’ with which satan will deceive “the deceivable
of the world”, whose names are not in the Lamb’s Book of Life. They will marvel
after the beast—they will follow the beast.
Revelation 13 is already ‘playing-out’ like a video,
in the world right now! It’s always in the news; on every media format and platform.
Only
those who were predestined for the Eternal Life in CHRIST JESUS will overcome
satan’s ‘strong delusion’.
A third
Jewish temple will be built in Israel soon! The antichrist will go sit down
inside the holy temple of GOD built by the Jewish people and will claim to be
GOD! This is the event prophesied in the Bible as the abomination of
desolation.
The
LORD JESUS and Prophet Daniel warned of this, written in Matthew 24; Daniel 9,
11, 12; Mark 13; Jeremiah 44.
Watch out for a time of peace between the Arabs and
the Jews—a time of strange peace!
“The man of sin” (the antichrist), through his
false-prophet will enforce satan’s rule and government upon the earth—these are
the heads of government of satan on the earth. They together with the dragon
are “the rulers of the darkness of this
world”.
The dragon gave his power, throne, and authority to
“the beast” (the antichrist).
And the beast which I
saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat,
and great authority.
Revelation 13:2
‘The false prophet’ of the antichrist will exercise
all the authority of “the beast” (the antichrist).
And I beheld another
beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he
spake as a dragon.
And he exerciseth all
the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was
healed.
Revelation 13:11-12
Isaiah 14:13 will be fulfilled in the person of the
antichrist.
For thou hast said in
thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north..."
The Name of the Beast
The beast (the antichrist) has a name—his name is: “Barack Hussein Obama”.
The name “Barak”,
also spelled “Baraq”, from the root B-R-Q, is a Hebrew name meaning “lightning”. It is a Biblical name, given after the Israelite
general Barak (ברק Bārāq) in the Book of Judges.
It is a form of both the Hebrew name Baruch and the Arabic
name Mubarak.
“Barak”
( بَرْق barq) is the
Arabic word for "lightning".
The Semetic root B-R-Q has the meaning
"to shine"; "lightning".
Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs
typically during a thunderstorm. It is a giant spark of electricity in the
atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground. This discharge occurs
between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between two clouds, or between
a cloud and the ground.
The charged regions in the atmosphere temporarily equalize
themselves through this discharge referred to as a flash. A lightning flash can
also be a strike if it involves an object on the ground. Lightning creates
light in the form of black body radiation from the very hot plasma created by the
electron flow, and sound in the form of thunder. Lightning may be seen and not
heard when it occurs at a distance too great for the sound to carry as far as
the light from the strike or flash.
In
the occult world, “lightning” is used as a ‘diabolical symbol’ or ‘image’.
They use the lightning bolt as a symbol to represent
“supernatural power”, “punishment”, and “destruction”. Sometimes it is
symbolized with the letter “S” meaning a 'satanic S'. In the occult realm, it
is used to signify ‘the ability and right to inflict harm on others’. The Nazi “SS”
uniforms featured double lightning bolts. The Greeks referred to their god:
Zeus as “lightning”.
When lightning occurs, a visible discharge of electricity is
seen—thus, when a region of a cloud acquires an excess electrical charge,
either positive or negative, that is sufficient to break down the resistance of
air.
How does lightning form?
Lightning is an electric current. To make this electric current,
first you need a cloud. When the ground is hot, it heats the air above it. This
warm air rises. As the air rises, water vapor cools and forms a cloud. When air
continues to rise, the cloud gets bigger and bigger.
In the early stages of development, air acts as an insulator
between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud
and the ground.
The names “Barack” and “Baraka” are Swahili, from
Arabic root (meaning: ‘blessed’). They have been used primarily in East Africa—before
Barack Obama.
The actual Hebrew equivalent is Beracha
("blessing").
Barack Obama, who was said to be named after his ‘Kenyan
father’, was pronounced to have socio-culturally made this name a symbol of a
proudly diverse America.
In the occult
realm, the name: Baraka (African name) means soul double of the sun, with ‘ba’
the ancient Egyptian word for soul, and ‘ra’ for the sun, and ‘ka’ meaning soul
double, so stringing it all together, his name “Barack” diabolically means “blessed double of the soul of the sun from
the sea mother”. Since ancient times till date, pagan-tribes around the
world worship the sun and the sea. They refer to the sun as: “father”, and the
sea as: “mother”. And therewith, his name diabolically suggest that he is the
offspring of ‘the father—sun’ and ‘mother (ma)—sea’.
The Hebrew name “Barak” means ‘thunder’, indicating
that the Hebrews and Egyptians are divergent on the name, as the ‘a’ in ‘ka’ is
left off in the Hebrew, not including any meaning that ‘ka’ implies in “Baraka”.
“Baraka” (‘soul double of a cosmic force’) lends
itself to the ancient Hebrews’ knowledge that humans were created by God, not
by lightning or a sun burst causing swamp goo to morph into creatures.
The name “Hussein”
(also spelled Husein, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin,
Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Hossein, or Husseyn) —from the
triconsonantal root ?-S-N, is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan.
It is commonly given as a male name, particularly
among Shias. In some Persian sources the forms osayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are
used. On the Subcontinent or South Asia, the form used is "Hussain"
or "Hossain" in the Bengal region. The founder of Shiite Islam was
named Hussein.
The ancient people of Egyptian Arabic,
Persia, and Turkey believe that people with this name have a deep inner desire
to lead, organize, supervise, and to achieve status, power and wealth. And,
that they fight being restricted by rules and conventions—tending to be
optimistic, energetic, intelligent, and to make friends easily. And, that they
may be changeable, restless, untidy, and rebellious.
They define the name “Hussein” as a being so awesome
that it radiates awesomeness; and that being around such people may cause
severe awesomeness if over exposed to this being.
"Hussein"
separated the words "Barack" and "Obama" on the birth certificate
of an early 21st century democrat, now long forgotten, who co-opted the
Democratic National Party nomination for president of the United States. Barack
Hussein Obama's climb to power and fame was widely criticized by the media and liberal
activists, who notably searched for hidden facts and proof against his
political career. His followers often claimed "racism" and
"bigotry" when critics actually used his given middle name in public.
Obama repeatedly used his middle name without hesitation or restraint
throughout his earlier political and educational career with audiences
sympathetic to his Muslim heritage. Chicago political kingpins could not be
reached for comment as they are all either incarcerated or awaiting trial for
future incarceration.
“Obama”
is a surname.
The origin of the name “Obama” is African. This is
the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word, the
language. It is a common Fang surname in western Central Africa.
Obama is a rare Luo (Kenyan) surname,
meaning a baby born with bent arm or leg or possibly a breech birth. The Luo
word ‘Obam’ means "to lean or bend". It means "crooked, somewhat
bent". The Luo are the third largest ethnic group in Kenya.
Similar-sounding names are “Obadya” and “Rama”. Like
Obama, these names are not frequently used.
The 44th President of the United States was said to
be named after his father, who was a Kenyan economist.
A
post in the Kenya Advisor says:
Obama gained a lot of attention through
his very well received keynote address at the Democratic Convention in 2004. In
his address, he mixed elements of his personal story with a vision for an
America with opportunities for all. “In no other country on earth, is my story
even possible”, he said, pointing to the fact he as the son of a poor black
immigrant made it to the US Senate.
There is a bigger irony in that. In
Kenya, the Kikuyus are the ruling tribe and for a Luo, like Obama, it’s very
hard to become president. Many Kikuyu claim that “they” paved the way for
Kenyan independence in 1963 – even though many Kikuyu who talk that way weren’t
even born in 1963.
The Luo don’t practice male circumcision
and the Kikuyu and several other tribes believe that any real man must be
circumcised. Therefore, a Luo cannot be a real man and cannot be President. In
fact, the election violence in Kenya was exactly about this: the sitting
president Kibaki, a Kikuyu, defending the primacy of his tribe against Raily
Odinga, a Luo, and his supporters who were angry that they were marginalized for
so long.
So in Kenya, the joke is now going around
that it’s easier for a Luo to become President in the United States than in
Kenya.
The ‘O’ in
Obama means male or man, and ‘ba’ means soul, and ‘ma’ is derived from
ma/mother; the goddess of the sea (from which the term marine, and the African
nation’s name Mauretania was derived), so Obama means “man’s soul from the sea” (from where life was said to have come
by some of the ancients).
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