THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS

(The ways of God are mysterious to accomplish His is works…)

This message was given by Superior Evangelist Oluwatomisin Olugbebi Ehuwaojomo, the Shepherd-in-Charge of SBJ Parish, Wasimi, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.

“This is a mystery, I saw a church that was given birth to in the wilderness and it was descended with a crown and a King; the church and that king were in the wilderness, it is this church that became the King of Celestial Church. It was given birth to in a day and it became the ‘king’ on that same day. “The baby boy wasn’t given birth to or delivered by anyone, no one knew when he was born. All rulers in Celestial Church must be prepared for that king of righteousness that is about to reign, all those who believe shall dine with him but those who doubt shall die.” the message read in part. Also, the spiritual message advised Shepherds to offer thanksgiving to God with a Cross in the month of September, which is the month the Church would attain the age of 70 years.

MY INTERPRETATION OF THE ABOVE MESSAGE:

Below are the few main events that point to the fact that a genuine successor to Papa SBJ Oshoffa has truly emerged as predicted by the Prophet. “For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you and cause you to return to this place.” (Jeremiah 29: 10 NKJV).

The number seventy is significant in biblical numerology. After 70 years of Babylonia captivity, God visited the Jews and performed his good word towards them. Likewise, after Celestial Church of Christ turned 70years God decided to give an important message that promised the emergence of a New Pastor with a mysterious and specific description as clear as sunlight.

The only reason why I could interpret this message was because it relates directly to what I know God had already begun. This message is very accurate because a year after this message was given, I officially presented myself as the Holy Spirit chosen successor to the Pastor Founder in book format. I only saw this message for the first time on December 22nd, 2018. This book titled SBJ OSHOFFA VINDICATED was presented to Mommy Edith Oshoffa on Sunday the 9th September 2018 during the morning service.

The church in the wilderness refered to in the prophecy was Christ the King Miracle Church in Tulsa Oklahoma and Michigan, an independent  christian  church with no affiliation or ties to any denomination. When we started the Church, it was revealed by the Spirit through Dr. Emmanuel Ayorinde that I should not use the title Founder because the church is a continuation of the plan of God for the Celestial Church of Christ but set up by God for a specific purpose and as an independent organization. In the Celestial Church you can only have one Founder. As a result, I became the Presiding Overseer of Christ the King Miracle Church and not the Founder.

Christ the King Miracle Church was in the wilderness in the sense that even though it was started by me the candidate successor to SBJO it was hidden from all other Celestial Churches. Wilderness is a figurative expression of challenges and isolation. This confirms the message given by a prophetess at Imeko in August 2017 that, “It was as if you have been forgotten by the world where you are right now, but the Lord remembered you and promoted you.”

Compare this to Joseph, even though God planned to make him Prime Minister of Egypt, he had to endure a wilderness experience in Jail. What is the relationship between jail and the position of Prime Minister? Now you can see why the Prophet called the message about the church in the wilderness a MYSTERY.

This Church was started only after Papa SBJO appeared to me in a dream on Saturday, March 15th, 1997 with six other elders, making a total of seven and bestowed on me all the powers he received from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The king and the crown in the prophecy represent the fact that Papa SBJO had already laid hands on me as his successor before the Holy Spirit directed me to start this church.

Remember the prayer I prayed when Papa asked me to hold his robe on Friday March 29th, 1985 and ask for what I wanted, and the Holy Spirit led me to say this prayer: “God grant me the same power, crown, and anointing that you gave to Papa and just as you placed him on the throne and stood by him, do the same for me.” A perfect biblical example shows that David was technically a king the moment Samuel anointed him king but it took years before he was officially coronated.

David went through extensive wilderness experience as well. The wilderness meant Christ the king Miracle Church was isolated from all the Celestial Churches and mainline Churches, as designed by the God of SBJ Oshoffa to hide and shelter me from all the leadership antics in CCC so as not to be part of the infighting and rampant deception that had plagued the church for over 33years.

It was also to hide his future plan for the Celestial Church so no one could understand until the arrival of the appointed time, which from all indications is NOW.

Since Christ the King Miracle Church was started by me a candidate successor to the Pastor-Founder, this suggests that metaphorically it becomes King of the Celestial Churches as stated by the Prophet in the message delivered when the Celestial Church turned 70. The fact that the church was given birth to in a day and in a day became a king paints a picture of Godly wonder and rapid divine acceleration.

That is a classic example of another miracle by the God of Papa SBJ Oshoffa. The baby boy as prophesied by the prophet is not a biological child but a metaphor for “God’s idea of the successor”, hence the explanation that no one knows when the idea or baby boy was born. (Godly ideas have life like a baby and they can develop). That is so true because such secrets belong to God alone. There is no human being who can figure out the birthday of God’s idea. Hence the prophet stated that “the baby boy wasn’t given birth to or delivered by anyone, no one knew when he was born.”

The idea of a successor to the Pastor Founder was God’s idea not man’s idea. However, this new successor according to the prophet will reign in righteousness and all Celestians should be prepared to receive him.

Those who dine with him, that is a metaphor for acceptance, will live and those who reject him will die according to the prophet. The Prophet also instructed that all shepherds of CCC should offer thanks with a cross in the month of September. I doubt if that ever happened.

However, on the 23rd of September 2018 that message was indirectly fulfilled at Beulah Parish, Ajah-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Even though neither Mommy Edith or myself knew there was such a message about the cross.

Mommy Edith Oshoffa had a majority of the representatives of all the factions in Celestial Church present during the 2018 Adult Harvest Thanksgiving of her parish, at Ajah, Lekki Nigeria and they all joined her to offer thanks with the special cross which was the cross I purchased for the special thanks offering as directed by the Holy Spirit. To God alone be all the Glory.