Omenala was a national revelation
By
Francis Duru
A NATIONAL REVELATION:
Igbos should PAUSE and ask why whereas the Origins of MOST other religions are ASSOCIATED with ONE MAN or the OTHER, e.g:
Christianity------Jesus
Islam---------------Mohammed
Buddhism--------Buddha
Confucianism--------------Confucious
Krishna Consciousness------Krishna
Shintoism----------------------------Shinto
Odu ifa---------------------------------Orunmila
Igbos DO NOT link Omenala to any INDIVIDUAL as the originator BECAUSE it is based on the NATIONAL REVELATION at Sinai:
Deuteronomy 29:14
"(29:13) Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;"
Deuteronomy 29:15
"(29:14) but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day--"
Tanakh Bible
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tanakh.bible
The COVENANT (igbandu) is between G-d and those Israelites who were physically present at Sinai that FATEFUL day and also those who were ABSENT. These are very frightening words because it also means those Israelites to be born at ALL times were already entangled in the covenant.
Our OMENALA is not based on the vision, dream or hallucination of an individual BUT a NATIONAL revelation. You will NOT read anywhere that it was STARTED by one man or inspired by one man. This puts it in a special class. Ka uche unu di ya biko.
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