The Igbo-Gadite: A Story of Emancipation

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Lost & Found: The Emancipatory Story of the Igbo-Gadite" by Lady Apostle Diana Day

" Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the LORD: "Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?" Jeremiah 49:1 (ESV)

"They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. When Jesus got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him.... Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered the pigs. The herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea; and they were drowned [one after the other] in the sea." Mark 5:1, 2, 13

“With every exorcism, Jesus liberates those who are oppressed and possessed by forces beyond their control. Empire in this material is about both spiritual and geo-political forces.” – Cheryl Pero

Hollenbach believes that the demonic and the social are irrefutably interconnected. 2 November 2022, was UK's Stress Awareness Day. Among themes highlighted was ways that stress can affect people and what they can do to manage their stress before it becomes a problem. Most Black theologians opine that Black churches have inherited an Eurocentric tradition of only spiritualizing problems rooted in most of their ailment such as "forms of mental health." Franz Fanon argues that it is not enough to treat patients of mental health problem if the cause of the violence is not addressed, i.e. causes which may include colonial or post colonial structures of oppression.

In his book titled "The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh" renowned Pentecostal scholar, Amos Young proposes a Pentecostal theology and, perhaps more importantly, outlines a pneumatological approach to soteriology, where he notes that Pentecostal soteriology is often characterized as spiritual than political and other worldly than this worldly. Social soteriology on it's part offers a theological reverse, but the prophetically setting of the Messianic mission of Christ requires us to bring both approaches of salvation together so as to embrace the Trinitarian vision and purpose of the messianic mission of Christ foretold and fore practiced by the prophet.

One of the books that offers such prospect is the gospel of Mark. Mark's Gospel stresses the deeds, strength, and determination of Jesus not only in overcoming evil forces through healings of bodies but also portrays a Jesus who teaching and works defies the power of imperial Rome. It is hailed by Post-Colonial Biblical scholars as an anti-imperial Gospel. It is, therefore, in this missio-political book that my text is situated as I attempt to present "THE IGBO-GADITE STORY OF EMANCIPATION", otherwise known as the "Miracle of the swine" or the "Exorcism of the Demoniac" from a Post-Colonial Biblical Perspective where I will employ "diaspora" as methodology in order to understand the cause of the afflictions of the African man's distresses, Jesus' approach to it and how this "miracle" speaks to our diasporic experiences."

That's "Lost & Found: The Igbo-Gadites Story of Emancipation" on the Good News TV that's www.goodnewstv.org.uk 8-9pm. Don't miss!

Lady Apostle Diana Adu

5-10-2022