The angel said: “No teaching that is contained in the hymnals will contradict biblical teachings.”
That means that if I teach people about Yahuah’s faith system I must, firstly, distinguish between Yahuah’s faith system and the religion of the gentiles!
Secondly, I should show that in fact this Israelite nation, that is mentioned in the Bible, is black.
1.Shabbat Shalom to the saints. The topic of this sermon is: Shembe brings a rotten human corpse back to life.
2.I often explain that an angel came to us in 2010 and said she had been sent by Lord Galilee Shembe to tell me to build him Yahuah’s church in which I would teach people how to properly serve or worship Yahuah.
3.I would do that by deriving some material from Prophet Isaiah Shembe’s (pbuh) teachings.
4.I would also follow all the prophet’s teachings on Yahuah’s Instructions, which he gave to the Nazarites!
5.I would base this gospel on the Bible and the Nazarite Hymnal.
6.The angel said: “No teaching that is contained in the hymnals will contradict biblical teachings.”
7.That means that if I teach people about Yahuah’s faith system I must, firstly, distinguish between Yahuah’s faith system and the religion of the gentiles!
8.Secondly, I should show that in fact this Israelite nation, that is mentioned in the Bible, is black.
9.Since I was instructed to derive my work from the prophet’s sermons, it is essential that we bear in mind that Shembe came from heaven, having been brought down here to revive Yahuah’s church which had been destroyed by the gentiles!
10.I say this knowing quite well that many people accept fairy tales that have been pushed down their throats by whites, irrespective of how nonsensical they are!
11.Despite the myths that have been made up by the missions about Shembe, I have been mandated to rekindle this heavenly gospel! People should know that Shembe is Yahuah’s prophet!
12.We know that after the prophet’s departure from this planet, the enemies formed a fairy tale about the prophet going to Nhlangakazi, telling his followers that he would ascend up to heaven just like EliYahu.
13.He attached wings to his body, and when he tried to fly he fell over the cliff and died.
14.Missions preached this gospel among churches and schools, and it ended up sounding like a valid fact!
15.This fairy tale did not just emerge from nowhere, but it was fabricated by cunning individuals with a view to doing away with Shembe, as was the case with Yeshua!
16.One white missionary, Mrs Wells, who lectured at the Inanda Seminary, being fond of the prophet, revealed that missions tended to meet and device plans of doing away with Shembe!
17.Mrs Wells said missions complained that if Shembe was allowed to flourish, he would destroy all that they, as missions, had accomplished!
18.That woman said they were in one of their mission conventions where strategies to destroy Shembe were devised.
19.She said that rose and asked if they even knew Shembe since they wanted to destroy; had they ever spoken to him and discovered what kind of a person he was?
20.She said a superintendent of missions stood up and said: “I don’t know Shembe, and I don’t want to know anything about him, but I’m determined to destroy his legacy and his name should be wiped away from the face of the earth!”
21.Indeed after his departure from this planet, they fabricated this lie that Shembe died whilst trying to fly!
22.Here I have selected this narrative in order to testify that Shembe truly came from heaven!
23.I have selected this miracle from among a myriad of miracles that Shembe performed while our parents were still in his company on this planet!
24.This is how this story goes:
“It was 1930 when Shembe preached in Nkabana’s homestead among the Mpondos, in South Coast, when about 50 people were converted. He baptized them in a river by which we had passed on our way to this homestead.
25.He continued preaching in the area, and even more people were converted; he baptized them in the same river.
26.Therafter, a loud commotion erupted because the people abandoned their huge Wesleyan church at eThembeni.
27.Church authorities came to Nkabana and, with fury, asked if he was the one who had allowed that man to preach in his homestead.
28.Nkabana said: “No, I just saw him arriving here, preaching the Word of God, and I accepted him. I didn’t know that there was a conflict among you, pious ones. Come in and go and talk with him.”
29.They came to Shembe in the house and asked if he had been granted permission to preach. He replied: “I am not prohibited from going wherever God sends me because Yahuah has instructed me to preach all over the world!”
30.While they were still arguing with him, the police arrived and Shembe ordered that we leave the place once and for all.
31.We assembled his clothing items, some of which were still wet since he had been baptizing the people.
32.We left. When we walked past a Wesleyan school, eThembeni, Shembe stopped and said: “My children, as I look at this place, I see a white garment falling down upon this place. The time is coming when this place will become a Nazarite city.”
33.We left for the railway station at Riverside where we waited for the train which would take us to eKuphakameni.
34.Then a voice from heaven came to Shembe and said: “They have driven you away from here, but I will stay and work here in the Mpondo land. Leave two young men here through which I will work.”
35.The Lord selected Daniel Goba and Philip Ngubane and said: “Yahuah has said you will remain here and preach in this land.
36.If you preach effectively, Yahuah will give us a piece of land so that we may erect a church building, and nobody will trouble us anymore.
37.Remain and preach well for Yahuah says for Yahuah says nobody can drive Him away.”
38.That is how we remained and preached; many people were converted. An opportunity to buy land (a farm) presented itself. We sent a word to eKuphakameni, confirming that there was land that was up for sale.
39.The man of God came and purchased it; that is where Nazareth was built as it still stands today.
40.This place is close to a great Wesleyan Mission at eThembeni, where Shembe was once driven away. We witnessed the grace of the God of eKuphakameni who gave us this place.
41.When Shembe had left Nkabana’s homestead, he met Nkabana’s wife. This woman, MaMemela, was carrying a one-week-old baby.
42.She did not hope that the baby could survive because all her six children had died due to an evil, mythical familiar.
43.Whenever her children were about to develop to a sitting stage, this woman would dream of an evil, mythical familiar with a huge mouth; thereafter, she was always certain that the child would die.
44.She reported this persistent tragedy to Shembe; Shembe put his foot on a stone and his hand on the baby’s head and said: “Lord, shelter this baby’s soul under your mighty wings just as you have sheltered the city of eKuphakameni.”
45.Then Shembe said to the baby’s mother: “Trust in the Lord, my child. This baby will not die for I will write its name with an indelible diamond pen in great books.
46.This baby’s name will be ‘Malandela’ for his father followed Shembe.”
47.When Shembe had finished what he was doing he proceeded with his journey. Malandela grew up well as per Shembe’s declaration.
48.When Malandela was four years old, his mother left for a holy assembly upon Mount Nhlangakazi.
49.She left the child with its sister; the child fell sick. It remained sick only for one week and then died.
50.It died on a Monday, the day on which the assembly was formally closed upon Nhlangakazi.
51.The child’s mother wanted to return home exactly on that day, but the Lord advised her to stay until the following day.
52.When she came to ask for a blessing for her departure on Tuesday, Shembe said to her: “You may go now my child; stop at Nkabana’s workplace in Durban and tell him that I said he should give you some money for a train return ticket for you will return to eKuphakameni with your child, Malandela, regardless of his condition.”
53.This woman did not ask what all that meant. MaMemela did so. She stopped at her husband’s workplace in Durban and told him what the Lord had said.
54.She received the money and caught an afternoon train that was bound for Mzimkhulu. The train arrived at night at Mzimkhulu; she slept over at the station.
55.On Wednesday she woke up at dawn and walked home on foot. Passenger vehicles were still scarce at that time.
56.While she was on her way home, the people that he met were avoiding her, not wanting to gaze upon her.
57.She suspected that something had happened at home. When she entered the homestead, she saw a lamp in a house as well as the corpse of her child covered with a mat. THE CORPSE WAS STINKING TERRIBLY!
59.She took some water and washed it; she carried it on her back and left.
60.Family members tried to stop her as they thought that she was insane.
61.But she said: “Leave me alone so that I can go and take the corpse to its father so that he may see his child.”
62.She left for the railway station at Mzimkhulu; she took a train that was bound for Durban.
63.When she boarded the train, the people kept their distance due to the terrible stench; she remained alone. The train pulled off!
64.When it reached Hlathinkungu, a man came on board and sensed the foul smell, but he persevered and looked at this woman.
65.After keeping quiet for a while, the man asked when she would feed the child that she was carrying. She replied: “That’s none of your business!”
66.The man realized that the child was dead though the mother had not made any explanation. When they reached Berea, Durban, they disembarked from the train.
67.The man helped her with the luggage as they walked towards Nkabana, her husband, reporting what had happened.
68.They looked for a taxi owned by an Indian, Lamula, who took them to eKuphakameni.
68.The Lord of eKuphakameni said to Nozinkwa Ngcobo: “My child, please prepare some porridge for me and just keep it; I will tell when I need it.”
69.The Lord sat down on a paraffin container next to a house called Phoyizeni. When they arrived with the child he ordered them to bring it to him.
70.He opened the book of hymns and sang the hymn: “My Lord You loved me
Before the mountains were fortified.
Eternally you ordained,
I am the beginning of Your path.
I am Your work of ancient time
Before the hills were fortified;
And the fountains of waters
Had not gushed out with power.
And the fountains of the rivers
Had not gushed out with power,
Yahuah created me
Before his path.”
71.Shembe opened his clerical garb, took the corpse and covered it with his garb and said:
72.“Today I am falling pregnant with this child; I will give it birth again. Now I am counting months during which I will be pregnant with this child, nine months; he counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.”
73.He then opened his garb, put his mouth against that of the child, gazed upon its eyes and breathed into its mouth for three times whilst whispering, saying:
74.“My Lord You loved me Before the mountains were fortified. From eternity you ordained me. I am the beginning of Your path.”
75.The child was heard crying, though it sounded like a sheep. Shembe said: “No, a human should sound like a sheep.” Then te child cried like a human child. It sneezed.
76.Its eyes were still covered by the rheum; Shembe removed it with the finger. When the child was able to see, Shembe opened its mouth. He ordered for the porridge to be brought to him.
77.Nozinkwa Ngcobo fed the child with a small spoon. It ate until it became full, finishing two feeding cups. It started looking around at people present, including its mother.
78.Shembe said to the mother: “The child is now alive, take it.” But its skin was still dark and the smell had not subsided.
79.Gradually, the smell subsided. The child survived and grew up well. Shembe’s word: ‘THIS BABY WILL NOT DIE!’ was fulfilled.
May God bless the reading of His Word.
This sermon is available on Youtube channel: Rev Mpanza NCG.