The Darkness of Prejudice

By Azubuike Isiguzo

The darkness of prejudice paints a near-perfect picture of the events that led to the first murder on earth in the most communicative and intriguing of manners. Originally called the agrapha of Cain and Abelagrapha, a Greek word meaning unwritten and unspoken things.
By divine revelation, the author sheds great insight into the life and times of the two brothers back in their garden and, by a parallel comparison, shows how today people can live a happy and fulfilled life free of hurts and the excess weight of past and present resentments if they can find and connect with the strongest resource in the heart of man, inner peace, which comes alive by acknowledging certain undeniable truths about the human nature, which constantly needs to be on the fore if Gods ordained quality of life for men is to be achieved.
The author compared scripture with scripture, scripture with nature, and vice versa, to bring a captivating thought-provoking balance to learning that will stir up the minds of the reader into productive action irrespective of personal affiliations and allegiances, as the book calls up the burning emptiness that tells you exactly what you need to do.
If a tranquil mind free from botheration, moral conflicts, and agitating passions is what you seek, a place where actions and inactions rather than being the ultimate defining moments of ones life becomes another learning curve and a springboard into becoming a better person, then this is a must read for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Feb 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514463567

Azubuike Isiguzo

Azubuike Isiguzo loves to challenge people to develop powerful and intrinsic visions for their lives. He draws deep vital distinctions between living a practical, faith-oriented life and mere profession of faith because he is a strong believer in what produces results. He is the head steward of Wordlake Ministries International. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria, with his wife and two children.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Jealous Skies

The Commemoration

Heaven's Response

The Drill of Maturity

The Theory of Vendetta

The Manipulation of Sin

Internal Affairs

The Master Plan

The Pain for a Gain

The Loving Persuasion of God

The Vague End to All Strife

Creation's Response

A Vagabond and Fugitive

The Love of God

Endnotes

Author's Contact Details

DEDICATION

To the loving memory of my sweet little angel, Isiguzo Chimamanda Zoe (17 December 2010--12 June 2014). We love you and very deeply miss the grace and charisma you carry.

FOREWORD

Inside the pages of this book, you will delve into the deep things of God which was distilled into the spirit of my heart by divine revelation, stirred up by the very things I have experienced and learnt from the Almighty God. Standing in the face of the Lord and beholding as in a glass the reflective images of the truth and the reasons behind the acts, I find that God is faithful and in him is no lie if we truly understand him as he will never set a man in a labyrinth.

Bright lights surrounds him, and more than anything, our God wants to share these lights with the very depths of every human spirit, for this is truly the light that lights up the world, which is how loving, kind, and faithful our God is. The pain and worries and anxieties that we go through in this present life make attempts to misrepresent God as a complicated being that speaks an exoteric language, so we can find reasons not to trust him and carve out for ourselves our own paths. There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end is destruction.

It is the deepest intent of darkness to introduce bias in our hearts, slandering God in our spirits, and we end up becoming deeply prejudiced against God. Here God speaks of his truth and love for mankind and how simple and plain he is to be known, understood, and followed. For when we know the truth, we shall be set free. May God grant you divine understanding.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My heartfelt gratitude to my loving sisters and brother---Ogechi, Mrs Chioma Agor, and Dr Obinna Fred. Though my best critics, they are like a lamp that keeps walking me through the dark.

I also thank my wife, Chika Hope, who does all she can to create the best environment conducive for me to be creative even when it's not convenient for her.

To the explosive wind that drove the wings of my creativity high, Peter Ameh, thank you my friend.

Sidney Ochouba, thank you for holding my hands and giving my pen a voice to shout. Friends forever.

Ekene Okpala, just as air is priceless, so has your support been to me---priceless.

Mazi Chidi Nnodim and Paul Ibe, you're men with hearts of gold.

To my bosom friends---Ariguzo Emmanuel, Oladele Isreal, Iwuamadi Henry, Uchechi Abiaka, Nnamdi Dike, and Chairman Chupez---thank you, all, for your love.

JEALOUS SKIES

AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord. And [next] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:1--2, AMP)

With bright blue skies above their heads, they were two very vibrant young men of the same parents, of the same faith and foundations, and of the same objectives and love for life and its vagaries.

They were so in love with each other it could almost be said they were one person. Each would wake up and would not undertake the day's tasks without the company and confidence of the other. As seen in their chosen occupation---the first a tiller of the ground, while the latter a hunter---with products from the daily works of both, a full meal was complete, not lacking in any nutrients, and would fully nourish the eater's body in all ways possible. They were a perfect team, almost tailor-made from birth to complement each other and complete all other things around them. Nature was in tandem with their tenets. The ground found it a responsibility to produce for the tiller of the ground, while the animals in the forest understood they were for the purpose of food that their kind was killed by the hunter. As his mandate was thus for survival, there were no grudges and animosity. They lived happily, and nature's equilibrium was stable.

Both parents would wake up and watch both boys with so much joy and hearts full of thanks to the God of Creation for giving them such blessings and peace. And with bravado, they would hold their heads up and say they had very powerful successors that would take their place, not just because they would reproduce and replenish the earth, but because of the very powerful synergy this young men had going between them and the love flowing in their blood. What more could make better genes for reproducing very unique offspring than this? And so they were sure their posterity was in good hands, and the earth would also be very safe when they were gone.

They were built to live beyond the mortal power of the corruption of death, but sin had entered, and they had become subject to the power of death. They knew that it was mandatory that they had able successors who would take over from them and, if possible, not walk the path they did. Per adventure, they would be able to escape the corruption of death by sins by the mercies of he who holds all souls in life.

O bless our God, ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard. Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be moved. (Psalm 66:9, KJV)

They could sleep easy, for the boys' businesses were good. They couldn't complain as every day was truly very eventful, and they came in always with their bags and hearts full. For God in heaven, through his great benevolence, had made all things adapt to their needs and happiness, not only to them, but all living