The Joseph Mandate

By Michael Adeyemi Adefarasin

Africa has blessed the world with astronomy, understanding of the sciences, precision engineering, mathematics, and indigenous technologies such as irrigation, inoculation, and much more. In addition, cities such as Giza, Timbuktu, and Fez housed ancient palaces, architectural monuments, the world's oldest University (Al Quaraouiyine), the cultu

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jan 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798887389943

Michael Adeyemi Adefarasin

Michael Adeyemi AdefarasinWith a mandate from Isaiah 42:6-7, Apostle Yemi, as he is fondly called, has a mission to raise leaders to influence society to tip the scales from the secular into kingdom culture. An apostle with a strong prophetic mantle and strategic-level spiritual warfare mandate characterized by the dismantling of territorial strongholds for the liberation of peoples. With a call to nations, as an international conference speaker and the chief servant over Kingdom Lifeline Apostolic Ministries (KLAM) International, he provides oversight and covering to numerous ministries and sons around the globe. Apostle Yemi is married to Sharon and domiciled in Abuja, Nigeria, West Africa region.

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Dedication

I dedicate this book first to Yahweh for the revelational insights; to my wife, Lady Sharon Adefarasin, for her ongoing motivation through the years to publish this book; to my late mother, Mrs. Hilda Adefarasin, especially to all her prayers toward me; and to my late father, the Honorable Justice Joseph A. Adefarasin, who imparted into me a strong sense of justice and righteousness.

Acknowledgments

The Joseph Mandate wouldn’t have been possible without my wife, Lady Sharon Adefarasin, for her continuous encouragement through the years to write this book, especially after many years of procrastination. In addition, I want to acknowledge Archbishop Duncan Williams for the invaluable role that he played in facilitating the call and growth process in my Christian life. Furthermore, Dr. Abu Bako for the fatherly principles that he instilled in the foundation of my Christian life and discipleship over the years.

Bishop Tudor Bismark, as the elder brother, for the kingdom mentoring role he played in my life. To John Kelly for challenging me to write this book. To Richard Heard for being a father figure and for his invaluable counsel. Also, to all the people that are too numerous to mention who have encouraged me to write this book.

Moreover, I want to recognize my book team coordinators, who have contributed immensely to the completion of this book. First, my program manager and daughter, Dr. Tomi Mercy Amu-Ademokun, to whom I owe enormous gratitude for her dedication of time to discuss the details and dig deeper into the nuances of the text and explore biblical and historical facets and concepts to coordinate a team of subject matter experts to build this vibrant book. In addition, Ms. Abimbola Olaniyan, with her innovative marketing skills and creative mindset, who was able to work with the graphic designers to finalize the outstanding book cover design and our website so we can reach numerous people globally through the launch of Joseph Mandate. Also, Mrs. Le Shaunda Cass-Byrd for her excellent transcribing skills in drafting the manuscript. Thank you all for your support, and I pray that God will make this book a blessing to you and many nations.

Endorsements

The Joseph Mandate, authored by international Apostle/Prophet Michael Adeyemi Adefarasin, is written for such a time as this concerning the seven phases all must go through to reach the desired destiny God has for you. And also the prophetic destiny of the African apostolic prophetic movement, its future role in the transformation of society throughout the nations.

—John P. Kelly

Convenor of the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders

https://www.icaleaders.com

The Joseph Mandate shows this is the vital time for Africa to arise. The world will come speedily to feed from Africa—like in Joseph’s time of a huge world famine that is soon to come, and we have seven years to prepare. Africans back at home and in the diaspora will unite to build the better Africa we envision, like in Joseph, and what the enemy meant for bad for Africa, God will turn it around for our good (Genesis 50:20). Furthermore, this book shows us what Adonai’s new world order might look in the future—where the world will come to Africa for food security through our agriculture advancements because Africa has the most fertile land. Africa is also the richest and most blessed continent in the world, with many natural resources. In addition, it is imperative that this book ignites the Josephs who are subject matter experts across various sectors for an African call to action to serve as a blueprint for reinventing economic collaboration among Africa and the diaspora, systemically reforming Africa’s agriculture needs, and sustainable development for #AfricaToArise. This book highlights the lessons the world can learn from Africa to address the socioeconomic crisis that will arise from a famine and highlights God’s visions for Africa for such a time as this.

—Dr. OluwaTomiloba (Tomi) Ademokun

Host of Wellness & Wahala Podcast

https://linktr.ee/Wellnesswahala

Foreword by Abu Bako

I have had the privilege of closely knowing Michael Adeyemi Adefarasin for the past thirty years (about the age that Joseph came into prominence in Egypt). He and his wife are so closely related to us that they are considered family. He lived in our home for some years, so I have had the great privilege of watching him grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ at such close quarters, eventually emerging as one of the sons of the kingdom. The Lord has graced him with such depth of insight that he usually teaches with profound knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. The Joseph Mandate is one of the results of such labor.

The Joseph Mandate presents seven vital phases that many individuals called by God will pass through in the process of fulfilling their God-given destiny. There can be no sustainable progress without process; this was the case for Joseph (the dreamer) in the Bible, who went through a very painful process. Described in this book as having a prophetic firstfruit anointing, he went from being sold by his very own brothers into slavery to being wrongfully accused and put in prison. This eventually led to his becoming the most prominently relevant leader in Egypt (Africa), with a position only second to that of Pharaoh.

God used Joseph’s hardships to achieve a larger goal of becoming the vessel used to save God’s people. This began with Africa, the land of the Nile (Egypt—used as a place of refuge), to the entire then-known world! According to Adonai’s Word in the book of Genesis 50:20, the brothers planned evil against me [him]. God planned it for good, to bring about what it is this day—to preserve the lives of many people.

Drawing a parallel between the life and times of the biblical Joseph and Africa today, the author skillfully makes a strong case for Africa’s prophetic role in these end times as a place of refuge, a preserver of the breath of the world—spiritually and physically feeding the world now and the days ahead.

In The Joseph Mandate, Michael Adeyemi Adefarasin will help you:

Learn how God is raising a Joseph-type firstfruit—sons (women and men) who will be a formidable expression of Yeshua ambassadors for such a time as this, to rebuild Africa and this broken world.

Find out how Africa and the diaspora will play a vital role in securing God’s remnant in the earth, just as Simon of Cyrene (Libya) did at the time of the crucifixion.

Understand how this book will serve as a blueprint for transformation, systemic reformation, and sustainable development on #ResilientAfrica.

God has a plan for you on your pathway to fulfilling your God-given destiny. I highly recommend The Joseph Mandate as a toolbox filled with nuggets that will give you the tools you need to live a deliberate and destiny-filled life.

Grab this opportunity of a lifetime with both hands and delve wholeheartedly into this book to be inspired and empowered. Be on the cutting edge of making the difference in this season as you keep in step with the Holy Spirit in this endeavor to take this world for our God!

—Abu Bako

President, College of Sustainable Transformation and Development

Foreword by Olufemi M. Awoyemi

Sometime in December 2006, Rev. Yemi Adefarasin (who had just returned to Nigeria from Cotonou, Togo) admonished me during a difficult and trying period about the role of the firm in the market and the economy that will emerge.

During a particular visit where I had gone to brief him concerning what I had decided on doing and my approach, he took time to explain to me how God works with, through, and for people. I told him our remit was to become a reputable repository of knowledge on the financial markets, the corporate giants that move them, and the regulatory watchdogs that keep them in check. Essentially, we would serve as a market confidence bridge through our interventions.

He naturally went into ministration and proceeded to explain to me that whenever God gives a man a vision, there were also other variables that needed to be in place for the manifestation of the vision. Hear him: "When God gives a vision, we have to ask Him for the what (the vision), the when (the timing of the vision), and the where (the position and location of the activities included in the vision)."

A few years later, I invited him to be our guest speaker at the firm’s Knowledge Development Session on January 5, 2008. He delivered what we termed The Stewardship Mandate speech that clarified the mission. As he rounded up, he called me aside for a private sit-down where he shared with me his thoughts on the financial system we seek to serve and the revelations God had shown (revealed to) him about the marketplace, the economy, and personal wealth of Nigerians; and more importantly, about what is going to happen to the world’s economy.

While I found him to be a devoted and well-intentioned man of God, I just could not see or fathom how such could occur in a world economy adjudged by leading entities as fundamentally sound. I struggled with the possibility but soon resolved it in favor of the experts and my training, perhaps based on the commonality of the objective in both positions—to act as a bridge for market confidence and credibility should a bubble occur.

I, however, recalled that the year before, our analysts echoed the possibility of a misalignment that was occurring in the United States of America and sought to draw the possible impact of these developments on the high incidence of foreign funds in our financial markets, I decided to take a second look at the data behind the analysis if only to show him how things work.

The team devoted considerable attention to the conclusions, and the findings were so compelling we decided to alert the market on our data-backed analysis and the possible implications of a downturn—relying on the classic thinking that markets work in cycles, and we should prepare for a bear cycle. This led to the first edition of our now annual Nigerian Capital Market Report.

We, however, could not have imagined that the downturn would be of such impact and sustained period. We, however, subconsciously took some steps that allowed our subscribers to protect themselves and exit earlier than the crash that occurred thereafter.

No sooner had we done this that we started having problems, including a major site functionality failure, which led to the loss of ability to reach our more than 80,000 discerning subscribers, amongst many other challenges. Wading through this occupied our attention and created doubts.

It is to the credit of Michael Adeyemi Adefarasin that he offered us encouragement and belief to stay the course through the words of Ezekiel 25:17 and the principles he set out in what he called understanding the Joseph Mandate. In his words, then:

Joseph, through the wisdom of the Lord, correctly interpreted the dream of Pharaoh; analyzed the future economic trends prophetically, and thus, proffered economic strategies in lieu of his understanding of the times and seasons of God as interpreted through the dreams of a heathen king. This is the day of the interpreters (Analysts). Because the spirit of the Lord was in Joseph, he functioned in the wisdom of God. Only those who are walking in Christ can have the ability to discern the times as interpreted through the word of God.

He went on to say that only those who are stewards of the manifold wisdom of God can have eyes to see and hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. He spoke about the advent of technology, money bags, food sacks, and strength in numbers to provide leverage for commerce. We have published his session and continue to revisit it ever so often.

The mandate mindset has seen us through sixteen uninterrupted years of continuously learning how to stay on purpose and seeking a deeper understanding of our raison d’être. It is my hope, therefore, that this long-awaited book will enrich us further in that pursuit. The book’s central message is a powerful call to action for the reader.

—Olufemi M. Awoyemi, mni

June 16, 2023

Introduction

Africa has blessed the world with astronomy, an understanding of the sciences, precision engineering, mathematics, and indigenous technologies such as irrigation, inoculations, and many more inventions. In addition, Alexandria and Timbuktu, by extension, Africa, were the cradles of ancient civilization; they built palaces, safe harbors, lighthouses, the greatest library in the world, and the greatest museum of antiquities. Furthermore, it boasted of architectural feats,