Sheshbazzar

Politics, Economics, Society & Faith.

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[dele osunmakinde @deleosunmakinde]

WHAT EXACTLY DID LUCIFER SAY?

I have often wondered about the terrifying statement in Revelation:

“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.” Revelation 12:7.

Read that carefully.

The dragon had angels fighting with him.

These were not merely beings who heard something. They had become sufficiently persuaded to participate in a conflict.

What exactly were they told?

What picture of God had been presented to them?

What interpretation of God's authority had entered their minds?

What narrative could make a creature stand in the very presence of God and nevertheless conclude that Lucifer's rebellion deserved his allegiance?

Scripture does not tell us the exact words Lucifer spoke, and we must not pretend that it does.

But Scripture gives us the architecture.

The serpent deceives. Genesis 3:1–5.

The devil is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44.

And Revelation calls him “the accuser of our brethren.” Revelation 12:10.

Then Revelation 12:7 shows us something astonishing:

ACCUSATION HAS BECOME WAR.

This is why gossip and slander must never be treated merely as loose talk.

GOSSIP CAN BE WARFARE.

SLANDER CAN BE WARFARE.

Because words can recruit people into battles.

The most dangerous gossip is not the gossip that merely makes you say, “Wow, I didn't know that.”

It is the gossip that makes you change allegiance.

Yesterday you loved someone.

Today somebody tells you something about them.

Tomorrow you are suspicious.

Next week you have withdrawn.

Eventually you are fighting the person.

Nothing happened between you and them.

That is the praxis of slander.

It enters through the ear.

It alters perception.

It creates suspicion.

Suspicion produces offence.

Offence changes affection.

Changed affection shifts allegiance.

And shifted allegiance eventually produces warfare.

WORDS BECOME ARMIES.

That is why I keep returning to the question:

WHAT DID THE DRAGON'S ANGELS BELIEVE THAT MADE THEM FIGHT?

They did not merely disagree.

They fought.

Whatever deception was involved had become powerful enough to produce allegiance and action.

But there is another side to Revelation 12:7 that fascinates me.

“Michael and HIS angels fought…”

Everybody did not follow the dragon!

Some remained aligned with God.

What kept them?

What did they know about God that accusation could not erase?

What revelation of His character made rebellion unattractive?

What certainty about His goodness made another narrative powerless?

What did Michael and his angels know that made them remain loyal when rebellion was present?

There is a powerful lesson here:

YOU SURVIVE SLANDER BY KNOWING THE PERSON BEING SLANDERED BEYOND THE STORY BEING TOLD.

When somebody comes to tell you something about a person you have known for years, do not allow a five minute conversation to rewrite twenty years of demonstrated character.

Ask questions.

Verify facts.

Hear appropriately from those involved.

Distinguish evidence from interpretation.

Because gossip frequently does more than communicate information.

IT ATTEMPTS TO REARRANGE RELATIONSHIPS.

It wants you to see differently.

Feel differently.

Relate differently.

And ultimately stand differently.

That is why gossip can become warfare without anybody carrying a weapon.

The weapon is the narrative.

The battlefield is perception.

The target is relationship.

The objective is allegiance.

And the casualty is often fellowship.

No wonder Scripture says:

“A whisperer separateth chief friends.” Proverbs 16:28.

That is warfare!

When words separate people who previously walked together, something has been attacked.

When accusation recruits people who had no quarrel, something has been weaponised.

When people who were never present at an event suddenly become soldiers in the conflict, gossip has completed its work.

And Revelation gives the entire praxis a terrifying description:

“THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN.”

[Joshua Mike-Bamiloye @jay_mikee]

From the story that many of us grew up watching, to a new generation experiencing it on the big screen.

The official trailer for AGBARA NLA: THE RETURN is here.

October 1, 2026.
In Cinemas nationwide.

This time, you have to see it on the big screen.

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@answer1806 @jay_mikee It is his handle and his post so I imagine that should be implied, yes? No? Ok….be well

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@GodwinMutah Can you grant access to speak?

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

GENERALIZED CONSIDERATIONS – with a cry.

The public perception of Christianity, even four decades ago, was beautifully different from what it is today. Jesus had more honour on our streets then than He does now. It meant something to non-Christians to hear that someone was a Christian in those days, because Christians, based on whatever the church was teaching at the time – were better representatives of Jesus in and to the world than we are today.

In those days, people could safely assume that if Laoye was a Christian, your teenage daughter would be safe around him, your money would be safe in his custody, and he would not sell you a fake product. Such assumptions, even about believers, are unsafe these days, generally speaking. (I know there are brilliant exceptions here and there, but they are the exceptions now, not the norm.) This is why I believe we should humbly admit that whatever we are teaching today is not altogether as spiritually transformative as it ought to be, in the overall divine scale of things.

Yet it was our Lord who said:
“…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
No candle was meant to be lit only to be placed under a cover. Salt should not continue to claim to be salt when it has lost its edge, its savour. Christianity, by design, is meant to be definitive and consequential, not banal and conformist.

Jesus, please, we need a revival!

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

The safest way to travel is by plane. Do you know why?

Because they crash.

A few months ago, I learned a concept called Black Box Thinking which is a system that defines how entire industries respond to failure.

In aviation, when a plane crashes, they don't just look for who to blame.

They find a device called a Black Box, retrieve the data, and then ask what went wrong with the system.

And there is a reason for this.

To explain this, there is a famous story of a crash involving an Asian airline years ago.

When investigators listened to the recording from the black box, they found the engine didn't just fail on its own, the junior pilot actually noticed a mistake.

But because of a cultural hierarchy in Asia that demanded absolute respect for elders, he didn't question his senior pilot.

Instead, he hinted and spoke softly and the plane crashed.

That tragedy changed aviation safety forever.
It moved the focus from "Who made the mistake?" to "Why did the system allow this mistake?"

As we stand on the 29th of December, looking back at 2025, I want you to adopt this strategy of Black Box Thinking.

Most of us look at our failures this year and feel shame.

We hide the crash, and blame the economy, government, or something that does not exist.

But Black Box thinking demands a harder question: "How did I contribute to this problem?"

Did I stay silent when I should have spoken up?

Did I rely on motivation instead of a system?

Did I ignore the data because of my ego?

Don't bury your failures of 2025.

Open the box and analyze it.

Because that is the only way to fly safer in 2026.

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@RasineIrem Sir, how can you say this in one breath and in another berate them for not helping the Northern Christians in persecution? This is not only elitist, it is also insulting the loads of Christians in the South who actually take God seriously..there is still 7000 who do not kiss baal

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@lekan_olayinka1 😂😂😂😂 only let us pray that the pace of our inflation rate is not only plugged but reversed because...hmmm!

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@Solomon_Buchi I mean this can happen and it isn't a bad thing if it does but ultimately being the richest man alive is not and should not be the goal of any Christian, we aim for impact not status because Yes, the Christian faith is not centered on material prosperity.

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@MTNNG I have used mtn all my life and I have never...never experienced this level of shitty quality, how do you explain a decline in service quality right after increasing prices??????

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[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

I would say "Pantheon" landed extremely well in the end...which is alot to say seeing as most Sci-fi take off great but crash and burn upon reentry!!!

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

4 more unofficial forces must be powerfully activated to supplement the failure of the other organs of Govt to check and balance the Executive arm in Nigeria 1) Opposition parties 2) Advocacy groups 3) Unions 4) The office of the citizens #Nigeria

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@pst_iren Impressive. Weldone sir, this is an example we will follow 👍

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@Preacherrapper Your premise: no literal fruit eaten. At what point does Genesis transition from literal to parabolic and back to literal (Cain&Abel). Can you make a metaphorical lesson from the garden story,yes. But retain its literal veracity: a literal fruit was eaten, a literal serpent spoke

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@danoladoja @TomiArayomi @KemiBadenoch Can you not see you are proving his point? What did he do to deserve the arrest? Can you not see that there is no functioning rule of law and the security force is a lap dog of those in power? Did security forces not shoot at unarmed citizens at Endsars? Same citizens attack Kemi

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@SpiricocoNg Petty and very distasteful. Please do better, you are understandably human, but hold yourself to higher standards and do better.

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@maxwell_oboh @Hilasmos240831 @SpiricocoNg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Sheshbazzar @fermmie]

@pst_iren The constitution; from unitary to true federalism...failing that I am convinced no solution can be sustained. At best it will be treating symptoms!