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  JEHOVAH NISSI   And Moses built an altar and called its name, The- Lord -Is-My-Banner; for he said, “Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord  will  have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” (Exodus 17:15-16 NKJV).        The Commonwealth Institute, London was founded in 1962 to promote the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of 54 countries working towards shared goals of prosperity, democracy and peace. In the seventies, the Commonwealth Secretariat on High Street Kensington London proudly displayed an array of 54 hoisted flags of member countries. I felt proud to see the Nigerian flag blowing gently in the summer breeze in a long line of flags of nations headed by the domineering British 'union jack'. But by 2015, the flags had been lowered and the proud banners of nations, disappeared. The kingdom had fallen like others before her. Only God's Kingdom banner shall remain standing forever.          In Exodus 17, Moses erected an altar of sacrifice to God when

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU    “For the time is coming,” says the Lord , “when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. And this will be his name: ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness" (Jer.23:5-6 NLT).                 I must have been just about ten years old when I attended a revival meeting in church with my parents and other siblings. The revivalist preached in a way that convicted both old and young of sin and judgment, vividly picturizing the fate of sinners in hell. I made up my young mind not to sin again for fear of going to hell, so I refrained from all my rascally and mischievous ways by remaining calm and mute from then but alas, my restraint only lasted a day or two!       Tsidkenu comes from the Hebrew word 'tsedek', meaning just or righteous. It is important to know God as Jehovah Tsidkenu because we can never be righteous through our own efforts (Isaiah 64:6