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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

The story of Moses raising his hands in the battle between Isra-
el and the Amalekites sheds light on this. (See Exodus17:9-11)
Furthermore, there is no conflict at all between Odwirafo’s
claim and what the Christian Bible records about how the
earth was made. Genesis 1:2 says “And the earth was with-
out form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.” And also Genesis 1:9 “And God said, Let the wa-
ters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place,
and let the dry land appear: and it was so.” “Deep” in the
sense in which it was used in the Bible is not just about the
depth of the waters from which the land was called, it is
much more about the universal womb or the cosmic space.

The Egyptian Ra and Rait for us, represents the reality of
God the creator and the creative Spirit of God (His Female
side) that hovered over the primordial waters and Who gave
structure to the Word that allowed creation to emerge. This
thought is clearly strengthened by Proverbs 8:22-31 in which
this Creative Spirit of God is called Wisdom and She is Female.

“The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before
his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the
earth was.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there
were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I
brought forth:
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor
the highest part of the dust of the world.
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a

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