OBATALA HAS A REFERENCE FOR WHITE COLOUR AND HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FOUNDATION OF ALL THINGS THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHITENESS , PURITY , HONESTY, FAITHFULNESS AND FIDELITY IN CREATION . NOTHING IS HIDING WITH OBATALA , HIS NATURE REVEAL S AND MANIFESTS TRUTH AND TOTAL PURITY . PEOPLE WITH OBATALA IN THIER LIFE ( PEOPLE WHO INITIATE INTO OBATALA) MUST SYNCHRONISE FIDELITY , TOTAL FAITHFULNESS , HONESTY AND PURITY BOTH IN THE PRIVATE LIFE AND ALSO IN THE PUBLIC LIFE TO MANIFEST THEIR TRUE DESTINY AND TO FULFIL THEIR DESTINY AT ALL LEVEL OF LIFE .. HE IS THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF SOUND MARITAL HARMONY , PEACE , FAITHFULNESS , FIDELITY , BLESSINGS AND LONG LIFE IN GOOD HEALTH FOR ALL MARITAL COUPLES . MEN , WOMEN CHILDREN AND ADULT IN CREATION . INDEED , EVERY FAMILY OR COUPLE SHOULD ADOPT OBATALA AS THIER GUIDING DIVINITY .
THEN WHO IS OBATALA OSEREMAGBO.?
THE BELOW ACCOLADE DESCRIBE OBATALA IN VERY CONCISE WAY
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TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE VERSE
HE CAME TO THE EARTH AND DWELL ON EARTH
HE CAME TO THE HEAVEN AND DWELL IN HEAVEN
ONE WITH MIGHTY PROWESS
HE CREATED FATHERS WITH EYES
HE CREATED CHILDREN WITH MOUTHS
THE ONE WHO WITNESSED THE DAY CHARACTER WAS MADE
THE ABOVE VERSE SHOW THE IMPORTANT OF OBATALA AS ONE OF THE GREATEST , IF NOT THE GREATEST DIVINITY EVER GRACED THE SURFACE OF THE UNIVERSE . HE WAS ASCRIBED TO PHYSICALLY DESIGNED THE BODY OF ALL CREATURES , HE ALSO GIVE THEM THE STRUCTURE AND FORMAT HE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN IN CREATION FOR THEM TO WANDER WITH CARE IN THE JUNGLE OF LIFE , HE WAS GIVEN ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CREATING THE BODY OF ANIMALS AT ALL LEVEL OF CREATION , BEFORE OLODUMARE BREATH LIFE INTO THE IMAGES OF THESE CREATURES . HUMAN ,ANIMAL AND OTHER EXTRA TERRESTRIAL OR CELESTIAL BODIES ARE THE WORK OF OBATALA OSEREMAGBO .ALASO FUN GBOOO
SINCE NAMES AND WORDS IN IFA OUT WHICH YORUBA LANGUAGE EMANATES ARE COMBINATION OF DIVINE INTERPRETATION AND JOINED ALPHABETS TO FORM A WORD THAT GIVE TRUE MEANING TO ALL THINGS IN CREATION , THE WORD OBATALA WAS A COMBINATION OF OBA AND TALA WHICH MEANS THE KING IN PURITY OR KING OF PURE SPECIES OR LEADER OF WHITE APAREL
WHILE OSEREMAGBO IS MYSTICAL WORD THAT REPRESENT ANCIENT OF DAYS OR OF ANCIENT MEMORY
OBATALA OSEREMAGBO BECOME A KING WITH PURE LIFE OR LEADER OF PURITY, AND FIDELITY FROM THE ANCIENT TIME.
CONTINUED TOMORROW.