The Abia Continuum: The Restored Priestly Herald in Africa and the Imminence of the Second AdventDa Effiong DanielAfrican Holy LandAkwa Abasi Ibom StateOctober 2025
The Abia Continuum: The Restored Priestly Herald in Africa and the Imminence of the Second Advent Da Effiong Daniel African Holy Land Akwa Abasi Ibom State October 2025 Abstract This thesis presents a groundbreaking theological and eschatological argument: the reappearance of the priestly course of Abia, preserved for two millennia within the Annang Abiakpo clan of Nigeria, serves as the definitive divine signpost for the Second Advent of Jesus Christ. It posits that the God of Israel is now fully revealing His Triune nature—Father as Head, Son as Heir, and Spirit as Witness—through this restored lineage. Central to this claim is the correlation between the exclusive "Father-Son" relationship in Matthew 11:27 and the Annang "Father-Akpan" (firstborn son) dynamic, identifying the Abiakpo as the corporate "son" to whom the Son reveals the Father. This work contends that the restoration of this specific priestly course, which heralded the First Advent (Luke 1...