Kimbangu's real birth date is controversial as he was found in a bush by a traditional healer sometime after rainstorms and thunder. It is approximated that he was born around 1887. He grew up in Ndamba in Kongo. This time Kongo was fully under Belgian colonial domination. His birth is considered to be a FULFILLMENT of Kimpa Vita's prophecy that the spirit of God will appear in flesh form. He attended a Baptist church where he became a catechist.
Later in his life, God appeared to him, revealing his mission, leading him to establish his ministry, The Lord Jesus Christ. Authorities began to grow SUSPICIOUS due to his anti-colonial teachings, giving inspiration to Africans for their redemption, promoting African understanding of the Bible, emphasizing on respecting traditions like praying through ancestors. Kimbangu openly criticized brutality of the colonial authorities against Africans of Congo, e.g., harvesting rubber using Africans whereby their skin was scrapped off to remove the harvested rubber leading to injuries and pain among Africans.
Kimbangu's teachings began to gain a lot of following, leading him to be ENVIED by both Catholics and Protestants of the Belgian missionaries who began to pressure the colonial authorities to apprehend Kimbangu. For a long time, colonial authorities sought to arrest him, but they searched for him fruitlessly. From April to September of 1921, Kimbangu did a lot of miracles, including raising the dead, healing the sick. The turning day of Kimbangu's ministry came on September 12, 1921, when he came in front of his congregation after they sang, and he spoke as the spirit directed him. We are going to look into his prophecies and discuss their relevance decades and a century after his utterances.
He told his congregation that on the same day, he was going to hand himself to the colonial authorities, and after which a long SILENCE about his physical wellbeing shall be imposed by the colonial government. This came to pass as he was tortured daily in the prison, e.g., he was regularly dipped in salt to quicken his pain in death.
He warned that the authorities will try to DESTROY his work, but they will not prevail since he was ORDAINED by God. This came to pass when the colonial government outlawed his ministry and persecuted his followers, but this did not deter anything, as up to now, the church of Kimbangu still operates.
He prophesied that Africa will regain her INDEPENDENCE but the struggle will be hard, but Africans will prevail. As history can attest in most part of Africa, Africans fought to regain their independence. But he further warned that the first leaders who will rule after regaining independence will betray Africa as they will have the whites as their advisors, and also they will serve the interests of the colonizers. This is not a new phenomenon to Africa which every African is much aware of hence no need to expound further.
He also warned of the great disaster which will befall upon Africans as they will begin to MIMIC the whiteman's lifestyle. African youths will go to the colonizers' land where the majority of them will be murdered. This we can attest to it happening through Africans moving to Europe and even the Middle East in search of jobs where they return as corpses.
He warned that Africans will be confused by the WRONG teachings from European nations which will POLLUTE African moral principles, and they will no longer adhere to their ANCESTRAL values. This really is happening as now LGBTQ is slowly creeping into African society, and even some people OPENLY promote it and has been LEGALIZED in some African countries. Also, Africans are plagued with an INDIVIDUALISTIC capitalist system which had NEVER existed in our ancestors' times.
He warned that Africans would begin to IGNORE their mother tongue and teach their children the colonizer's language. In this, he encouraged Africans not to fall prey to this but teach their children their native language as that is their identity and also a covenant of communication with THEIR God. But to some extent, the urban population has neglected their mother tongues preferring their children to speak English or French.
He warned that Congo will be conflicted with wars without end. Up to now, 60+ years after independence, Congo is still PLAQUED with civil wars inside it. These wars are financed by nations who always get benefitted from the blood of Africans and are never ready to see Congo spring up by itself.
Kimbangu also gave HOPE for Africans in that God will SAVE Africa from the pain she has been suffering. And at that time CONGO shall be at PEACE and dignity of black in the world shall be restored. He foresaw the black man becoming white and the whiteman black. This meant that the Africans will occupy a position HIGHER in the world to the whiteman. He saw a time when Africa will be FULLY liberated where the humiliation and abuse inflicted upon the black race shall be defeated, and Africans shall rise to success and prosperity ABOVE their persecutors. At that time, Africans shall BUILD a GREAT NATION for the black race which shall have ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC, and SPIRITUAL power. This nation shall be a sign of God coming to help His people.
Kimbangu also foresaw Africans coming to PRAY through him, and even up to now, members of his church pray through him as their SAINT.
After delivering his prophecies, he HANDED HIMSELF over to authorities where he was imprisoned and tortured up to his death in 1951. During his time in prison, accounts have been given that he was seen in different places spreading his ministry. He was even seen walking on water. Believe him if you may but DOUBT him if you can PROVE whether the miracles said to be done by the prophets in your religion are true! Kimbangu must be considered the greatest prophet in African history.
Kimbangu stands up to show us that IGNORING our traditions and language is negatively impacting our way of life as it's making us still be SLAVES of our colonial masters. How I would wish that I was writing in my native language to you! Kimbangu has shown that God does not DISCRIMINATE against race, and that's why up to now, even though we had missionaries at Kimbangu's time, none was able to predict accurately how things shall unfold in Africa or were the missionaries not serving the TRUE God who called Kimbangu?
Through Kimbangu, we the present generation should know that UNITED AFRICA is the God-ORDAINED PORTION for blacks, and hence we should build it as already God of Africans is on our side. We should bring an end to Mediterranean PREMATURE deaths of African youths by building the united Africa which will stop all EXPLOITATION of African resources for the benefit of the colonizer while Africans SUFFER. This hemorrhage which was prevalent in Kimbangu's time should not be experienced in this era.
Fellow youths let's rise up and deal the final blow to the colonial manipulations which HINDER Africans' growth by being UNITED. Let's stand with BLACKS all over the world where they are being oppressed through constant fighting eg Congo, let's feel their pain and any nation contributing to their oppression we should treat it as a SWORN ENEMY to the WHOLE of Africa. ONE NATION ONE PEOPLE ONE DESTINY.