In 1959, he declared himself as Jesus in Oyingbo and began to initiate various business enterprises to form the new Jerusalem.
In the 1959 declaration, he proclaimed that, “I am He. I am Jesus Christ, the very one whose second coning was foretold in the New Testament. I have come and those who believe in me will have an everlasting life and joy. I am the missing of the trinity. I have come to prepare the faithful for the judgment day.”nce the valiant celebrator dies, the empire becomes a thick forest”,
He attended various Pentecostal churches in Lagos for spiritual succour and comfort, but apparently found none. In the course of these spiritual adventures, Odumosu claimed that he had received visions and dreams from God, which he interpreted as messianic visions revealing that he had come to redeem the world.
In 1952 when he started this ministry, he denounced alcohol, women and tobacco. With a small congregation of about 30 members, he encouraged tithe giving, to assist the poor, the needy and the vulnerable in the ministry. He equally encouraged members to fund his evangelical ministry. Oyingbo, established in the 1920s, was a great market of delight and prosperity. When traders of the Apapa Road Market were relocated to swell the ranks of those in Oyingbo in the 1930s, Oyingbo became a market of first destination and one of the oldest and biggest in Lagos and Nigeria, respectively.
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