Controversial Founder of Uyo-based Solid Rock Kingdom Church, Senior Apostle (Dr) John Okoriko, is categorical that sex with Lucifer, not apple from the forbidden tree, drove the first man and woman from the Garden of Eden.
The eminent theologian is emphatic that Lucifer assumed the form of the "cunning old man" and lured Eve into sexual relationship. He said that when Adam later returned to the garden, he was taunted by his compan ion for being ignorant of the actual use of his penis.
According to Okoriko, after much pressure, Adam consented to pressure by Eve to experiment with the explosive knowledge she just acquired from Lucifer who , out of jealousy, grew determined to destroy man's special relationship with God. Evidence of this special relationship, Dr. Okoriko told me, was the higher ranking of man over Angel's in the original order of creation.
The respected theologian explained that after succumbing to pressure from Eve, Adam became overwhelmed by a new reality which was why he hesitated before appearing when God came calling as usual.
He said he had to cover his nakedness before appearing, thus co forming to God that he had "eaten the forbidden fruit".
The preacher with the largest indigenous congregation in Akwa Ibom said that in order not to offend sensibilities with explicit details of sex, early theologians came up with the parable of the apple as reason for the expulsion of the first man and woman from the Garden of Eden.
