Israeli Embassy Rounds up 2nd Bible Contest

By Ene Ikpa

The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has emerge winner 2nd final of the National Old Testament Bible Contest in Nigeria .

Mr Shimon Ben-Shoshan, Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, said this in his address at the official inauguration of the National Bible contest on Wednesday in Abuja.

The theme of the event : ”Unveiling the Secrets of the Land” was organised by Israeli Embassy in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Education and the Christians  Association of Nigeria CAN and the Nigeria Christian pilgrims Board .

Ben -Shoshan  reiterating on the theme of the event said the land of Israel is blessed and the people of Nigeria are blessed with many visionaries and entrepreneurs.

According to him,the three winners of the competition will fly to Israel next month. And he named the 12 contestants, all as winners.

According to him, the Jewish people are blessed by receiving the Bible and have studied it for centuries; the study of the Bible is the unveiled secret of our culture of innovation nowadays.

”Since then, the Bible contest has been an annual event that has drawn Biblical scholars and enthusiasts from all ends of the globe to compete on knowledge of the Old Testament.

”I therefore believe that holding a country-wide bible competition in all six-geo-political zones can serve as a cultural bridge between people of Nigeria and Israel.”

The competition was keenly contested by  12 participants , three finalists emerged.Eighteen years old Chukwuowo Jerry from Enugu south east zone  emerged  winner of the 2019  old testament Bible contest.

Speaking with the winner after the event, he enthused  ” I feel very elated, I took the the contest as an ordinary competition. Thank God it ended in praise. I will be going to Israel to see the physical aspect of the Bible I have been reading”.