Love Soldier - Original

“Drop your earthly weapons of war. Too much blood has been shed. Return to the war I made you for. You are a soldier of love. That is your battle. To return evil for evil is too easy. Anyone can do it. But love? The battle of love is only for true heroes. Death usually meets them, but it can only take their flesh. Their soul, their memory and their legacy pass the test of death with glory. I am the Greatest of all Heroes. And I can help you fight this war, and win it. I love you.” —Jesus

On the background of the painting is written in Yoruba and Igbo, the two most spoken languages in Nigeria, Micah 6:8.

“Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)

(In Yoruba) 'A ti fi ohun tí ó dára hàn ọ́, ìwọ eniyan. Kí ni OLUWA fẹ́ kí o ṣe, ju pé kí o jẹ́ olótìítọ́ lọ, kí o máa ṣàánú eniyan, kí o sì máa rìn ní ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ pẹlu Ọlọrun rẹ? ' (Mika 6:8)

(In Igbo) 'Gi madu, O gosiwo gi ihe di nma; ọ̀ bu kwa gini ka Jehova nāchọ n'aka-gi, ma-ọbughi nání ime ihe ekpere n'ikpe, na ihu ebere n'anya, na iji obi-ume-ala soro Chineke-gi nēje ije? ' (Maika 6:8)

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“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4)

Oil and mixed media on canvas panel
Mixed media: golden oil marker, golden glitter

The Story Behind The Painting:

This painting is a vision God gave me in February 2026. It is the African version of the armor of God. The original version is described in Ephesians 6 and is inspired by the roman armor.

On this African armor, the spear becomes a shield as the soldier turns it like a wheel, the breastplate is hidden behind the green clothing, and the feet have been trained into feet of a deer, able to climb mountains.

The blue pants are made in a royal fabric. It is the heavenly version of the ndop, the royal fabric of the Bamileke tribe where I come from. God showed me this blue fabric in a vision and asked me to put a circle and a dot. The circle represents the Heavens and the dot symbolizes Earth. God is looking down on the heavens and on earth. He decrees: “On earth as it is in heaven”