Some deaths, infertility issues, unproductivity, and drunkenness now evident in Jamaica are being linked to the use of a ‘red string’ manipulated by those practicing witchcraft to cause destruction.
This revelation was made by a US-based prophet who goes by the name Celestial. She holds the distinction of accurately foretelling the demise of several megachurch pastors in the United States and Africa long before they happened.
Celestial used her YouTube blog, “The Master’s Voice,” to reveal the widespread use of marine spirits, witchcraft, and sacrifices in African and Caribbean countries, such as Jamaica.
In her reference to the Caribbean, the prophet noted that in places like Haiti, Guyana, Barbados, and Jamaica, “Those people work with spiritual wickedness, dark arts, and power at such a level that if they were to contest with the ones here in the United States, it would be no contest at all.”
As it relates to Jamaica, the prophet seemed amazed at how easily lives were being destroyed.
“There is a form of witchcraft that they do in Jamaica. I am seeing just a string, a red string; it makes absolutely no sense to me, but there is a form of witchcraft, a form of living death, that they can put upon a living human being to produce everything from infertility, unfruitfullness, unproductiveness. It can send a man into this unconscionable form of just being a drunk and all it seems to involve is a piece of red string,” she said.
In Jamaica, people traditionally wear red to ward off what is deemed to be “evil spirits.”
Celestial went on to point out that there is a prevalence of witchcraft and bloodletting on islands like Jamaica.
“You shed human blood too much. You have no respect for the human being that I have made. You sacrifice people like chickens,” Celestial said in relaying the Word she had received from God.
Jamaica currently has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Added to that, blood is shed through a high number of road traffic accidents annually and abortions, which are still widely done despite being illegal in the country.
The US-based prophet said many of the witchcraft being practiced in Caribbean islands originated from Africa.
“God is saying people need to stop it!” she warned.
There has been a strong push to legalise obeah in Jamaica by members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, expressed surprise in 2019 that the Obeah Act still existed.
“I thought it was repealed, only to find out that it is still the law,” he told the House of Representatives in June that year. He noted that there was a Cabinet submission from as far back as 1975 to have the law scrapped.
“We are hoping to repeal the Obeah Act. We will be taking to Cabinet shortly a revised Cabinet submission to have it repealed,” he said.
The administration was successful in its bid to have obeah removed from a list of offences likely to attract higher fines.
The current leader of the opposition People’s National Party, Mark Golding, at the time spoke as the South St. Andrew Member of Parliament. Golding said it was pointless to increase the fines and penalties for practicing obeah since the parliament intended to repeal the law. Talks of legalising obeah received strong pushback from the church community then, and have not materialised.
Then Member of Parliament for Clarendon Central, Mike Henry, referred to obeah at the time as his African religious right. He said it should never have been illegal.
Just recently, a senior member of the JLP raised eyebrows after she posted videos dancing and lighting candles while participating in a revival ritual. Several people expressed their concern on social media that it was a form of obeah, while others commended the minister for embracing the country’s African heritage.
St. Ann-based pastor Peter Chambers has often accused local politicians of engaging in witchcraft. He was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation (C-TOC) for sharing a prophetic Word for the Prime Minister in 2021, but was later released from jail. He was arrested for allegedly making public mischief.
In one of his recent videos, Pastor Chambers commended Celestial for obeying the voice of God. He said God had revealed to him different agendas being plotted against her.
“The Lord began to show me the traps that the enemy will begin to implement against this Servant of God. The Lord showed me in a vision where persons, associations, organisations, powerful organisations, they will be launching an attack against her, but the prayer of the saints will defend her,” Pastor Chambers said.
There was no indication that Pastor Chambers had seen the prophet’s video relating to Jamaica engaging in witchcraft, which was done more than a year ago. He, however, alluded to her prophecy about a megachurch pastor in the US who created shockwaves internationally late last year for allegedly engaging in immoral practices. Efforts by the Freedom Come Rain newspaper to reach Pastor Chambers were futile, as calls to his phone went unanswered.
“Where God has placed you, Celestial, it is to expose. It is an expository, prophectic mantle that God has placed upon your life, and many will try to degrade your purpose, but God has shown me that his hand is upon your life, and regardless of who wants to say that you are a witch, regardless of who wants to say that you are false, listen, what God has said through you, it will come to pass,” he assured in a YouTube video that was posted on February 4.
All hope is not lost for Jamaica, however, as Celestial pointed out that those who practice witchcraft will be bringing their tools forward to be destroyed when true servants of God are sent to them. She referenced the book of Acts when she said people brought forward their books of sorceries to be burnt when true Apostles were sent to them to deliver a Word. He said God will be pulling some of the true Apostles and prophets from social media to go out and minister to these individuals.
“He (God) said the church is disappointing me, Celestial. The church is so lazy. The church is also defiled. The church is not doing the work. The church only wants to be on YouTube, racking up views, clicks, likes, and subscribers.”
