Imam Stood Up from Washing Table Before Burial and Witnessing Jesus

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Munaf Ali (name is not real), 45 years old, was an Imam of a Mosque as well as a scholar and preacher of Islam in a Middle East Kingdom.

One day Pastor Paul and the gospel team of Bibles for Mideast  (http://bibles4mideast.com)  met Munaf and had a discussion about Jesus Christ and the Bible. He argued that Jesus was only a prophet and the Bible is abrogated. He also said Friday is the important day for worship.

Pastor gave him a sample gospel but he refused to receive. And also he cursed Pastor and his team.

At the same night a mob of fanatics under Munaf came to attack the gospel team shouting with “Allahu Akbar”. But the gospel team moved their shelter by God’s guidance and escaped from there before the attackers arrived.

After few days, one Friday afternoon, Munaf was going back home after the Juma Namaz. On the way he felt giddiness, became unconscious and fell down. He knew he was dying. At that time he saw some demons came to him and trying to take his soul. Munaf said to them, “get lost, you cursed demons of Allah. You have no right to take my soul”.

Demons said, “No. It’s our right to take your life. And you will be with us”. Demons took his soul by force and turn back to leave.

Suddenly Christ Jesus appeared before him along with a huge number of angels. When demons saw Jesus, they left Munaf’s soul and ran away from there.

Jesus told Munaf, “Listen my son. First Adam was created on the sixth day of the creation, that was on Friday. He disobeyed God and sinned against Him under the pressure of Satan on another Friday. The gates of heaven were shut down because of his sin. I am the second Adam, the Word of God and Messiah Jesus, Son of the Most High.  I was born of virgin Mary as a sinless Son of Man  to redeem first Adam and all of his kinship including yourself from sin and death.  And I was crucified and died on a Friday as a ransom for all for your sins to make you the children of God and citizens of heaven”.

Jesus said again, “The next day was seventh day to keep Sabbath. And on the third day, which was the first day of the week I was risen from the dead and opened the gates of heaven to bring you back to the eternal glory. So all the days are important before God and the Day of Salvation”.

“Have faith in me and be my witness. I give your life back, for I am the authority of giving life”, Jesus concluded.

When Munaf Ali  opened the eyes, he understood some of his close relatives along with his sons trying to lay down his body on a table for washing and shrouding before the burial. A huge crowed was also present.

All the people were astonished when he stood up from the washing table.

Munaf said to them that he was dead, demons were tried to take his soul but Messiah Jesus came and gave his life back. And he was trying to describe his experience to the people.

But people said that he lost his common sense when his head hit on a stone while he fell down on the way. So he speaks meaningless words. Some other said the evil spirit of some Christians might have possessed him.

Anyhow further days also Munaf was telling about Jesus to his family and children and to those whoever visited him. People  asked his children to consult a psychiatrist.  Hence he was dismissed from the mosque.

His family and children believed what he said about Jesus. They all accepted Jesus as their personal savior and Lord. Then the community began to persecute them. So they left their house and native country.

Please pray for Munaf Ali and his family for our Lord’s protection and keeping livelihood.

God Enabled Bibles for Mideast for Baptizing 1268 in Three Days

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Glory to God forever and ever. Amen !

By God’s grace, underground house church of “Bibles for Mideast” (http://bibles4mideast.com) conducted 127 baptism services in Asia, Africa and Middle East Nations during 17 to 20 October, 2016. There were 1268 former Muslims received baptism according our Lord’s great commission.

In Saudi Arabia alone baptized 613 people in 72 places. Rest of the services held in other Mideast countries and some other countries of Asia and Africa.

Because of the police patrolling and the attack of the Islamic militants and terrorists we avoid sea shores for baptism services,” Pastor Paul, the Director of Bibles for Mideast said. “We held the service inside of our churches”, he added.

Almost churches arranged fiber or polythene water tanks and kept inside of the prayer hall and baptized the people.

“A mob of Islamic militants attacked the people of our church who were coming for the baptism service. But nobody knows what was happened. The people of the mob had a serious argument about something and they divided into two groups.  Finally they fought each other and police came and arrested them all”. Pastor Hilal of a church reported.

Al Muthalib of another church reports, “Some militants smell about the baptism service of our church, and they gathered outside of the church wall with weapons and tried to enter Into the church compound by jumping over the gate. While jumping, one of them was seriously injured by an iron bar fix on the top of the gate. The cute point of the Iron bar went through his body. Others took him to the hospital at once”.

“Police came to search in our church. But  pastor of the church got the information before police arrived. So church quickly finished the baptism service and kept the water tank upside down in a corner of the compound and put hollow bricks around and  upon the tank.   When police came they could not find any religious services and went back”, Evangelist Davood reports from his church.

Salmath share the experience of her church, “During the baptism service, there was a star light descending  from above to the water tank and water was boiled with steam but having no  hot.  Till the end of the baptism water was continuously boiling.  All the people who were baptized in that water tank immediately anointed by the Holy Spirit”

water boiling in the tank.

According the reports, these are just few. There are many more incidents in other places too.

“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him” (Ps 34:4-8).

The Director Board and gospel teams of the Bibles for Mideast praise and thank God for those who prayed for the pastors and baptists, baptizers, believers, and other seekers of Jesus Christ in the Middle East and other Asian and African nations. We personally thank you all for your prayers.  Kindly continue praying for the entire muslim world to be saved by accepting Lord Jesus Christ as personal savior and Lord.

1200 Mideast Muslims Preparing for Baptism

baptism (file picture)

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Around 1200 Muslims who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is preparing for baptism in a dozen of Middle East countries as well as some other Asian and African nations.

They  personally asking the pastors of “Bibles for Mideast” for being baptized as early as possible.

The gospel teams of Bibles for Mideast (http://bibles4mideast.com) and its pastors fasting and praying along with the believers for the guidance of our Lord and HIS will be done.

If God willing, baptism service will be done within few days in different places of Asia, Africa and Middle East nations, by His grace.

Terrorists, militants and police are vigilant against the evangelism activities on these territories.  They will never happy to have such a baptism service.

God alone can protect these people from any kind of harm.

Bibles for Mideast baptized 24 former Muslims in the Arabian sea last week. Islamic militants reached on the spot and tried to kill the baptizers and other believers by gunshot. But our Lord created a giant dust storm in between the baptizers and militants and saved the believers from militants attack. This incident  made a great encouragement among the believers and strengthen their faith for each of them to ask for the baptism.

Bibles for Mideast requesting earnest prayers of every children of God around the globe for this great task. “May the power of the Highest overshadow all of the Baptists, baptizers, attendees and other believers and seekers; May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ zeal them by HIS Precious Victorious Life giving Blood, shed on Calvary for the salvation of mankind; May the power of the Holy Spirit cover them all with His Mighty flame; May our Lord be with them and use them as His witness to many, especially for the Muslim world. Amen and Halleluiah”.

Bibles for Mideast not baptizing any of those who already baptized in other churches. For the Word of God says, “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph 4:5).

“By faith alone we distribute Bibles and establish underground house churches in Asia, Africa and Middle East Nations”, Pastor Paul, the Director of ministries said. (email).

“But when Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Mt 9:36-38).

Pope Francis and Canterbury Archbishop Justin Want Christian Unity

Archbishop Justin and Pope Francis at Vespers in Rome.

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Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby thinking seriously about Christian unity. They said, "Ecumenical and interreligious dialogue is not a luxury, but something which our world, wounded by conflict and division, increasingly needs".

At Vespers in Rome, Pope and the Archbishop  jointly sent out 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops on a "mission" to the world.

It is their third formal meeting and to mark the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome, said in a joint statement that they are "undeterred" by the "serious obstacles" to full unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics.

In their Common Declaration, they said that differences over issues such as women's ordination "cannot prevent us from recognizing one another as brothers and sisters in Christ by reason of our common baptism".

"Nor should they ever hold us back from discovering and rejoicing in the deep Christian faith and holiness we find within each other's traditions."

The Common Declaration was made at a service of Vespers in the Church of Saint Gregory on the Caelian Hill in Rome, from where in 595AD, Pope Gregory sent Augustine to evangelize the Anglo-Saxon people. Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597.

During the service, 19 pairs of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from across the world were commissioned by the Pope and Archbishop before being "sent out" in mission together.

Pope Francis told them: "Fourteen centuries ago Pope Gregory sent the servant of God, Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, and his companions, from this holy place, to preach the joyful message of the Word of God. Today we send you, dear brothers, servants of God, with this same joyful message of his everlasting kingdom."

And Archbishop Justin Welby said: "Our Savior commissioned his disciples saying, 'Peace be with you'. We too, send you out with his peace, a peace only he can give. May his peace bring freedom to those who are captive and oppressed, and may his peace bind into greater unity the people he has chosen as his own."

Pope francis said in his declaration that it comes 50 years after Pope Paul VI and Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey met in Rome in a historic spiritual healing of the four-century rift between the two churches.

Pope John Paul II went on to meet Archbishop Robert Runcie and then Archbishop George Carey, and Pope Benedict XVI met Archbishop Rowan Williams, also praying together at St Gregory's.

Archbishop Welby and the Pope say in their new declaration: "Fifty years ago our predecessors recognized the 'serious obstacles' that stood in the way of a restoration of complete faith and sacramental life between us.

"Nevertheless, they set out undeterred, not knowing what steps could be taken along the way, but in fidelity to the Lord's prayer that his disciples be one.

"Much progress has been made concerning many areas that have kept us apart.

"Yet new circumstances have presented new disagreements among us, particularly regarding the ordination of women and more recent questions regarding human sexuality."

Behind these differences lies a perennial question about authority.

"These are today some of the concerns that constitute serious obstacles to our full unity. While, like our predecessors, we ourselves do not yet see solutions to the obstacles before us, we are undeterred.

"In our trust and joy in the Holy Spirit we are confident that dialogue and engagement with one another will deepen our understanding and help us to discern the mind of Christ for his Church. We trust in God's grace and providence, knowing that the Holy Spirit will open new doors and lead us into all truth."

The human person is demeaned by personal and societal sin, they added.

"In a culture of indifference, walls of estrangement isolate us from others, their struggles and their suffering, which also many of our brothers and sisters in Christ today endure.

"In a culture of waste, the lives of the most vulnerable in society are often marginalized and discarded.

In a culture of hate we see unspeakable acts of violence, often justified by a distorted understanding of religious belief.

"Our Christian faith leads us to recognize the inestimable worth of every human life, and to honor it in acts of mercy by bringing education, healthcare, food, clean water and shelter and always seeking to resolve conflict and build peace. As disciples of Christ we hold human persons to be sacred, and as apostles of Christ we must be their advocates."

IT'S THE PRAYER OF BIBLES FOR MIDEAST. MAY OUR LORD'S NAME BE GLORIFIED AND EACH AND EVERYONE MUST BE HAVING THE BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE OF THE SALVATION OF JESUS CHRIST AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS. WE PRAY FOR IT. OUR LORD SAID, "THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU" (JOHN 15:12).

Jesus Protected New Baptizers from Militants Gunshot as a Dust Storm

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October 2, 2016:  Around 50 Christians in the Middle East directly experienced the mighty protection of Lord Jesus Christ from militants in the form of a giant dust storm. 

By ever loving grace of God, 24 believers of Jesus Christ from Islam received baptism in the Middle East conducted by “Bibles for Mideast”.

Following 3 days payer of fasting , they witnessed Jesus Christ in the water in Arabian sea early today morning.

Upon the personal request of the believers, “Bibles for Mideast  (http://bibles4mideast.com)” decided to give them baptism. For they found necessary to be purified in the Spirit and the Water as the Bride to  meet the Bridegroom - Jesus Christ, who is coming in the clouds soon to take His Bride.  Our Lord’s return is imminent, they all believe.

When gentiles received the gift of the Holy Spirit, Apostle Peter asked the disciples, “Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?” (Acts 10:47). “So we together prayed with fasting and obeyed the great commission of the Lord to the baptism candidates”, Pastor Paul, the Director of Bibles for Mideast said.

“About 50 people including baptism candidates attend the service. We all went by a bus. After the baptism service and prayers, we all entered the bus to return back in our house church for the worship service and the Lord’s Supper. The bus was moved. Suddenly some militants reached behind us by three or more cars and started shooting with guns towards us”, Rizwan, a fresh baptizer told. 

We kept secret about our baptism service. But we don’t know how it was leaked to the militants.

Maybe it was the militants plan to kill us in the sea during the baptism service. But somehow we finished our service earlier and tried to return back.

Really we did not know what to do, but started praying to the Lord for His mighty protection. The young bus driver moved the bus over fast. Militants also followed us with the same speed. People thought we all will be murdered.

Suddenly we saw a giant dust storm formed behind our bus. At first we all afraid of seeing the dust storm. We thought we may not be able to go beyond and will be held by the militants. But, Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord again and again !! We all felt that the Lord Jesus Christ appeared upon the dust storm as a Mighty and Wonderful Man  showing His protecting and lovely hands towards us with a sweet smile. Jesus saved us. He Himself  blocked the road of militants in the form of a dust storm.

We again heard the gunshots towards us. But not seen their vehicles behind us any more.

With praising and thanking our Lord we reached back and worshipped Him with a great rejoice.

Once again we praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ for showing His love and care towards His children. Thank you and Praise you Lord.