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Then Came the Glory
give the land to a farmer to plow.
In desperation a bereaved family might hire a car to
take the body a day's journey and bury it in the countryside; without fail enemies of the truth would call a crowd together to heckle and mock and call down curses on them. Though it is not Ethiopian custom, the family of some of our deceased brothers buried them on their farms. Their neighbors then gathered to insult and belittle the family.
None of these things dismayed God's family. They
encouraged themselves in the Spirit understanding that the flesh is only dust; they are willing to accept any abuse for
the sake of the Name of Jesus. They delight to have the
scriptures fulfllled in their lives. And ye shall be hated ofall men for my name's sofce...(Matthew 10:22). ...in notMng
terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to salvation, and that of God For
unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not ordy to believe on him, but also to siiffer for his sake; (Philippians
1:28,29).
In spite of all these sad scenarios, while the unsaved
relatives mourned and wailed and others wrestled for a place to bury the deceased, a few people strong in faith simply laid hands them in the name of Jesus, and the dead stood singing a great song of deliverance! Today, the many churches established through witnessing miraculous resurrections of
the dead are filled with strong, undefeated saints.
Because the church increased in amazing numbers, the Security Agency of the Communist Government gave
instructions to the five Autonomous Leaders and twenty-five Administrative Regions to give the church graveyards for
political reasons. A year before its fall, Tekle received a carbon copy of the decree which helped the church to
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