[ 2012-07-27 ]

The late President and the Prophet

I didn't foresee John Atta Mills' death – T.B. Joshua
Prophet TB Joshua, the founder and general
overseer of the Synagogue Church, Ikotun-Egbe,
Lagos, has expressed profound shock over the death
of the late president of Ghana, Prof. John Atta
Mills, who died on Tuesday.

Speaking with LEADERSHIP exclusively at his Ikotun
Synagogue Church yesterday, Pastor Joshua pointed
out that he was indeed very sad at the death of
the Ghanaian president, saying he did not receive
any revelation concerning the death, otherwise he
would have intensified more prayers to avert his
demise.

The cleric pointed out that the late Mills was
like a spiritual son to him whom he cherished
deeply. He was the one who even predicted Mills
victory as the Ghanaian president and that
prophecy came to pass, he stated.

“Mills was a very committed person in the things
of God and also very dedicated. Each time he was
in church , you could see the fervor and hunger
and thirst for God written all over his
countenance. He was a very dear son to me and I
was his spiritual godfather.

His death is a great shock and blow to me
personally,” said the cleric. “Of course, I knew
he had been ill for sometime now and he had come
for special prayers concerning his health thrice
this year, and I and my other ministers had prayed
fervently for him. I was so hopeful he would
recover his health completely, but it is sad and
only God knows best why he should die now.

“I know many persons will be saying how come my
fervent prayers did not save his life. All I can
answer such persons is, why did GOD allow Stephen
in the New Testament Bible to be stoned to death.
Why did God not save the life of Stephen, an
innocent man, as he was being stoned, dying?

The answer is simply this: sometimes God allows
things to happen for unknown reasons, and indeed
reasons no man can explain, that is why God is
Almighty Sovereign God; who indeed can question
Him, who can challenge God?

“When we humanity eventually see God in the
glorious city of Heaven, then, can we have answers
to all our questions. For now, he can only get a
99 percent answer but never a 100 per cent
answer.”

Pastor Joshua pointed out that the late Mills was
a very humble and dedicated leader who had many
great plans on how to revolutionise the economy of
Ghana for greater heights.

He said his death was “indeed a great loss to
humanity at large and especially to the Ghanaian
citizenry”.

He disclosed that he had done so much concerted
prayers for the late Mills’ health and, aside his
prayers, he said, the late Mills had also had
frequent visits to the United States hospitals –
three times this year alone - and yet God still
allowed him to die.”

Concerning the ailment that led to Mills’ death,
he said the late president was suffering from
throat cancer.

The late president Mills had openly admitted that
Prophet TB Joshua played a crucial role on his
ascension to the presidency and even said so
publicly in a thanksgiving service held at the
Synagogue Church in March 2009.

According to the late Mills , the Prophet TB told
him that the election would travel to the third
round before he would be declared the winner,
which came to pass. “It, therefore, came as no
surprise, when the Synagogue Church of All Nations
was the first church he visited in Nigeria, after
the Electoral Commission had declared him winner
of the 2008 election.”

One of the church members of the Synagogue Church
who spoke to LEADERSHIP yesterday and gave his
name simply as Bro Stephen said, “I cried when I
learnt of the death of the Ghanaian president. You
see, the man was a very wonderful, caring man who,
when he did his thanksgiving in March 2009, did a
lot of things for our church. Also, each time he
visited Nigeria, he always came to our church and
his visit was always felt in many ways.

“All of us members are sad over his death. Our
Prophet TB Joshua is even sadder. But what can we
do? God knows best, and I know God will comfort
each and every one of us, especially his immediate
family there in Ghana.”

Source - Nigeria - Leadership Newspaper

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