1Ch 16:22; Ps.105:15 saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm.

" The Resurrection Man"

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4. Back From The Dead

Saturday Star - South Africa
March 15 2002

By Esther Lewis

It's an extraordinary video - supposedly proof that a man came back to life three days after he was certified dead.

Rhema Church, which is hosting a public viewing of the documentary story of Reverend Daniel Ekechukwu on Sunday night, believes this "risen from the dead" story has a ring of truth.

"There have been many claims, but this is the most authentic one. Either you believe it or you don't," said Ron Steele, Rhema pastor Ray McCauley's spokesperson.

'Welcome to the gates of hell' In the video, Ekechukwu recalls meeting two angels when he was in an ambulance after a car accident in his hometown of Onitsha, Nigeria, last year.

"They handed me over to another angel. He told me that we were going to visit paradise. I saw multitudes of those looking like the (angel) who was with me. They were singing praises. They did everything simultaneously. It was as if there was one force controlling them. There was lots of music, but I never saw any instruments.

"Everything was beautiful; there are no words to describe it. Even the flowers were like gold and silver. Everything was white. Then the angel said: 'Let us visit hell'. We never did fly or move anywhere, we just appeared there - in the twinkle of an eye."

He said that in hell there was a sign that read: "Welcome to the gates of hell".

"The people looked just like us. Black and white. There was a lot of shouting, pain and torment. I never saw any fire or flames. I was jotting everything I saw down in a file. That is why when I came back I was looking for it," Ekechukwu said.

After the car accident, in which he suffered head, facial and chest injuries, he was taken to a nearby hospital and placed in the intensive care unit, where his condition was described as serious.

His wife Nneka said: "He told me I must take him out of 'this' place. He said he did not want to die in that place."

He was then transferred to his preferred doctor Dr Josse Annebunwa. He died in the ambulance en route to the second hospital and was certified dead on arrival.

"I checked his pulse. There was no pulse. The pupils in his eyes were dilated. There was no heartbeat," said Annebunwa.

In the documentary, a clip of his death certificate was shown. His body was then sent to a mortuary where his body lay for three days.

He was examined for a second time by the mortician, Barlington Manu, who also certified him dead. The body was placed in a coffin and prepared for burial.

Three days later, on a Sunday, his wife insisted his body be taken to the Grace of God church in Onitsha, where Reverend Reinhard Bonnke was conducting a service.

"I felt the anointing of God was so strong there that it would resurrect my husband," Nneka said.

The body was taken to the sanctuary above the basement of the church. Pastor Luke Ibekwe accompanied Nneka and her husband's body. They prayed for him and massaged his body. He eventually started breathing. When he walked into the sanctuary people were amazed because many knew that he had been killed in the accident.

Ekechukwu is alive and well. He and his wife are now travelling Nigeria, telling about his experience.

http://www.cfan.org/

2 Tim. 2:14-17.)

"Man was raised from Death in Onitsha, Nigeria," was the message on the last advertising for a video about this incident. (Gospel Crusade in Oshogbo, Nigeria.) From Rigor Mortis Corpse to "Resurrection Man"!

Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu apparently died in motorvehicle accident. He hit the windscreen and steering wheel in a head-on collision with a stone pillar. He received internal injuries. He eventually was unconscious and died. His wife, being a pastor's wife thought of nothing but "Women received their dead raised to life," in Hebrews 11. She was referring to Old Testament time which tells:

"..of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valient in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection:.. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:32-35, 39, 40)

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doeth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:1,2)

The pastor was taken from the mortuary to Reinhard Boonke's meeting but in another room. Bonnke did not ministry to him personally and found out later what happened. Evangelist Bonnke was leading a "Fire Conference" for three days and some 37,000 pastors, evangelists and church leaders were attending and had an encounter with fire to bring Unity. It was a remarkable coming together.

Pastor Ekechukwu shows a death certificate of Rev. Dan Eke who demised on November 30, 2001. He had not breathed for two days and been injected with a chemical and carted around and pulled about and had a severe brain damage. In an upper room where Reinhard was preaching, the corpse drew a breath and came back to his faculties. He became the famous "resurrection man."

"..Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that beareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." (John 5:.19-29)

Jesus said: "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever livest and believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (John 11:25,26)

Jesus told the disciples that they would be "baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence" (Acts 1:5) during the forty days he was back on earth after his resurrection.

The disciples received the Holy Ghost from Jesus when Jesus breathed on them and said: "Receive ye the Holy Ghost." (John 20:22) but the power to preach the Gospel came at Pentecost after Jesus went back to His Father's right hand.

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:8)

The gifts of the Spirit represent the power Jesus spoke of. The gifts are: 1) the word of wisdom: 2) the word of knowledge: 3) faith: 4) the gifts of healing: 5) working of miracles: 6) prophecy: 7) discerning of spirits: 8) divers kinds of tongues: 9) interpretation of tongues all by the same Spirit. "But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." (1 Cor. 12: 1-11)

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Bonnke's Christ for All Nations (CfAN) ministry has released a 45-minute video of Ekechukwu's testimony, and also reported at its Web site how the Nigerian pastor had been certified dead and injected with embalming fluids before reviving three days later at a Bonnke meeting.

McCauley stated: "as Christians, we frequently forget what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and even less do we know what it is like to live every day in the spirit. McCauley's central theme is that the outpouring of God's spirit is not a one-time experience, but a continual walk—an achievable lifestyle. Drawing on nearly twenty years of personal ministry, McCauley, who heads the large Rhema Ministries in South Africa and also pastors the Rhema Bible Church near Johannesburg, brings forth a lively revival message within a compact, powerful book.

Who is Ray McCauley?

  South African Ray McCauley is the Pastor of the 20,000-strong Rhema Church (Randburg, South Africa) and president of the International Federation of Christian Churches, which represents 500 churches in Southern Africa and another 100 overseas.

The "new love" in McCauley's life was revealed to be Zelda Ireland, herself recently divorced. She is a former model, and has three children aged 10, 18 and 22. Ray McCauley's son and Zelda Ireland's daughter attend the same elite St Stithians school in Johannesburg, and Zelda had attended Ray McCauley's church for 19 years.

The marriage was done with the blessing of other senior church figures including Reinhard Bonke.

Zelda Ireland, referring to her imminent  marriage to Ray McCauley, said, "It's almost like I find myself being third time lucky. This time, it is going to be forever". In a previous interview, she stated, "We're having a wonderful time, my children are happy, everyone is just happy, happy, happy!".

Who Is Reinhard Bonnke ?

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke is best known for his major crusades throughout the continent of Africa.

The son of a pastor, Reinhard gave his life to the Lord at age nine and heard the call to the African mission fields before he was a teenager. After attending a Bible college in Wales and pastoring in Germany for seven years, he began his missionary work in Africa.

He began holding tent meetings with a tent that accommodated 800 people. As attendance steadily increased, larger tents had to be purchased. Finally in 1984 he commissioned the construction of the world’s largest mobile structure – a tent capable of seating 34,000 people. And still, attendance at the services soon exceeded the capacity of this tent.

Reinhard Bonnke founded the international ministry Christ for all Nations. With office location in Johannesburg, South Africa, Frankfurt, Germany, Birmingham, United Kingdom, London, Ontario and Orlando, Florida.

During the last five years of the previous decade, Reinhard Bonnke conducted 63 major crusades across the globe and ministered to over 27 million people. An incredible 10,160,500 made decisions for Christ and were incorporated into the local church.

In addition, he is known for hosting “Fire Conferences” in many different countries of the world. These conferences equip church leaders and workers for evangelism. They have made a tremendous impact and have inspired many to greater dimensions of evangelism and ministry.

Reinhard Bonnke At Pan-European Next Wave Summit

Mal Fletcher, founder and host of the annual summit, says: 'We want the major church and network leaders of Europe to be able to get the big picture on what is happening across Europe. I believe God is raising up a new hunger for strategic alliances among key leaders.'

The EYE summit, which runs alongside SLC, will bring together 50 key leaders of the young from more than 16 nations.

This network has already helped to raise up a new generation of cutting-edge leaders across Europe and is an inspiration to many of Europe's most successful GenX leaders.

Major themes for discussion at the summits include: Church Planting, Evangelism of Major Cities and Missions in Europe. October 25, 1998

As I greet our guests in the line, I must go in at least 15 or 20 minutes before service time or the ushers want to take my seat. This week my son came to get me, for we had to be in our seats just after 9 am, for Brownsville members had been lining up since before 8 I am told. When I came into the sanctuary at 8:15, it was jumping! Seats were very hard to find even then, and I had heard that my seat was nearly gone a bunch of times. The atmosphere was of expectant to a degree I had never remembered, and it reminded me of something I had in my very early days of a Christian. I was saved at a Kathryn Kuhlman meeting in 1971, and the atmosphere in church was similar to the expectancy before one of her miracle services. It was awesome.

Worship was sweet, and Pastor gave Mr. Bonnke the pulpit as early as I have seen. His message was simple but powerful, talking about the Lord instructing him to first write a booklet with the gospel, also simple, to the point, able to lead a person to the Lord with a decision card in the back. These have been mailed already to millions around the world, the Lord has had him do a country at a time. Money was raised, for example, in Germany, for they paid the 22 million dollars that it cost to reach their country. So also England, different parts of Europe, Hong Kong, and other countries. The United States will be reached next year, during Easter of 1999.

When the money is raised for us to reach our country, and a booklet is mailed, each household in the entire United States and Canada will receive this booklet within a guaranteed 7 days! Think of that! When a decision card is mailed in, the person will be contacted with a letter telling them several things including the closest church in their area who previously responded to his campaign by agreeing to a simple evangelistic statement with the churches address & phone number. A letter will also be sent to the pastor informing him of the person soon to be showing up at his church. No denomination. Just the local church! Wow!
http://www.sendrevival.com/outbreaks/brownsville/articles/Reinhard_Bonnke_at_the_Brownsville_revival.htm
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We are honoured to have Reinhard Bonnke with us,' says Mal Fletcher. 'It is very unusual for him to speak to such a small, select group of leaders.' 'He still has an almost unbelievable travel schedule around the globe and is flying in from the U.S.A. just to address the summit leaders, before flying back. He clearly believes in the importance of these high-level meetings.'Please pray that God will give major breakthroughs at the summits this year, for key cities across Europe. http://www.nextwaveinternational.com/newsdetail.asp?lang=en&ID=79

Bookings are coming in for Next Wave's Leadership NOW! MASTER CLASS, June 3-7, in Trondheim, Norway. http://www.nextwaveinternational.com/newsdetail.asp?lang=en&ID=77

Mount Up Links: Birds of a Feather Fly Together [Add T.D.Jakes]
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-13514/links.html

Testimony of Healing by Omar Mohammed
Lightning Strikes Twice!!
The moment Reinhard cried out the name of Jesus, it felt to Omar as if a bolt of lightning had struck him again. He fell to the ground and an explosion of sound burst into his ears. It was the reverberation of two hundred thousand people shouting and singing with joy. He could hear again! Praise God, He is still the God of healing; we serve a living God. http://www.shekinahchurch.net/HTMpages/news.htm

750,000 COME TO RECEIVE FROM GOD:

We are almost left speechless in our ability to adequately describe what the Lord is doing in our midst. It is difficult to describe a scene of THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION PEOPLE at one time in one location . . .assembling together for the purpose of hearing the Word of God and receiving all that He has for them! What we witnessed last night is more than a “sea” of people. . .it’s an OCEAN of souls who were ripe for the miracle move of God. http://www.cfanusa.org/offices/usa/crusades/AFRICA/lagos1100/millennium.htm

There are for example especially three major ministries in the church today that recognize the impact and power of intercessory prayer for the Lord's anointed to be able to accomplish God's service in their own lives and ministries.

Pastor Cho of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Korea, the largest in the world today, has the Prayer Mountain of intercessors standing behind him.

Billy Graham has scores of intercessors that begin praying months in advance and even continue praying during the entire crusades, which to this date have impacted millions of lives with the Gospel of Christ.

Reinhard Bonnke, who is also being used by the Lord to reach hundreds of thousands in his missionary evangelistic outreaches, has a strong core of intercessors always praying. His current goal is sending gospel tracks to every household in the major countries around the world including the USA.

Paul Cain's Ministry
http://www.propheticroundtable.org/PaulCain/paulcain_intercessory_ministry.htm
Reinhard Bonnke has been in China Europe and everywhere, TBN, Benny Hinn and the Charismatics, name it he has done it.

Islamic Body Threatens Visiting German Preacher

Panafrican News Agency, Nov. 13, 2000 Lagos, Nigeria
http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200011130017.html
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An Islamic body in northern Nigeria, Council of Ulamas, has warned visiting German preacher Reinhard Bonnke to stay away from the area country or face its wrath. Council chairman Ibrahim Kabo said any attempt by the preacher to visit the predominantly Moslem north would have far-reaching consequences.

''We cannot in a hurry forget the calamities experienced in 1991 in Kano...when he visited Nigeria to preach his doctrine. We are not going to fold our arms and watch this enemy of Sharia directly or indirectly re-enact the 1991 disturbance,'' he told journalists in the northern city of Kano at the weekend. (...) Bonnke's last attempt to hold a crusade in Moslem-dominated Kano triggered a religious riot in which many were killed and several properties destroyed. Aware of the controversy his visit was likely to generate in Nigeria, which is divided almost equally between Christians and Moslems, Bonnke hinted on arrival in Nigeria last weekend that he could no longer go to the north to preach. http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/news/an201113.html

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