MIRACLE #3 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝟲𝟴𝟲 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 - reported on 5 Apr 2024

(#𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗘 #𝟯) 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝟲𝟴𝟲 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡
I was really waiting to tell you Miracle #3.
I was trying to listen to Han and call Andrew again to get information in detail on what happened on Easter Sunday. I had the phone in my left hand and took notes with my right hand.

Han had just picked up the #cross from our volunteer mom’s tomb for his object lesson to preach an illustrated sermon on the #death and #resurrection of Christ. He lifted up the cross and walked to the front of the Sunday school crowd. He was trying to grab their attention and help them understand what Jesus went through on the road to #Calvary for them. I don’t like to use this term, but, out of nowhere, this middle-aged woman who was holding a child started running toward Han as fast as she could. She was screaming in Arabic, “Help me! Please help me! They said you can help me!”

Nobody knew what to think. Was this another Hamas attack? Nobody knew. The whole crowd of 1000 people were now looking at her running to the front.
Han had a table set up and he was holding the cross for the object lesson. She laid the boy on the table in front of him while everyone was watching. Han put his hand on her shoulder and tried to calm her down. He asked her how he could help. She said, “my son is dead. Somebody said you can help him…...” Suddenly, a hush came over the crowd. It's Easter Sunday. There was no doctor, no medicine, and no hospital available there. She tried to explain to Han that 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝟴-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. She tried to get food for him, but she couldn’t get any to save him. She had just watched her son die right in front of her.

I don’t know if you’ve ever held a dying child in your arms. I have. For those of you that have, you know you’ll never forget it. Han asked, “how long has your son been dead?” She said, “at least 15 minutes.”

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗪? I don’t know how many of you 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 in a situation like this. In the middle of a war with all eyes on you while you were just about to preach about the resurrection. So, I ask all of you, 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢?

𝗜’𝗠 𝗦𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗡, and I’ve told him that so many times this week! He looked at the crowd of kids and parents. They were all just watching. With the strongest voice that he could project without any sound system there, he yelled at the top of his voice, “This is Easter.” He said, “We know Jesus died for us. It’s by His stripes, we are healed. We believe in miracles. So now, I want all of you…..”

Then he lifted up his voice and said, “I want all of you to stretch your hands out to this dead boy. We’re going to pray. I want all of you to pray with me and believe that Jesus can do a miracle.” All of the kids and parents stretched their hands out.

Han put his right hand on that little dead boy’s chest. He said “Jesus, You were crucified on the cross, and Your Father God rose you from the dead. I’m asking You right now, 𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘, 𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦’𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘, touch this little boy.”

This boy has been dead for over 15 minutes. The crowd was so quiet…. And they all had their hands stretched out.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗡?

And suddenly, this little boy’s eyes just opened. Han looked at him, but he didn’t want to say anything prematurely. But then the boy coughed. Han put his left hand on the boy’s back and sat him up. And then 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗬 #𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗗!

Han yelled to the crowd, “Now you see this little boy is alive. This is why we are here today. Just like God raised His son up from the dead, Jesus now raised this little boy up from the dead. This is what Jesus can do for all of us, if we just give our lives to Him!”

All by themselves, the crowd just started clapping and yelling! Some of the IDF soldiers came out from their hiding places because they didn’t know what was happening. Han sensed the #anointing, and knew it was the right time. So, he said, “if anybody here wants to give their life to Jesus, when I count to 3, you raise your hand. I’ll lead you in a prayer for Jesus to forgive you, and you’ll become a #Christian.” He said that three times. He wanted to make sure everybody understood what he had said.

He didn’t know what’s going to happen or if anyone would stand. But he knew, the Holy Spirit was in that place. Several of the dads in the back were counting. 𝟲𝟴𝟲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘂𝗽, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁! They didn’t just hear the Easter story. 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗧!

Han then started walking around the crowd, laying hands on people, praying for them and leading them in prayer. Mothers were kneeling down and crying. They didn’t know exactly what’s happening, but they knew what they had just seen. They saw the power of God that had just been demonstrated right in front of their eyes.

It was nearly 45 minutes before Han could stop ministering to the people. He talked to that grateful mother again, prayed for the little boy who had just been raised from the dead, and made sure she got extra food and water.

As the crowd started to leave, one of the IDF soldiers who had been guarding the Sunday School came up to Han and just said, “𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨!” He said, “I know you love your people and I love my people too. But today really was a special day.”

He said, “when you asked people to stand and pray, you didn’t see me but I stood up. I lifted my hand to heaven and asked Jesus to come into my heart.”

At that moment, the soldier took his necklace from around his neck. It was the aluminum necklace that almost all the IDF soldiers wear after the October 7th attack. I knew what it was when Han explained to me, because one of the IDF soldiers gave me one the night I found Mary. I still wear it till this day.

That soldier took his necklace and put it on Han. On the necklace it said in Hebrew, “Bring the hostages home now.” The soldier said, “You have faith in Jesus and now I have faith in Jesus too. #𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥, 𝗪𝗘’𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥.” And Han said, “Yes, we will, in Jesus’s name.”

Han has been wearing that necklace as a symbol of two men who had built a bond in the middle of a war through a miracle. And yet, with all their differences, they stood still for just a few moments and sensed the presence of God.

The soldier rejoined his patrol. Han picked up a little bit of leftover food and water and took the cross back to our volunteer mother’s grave. And me, I was still sitting in that rental car eating my cheeseburger…..

I guess it really was an unusual Easter Sunday…… Yes, it was….

𝟲𝟴𝟲 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦. I hope now, some of you do as well.

𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨; 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨.

~ Psalms‬ ‭77‬:‭13‬-‭14‬
I think I have one more miracle to talk to you about, maybe tomorrow…..

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