The 76 were taken to a Boko Haram terrorists’ camp where they were tortured. The four male leaders of the group were told at gunpoint to renounce their faith in Christ and revert to Islam. When they refused, holding fast to their Saviour, the men were shot in front of their families and friends.
The following week, the wives of the four martyred men were also ordered to renounce their faith or their children would be executed.
As the mothers struggled under this terrible burden into the night, the
children came running in and said that the Lord Jesus had appeared to
them and “all would be well”. According to the account, the Lord Jesus
then appeared to all of the group and told them not to fear, that He
would protect them. They should not renounce Him, but stay strong
knowing that “He is the way, the truth and the life”.
The next morning the children, one a girl as young as four, were lined
up against a wall by the terrorists and their four mothers were told
they could save them if they renounced Jesus Christ and returned to
Islam. The mothers refused. The soldiers cocked their rifles and
prepared to take aim when they suddenly started to grab at their heads,
screaming and shouting “Snakes, snakes!” Some ran away and others
dropped dead where they stood.
As one of the soldiers fell down dead, a Christian captive reached down
to pick up the soldier’s gun to fire at the fleeing Boko Haram
militants, but the youngest child put her hand on his arm and said, “You
don’t need to do that. Can you not see the men in white fighting for
us?”
All 72 lives were spared and the group is now living in other regions
of Nigeria that are safe for Christians. When our English-speaking
contact asked their pastor why Jesus appeared to them and not to others
he replied, “He does not need to. You have over 200 versions of
Scripture and many people able to explain the Bible to you. These people
do not.”
From Barnabas Fund contacts.
https://barnabasfund.org/en/news/gods-intervention-saves-72-captive-nigerian-christians-from-boko-haram-firing-squad
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