The president living faith church worldwide, bishop David oyedepo has revealed the hidden agenda of the government to close the church walls for years, in a bid to close the revival in the church, he however insisted the church cannot be stopped, the church cannot be destroyed.
He read the story of the Egyptian king in history that closed the church in an attempt to stop the revival, he closed the church walls for 9 years till the gates of the churches started rusting and the church became the habitation of pigeons. Bishop oyedepo proclaimed the church opened in Jesus name.
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The fourth Fatimid Caliph Al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah ruled from 953 AD to 975 AD and moved the centre of power of the Fatimid dynasty from Tunisia to Egypt. In persecuting the Church, he once issued a decree to close all Churches of the Coptic Christian communities in the land and to forbid the Church bells to ring. Capital punishment threatened anyone who dared to meet in the Church or even open a Church. For 9 long years, the Churches were closed. The gates grew rusty and the pigeons took residence in the sanctuaries. Some of the faithful Christians travelled across the desert, seeking monasteries in the wilderness, so they could meet for prayer and worship. However, the majority of them could not afford the time to travel on foot across the desert, so they were forced to stay in their homes on Sundays. After 9 years the Caliph decided to see him for himself how the Coptic Christians were now crushed and silent. In disguise, he set out on a Sunday and walked in the streets of their quarters of old Cairo; he heard the sound of their prayers, Bible readings and worship from every house that he passed by. His reaction was another decree, a famous quote:
“Open their churches and let them pray as they please. I thought I had closed the church on every every street, only to find out that I had opened a church in every house “
