Ben Edokpayi (The Great Revivalist- A Christian Story)

 

                        BEN EDOKPAYI

   [The Great Revivalist- A Christian Story]

INTRODUCTION

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his Servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw, Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand (Rev 1 vs 1-3) 

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It didn't seem like a dream or a vision, but I woke up drenched in my own sweat, I couldn't find the words to describe what I saw but it seemed real, while I sat on my bed still in deep thoughts,I heard a knock on the door, Ben are you awake? it was my mums voice then she quietly opened the door, and walked in, Ben are you ok? She asked, she touched my pyjamas and noticed I was soaked in sweat, I looked at her and said, mum am ok, I need to have a shower now, she looked at me in a very worried way and said Ben you are sweating while the AC is on and working well, I stood up and headed to the bathroom, I closed the door behind me leaving her where she stood.

I turned on the shower over my head, I stood still while the water flowed through my head to every part of my body, few minutes later I was all set for school, Ben your school bus is here i heard my mum beckon at me, I hurriedly took my breakfast and joined the school bus, as I sat in the school bus, I had my gaze through the window, still thinking of what I had seen that morning in my dream

 "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches" (Rev 1:20)

"In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed" (1Cor 15:52)

My name is Ben Edokpayi, a 17 year old boy who hails from Edo state, my dad is an Edo man but my mum is a white french woman, which makes me an half caste,i am also the Student Council President in my school and am in my Finals, I went about my normal school activities that day, met with other council members and we had a meeting in preparation for our Valedictory ceremony coming up in a couple of months.

Am not much of a believer, I don't go to Church often, but there's no scripture I can't quote in the bible, am an avid reader of the bible,I love to read in general. I would rather learn things mysel than let someone tell me about it.

For some nights have been having some really scary dreams or would I call it a vision, it's really disturbing, I see myself leading a cause and it's really scary and horrifying, I often wake up from this thing sweating and quivering.

"Remember therefore how thou hast recieved and heard, and hold fast, and repent, if therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief and thou shalt not know what hour I will come up on thee" (Rev3:3)

I got home late that night, there was no one at home, I dropped my school bag on the Sofa and switched on the T.V, I grabbed a juice in the fridge, sat down to watch the T.V, while sipping my drink, all I saw on the news was either homosexuality being legalised in some countries, or Countries fighting against One another, or a false prophet being convicted of lies, everything didn't make sense really.

While watching the news I dozed off, I saw myself lifting something so big I could hardly breath cause of the weight it had on me then I saw a hand stretching out to help ease the pain, as I lifted my head up to look at the face of the hand helping me I saw scriptures expressly confirming all I had seen in the news earlier on.

"You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed, such things must happen but the end is still to come" Matt 24:6

"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the son, but only the father" Matt24:36

"For such people are false apostles, decietful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ; and no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, it is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerades as servants of righteousness, their end will be what their actions deserve" 2 Cor 11:13-15

"Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication and going after Strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vegeance of eternal fire" Jude 1:7

Ben, my mum's voice brought me back to consciousness, again I was drenched in Sweat, my mum sat beside me this time around and asked what the problem is, I looked at her and explained the weird dreams I kept having everytime I closed my eyes, my mum is a devoted Christian, she and my dad are born again Christians, she held my hands and said some prayers over me, that night I couldn't close my eyes to sleep cause I didn't know what I would see next.

While I laid down on the bed staring at the ceiling something silently told me the Visions have been seeing are burdens God is placing in my heart, a lot of hideous things are happening around the world and the younger generations are mostly affected, the vision I kept seeing is me leading a revolt against the devil and all he represents.

"This is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face, o Jacob selah, lift up your heads, o ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in, who is this king of glory? The lord strong and mighty, the lord mighty in battle, lift up your heads o ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in, who is king of glory? The lord of host, he is the king of glory" Psalm 24 vs 6

The dreams kept coming everytime I close my eyes to sleep, my mum explained to me that if I don't take up the burden the dreams won't stop, I thought to myself, how do I take up this burden, it's a big burden , I wasn't even a born again Christian, but I guess God uses who he wants to use, and so my journey began.

my first preaching was done in a gathering sponsored by some local Churches in my community, I started an evangelism group called "The lord's army" 

"Ye are the light of the world, a city that is set on an hill cannot be hid" (Matt 5 vs 14)

Our Mission is to win as many souls to Christ as possible, our group expanded on a daily basis, from my community to several communities, I gained admission into the University and my journey still continued, preaching Christ to people, the name Ben Edokpayi became popular than i could ever imagine.

I was called upon most times to preach and as i did I won souls to Christ, cause I speak so well by the grace of God, and when I speak there's this grace that follows, people listen and are blessed,I was not only called upon locally, internationally I was known, I became a hope for the younger generation, a generation that was once misled, I was able to lead them back to Christ, especially those involved in homosexuality, I met with a lot of gays and lesbians and I took my time to preach to them and prayed with them, so many of them gave their lives to Christ and turned a new leaf but as I converted them I didn't know I was stepping on some toes, I didn't know some top dignitaries were also involved in this hideous act and the young boys and girls I was preaching Christ to were their partners and as such they weren't ok with what I was doing,but this is what God has called me to do and I have to do it regardless, often times i tell people that there isn't anyone God cannot use once you yield to his call, he has a way of raising you up.

We went from Country to Countries preaching the gospel, we gained and delivered souls the devil held captive, I was a voice of hope for the youths, and also a threat to the kingdom of darkness.

While speaking to some group of people in New York one cold afternoon, I was accosted by some people, I didn't know them but they asked to speak with me for a while, I obliged to listen to what they had to say, this group of guys disclosed to me that they were members of the Church of Satan and that they've had about me and the way have been misleading youths, I looked at them sternly and echoed what they said, mislead you said, I am not misleading anyone rather am showing them the light, one of them interrupted me and said, it's best you stop else you would be dealt with, they all turned and left, I looked at them as they went off in their cars and then I headed back to the group of people I was speaking with.

My zeal to win all souls to Christ never declined rather it waxed stronger, I was determined to bring to it's ruin every demonic oppression of homosexuality, I preached , I prayed, people far and wide gave their lives to Christ, people turned a new leaf, people addicted to homosexuality, drugs, alcohol were all set free.

"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake; but he that endureth to the end shall be saved" (Matt 10:22)

"Be sober minded; be watchful, your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (1Pet 5:8)

I was arrested in my house in the early afternoon of March 1st 2019, I wasn't allowed to take anything or speak to anyone, I was taken away by some armed men, the news went Viral, Ben Edokpayi has been arrested, twice my team came with Placards asking for my release, there was no offense attached to my arrest and yet I wasn't released, I spent close to a month detained where I was, I spoke with my lawyer who they allowed me speak with occasionally. After a month with no actual offense to hold against me I was released.

With all that happened I wasn't even moved a bit, I held on tight to my God.

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5)

My Zeal waxed stronger, I went from one Country to the other, this was the burden God placed on me and it is mine alone to carry.

I won Million of souls to Christ, redemption was evident, at 35 I had trillions of followers, not following me but following God they saw in me

"But he that shall endure unto the end, thesame shall be saved" (Matt 24:14)

"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come" (Matt 24:14)

I was out of the Country for some weeks for a Programme I went for in Canada, immediately I landed back to Nigeria at the Muritala Mohammed Airport, I was arrested again by some QSS officials, I wasn't allowed to speak to anyone, not even my lawyer, I was detained and questioned for two days before I could speak with my lawyer, I was told to stop preaching that I was misleading the youths, I thought to myself that how is leading people to the light misleading, how is bringing them out of their sinful ways misleading, am certain some people are scared of these generation of youths God is building through me, they would never take no for an answer.

"The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against the lord, and against his anointed, saying, let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us" (Psalm 2:2-3)

Ben Edokpayi has been banned from all T.v stations, his preaching must not be aired again, any social media handler that repost his preaching will be seriously dealt with, the news went round, i was threatened and detained for two months, while attending prosecution in the court of law, so many times I heard my fellow Christian brethens shouting outside where I was detained for my release and the next thing I would hear is people running and shouting, it was later on I got to know that once they gathered like that they were being chased away with teargas, I was being carried in a black maria anytime I was meant to show up in court like a common criminal.

For days I went without food, I had no choice than to turn those days to fasting and seeking the face of God.the only person i was allowed to see was my lawyer. I was locked up in a room alone, no one to talk to, no one to communicate with, one faithful day, a food was brought to me in the morning, I had been warned by God not to eat the food that it was poisoned, they forced me to eat the food but I didn't yield, the food was left there, till it became rotten, I didn't touch it.

I was escorted to the black maria one morning, as usual I thought I was going to court,but unknown to me, my life was being arranged to be taken;Also unknown to me God has ministered to my bethrens in the lord to overtake the Black maria, when we got to a particular point, I noticed so much noise coming from outside, then the black maria stopped, suddenly I heard bangs on the black maria, the door was opened and as i stepped forward towards the door the light ray from the sun clouded my face, I couldn't really see who was by the door, as I moved closer i saw it was one of my brothers, Pastor Ben Come out quickly he shouted, let's leave here, I was confused and was soon taken into an SUV, Pastor Ben they were taking you somewhere to kill you, I was startled and I said to them, despite that this isn't the right way to settle it, as they drove on, I kept my hands on my head, and a voice told me to be still.

The next morning I was announced wanted, as I flipped through the dailies, I wasn't happy, I went on to pray and the lord told me the fight between God's children and the kingdom of Darkness has begun, I wasn't going to run, if their plan is to kill me then I would die fighting.

The kingdom of darkness wasn't ready to give up and we weren't backing down either, we went about preaching and pulling down every strong hold of the kingdom of darkness.

" A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation; I thy lord will hasten it in his time" (Isaiah 60:22)

As I and my team drove on to our evangelical mission we kept chanting these words of the lord

"There's a river inside of me that is able to drown the world"

"There's a fire inside of me that is able to burn the world"

"There's a glory inside of me that is able to cover the world"

After chanting those words we began singing praises to GOD, we needed these things to fuel our spirit to keep the work of the lord moving on.

We went to various Campuses, breaking every chain of addiction holding people down, every chain of pornography was broken, every chain of Masturbating was broken, every chain of homosexuality and drug addiction was broken.

"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul" (1 Pet 2:11)

"Flee fornication, every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body" (1Cor 6:18)

As most of the youths gave their life's to Christ, they in turn followed my evangelism group, creating a vast evangelism group, revival was imminent.

"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come" (Matt 24:14)

The burden the lord laid in my heart is to preach this gospel to the ends of the earth and let everyone turn to God, and as usual we held our gathering, while on the pulpit four strange men walked up to me with guns in their hands, Mr Ben Edokpayi you would need to come with us, I looked at the crowd before me and I told them I won't be able to leave where I was, as they tried to move closer to me, the crowd evaded the pulpit, pushing them away, unknown to me, there were more of them outside the gate, and they had barricaded the whole place we were in,I heard the first gun shot and my heart skipped, I was concerned about the people that came for the revival, the whole place was scattered, people ran Helter skelter, I called on God,I started speaking in tongues, my team joined me and we started speaking in strange tongues suddenly a whirl wind started blowing, the first thing I noticed was that the guns the men were holding began to float to the sky, I was perplexed, the men themselves began to shiver, we kept speaking in tongues and praying then the wind intensified, the crowd that came for the revival began to push the men out, they were definitely harmless without their guns, thy were all pushed out, the wind blew against the men, they were all just staggering while trying to get their balance, so many times they fell on the ground, it was a sight to behold truly cause God proved himself mightily that day, the men couldn't explain how they got to their cars and sped off, the news went Viral on the internet for months.

I never knew God was raising a general of army through me, the hunger for Christ took over the whole Nation, everywhere we went to the light of God was deposited there, people were healed, lives were changed, salvation of souls to Christ was achieved.

The lord told me this is just the begining, that his army is rising and that Revival is imminent, now comes the APOCALYPSE [The end], and so my journey continues.

APOCALYPSE (THE END) THE STORY CONTINUES •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

"But of the times and the seasons, brethen, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the lord so cometh as a thief in the night.For when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape, But ye, brethen, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief" (1Thess 5;1-4)