It is no gain saying to declare that the visit of Nigerian
cleric, T.B. Joshua, to Nazareth in Israel was a huge success and the warm
response of Israelis was a great delight.
Apart from the millions of followers and admirers of
Prophet TB Joshua who can stop telling whoever cares to listen that the General
Overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations is a genuine man of God, the
happenings in Nazareth during his acclaimed controversial visit by the Israeli
Media was a great testimony beyond Nazareth in Israel.
Investigations showed that initial news of the visit
by Prophet TB Joshua actually ignited a furor among apprehensive religious
leaders from both the Muslim and Orthodox Christian sector but the tone among
locals appears to have emphatically shifted in the aftermath of the successful
event.
We also gathered that Chief Dele Momodu, the publisher
of Ovation Magazine and erstwhile presidential candidate in Nigeria, was among
the visitors in Israel to attend the much-publicized Christian event in Jesus'
hometown.
It is only God’s doing and by His grace during the
visit of Prophet TB Joshua to Nazareth, there are testimonials by the indigenes
and foreigners talking about the goodness of the revered man of God.
“It is incredible how T.B. Joshua is wowing the people
of Israel," wrote Chief Dele Momodu to his 500,000 followers on Instagram,
subsequently sharing short video clips of taxi drivers speaking glowingly of
the cleric.
"Joshua is a good man," a Nazarene driver
named Alosh remarked to Mr Momodu. "He is always welcome to Israel.
Everyone knows him here and we love him!"
Buttressing Chief Momodu's assertion, the Mayor of
Nazareth, Ali Sallam, touted the economic benefit derived by Joshua's visit in
an interview with local Arabic media, stating the region of Nazareth would
accrue up to $1,000,000 as a result of the influx of tourists.
A Nigerian living in Israel named Kennedy stated that
Israeli reactions towards him - and his fellow Africans living in the nation -
had significantly brightened after Joshua's two-day event.
"Many of us Africans who work here in Israel are
treated with suspicion and we sometimes feel marginalised," the Tel-Aviv
based electrician originally from Imo State said in a video posted online.
"But after TB Joshua's visit, I have observed a
notable difference. Many people have approached to ask me more about Nigeria;
they are responding far more positively to me and black people in
general," he stated. "I can testify that T.B. Joshua's meeting in
Nazareth is rebranding Africa's image abroad."
Writing on Facebook, Julian H - a pilgrim from the UK
who attended the event - recounted the experience of how an Arabian seller at a
local market gave him free fruit after learning he had attended the meeting
with Joshua.
"He told me he watched the event live on a local
station and was amazed that miracles can still happen today in Nazareth,"
the Brit explained.
"Whether you hate this man or like him, the fact
remains that T.B Joshua is Nigeria's biggest export to the world at the
moment," penned Chukwudi Iwuchukwu, a lawyer and social media influencer,
on Facebook.
"No other Nigerian - dead or alive - has the
capacity to attract such global media attention except him, which makes him one
of Africa's biggest ever icons," he bluntly wrote.
Opinion among the local Muslim community in Nazareth -
which was significantly divisive before the event - appears also swung in the
pastor's favour in the aftermath.
"I thought Joshua was coming to try and force us
to convert," an Arabic clothes vendor named Habib stated.
"But I realise he is just a good man with a
message of love for all. Also, I sold more in this last week than in the last
four months combined because of the tourists he brought to our town - so he's
definitely welcome back!"
A young group of Arabic men admitted they actually
attended the event to mock it. "I went with my friends for a joke. I
thought they were all a bunch of actors but when I saw someone whom I
personally knew receive healing, I started taking it seriously," wrote
Ahmed Dahar in Arabic on Facebook.
Other pilgrims from China, Russia and African and South
American countries, also attended the healing session.
The two-day meeting, which has been viewed 500,000
times on Emmanuel TV's YouTube channel since its broadcast, also received
coverage from the international media.
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