They said this was 20-plenty. Where are they ?
They say God works in mysterious ways. It is a mystery how all our miracle-performing, bible -punching and charismatic pastors failed to prophesy or even predict that the year 2020 would be a year of such hardship, sorrow, uncertainty and grief.
These self-appointed men of God have failed us all. Not only were they unable to see into the future and warn us about COVID-19 but they even lied, saying the fact that 2020 has two '20s' meant that it was a year of abundance. They made us believe that this was a year of plenty and even took a cue from well-known rappers like South Africa's rising star Duncan and said this year was 20-plenty.
So,there you are. 2020 was 20-plenty.
In quite a few churches in Eswatini and South Africa, the crossover song was uncharacteristically one by a group not known for gospel.
This was the song by some creative soul known as Master KG (bite me if I am wrong. This is not exactly my forte).
Of course, the song had Christian lyrics about Jérusalem being the land of hope but its catchy sound reverberated in both churches and night clubs at exactly the same time - that is between 11:55pm on December 31, 2019 and 00:05am on January 1, 2020.
People everywhere danced up a storm. Both the young and old celebrated the advent of yet another year. In fact, it was almost a unanimous view that this year marked the beginning of a new decade. What everyone seemed to miss was the fact that this was actually the end of the decade that began in 2011.
This year marked exactly 10 years since the last decade began. The next decade begins in 2021.
Anyway, that is just me.
It is not the gist of this article. We were simply wondering what had happened to the pastors, preachers, apostles and a few bishops who lied to us, telling us that this was going to be the greatest year of our lives.
This has not only turned to be just false but catastrophic. Ironically, as these 'men of gold' made their false predictions, the coronavirus, which causes COVID19 had already been disco vered in Wuhan, China.
The Chinese were just keeping it a secret, probably thinking it would not explode into the global pandemic it has now become.
I will not go into the untested theory that the virus was actually manufactured in some laboratory and deliberately unleashed on mankind for whatever reason.
That is a story for another day -a day that might not even come.
In our beautiful kingdom of Eswatini, thèse pastors have suddenly gone to ground.
They are nowhere to be seen. They are steadfastly refusing to even admit that they got this whole thing wrong.
They do not want to confess their sin before God and man. They are unrepentant.
They lied to us. They told us to expext bigger and better things but all we got was a calamity of biblical proportions. COVID-19 has already claimed the lives of more than 200 000 people around the world.
These are men, women and children who were with us just three or four months ago.
Most of them were alive and healthy.
I am not saying this is the fault of these preachers. There was nothing they could do to prevent this from happening - or maybe there was ? Maybe they could have prayed against the virus. Anyway, how could they get it so wrong ? One can only hope that when the crisis eventually ends, they do not come out of their hiding places to make new and false predictions. They should just keep burying their heads in shame. The world is a better place without them.
These self-appointed men of God have failed us all. Not only were they unable to see into the future and warn us about COVID-19 but they even lied, saying the fact that 2020 has two '20s' meant that it was a year of abundance. They made us believe that this was a year of plenty and even took a cue from well-known rappers like South Africa's rising star Duncan and said this year was 20-plenty.
So,there you are. 2020 was 20-plenty.
In quite a few churches in Eswatini and South Africa, the crossover song was uncharacteristically one by a group not known for gospel.
This was the song by some creative soul known as Master KG (bite me if I am wrong. This is not exactly my forte).
Of course, the song had Christian lyrics about Jérusalem being the land of hope but its catchy sound reverberated in both churches and night clubs at exactly the same time - that is between 11:55pm on December 31, 2019 and 00:05am on January 1, 2020.
People everywhere danced up a storm. Both the young and old celebrated the advent of yet another year. In fact, it was almost a unanimous view that this year marked the beginning of a new decade. What everyone seemed to miss was the fact that this was actually the end of the decade that began in 2011.
This year marked exactly 10 years since the last decade began. The next decade begins in 2021.
Anyway, that is just me.
It is not the gist of this article. We were simply wondering what had happened to the pastors, preachers, apostles and a few bishops who lied to us, telling us that this was going to be the greatest year of our lives.
This has not only turned to be just false but catastrophic. Ironically, as these 'men of gold' made their false predictions, the coronavirus, which causes COVID19 had already been disco vered in Wuhan, China.
The Chinese were just keeping it a secret, probably thinking it would not explode into the global pandemic it has now become.
I will not go into the untested theory that the virus was actually manufactured in some laboratory and deliberately unleashed on mankind for whatever reason.
That is a story for another day -a day that might not even come.
In our beautiful kingdom of Eswatini, thèse pastors have suddenly gone to ground.
They are nowhere to be seen. They are steadfastly refusing to even admit that they got this whole thing wrong.
They do not want to confess their sin before God and man. They are unrepentant.
They lied to us. They told us to expext bigger and better things but all we got was a calamity of biblical proportions. COVID-19 has already claimed the lives of more than 200 000 people around the world.
These are men, women and children who were with us just three or four months ago.
Most of them were alive and healthy.
I am not saying this is the fault of these preachers. There was nothing they could do to prevent this from happening - or maybe there was ? Maybe they could have prayed against the virus. Anyway, how could they get it so wrong ? One can only hope that when the crisis eventually ends, they do not come out of their hiding places to make new and false predictions. They should just keep burying their heads in shame. The world is a better place without them.
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