A former Islamic leader in Ethiopia has described how he found faith in Christ after Jesus appeared to him in a dream.
A former Islamic leader in Ethiopia has described how he found faith in Christ after Jesus appeared to him in a dream.
However, the conversion turned out to be the start of intense persecution from those begrudging his newly found faith.
Following Robel's conversion, militants destroyed his house and stabbed his son with a spear. His life is now at risk, Release International reports, but even though he has been offered riches to return to Islam he has declared his determination to follow Jesus.
Robel was expelled from the mosque he helped to lead in 2003 for asking questions about Jesus, RI told Christian Today.
The morning after he saw Jesus in his dream, he committed his life to the Lord and started attending church.
He testifies: "After my conversion my house and all my property were burned. Several times the Muslims came to my house with a spear threatening us, trying to hurt someone."
The militants stabbed Robel's son with a spear, but the boy escaped serious injury, RI reports.
A year later, extremists burned his house again, and Robel was forced to leave the area without his family.
He explains: "I miss my family and my children are very, very small. I also worry about them, how they will live, because nobody is there to protect them. But I trust in the Lord to take care of our needs. One day He will reunite us, and we will be able to live together."
Since his conversion, Islamists have tried to entice Robel back to Islam offering him the opportunity to go to Saudi Arabia for Islamic training and return to Ethiopia a wealthy man. But Robel refused, preferring poverty and to sleep in trees - with the freedom to choose his own faith still intact.
According to Voice of the Martyrs, Robel said: "People always seek the money and the wea
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