Mutare-based musician Brian Samaita has
come in defence of religious “prophets” who have not been able to invoke their
self-proclaimed powers to deal with the novel coronavirus.
The musician, who is popularly known as “son” to South
Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd “Major 1” Bushiri, says prophets were
ambasadors of heaven.
“Prophets do not follow what people say or think, but they
act according to the instruction from the realm of the spirit, just like
ambasadors of other countries, who are here in Zimbabwe. They are here to serve
their countries’ interests not their own. So their hands are tied to certain
rules and regulations,” he said.
“God will allow some things to happen for a reason with or
without telling his prophets. There are some things that prophets are told not
to utter in the public, while there are others they need to share with their
followers.
“For the record, prophets do not heal, but it is the power
of the Almighty vested into these men of God. That is why you hear them say ‘In
Jesus’ name be healed’.”
Samaita, who is now a born-again Christian, said if it is
God, who has allowed the Covid-19 outbreak, then prophets are not in a position
to stop it.
“If God allowed this pandemic to happen, then prophets’
hands are tied until such a time when God’s mission is fulfilled,” he said.
“This blame game on prophets and other men of God is
baseless.
“I will give you an example of Noah. He was told to build
an ark because there was going to be a flood. The same God had powers to stop
that flood, but why did he allow it to happen?
“If he had power to tell Moses to open a way in the sea
using a stick, he could have easily stopped the flood. There were prophets, but
no one blamed them because they knew that God had allowed that to happen.”
The musician thanked men of God who are doing charity work
to support the vulnerable families during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Nigerian pastor, Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, came under
criticism after his Covid-19 “prophecy” turned out to be false. Standard
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