MUREWA STORIES BY AARON IPISANI
Cotton growing unease
MUREWA:
VILLAGERS in Murewa have received Presidential Agricultural in-put of Cotton Seeds, however,
they cite delay as presently utilized the fields.
The program has been received by villagers but alluded that have cultivated lands for maize and
suggested they stock the seeds as long temperature permit till next season. Few are raising concern
of scrutinized as the program might not go well owing to low temperatures in the region as
Mashonaland Province is Region 2.
The cotton plants need high temperatures lest we try and error said a Murombedzi villager.
Villagers talk to The Church News said, we have no no-how to imbed the seeds as well maintain
them for the required score at the time of harvest. Ample time of research is needed or else
demonstration by specialists.
Voster Mukahadzi of Chigombe and many villagers have deposited the seeds the day they
received the share affirming have punctually smear the seeds, if they fail then will launch from
there said Mukahadzi.
He said, cotton is a better crop that cannot be stolen by supernatural means referring to the heated
story of invisible snake that invades neighbors’ fields and pocketed yields for the wicked heroin.
He further said, cotton need first rains so that it grows to the ripe with sunshine. In cotton regions
there is less rainfall. Here at region 2, the rains leave moisture thus the harvesting be affected.
The Agriculture Extension office is jammed by villagers in regard of the program then referred
to respective Ward councilors as answerable to the program.
It is reported by the cotton experts that the field cotton planted after harvesting should enjoy a
total rest of five years without maize seeds planted except other produces as cotton is specifically
for arid regions then reduces soil texture.
By the time of going to press no Ward councilors was available for comment.
APPARITION ROUND-UP
Sun dance at Fatima: Predict the Ball of Redemption
AS early as July 1917, it was claimed that the Virgin Mary had promised a miracle for the last of
her apparitions on October 13, so that all would believe. What happened then became known as
the “Miracle of the Sun”.
A huge crowd, variously estimated between 30000 and 100000 including reporters and
photographers, gathered at the Cova da Iria. The incessant rain had ceased and there was a thin
layer of cloud. Lucia, seeing light rising from the lady’s hands and the sun appearing as a silver
disk, called out “look at the sun”. She later had no memory of saying this.
Witnesses later spoke of the sun spearing to change colors and rotate like a wheel. Witnesses
gave widely varying descriptions of the “sun’s dance”. Poet Afonso Lopes Vieira and
schoolteacher Delfina Lopes (with her students and other witnesses in the town of Alburita),
reported that the solar phenomenon was visible up to forty kilometers away.
Columnist Avelino de Almeida of O Seculo Portugal’s most influential newspaper, which was
pro-government in policy and avowedly anti-clerical), reported the following: “Before the
astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood bare-headed, eagerly
searching the sky, the sun trembled, made sudden incredible movements outside all cosmic laws – the sun ‘danced’ according to the typical expression of the people. Eye specialist Dr. Domingos
Pinto Coelho, writing for the newspaper Ordem reported “The sun, at one moment surrounded
with scarlet flame, at another aureoled in yellow and deep purple, seemed to be in an exceeding
fast and whirling movement, at times appearing to be loosened from the sky and to be approaching
the earth, strongly radiating heat”. The special reporter for the October 17, 1917 edition of the
Lisbon daily, O Dia, reported the following, “…the silver sun, enveloped in the same gauzy purple
light was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of broken clouds…The light turned a beautiful blue,
as if it had come through the stained-glass windows of a cathedral, and spread itself over the people
who knelt with outstretched hands…people wept and prayed with uncovered heads, in the presence
of a miracle they had awaited. The seconds seemed like hours, so vivid were they.”
No movement or other phenomenon of the sun was recorded by scientists at the time. Not all
witnesses reported seeing the sun “dance”. Some people only saw the radiant colors, and others
including some believers, saw nothing at all. On lookers reported other phenomenon, including
luminous mist and showers of flower petals seen around and above the tree during previous
visitations.
SCRIPTURE ROUND-UP
THE Miracle of the Sun at Fatima was a sign of the Ball of Redemption predicted by the Prophet
Joel. And he himself said, tells you with no uncertainty it would be a comet. Because what he said,
if you read Joel, only a short section in the Old Testament. He said, “In those days the world will
be like a garden of pleasure.” And as Jesus said, men will be marrying and giving in marriage,
eating and drinking and making merry and “peace, peace.” The cries of “peace” will go throughout
the world, when suddenly the destruction will be upon you. Truly all the signs are here now…
Therefore, Joel said, there will be a burning ball that will go through this land which is like a land
of pleasure. And behind it a flaming tail. So you yourself know that the only thing-the burning ball
with the flaming tail is a comet. And so there Joel himself knew. And he was a prophet hundreds
of years ago, before the coming of Christ, even.- Veronica Leuken’s commentary, Sept 28, 1973.
Xmas demises in Murewa
MUREWA:
DURING Christmas holiday, in Murewa west received many deaths of legends include Mr. Petros
Gedions Nyamawuya on Thursday morning, Mr. Thomas Jena Magwenzi on Friday evening, Mr.
Chingosho on Saturday, Mai Tsuro on Monday and Mr. Mudzinge on Monday.
Mrs Tsuro died while the son Fr. Nigel Tsuro innocently led a Funeral service of Nyamawuya
on Monday 27 Dec.
Chingosho a businessman was first to be buried followed by Nyamawuya a former teacher, on
Tuesday Magwenzi and lastly Mrs Tsuro on Dec 29.
2021 was tainted by funerals of the beloved prodigies, Nyamawuya stand the oldest.
The deaths were in line with Jesus explain the story of weeds in the field to His disciples. He
said the harvesting is the end of the world (Matt 13:39), then the godly will shine like the sun in
their Father’s kingdom (Matt 13:43).
So our dear beloved ancestry were with Jesus at Sabbath rest where Jesus descended and on the
third day he rose again and ascended to heaven where he is seated at the right of God. All who die
in Christ will descend to Sabbath rest, a place the dead in Christ will await redemption.
The world celebrated two events on Saturday: Birth of Christ and Jesus at Sabbath Rest. Other of the mainline churches are of the view that the Sabbath (holy day) was altered by a
particular religious to venerate Sunday reverence as redemption is greater than creation; therefore
ought to keep the day of Christ’s resurrection, instead of the ancient Sabbath of the Lord.
The church in particular certainly not change Sabbath, but tradition of the “fathers” as the world
learnt of the resurrected Jesus, all Jerusalem cried in jubilant as Saturday was in reflection of
Friday event Jesus’ nailed on the Cross.
In Exodus 12v16 reads, “On the first day [Sunday] of the festival, and again on the seventh day
[Saturday], all the people must gather for a time of a special worship. No work of any kind may
be done on these [2] days except in the preparation of food.” This, when God proclaimed to the
Israel that they should follow and Saturday declared the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord came
on a Friday, when Jesus was nailed on the Cross and Saturday was at Sabbath rest with the dead
saints solemnizing the end of creation. May the departed souls rest in peace.
Lunch delayed burial
MUREWA:
THE burial of Thomas Jena Magwenzi (94) died on Friday 24 Dec. was delayed owing to serving
of lunch. The delay was caused as a result of attendance since the departed grandpa stood
recognizable within bordering societies and stayed a church-goer of St. Paul’s Parish.
The burial breviary was held at St. Paul’s Parish at 10am, and the service ended at noon. Both
the deceased’s body and entourage arrive late afternoon. The food was hitherto in arrange, tables
not set to mount saucepans as lunch remain served the hotelier way.
The funeral emerged as another festive that an alien to the site could anticipate a celebration of
a particular event with Inflatables and firecrackers fired up. The donning similar to bridals by
kinsfolks were noticed with cosmetics applied and hair-dos by special braiders.
At the church, it was a nuptial missal with groom in the coffin, ladies clad in black classy material
designed to match bridal attire remain shrouded the groom’s coffin while the priest performing
rite.
The family demonstrated the last respect to the beloved departed grand, Thomas by feeding
hundreds of mourners and laudable with expensive coffin proved the true funeral of ancestry hero.
The pit was excavated on top of an anthill shrouded with trees and build a house-like pit, rise-up
that the persons drag the coffin on top of pit-jaw fill extra heavy on the muscles as it was three
metres from terrain to the mouth of the pit-jaw.
Meanwhile, Petros Gedions Nyamawuya died in the morning of Thursday 23 Dec. was buried at
the Missionary cemetery on Monday, and closes the missionary cemetery.
At the church service of Nyamawuya, the priest leading the missal Fr. Nigel Tsuro’s mother was
reported dead. She was buried on 29 Dec. at her Zvareva village in Murewa west.
The late Nyamawuya was believed to reach the ripe age of Third Generation according to her
daughter Martina Madondo and few students talked to by The Church News, taught by him way
back in early 50s. He left children and grandchildren.
In another deaths of businessman Chingosho and Mudzinge died during Christmas were buried Death for apostasy
MUREWA:
THE fast growing religion in Murewa is the Moslem church, a talk of wider spectra in the Murewa
west communities in Mash East Province.
The church is registering new converts at every ecclesiastical gathering then introduce a course
for new comers into Islam, taught how to declaim the first six recitals, after have gone through a
declaration in the presence of administer member signed in acceptance of the church rules that all
rights performed according to the Islamic rites and buried at Moslem cemetery.
According to observers observe the recruitment exercise said, the church lure members by
charitable means of giving essentials result in subpoenaing members of other denominations to
apostate.
Islamic church, from time immemorial was active in farms, mines and other institutions alike
Cold Storage, Railways and Council where employer offer accommodation called ‘compound’ and
adoring as the compounds were in dominance by immigrants and no locals allied with.
When government start land program, workers were made redundant then seek shelter in the
rural areas thus, Moslem church seized the opportunity to establish churches in rural end. They
establish at Musami, and also reported that they have acquired other stands at Pakati, Cassino and
Chidiya.
In Mash. East Province, people in alliance join the devotion that made no study and sign
declaration of acceptance into religious that proclaims and dictates death for apostasy, and are
various hadiths that show Muhammad want anyone leaving Islam be put to death.
Apostasy is on the rife in unprecedented numbers in the Muslim world said Ali A. Rizvi in a
book The Curse of God.
“Muslims” are those who commit themselves in surrender to Allah. Allah, they say, is the Arabic
name of God.
The name ‘Islam’ means commitment’, ‘surrender’, and ‘submission.’
The name Mohammad in Arabic means “the praised one.” Before he was named Muhammad
was called Kutam, born from the family of Hashim of the tribe of the Qureysh, claimed to have
descended from Ishmael the son of Abraham through Egyptian women Hagar.
There is raging debate in the Muslim world on whether Islam allows child marriages as
Muhammad married a 9-year-old Aisha and also wife-beating as Allah has clearly said in the
Quran you can beat your disobedient wives.
Rural homes shunned as heritors haunted by phantoms
MUREWA
THE Bible is very clear about how dangerous is spiritualism. Spiritualism has existed for
thousands of years. It is in contact by humans with demons. That is nothing to play around with!
Many rural houses are shunned amid haunts by evil spirits of the dead owners as they die
mysteriously or bewitched result in heritors reject home and seek alternative land somewhere. The
spurned land left, a caretaker is appointed toward safeguard the home too utilize fields or leave
without and end up desolate.
Village homes remain left lying idle owing to the haunt result or else beneficiary appoint
caretaker to man and utilize the land so that the name of the deceased remain active in the register
of village with no one pay council fees as heritors have no interest with property.
Most former land owners had own styles of appeasing dead spirits and worship different deities
as a result they tamper with it merely to gratify the curiosity. They have no real faith in it and would be filled with horror at the thought of yielding themselves to the spirits’ control. They will
be confronted by the spirits of devils personating beloved relatives or friends and declaring the
most dangerous heresies.
The adoring bring miseries in the families as deities differs. Some in magic world and acquire
gores to upkeep properties and fields then if owner die thus property become challenge to maintain
as the gory demands unbearable claims of compensations and cause families to consult spirit
mediums then charged hefty to appease the dead and the gory so that the home is cleansed
henceforth, the young families of today cannot, they find better way of leave a life without hassles
said Tunha of Chikwaka village.
Other homes stand known by neighbours that they stay unreachable as a result of witchcraft and
regular visits remain avoided lest the home befallen with calamity, villagers stand eschew only
families and closet attend.
The parentages’ wish require children born to inherit cultural ethos, thus legacy trails day’s
upheaval of shunning homes by today generation.
Mainline church accused of Sabbath change
IN one of the clerical cycles’ debate remain heated about the Sabbath change by one of the
mainline church is causing conflict among lay persons in the ecclesiastical.
The Church’s prerogative venerate Saturday as the day of worship decreed by God to the Israel
during Passover festival.
God demanded to His people (Israel) before leaving for Canaan that on the First day of the
festival (Sunday), and again on the Seventh day (Saturday), all the people must gather for a time
of special worship. No work of any kind may be performed except the preparation of food (Ex.
12:14-16). God also give instruction to Moses that the month be the first month of the year.
The Passover festival was since in the plan of God that He chose to be His Rest Day
overshadowing Jesus’ Rest after nailed on the cross on Friday then Saturday at Rest in Limbo
where the dead who died in Christ descend denotation the Body of Christ’s was unleavened or not
yet prepared to resurrect. Whilst at Limbo, He was proclaiming resurrection to the dead saints then
to be resurrected on Sunday, after accomplishing the creation mission thenceforth solemnizing on
Sunday as the day of worship as commanded by God to keep Sabbath Holy-day. But we have
evidence from both the Bible and from history that long before the so-called change of the day of
worship from Saturday to Sunday, Christians congregated on Sunday, the day that our Lord rose
from the dead. From the Scriptures we see the Early Church meeting for worship and the breaking
of bread on Sunday (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2). From history we have the witness of the Early
Church Fathers concerning Sunday as the day set apart for congregational worship. The early 2nd
Century Epistle to Barnabas records: “Wherefore, also, we keep the eighth day with joyfulness,
the day also on which Jesus rose from the dead.” And Justin Martyr, writing about the middle of
the 2nd Century, declares: “But Sunday is the day on which we all hold a common assembly,
because it is the first day of the week on which God…made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour
on the same day rose from the dead.”
The critic clerical’s accusing the mainline ecclesiastical to have changed the Sabbath-to- Sunday
is totally shame as in the Council of Laodicea in AD 364 and that those who worship on Sunday
are taking the mark of the beast.
The Church was given four things to observe at the Jerusalem conference convened to iron out
problems created by Judaizers taught that faith in Christ was not enough to bring salvation if not
complemented by the works of the Law of Moses such as circumcision and Sabbath-keeping. It was resolved that Christians were to abstain mediating to idols, fornication, things strangled and
from blood. The Sabbath was conspicuous by its absence from the important to be observed by
Christians.
Paul taught that anyone who want to regard a particular day or esteem it above another was free
and anyone chose to esteem all days alike was free (Rom. 14:4-6). The Sabbath was given to
Jewish as a nation were localized in one country and not the other people, so they would
commemorate their deliverance from Egypt (Deut. 5:15).
The Church of Christ is universal and so believers all over the world cannot observe the same
day for a Sabbath. The Jewish Sabbath was observed from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown
(Lev. 23:32). But the world have different time zones. When an Adventist begins to observe the
Sabbath in California, the Sabbath is almost over in Australia. While some Sabbatarians are
observing the Sabbath in one part of the globe other Sabbatarians are working on the other part of
the globe.
IMPORTANT DATES IN ISRAEL’S PROPHETIC HISTORY
BC-721: The ten tribes of Israel were deported from Israel by Assyria under Sargon. They never
returned to the land. Assyrian leaders mentioned in the Old Testament are Tiglath-Pileser, and
Sargon.
BC 701: Assyria under Sennacherib invades Judah (southern kingdom) during Hezekiah’s reign,
but fails to take Jerusalem.
BC-612: Assyria is overthrown and its capital city Nineveh falls as prophesied by Nahum. Babylon
becomes the new prominent empire in the Middle East.
BC-606: Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar invades Jerusalem and takes many Jews captive.
BC-597: Nebuchadnezzar pillages Jerusalem and the temple and takes about 10,000 Israelis as
prisoners to Babylon.
BC-586: Jerusalem is invaded again by Nebuchadnezzar and the temple is destroyed He takes even
more captives to Babylon. The Diaspora, or the scattering of God’s people, begins.
BC-539: The Babylonian Empire is overthrown by the Persians under King Cyrus.
BC-536: Jews return to Jerusalem by the permission of King Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads 50,000 Jews
from Babylon back to Jerusalem to build a new temple.
BC-520 516: The temple was completed under the prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah.
BC-175–165: The Syrian leader Antiochus Epiphanes gains control over Jerusalem. The Jews gain
independence from his oppressive rule in
AD-167, culminating in being recognized as a kingdom by the Roman senate in
AD-139. Israel remains independent for 100 years until coming directly under Roman rule in
BC-37. AD-70: Rome burned Jerusalem and the temple as Jesus prophesied.
AD-135: Jerusalem was utterly destroyed by Rome under Hadrian. 580,000 Jews were killed and
they were banned from returning to the city.
1940s: 6 million Jews are killed by the Nazis. 1948: Israel is re-established as a nation.
1967: Jerusalem is recaptured by Israel during the SiEVENTS OF AD-70 DO NOT FULFILL THE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE END TIMES
THE events of AD-70 do not fulfill the prophecies about the End Times. Jesus prophesied that the
Great Tribulation will be the most severe time in world history. It will surpass all other times of
crisis. Some seek to minimize this prophecy by reducing it to symbolism or by seeing it as being
totally fulfilled in AD-70.
The Great Tribulation will be so severe that God shortens it to three and a half years to keep the
entire human race from being physically killed (Mt. 24:21-22). One million people died in AD-70
and in World War II, 50 million died. Neither AD-70 nor World War II came close to threatening
the existence of the human race as the Great Tribulation will, and neither of them was the worst
time in history.
The events of AD-70 were clearly a prophetic foreshadowing of the Great Tribulation. However,
they did not fulfill most of the details given about the Great Tribulation in Scripture. For example,
Jesus said the Great Tribulation would not happen until after we see the abomination of desolation
that results in an unprecedented number of deaths (Rev. 6:8; 9:15).
The details concerning the abomination of desolation in Revelation 13:11-18 include a talking
image, the mark of the beast, a healed head wound, mandatory worship of the Antichrist that is
worldwide, and a false prophet. None of these details were fulfilled in the Jewish revolt against
Rome (AD-66-70).
In that crisis, Jerusalem and the second temple were destroyed in AD-70 (Masada fell in AD-73).
Then in the Bar Kochba rebellion against Rome (AD-132-135), the Jews revolted against Rome
again, resulting in 500 000 Jews being killed and 1000 villages being destroyed. Israel was driven
into exile and Jerusalem was rebuilt and renamed as Aelia Capitolina.
MBAKUMBA dancers carry animal tails and small axe (hubvu) which they swing while dancing.
The dance was originated among the Karangas of Gutu in Masvingo Province as migration took
its toll through inter-marriages, the company spread to other provinces alike Midlands and Mash
East. Those took part on the dance wore animal hides, beads knitted on the edges – women had
additional skin strapped over shoulder and under armpits then both men and women wore rattles
on the ankles.
As modern world coming up with strict laws in animals, the hides are a scarce as in the past,
hunting was a source of leaving so the participants wear ‘mbikiza’ made from cloth, feather
headdress ‘ngundu’ and leg rattles (magagada or magavhu).
Dancers convey animal tails and small axe (hubvu) which they swing while jigging. The drums
(mutumba) were nearly high as an average height of man’s stature.
Mbakumba dance was for entertainment especially when celebrating at functions of thanks
giving of harvest, parties, when the moon was full (jenaguru), in marriage ceremonies to show
those in courtship they joy that goes with legalized marriages.
They could also sing songs like Chihwehwete, Ndoenda mbire, Tovera, Kusarima and many
others.
VAKOMANA ITAI ZVINOONEKA GORE RINO TISARAMBE TICHISEKWA.
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