The chief of a Christian ministry that works underground because of its outreach into Muslim-dominant communities in the Middle East is reporting a startling claim – his rescue from Islamic “militants” by a pride of lions.
Pastor Paul Ciniraj is the director of Bibles for Mideast, which delivers Bibles, preaches the Gospel and plants house churches in the strife-torn region. He says, while Islam remains dominant, “thousands upon thousands of people now secretly believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior.”
“My risen Lord Jesus Christ has saved my life once again,” Pastor Paul said through his website, “and I praise and thank God for His unspeakable grace!”
In a new report he delivered this week to World Net Daily, (WND), before the attack when the lion saved him, Pastor Paul had been attacked by another group of Islamic extremists.
He had escaped and was recovering at the home of a former Muslim who was a Christian convert. The man’s home was near a forest area.
Pastor Paul led worship services there. On Easter Sunday, while a group of believers was gathered and he was leading one such service, militants came upon them, brandishing weapons.
“We had no idea what to do,” Pastor Paul recalled. The group of Christians thought they were all about to die.
Just then, a lion appeared out of the forest and began to attack one of the militants. The other two militants tried to fight the lion off, but then two more lions appeared. The militants ran away in fear and the lions left Pastor Paul and his group alone.
“Equally astonishing,” Pastor Paul added, “records show no lions are supposed to live in that forest.”
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