LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The head pastor of Zion Ark of Covenant Int’l Bible Church, Delta State, Victor Great, has been unable to use his legs after a 21-day fast.
In a video on the Church’s Facebook page, the cleric was seen being carried from his car to the altar by officials.
He was laid on the ground, surrounded by his congregation, as he delivered prophetic utterances.
In an earlier video posted on the church’s platform, on 30 August, the pastor announced his intentions to embark on a 21-day fast and prayer to, in his own words, “shut the gates of death.”
He declared, “Where I am going, you will not see me anywhere. I will go to the hiding place and cry to God for my people. The gate is already open where I am going. Do you think it is my will? It is an assignment. I came here to defy the gate of death and declare that there are people you will not take under my watch.”
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Pastor Victor reassured his congregation that he would stand as their representative before the gate of death, preventing it from claiming any more of his flock.
He further said he would represent them before the gate of death and delay the gate of death from swallowing his congregants.
According to a statement by the church, the pastor fasted for 21 days from the 1 till 21 September, without eating food or fruits, nor did he drink water during this period of dry fasting.
The statement read in part, “He endured the pain, discomfort, and battle of this special season of waiting on the lord in fasting to sustain the covenant of LIFE AND IMMORTALITY in the life of the sons and daughters of Zion.
“Our father ‘’Pastor Victor Great’ fasted for 21 days without food, water, fruits, or any substance, based on God’s instruction that he received 16 years ago, and has done this every September since that time.
“The excitement of God’s people filled the auditorium with an overflow in every corner of Zion. Men and women came in their thousands to behold the sacrifice of this great man of God in Warri, Delta state.
“Cases were settled. The sick received healing, and the name of God was exalted because all the glory belonged to him. Our father is back from this journey; We praise God!”