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Makandiwa

Harare Bureau
UNITED Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa yesterday warned Zimbabweans against answering MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s calls for street protests, saying God had shown him through a prophecy on June 17 that the demonstrations would cause bloodshed. He took time explaining the prophecy during his usual Tuesday evening service at the City Sports Centre.
“We come across things and God gives us grace to interpret,” Prophet Makandiwa told his congregation.

He said he saw a field and thousands of people entering the field to plant seeds but the timing was wrong.
“They entered a field and these people were like farmers carrying seeds and they started planting the seeds in the field,” said Prophet Makandiwa. “As they were planting the seeds, the seeds were very good but they were planting seeds at a wrong time. It was not time for planting. It was not the correct time. I looked at the seed; it might be a good seed but look at the time.

“So I tried to warn the people. All of a sudden the owner of the field came and said ‘you cannot be putting seeds at this time,’ but people never listened.
“I saw bees walking on foot from the forest from all directions and they started biting people. People started crying and as they were crying other bees from very far places heard them crying and they came flying. These bees started biting each other but in the process, the farmers were in danger.

“These ones are coming to stop them. It is their responsibility to stop any disorder. They were not attacking the farmers. No, but they were biting other bees.”
Prophet Makandiwa said in the second vision, he was shown rivers flowing with blood.

“First, they were flowing with water which later turned into blood. I saw blood spots on the streets, on the walls, on the road. I would want all of you to hear me well, it’s a spiritual thing.”

He urged Zimbabweans to pray.
“If you tell people that things are going to be well, they think it’s motivational speaking but I only say it because I have seen it,” he said.
Prophet Makandiwa said there were so many nations that Zimbabweans admire but when those countries look at Zimbabwe and they “admire us more than we do”.
“Number one is your culture and that is why when they want to help you they say sacrifice your culture. ‘We will give you grants, but revisit your marriage definition’, and if you can’t compromise, we can’t help you,” he said, appearing to refer to Western countries’ push for Zimbabwe to recognise gay rights.

“The other thing that makes you admirable is the peace you have, do everything you can to keep that peace for the sake of the next generation.
“Less talking, more prayer, whoever is going to come in, no matter how perfect, she or he will not be of any help. Let’s have a person that we are ready to pray for.”
When our Harare Bureau sought his interpretation of the prophecies yesterday, he urged those organising mass protests to call them off.

“This is an issue I saw four months ago before I mentioned it. The people that I saw were people that were gathered. They were saying let’s have a campaign that was peaceful. People were in the streets. They were marching,” Makandiwa said.

“You have security agents coming… We don’t want a situation we end up having peacekeepers here. In most cases, civilians will lose their lives. That’s a matter we have to pray against. That whole process will result in bloodspots in the streets. We just need to pray for our nation. Ministers are appointed by God. Presidents are appointed by God.

“It’s something that can be avoided. Whoever is behind whatever it is, is intelligent enough to make a decision. It was a good motive but the timing is wrong. It’s like having a good seed on the ground at the wrong time. It will not germinate. It will rot in the ground.

“Where we’re now, as I pray, I see the President as a person committed to put something in place. There’s something he’s contemplating. It’s still in the pipeline but it’s unfortunate there’re so many fights even in-house. That will delay the plans to be in place. It was supposed to be something…”

The MDC-T led by Tsvangirai plans to stage mass protests after its October congress. For the past month, Tsvangirai has been urging his supporters to demonstrate against what he termed a “worsening economic crisis in the country”.

Makandiwa said as a man of God, when given a prophecy he is obliged to share it with the nation.
“Whoever is organising the protests, I would tell him what I saw in the prophecy. I would advise him not to proceed. It’s not the right time,” said Prophet Makandiwa.
“It’s a situation we have but we’re there to pray for people who were put there by God. If we see anything, we say it.”