The authoritarian Oromo President of Ethiopia, Abiy, is killing innocent Amhara civilians using drones as well as house-to-house searches ‘execution style.’ There’s a genocide taking place across our border but the world is silent.
Abiy became Ethiopia’s first Evangelical prime minister in March 2018.
His father was Muslim, his mother Orthodox, and Abiy himself converted to Pentecostalism in his 20s. (In Ethiopia, Protestantism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism are overlapping Christianities.) Abiy was ecstatically hailedby many Ethiopians—especially Evangelicals—as a messiah, as a new “Moses” or “King David” who would save Ethiopia from disintegration.
In an early speech, Abiy announced himself as Ethiopia’s “seventh king,” a reference to his Orthodox mother’s prophecy over him as a child. This self-presentation powerfully evoked the ancient history of Ethiopia’s Christian imperialism and the promise of Ethiopia’s restored greatness. (Seven is the number of perfection in much of Christian numerology.)
And in Abiy’s Ethiopia, Christian imperialism is resurgent.
Abiy started publicly elevating extremist voices in the Orthodox Church like Daniel Kibret, a prominent Orthodox scholar behind Mahibere Kidusan or the “communion of saints.” This powerful group is a right-ring Orthodox youth movement with the mission, in part, of restoring the Orthodox Church’s historic hegemony.
Unsurprisingly, Daniel is also (in)famous for his bigotry against Muslims and Protestants—yet many Protestant leaders, recognizing his power, seem to embrace him, nonetheless. After Abiy appointed him as his personal advisor, Daniel gave a textbook genocidal speechcalling for the eradication of his Tigrayan enemies as “weeds” and “demons.” Daniel is now a member of parliament.
Their President is certified insane. I’ve done my research; this evil man believes that he’s a “messiah”, “king” and that the widespread killings are the will of God.
I remember how the Bible says in John 16:2 that a “time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.”
I think we need to pray for our country with everything that’s going on. We are dealing with powers and principalities which are no respecter of physical boundaries. Ruto also rose to power on some ‘Koitalel’ prophecy of sorts. These are the worst of leaders because they’re unable to submit to the law, believing that their source of power supersedes rationality. The enemy knows that his time is short and he’s very angry. So we must pray about everything.
Ephesians 6:12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.