Why South Africans don’t believe the ‘resurrection’ miracle

Pastor Alph Lukau of Alleluia Ministries International appears to have shaken the country after holding a “miracle” service at his church on Sunday that, among other extraordinary things, saw people throwing away their wheelchairs after receiving alleged healing.

However, the “miracle” that has been trending since is one where a dead man was apparently raised during the same church service.

The two funeral parlours allegedly involved in the whole saga denied they saw the body.

Kings and Queens Funeral Services distanced itself from the supposed resurrection of a man by Hallelujah Ministries after his body was allegedly stored at their premises.

They denied that the man’s body had ever been in their care or that he’d ever even been dead to begin with.

They said they had been approached by “alleged family members of the deceased” who had told them they had encountered a dispute with a different funeral service provider and wanted to use their transport services, which the company agreed to.

“We did not supply the coffin neither did we store the deceased at our mortuary and no paperwork was processed by Kings and Queens Funerals.

“As a funeral services provider, we do not offer services without documentation, neither do we repatriate bodies without any paperwork.”

They said they were in the process of taking legal action against the church.

Black Phoenix Funeral Parlour also said they never received the body. It said it had nothing to do with the body, coffin or the family of the “deceased”.

Also read: WATCH: Pastor Alph Lukau ‘raises’ dead man during church service

While members of his church believed the miracle had indeed happened as they danced and shouted for joy, non-members of the church took to social media to dispute the miracle.

These were some of the comments on the “miracle”:

During the service, a church member told Lukau: “Pastor Alph, something is happening outside. There is a family that is about to bring a corpse to Zimbabwe, but they are saying something is happening, man of God.

“As the funeral parlour drove over the church door, their neighbour said it seemed like the fingers of this dead corpse were beginning to move,” she added.

But South Africans questioned how people saw the moving fingers if the body was inside the coffin. Also when the coffin was opened, the man was already sweating, something that people said was strange for a body that spent two days in a mortuary.

Though Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane did not state his reasons, he also did not believe the miracle.

As someone who shares a deep faith, it becomes difficult when people use church for wrong reasons & puts its credibility at risk.

The church is an incredible institution in society & has helped many get an education.

I have seen miracles, but this one does not look like one. https://t.co/THHvrRFtq1

— Mmusi Maimane (@MmusiMaimane) February 25, 2019

Twitter user @JustKatlee, who claimed to have worked at a funeral parlour before stated her reasons why she did not believe the miracle.

“The mouth gets stitched and sealed, the eyes get glued and there’s a special lotion for the face. That dead guy looks like he walked out a spa,” she said.

Cell phone on his pocket 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/2p6VcCor1q

— shonisane mutileni (@MutileniShoni) February 25, 2019

Twitter asked why the “deceased” apparently had a cellphone in his jacket.

Two 2years ago u guy was the cameraman in the hospital stunt.. Now he is famous for ressurection, qhubeka wen @alphlukau sithule nje siyabuka #ressurectionchallenge pic.twitter.com/DxxZe63TIb

— MissVee (@Vee_Stephans) February 26, 2019

Following the “miracle”, the man was served solid food, another thing South Africans said was strange. They argue that he should have been given liquids.

Why do I find this video very funny??😂😂😂😂
The zombie guy is the actor of the year #ressurectionchallenge
pic.twitter.com/R8rqada4dk

— Drizx (@Wehdyoma) February 26, 2019

https://twitter.com/vusi_afrika/status/1100090909977464833

So all these black people who saw someone coming back from the dead none of them ran for their lives. #ResurrectionChallenge pic.twitter.com/oue73nK9Gi

— Vusi. M (@SibandaVM) February 25, 2019

South Africans have since called on the government to intervene.

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