Both men say they received explicit instructions from God
Posted 26 December 201918:43 GMT
Dunbar caves in southern Ethiopia were dug by Mohammed Yiso Banatah with his bare hands. He was instructed by Allah to create underground wedding chapels. Photo by Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein, used with permission.
BBC Swahili has released a video on December 26 featuring Francisco Ouma, an elder from Busia, western Kenya, who received a message from God to carve a cave. The message came in the form of a map that he received through his dreams. Since February 1967, Ouma has followed the divine map delivered in his dream. Today, his cave has 24 rooms and counting.
Screenshot of Francis Ouma, who received a message from God to carve a cave with 24 rooms via BBC Swahili / Instagram.
Throughout history, many have questioned the veracity of divine intervention through dreams, even casting doubt on one’s mental health and stability. But prophets from Islam, Judaism and Christianity have all testified to messages from God sent through dreams for millennia.
“God brought me something like a map,” Ouma told BBC Swahili. “Then, when I was digging, this map is what I followed. It wasn’t just that when I was digging, better to keep digging, no.”
Using just a plow and his own two hands, Ouma faced trial and error as he hit on stones that prevented him from digging. He finally found the right spot to manifest God’s cave map in his mind.
In one room, there’s a stone with writing on it with the words of Jesus. “Jesus Christ was the one who brought me this news,” Ouma said, “and then he explained it to me as it was with Moses.” Ouma believes he is bringing back another covenant with God to the world.
“The second stage is coming. This is the first stage of the covenant. The second is coming. I can’t say for sure what it is now because if I announce it, I may be cheating humanity. Therefore, I will wait for the report to be given at last,” Ouma told BBC Swahili.