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How The Great Prophet Apostle Ayo Babalola Died by Ayoemrys(m): 6:15am On May 26, 2016 |
HOW APOSTLE JOSEPH AYO
BABALOLA DIED - PROPHET I.O.
OGEDEGBE
Until his sudden departure to glory on
Sunday, 26th July, 1959, Apostle
Joseph Ayo Babalola showed no sign of
illness. On Friday 24th July, he returned
to Ibadan to attend the general council’s
meeting slated for that day. On
Saturday morning, 25th July, Apostle
Babalola conducted the morning prayer
for ministers and members living in the
vicarage of C.A.C. Olugbode, Ibadan
and prayed for everybody. The same
day, he sent two of his followers,
Michael and another fellow to me at Ede
that I should prepare a place for him to
sleep. I never knew he was talking of his
final sleep. Apostle Ayo Babalola arrived
Ede around 6:30 in the evening that
Saturday and he was gladly received.
Before his arrival, I had prepared my
bedroom ready for him.
We ensured that nobody was allowed to
rush into the bedroom with him; for it
was Apostle Babalola’s habit that he
never turned away anybody who came
to him for prayer and counselling, no
matter how weary he might be. After
prayer, I informed him that his meal was
ready. He declined to take any meal but
requested to be allowed to have some
sleep, because he had been holding
series of meetings since the past nine
days with little or no rest. He woke up
three hours later and took some tea and
slept off again. At 4a.m. on Sunday
26th, he woke up, took his bath, took
some tea and had his morning
meditation without any disturbance.
At 6 o’clock, I went to him in the
bedroom and he began to talk about a
great convention which will soon be
held at his hometown, Odo-Owa. He
was speaking in parables, so I did not
suspect that he was talking about his
approaching death. He directed me to
call in Prophet Babajide who was in the
adjacent room. Both of us knelt down
beside his bed and he began to narrate
to us how he began his ministry. It was
such a sublime experience. Both of us
just listened; we did not utter a single
word during the course of his narration.
After this, we knelt down for prayer. The
three of us prayed. I took the lead.
Prophet Babajide followed. When it was
Apostle Babalola’s turn to pray, he
prayed for a very long time, praying for
the church, the leaders and for us too.
After the special service, people came
to Apostle Babalola in my bedroom and
bid him farewell before leaving for their
various destinations with joy and
humour. He bid everyone farewell and
prayed for them. Nobody suspected
through his speech or action that death
was lurking in the corners. We left him
alone to attend to those who were
waiting to see him.
Meanwhile, Michael Osabi and Samuel
Oluwatusin, the two young men who
used to wait on him, remained with him
as he took a nap. When he woke up, he
called me and returned my covering-
cloth to me. His action surprised me
and I asked, “Baba, why are you doing
this?” He replied, “A man should sleep
with his own clothes.” It did not occur
to me that he was speaking of his
imminent death. He advised me to go
and have some sleep myself. By then,
everybody else had gone to church for
the evening service. Around 5p.m. as
he lay on the bed, Apostle Joseph Ayo
Babalola breathed heavily three times,
saying after, “in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
His breathing was like the rumbling of a
rain-storm and there was a great
vibration in the bedroom. As this was
happening, his personal attendants
(Michael and Samuel) ran to call me to
his bedside before he gave up the ghost.
We began to pray and quickly sent for
the church leaders who had gone to
church for the evening service.
We all prayed for his restoration. But
while this prayer was on, the Lord
opened my spiritual eyes to see what
was happening in the heavenlies. The
heavenly hosts had come to meet this
great prophet and joyfully admitted him
into the glory above. He had laid down
his sword at Jesus’ feet. So he could
not return to earth again.
The church leaders and the elders who
were present arranged for Apostle
Babalola’s corpse to be taken to EFON
ALAAYE that same night. |
Re: How The Great Prophet Apostle Ayo Babalola Died by laurel03(m): 6:47am On May 26, 2016 |
Olorun Ayo Babalola se te mi ni rere oo |
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