A South African pastor Alfred Ndlovu, who embarked on a 40 days and 40 nights fasting to beat Jesus' fasting record in the wilderness, has lost his life due to malnutrition.

The pastor Alfred who is 44 sadly learnt the sad way that he cannot beat God. In a determined bid to break the record, the cleric left home on June 17 for a nearby bush to spend his days in prayer, much like the Messiah did.

His isolation to the bush was reportedly an attempt to focus his attention on God and to distance himself from material things.

After a month of abstinence,the pastor’s unresponsive body was later discovered in the wilderness by a hunter, who then alerted the local police.

Source: Africa Online

Ndlovu’s death, meanwhile, puzzled many church members as he was known by his family and community as a very spiritual person whose faith could “move mountains.”

“He was a very spiritual man. It’s unfortunate he had to die this way,” one of his close relatives said in the report. “After a month we got the sad news of his death.”

Before retiring to the mountain, the pastor boasted to his members that he would break Jesus’ record, the report said.

Many of his regular churchgoers believed that he could achieve the feat as he always displayed youthful exuberance beyond his age.

“Pastor was a healthy and religious old man who did not even look his age,” his close relative recalled.

Prior to his untimely passing, Ndlovu had no history of medical illness.








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I don't understand what killed him please?

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I don't understand what killed him please?

It is very dangerous to go beyond 40 days in a fast .From my study on this , After few days of fast , hunger goes away as the body is rid of poison . But about 40 days after ,hunger returns and the fast has to end . If you don't end the fast is fatal . Jesus became hungry 40 days . Moses fasted 40 days ,Elijah fasted 40 days . But when the pastor want to beat Jesus record that means after 40 days he continued fasting even when hunger retuned . That's what killed him. Another thing that can kill in a fast is if the individual tries to break with heavy meal. When you break after a heavy fast it has to be gradual. Little sip of Water first, then juice, and fruit gradually solid food can come after few days . If not it can lead to death

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