Jonathan Ansar
Jonathan Ansar was born in an Orthodox Muslim family. In the year 1963, when he was studying to become a Doctor of Medicine, circumstances led him to leave his studies and join the Army, where he was commissioned as an officer in the Commando Force. In 1971 he was wounded while on the Front Line in the battle which resulted in his having to walk permanently with crutches. He was medically unfit to continue in the Military Service and was boarded out by request.
As a young child he was trained in Islamic Religious Education to be a ‘Haffiz’ , which means ‘the one who memorized the Koran from cover to cover.’ As he left the army and went back home in Rangoon (Burma), an influential Muslim youth Movement asked him to join them as General Secretary of their Organization. He accepted and therefore served as a Muslim youth leader in 1971.
He became bitter against Christians who were preaching the Gospel in Burma. As he wanted to prevent Muslims getting converted to the Christian fold, he published an article "Jesus Died in Kashmir", a two page pamphlet which states that Jesus was not crucified on the cross, but instead of him another person who looked like Jesus was crucified. The pamphlet states that Jesus came away from that place and died a natural death in Kashmir where his grave is still there till this day. As a former gang member Jonathan had learnt martial arts and reached five duns above black belt.
After publishing that very article, one night as he was writing letters regarding how to stop Christian preachers reaching Muslims, he suddenly experienced a startling vision and became stiff in his whole body. His eyes were covered with a thick darkness and he was not able to see anything for a long time. He was falling into a deep pit. As he was falling he called out the names of all the gods, prophets and religious teachers he knew, but he continued falling. Then a thought came into his mind to call the name of Jesus, the one whose people he persecuted. He never wanted to call the name of Jesus. But there was no other option left so he called out the name of Jesus and immediately he stopped falling and remained in mid-air.
Within that thick darkness he saw a small light coming out from a pinpoint area which soon occupied the whole space of darkness. The light was shinning with golden rays coming out from it. Then he noticed a small thing which seemed to be a shaded image of a cross which grew into a huge cross and blood started falling like waterfalls from it, slowly at first and then gradually dripping faster until it was like a waterfall. While watching the same vision, the cross came very close to him and passed through his body. He then heard a voice saying " I have chosen you to bear my name among all nations" When he regained his consciousness the next day, he realized that he had been admitted to a mental hospital by his parents where he spent 10 days. Although he had not lost his mind, his parents believed he had because he had changed as a result of the vision.
While in the hospital he sought to read some books to pass the time. The nurse from the hospital promised to bring him a book if he promised not to destroy it. She brought a Gideon's bible. He read the books of the Bible from Matthew to the Acts of Apostles and became totally confused. However, when he read the Book of Romans chapters 1-10 a new light and understanding dawned.
While reading the book of Romans the Lord brought back to Jonathan's remembrance an experience he had when he was a child learning the Koran. When he was a child he had to wash his whole body before prayer. His religious leader told him that he had to start washing all over again as water had not reached between his fingers and that his body had to be perfectly clean before prayer. He asked his teacher, “If water cleanses the body what can cleanse my conscience” His teacher avoided the question and said he would answer another time. Repeatedly he was asked the question and he continued to avoid answering it. While reading the book of Romans he understood in an instant that the Word of God and the Holy Spirit cleanses his conscience.
After spending 10 days in the Mental Hospital he returned home and told his father that he had accepted Lord Jesus as his Savior and Master. He instructed his father not to wake him the next morning at 4.30am for their ritual Islamic prayer called ‘sallath’ or ‘nammaz.’
The next morning his father knocked his door, only to see him reading the Bible. His father gave him an ultimatum, to choose between being completely disinherited and his Christianity. At 4.45am on a cold November morning in 1971, Jonathan was driven out from his home with nothing but his Bible and the crutches on which he hobbled. He was not wearing proper clothes and not knowing what to do. He was ashamed to return to his home for few moments to take his belongings as his father had already shut the door behind him. In frustration, he threw the Bible down. It fell open at Jeremiah 33:3 which had been highlighted by the previous owner. It read, “Call to me, and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, which you have never seen.” He challenged God by giving Him 100 days to prove Himself through miracles everyday to show that He was true to what He has said, otherwise he will return to his Islamic faith. These turned out to be 100 days of miracles!
He survived by working in hotel and sleeping on roadsides. Then he remembered that Christians go to Church on Sundays. So he decided to go to Church on Sunday Morning. The first church he went to on Sunday was a Roman Catholic Church. Before entering, he asked a woman to teach him how to pray; she told him to copy what others were doing. Whatever the people did he copied, until the priest refused to give him Holy Communion.
The following Sunday, he determined to take the communion by force as he was refused the previous week. He passed a Baptist church on the way. He entered it just as they were serving Holy Communion. He took two portions of bread and wine, to make up for what he missed the week before! The elder was upset by this and challenged him at the end of the service. He asked, "Are you a Christian?" Jonathan said, "yes, I am". The next question was, "have you been baptized?" Perplexed, never heard that word before, he started thinking what is the meaning of baptized? The elder again asked, were you sprinkled over or dipped in water, if not you should not have taken holy communion." Jonathan Ansar answered, "Don't worry I take showers everyday so it will not make any difference." The elder asked are you a new Christian? He said, yes. On hearing Jonathan's testimony, the elder was greatly moved. Later he helped him to study in Bible College and prepare for ministry.
Jonathan Ansar faced much persecution, went through hard times and through crisis that brought him up to stand firm as a pillar for the name of Jesus Christ. He has witnessed the power of God through miracles and healings from the first day since he accepted Christ. His personal experiences include surviving in spite of attempts on his life. Twice attempts were made to poison him which had no effect on him. A number of attempts have been made on his life and he has always survived miraculously including the two incidence of drinking deadly poison. A number of attempts have been made to beat him to death. Once a man was mistaken for Jonathan and brutally beaten.
Another time a gang of men drove him to a secluded place and attempted to beat him with sticks. Miraculously non of the sticks touched him as he lay on the floor, but instead
the sticks hit each other inches away from Jonathans body. While some of the men argued amongst themselves about whether to kill him or just beat him, Jonathan escaped. During one crusade two men tried to pull Jonathan out of the stage. They grabbed each arm and began to pull. Although Jonathan knew martial arts and could kill them with his bare hands, he knew that there was a greater power. While a great crowd was watching him, he immediately shouted out, “In Jesus name!” The men fell to the ground. This was a great testimony of the power of God.
Various healings have taken place in his life including the receiving of new kidneys supernaturally, healing from a skin disorder and diabetes. Miraculously he walks without a bone socket in his leg. Each time sickness came on his body he confessed that his body was the temple of the Holy Spirit and that the sickness was at the wrong address. He believes his body is the address of the Holy Spirit!
When his kidneys failed, the doctor told him that the cost of the operation would be thousands of rupees. Jonathan decided to phone his Muslim uncle to borrow money. However, his uncle scoffed him and told him that he should go to Jesus if he could heal as Jonathan had previously told him. Jonathan realized that his uncle was unknowingly ‘preaching’ to him. That day he believed God for a miracle. He had a vision of hands reaching his kidney area and after that returned to the hospital asking for a second x-ray.
The doctor refused saying that the first x-rays showed the problem and that there was no need for another one. However, Jonathan insisted and upon seeing the second x-ray the doctors were shocked! He had perfect kidneys!
For a short period of time Jonathan helped to smuggle Bibles to China and other nations. He was caught and he had to spend time in prison in China where he secretly baptized over 30 converts. During this time he learnt to speak Chinese.
Today he speaks eighteen languages and in India he uses English, Hindi, Urdu and Mizo to preach and teach in His miracle crusade, for which he is well known in India, have drawn crowds of upto 300,000 people, with many miracles and healings taking place.
Dead Raised!
During over 36 years of preaching, he has seen 8 peoples being raised from the dead. His first experience was early in his Christian walk when he did not even know how to preach.
Along with a team of Christians he went to preach in a village that was stooped in witchcraft and idol worship. The group preached in the market and no one seemed interested. After preaching, an old lady approached the group and asked if they needed a place to stay for the night, which they did and so accepted her invitation. However, she died that night.
The village priest told the villagers that this had happened to her because she dared to entertain these Christians. He went on to tell them that they needed to sacrifice these Christians in order to remove the curse upon the village. Jonathan and the other members of the team were locked in a room with the dead body of the old lady awaiting execution the next day. The ladies in the team were crying. Jonathan would not accept that this would happen to them. He held the hand of the dead lady for sometime praying to God for miracle. After a few hours her hands slowly became warmer and warmer until finally she opened her eyes!
When the villagers came for the outreach team they were shocked when they opened the door to see the old lady alive and well. Jonathan and the team had a great crusade that evening!
Once while in Germany, Jonathan was visiting someone at the hospital. While walking through the hospital he saw a lady crying with a baby on her shoulder. Thinking that maybe she was crying because the baby was unwell, he approached her and offered to pray for the baby. As he prayed the baby began to cough. The mother screamed and ran to get the doctor.
Jonathan was surprised and thought that he had done something wrong. When the doctor arrived Jonathan learnt that the baby had been certified dead and that was why the mother was crying. Miraculously God raised the baby from the dead!
Through this miracle Jonathan received invitations to preach throughout Germany. Previously he had no invitations.
Many people are amazed to know that he is over fifty years old. Often people believe he is in his thirty’s. This too came about through a miracle. Previously he had a skin disorder. He stood on a verse in the book of Job that spoke of having skin like that of a child and believed that God would give him that miracle that can be seen by all.
Sources:
Archbishop Dr. Jonathan Ansar || More Info
Jonathan Ansar was born in an Orthodox Muslim family. In the year 1963, when he was studying to become a Doctor of Medicine, circumstances led him to leave his studies and join the Army, where he was commissioned as an officer in the Commando Force. In 1971 he was wounded while on the Front Line in the battle which resulted in his having to walk permanently with crutches. He was medically unfit to continue in the Military Service and was boarded out by request.As a young child he was trained in Islamic Religious Education to be a ‘Haffiz’ , which means ‘the one who memorized the Koran from cover to cover.’ As he left the army and went back home in Rangoon (Burma), an influential Muslim youth Movement asked him to join them as General Secretary of their Organization. He accepted and therefore served as a Muslim youth leader in 1971.
He became bitter against Christians who were preaching the Gospel in Burma. As he wanted to prevent Muslims getting converted to the Christian fold, he published an article "Jesus Died in Kashmir", a two page pamphlet which states that Jesus was not crucified on the cross, but instead of him another person who looked like Jesus was crucified. The pamphlet states that Jesus came away from that place and died a natural death in Kashmir where his grave is still there till this day. As a former gang member Jonathan had learnt martial arts and reached five duns above black belt.
After publishing that very article, one night as he was writing letters regarding how to stop Christian preachers reaching Muslims, he suddenly experienced a startling vision and became stiff in his whole body. His eyes were covered with a thick darkness and he was not able to see anything for a long time. He was falling into a deep pit. As he was falling he called out the names of all the gods, prophets and religious teachers he knew, but he continued falling. Then a thought came into his mind to call the name of Jesus, the one whose people he persecuted. He never wanted to call the name of Jesus. But there was no other option left so he called out the name of Jesus and immediately he stopped falling and remained in mid-air.
Within that thick darkness he saw a small light coming out from a pinpoint area which soon occupied the whole space of darkness. The light was shinning with golden rays coming out from it. Then he noticed a small thing which seemed to be a shaded image of a cross which grew into a huge cross and blood started falling like waterfalls from it, slowly at first and then gradually dripping faster until it was like a waterfall. While watching the same vision, the cross came very close to him and passed through his body. He then heard a voice saying " I have chosen you to bear my name among all nations" When he regained his consciousness the next day, he realized that he had been admitted to a mental hospital by his parents where he spent 10 days. Although he had not lost his mind, his parents believed he had because he had changed as a result of the vision.
While in the hospital he sought to read some books to pass the time. The nurse from the hospital promised to bring him a book if he promised not to destroy it. She brought a Gideon's bible. He read the books of the Bible from Matthew to the Acts of Apostles and became totally confused. However, when he read the Book of Romans chapters 1-10 a new light and understanding dawned.
While reading the book of Romans the Lord brought back to Jonathan's remembrance an experience he had when he was a child learning the Koran. When he was a child he had to wash his whole body before prayer. His religious leader told him that he had to start washing all over again as water had not reached between his fingers and that his body had to be perfectly clean before prayer. He asked his teacher, “If water cleanses the body what can cleanse my conscience” His teacher avoided the question and said he would answer another time. Repeatedly he was asked the question and he continued to avoid answering it. While reading the book of Romans he understood in an instant that the Word of God and the Holy Spirit cleanses his conscience.
After spending 10 days in the Mental Hospital he returned home and told his father that he had accepted Lord Jesus as his Savior and Master. He instructed his father not to wake him the next morning at 4.30am for their ritual Islamic prayer called ‘sallath’ or ‘nammaz.’
The next morning his father knocked his door, only to see him reading the Bible. His father gave him an ultimatum, to choose between being completely disinherited and his Christianity. At 4.45am on a cold November morning in 1971, Jonathan was driven out from his home with nothing but his Bible and the crutches on which he hobbled. He was not wearing proper clothes and not knowing what to do. He was ashamed to return to his home for few moments to take his belongings as his father had already shut the door behind him. In frustration, he threw the Bible down. It fell open at Jeremiah 33:3 which had been highlighted by the previous owner. It read, “Call to me, and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, which you have never seen.” He challenged God by giving Him 100 days to prove Himself through miracles everyday to show that He was true to what He has said, otherwise he will return to his Islamic faith. These turned out to be 100 days of miracles!
He survived by working in hotel and sleeping on roadsides. Then he remembered that Christians go to Church on Sundays. So he decided to go to Church on Sunday Morning. The first church he went to on Sunday was a Roman Catholic Church. Before entering, he asked a woman to teach him how to pray; she told him to copy what others were doing. Whatever the people did he copied, until the priest refused to give him Holy Communion.The following Sunday, he determined to take the communion by force as he was refused the previous week. He passed a Baptist church on the way. He entered it just as they were serving Holy Communion. He took two portions of bread and wine, to make up for what he missed the week before! The elder was upset by this and challenged him at the end of the service. He asked, "Are you a Christian?" Jonathan said, "yes, I am". The next question was, "have you been baptized?" Perplexed, never heard that word before, he started thinking what is the meaning of baptized? The elder again asked, were you sprinkled over or dipped in water, if not you should not have taken holy communion." Jonathan Ansar answered, "Don't worry I take showers everyday so it will not make any difference." The elder asked are you a new Christian? He said, yes. On hearing Jonathan's testimony, the elder was greatly moved. Later he helped him to study in Bible College and prepare for ministry.
Jonathan Ansar faced much persecution, went through hard times and through crisis that brought him up to stand firm as a pillar for the name of Jesus Christ. He has witnessed the power of God through miracles and healings from the first day since he accepted Christ. His personal experiences include surviving in spite of attempts on his life. Twice attempts were made to poison him which had no effect on him. A number of attempts have been made on his life and he has always survived miraculously including the two incidence of drinking deadly poison. A number of attempts have been made to beat him to death. Once a man was mistaken for Jonathan and brutally beaten.
Another time a gang of men drove him to a secluded place and attempted to beat him with sticks. Miraculously non of the sticks touched him as he lay on the floor, but instead
the sticks hit each other inches away from Jonathans body. While some of the men argued amongst themselves about whether to kill him or just beat him, Jonathan escaped. During one crusade two men tried to pull Jonathan out of the stage. They grabbed each arm and began to pull. Although Jonathan knew martial arts and could kill them with his bare hands, he knew that there was a greater power. While a great crowd was watching him, he immediately shouted out, “In Jesus name!” The men fell to the ground. This was a great testimony of the power of God.
Various healings have taken place in his life including the receiving of new kidneys supernaturally, healing from a skin disorder and diabetes. Miraculously he walks without a bone socket in his leg. Each time sickness came on his body he confessed that his body was the temple of the Holy Spirit and that the sickness was at the wrong address. He believes his body is the address of the Holy Spirit!
When his kidneys failed, the doctor told him that the cost of the operation would be thousands of rupees. Jonathan decided to phone his Muslim uncle to borrow money. However, his uncle scoffed him and told him that he should go to Jesus if he could heal as Jonathan had previously told him. Jonathan realized that his uncle was unknowingly ‘preaching’ to him. That day he believed God for a miracle. He had a vision of hands reaching his kidney area and after that returned to the hospital asking for a second x-ray.
The doctor refused saying that the first x-rays showed the problem and that there was no need for another one. However, Jonathan insisted and upon seeing the second x-ray the doctors were shocked! He had perfect kidneys!
For a short period of time Jonathan helped to smuggle Bibles to China and other nations. He was caught and he had to spend time in prison in China where he secretly baptized over 30 converts. During this time he learnt to speak Chinese.
Today he speaks eighteen languages and in India he uses English, Hindi, Urdu and Mizo to preach and teach in His miracle crusade, for which he is well known in India, have drawn crowds of upto 300,000 people, with many miracles and healings taking place.
Dead Raised!
During over 36 years of preaching, he has seen 8 peoples being raised from the dead. His first experience was early in his Christian walk when he did not even know how to preach.
Along with a team of Christians he went to preach in a village that was stooped in witchcraft and idol worship. The group preached in the market and no one seemed interested. After preaching, an old lady approached the group and asked if they needed a place to stay for the night, which they did and so accepted her invitation. However, she died that night.
The village priest told the villagers that this had happened to her because she dared to entertain these Christians. He went on to tell them that they needed to sacrifice these Christians in order to remove the curse upon the village. Jonathan and the other members of the team were locked in a room with the dead body of the old lady awaiting execution the next day. The ladies in the team were crying. Jonathan would not accept that this would happen to them. He held the hand of the dead lady for sometime praying to God for miracle. After a few hours her hands slowly became warmer and warmer until finally she opened her eyes!
When the villagers came for the outreach team they were shocked when they opened the door to see the old lady alive and well. Jonathan and the team had a great crusade that evening!
Once while in Germany, Jonathan was visiting someone at the hospital. While walking through the hospital he saw a lady crying with a baby on her shoulder. Thinking that maybe she was crying because the baby was unwell, he approached her and offered to pray for the baby. As he prayed the baby began to cough. The mother screamed and ran to get the doctor.
Jonathan was surprised and thought that he had done something wrong. When the doctor arrived Jonathan learnt that the baby had been certified dead and that was why the mother was crying. Miraculously God raised the baby from the dead!
Through this miracle Jonathan received invitations to preach throughout Germany. Previously he had no invitations.
Many people are amazed to know that he is over fifty years old. Often people believe he is in his thirty’s. This too came about through a miracle. Previously he had a skin disorder. He stood on a verse in the book of Job that spoke of having skin like that of a child and believed that God would give him that miracle that can be seen by all.
Sources:
Archbishop Dr. Jonathan Ansar || More Info
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