Email from Qatar.
by Craig Emerson Strain.
One if the most enjoyable things in hosting this web site, is the amount of email and the different countries and locations the the email comes from. This is an email that I recieved from Qatar. The movie "The Passion of Christ" was sent to his area. Bro. C. E. Strain
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Today very possibly was the most significant day we have seen in nearly 12 years of living in the Middle East. To everyone's shock and surprise, "The Passion" was released today here in Qatar. ... Until now we have only been able to show the Jesus film in Arabic to a handful of Qataris in the secret of a home setting. In the coming weeks, potentially 10's of thousands of Arab Muslims will see this powerful portrayal of Christ's suffering and death
... In two short hours, more Qataris heard the Gospel than I have been able to reach in nearly 5 years of living here. The Arabic subtitles were completely accurate - they didn't water ANYTHING down or change any language that Muslims would not agree with. All of us watched the film in absolute amazement in what God had done. The Muslims sitting around us were being moved - gasping, crying and reacting with disgust to the brutality that Jesus faced.
Now - if you have heard anything about why the Arab Muslims would want to see the film, you know that it is because they 'heard' it was anti-Jewish and since they hate the Jews, they want to see it. How interesting that God is using this film to communicate the Gospel and the very opposite spirit that might be motivating them to go and see it.
The message to LOVE
YOUR ENEMIES, and Jesus praying for them to be forgiven while on the Cross
would hit the Muslimtheatre-goer in a powerful way...