The vision Swaziland’s
King Mswati III says he received last week was not the first time recently God
has spoken to him.
In 2011, the King
said God spoke to him through a TV remote control.
It happened at
the Lozitha Palace, near Mbabane. At the time the king told his subjects about his
‘miraculous experience’.
The Times of Swaziland, the kingdom’s only
independent daily newspaper, reported in October 2011, ‘His Majesty saw a
miracle yesterday when he was preparing a sermon [to preach to a group of
evangelical Christians.] The King said a remote control lay at the centre of a
coffee table but something mysteriously brought it down.
‘He said there was no person or wind that could have brought it down. The King said he realised that God was with him. It was Him who brought the remote control down.’
‘He said there was no person or wind that could have brought it down. The King said he realised that God was with him. It was Him who brought the remote control down.’
Reverend Jonas
Dlamini, one of the king’s preachers, said, ‘The king preached to us. He was
filled with the light of the Lord when he told us that God had given him a sign
when he was getting ready to meet us. He said a TV remote on his table
dropped to the floor with no one touching it and that is how he knew God was
communicating with him.’
King Mswati’s older
brother, Prince Masitsela Dlamini, told African Eye News Service that God had
given the royal family authority to rule over other Swazi clans.
‘The Dlaminis are closer to God,’ said Dlamini.
African Eye reported
at the time that according to political observer Charles Ndwandwe, the King,
who normally preaches at prayer meetings, believes he is one of God’s chosen
ones.
Ndwandwe said, ‘King
Mswati claims the right to his absolute power on the basis of both Swazi
culture and the biblical divine rights of kings. His brothers are on record as
saying democracy and other forms of government are illegitimate because the
bible sanctions kings but not presidents or elected officials.
‘So it is important that the king be able to say he was given a direct sign from God, in this case the seemingly inexplicable dropping of a TV remote from a palace coffee table.’
‘So it is important that the king be able to say he was given a direct sign from God, in this case the seemingly inexplicable dropping of a TV remote from a palace coffee table.’
See also
GOD TELLS KING
MSWATI A HOME TRUTH
KING’S NEW
NAME FOR NON-DEMOCRACY
FEARS OVER KING’S
MENTAL HEALTH
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