Last year, Afshin Javid, a former Hezbollah fighter, recounted his supernatural encounter with Jesus Christ. Javid was a devout Muslim who made it his mission to spread the word of Islam. However, this would all change after a divine experience with our Lord and Savior who died on the cross.
“I was on my way to the United States to convert Christians to Islam, and I had 30 illegal passports at that time. I was arrested and put in jail in Malaysia. I was a dedicated Muslim who not only prayed the prayers, but I read the Koran once every ten days cover to cover. So I was very dedicated in my time in jail,” Javid said.
He noted that one day, as he was praying, a man presented himself to Javid who appeared to emanating light, where he instantly new something was “holy” about this individual. Despite all of Javid dedication to Islam, he was faced with the reality that he was wrong and deserved judgement.
“One day, as I’m praying, a man appears in front of me – normal size, but his being shines like light. This light is not a normal light. This light carried identity in it. And you knew that he is holy and instantaneously, I knew I am not. Even though I had prayed so many prayers, even though I had fasted so much and I had read the Koran and I had volunteered to work on landmines or I had participated in hanging people trying to please Allah, I knew, even though I have kept all the rules and regulation of Islam, I knew I am not just and I’m not holy and I knew the only just thing for him to do is to kill me,” he said.
The former Hezbollah militant felt compelled to drop to his knees and beg for forgiveness. “But I didn’t want to die. So I ran to the corner of the room, literally held my head in my arms, and just cried out, shouting, ‘Forgive me, forgive me, forgive me,'”Javid said.
Javid further described his powerful encounter with Christ, explaining how Jesus extended his grace and forgiveness to him. He recalled how Jesus recited famous lines from Scripture to him, stating, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
“And I didn’t think he will forgive me because he is just. Still, I felt a touch on my left arm, and he said, ‘I forgive you.’ And I felt the weight just lifted off me. And I knew I’m forgiven, but I don’t know how. And I was confused. Still, I say, okay, I don’t understand. Only God can forgive, but you just forgave me. You are God, but you are a different God than the one I have studied about. This is not Allah. So who are you that forgives me? And he said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life,” he added.
“So I said, ‘I don’t understand what is your name?’ And he said, ‘Jesus Christ.’ And it was as if someone grabbed all my bones out of my body. I just fell like a piece of meat to the ground. And I just began to weep,” he said. He later stated, “God didn’t design us to hate; he didn’t design us to want to see someone dead. He did not design us for these things. These are designs of Satan.”
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