Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).
The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has released a new video declaring their capture of a Christian town expands their “Islamic caliphate.”
A “caliphate” is a brutal dictatorship lead by a “supreme religious and political leader” who is considered a successor to Muhammad. Strict sharia law is forced upon the people.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a 52-minute video where he declares his terrorists have established themselves in the Christian town of Gwoza and they will not be leaving.
“Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in [the town of] Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate,” Shekau declares. “By the grace of Allah, we will not leave the town. We have come to stay.”
“Allah commands us to rule the rest of the world,” Shekau says.
Nigerian officials say that the country is still intact and that the terrorists are not in control of their own “state.” However, one lawmaker admitted they are in control of the land.
“The killings are massive, but nobody can give a toll for now because nobody has been able to go to that place because the insurgents are still there,” lawmaker Peter Biye stated. “They have taken over the whole area.”
Shekau then threatened France, Israel and the United States before the video ended.
“Democracy is worse than homosexuality, worse than sleeping with your mother,” Shekau contended. “You are all pagans and we will kill you. Even if you do not attack us we will kill you … Allah commands us to kill without pity.”
