A few months ago, North Korea was firing missiles over Japan and threatening to send nuclear bombs in our direction. Now its releasing hostages and says it will welcome Christianity.
Last week Kim Jong-un met with South Korean president Moon Jae-in and announced that the 67-year-old Korean conflict is over.
He said in a statement, “There will be no more war on the Korean peninsula, and a new age of peace has begun.” Kim Jong-un, who has built the fourth largest army in the world—with 1.19 million soldiers—says he will now focus on rebuilding his country’s shattered economy.
What was behind the Korean surprise? Most media outlets didn’t notice that Christians in South Korea had been fasting and praying for the peace summit. Pastors held an all-night vigil in the city of Paju, south of the North Korean border. And a group of Christian politicians held a fasting and prayer event in the National Assembly buildings in Seoul, according to Yonhap News.
North Korea’s persecuted Christians have also been praying for this moment—for years. They have been horribly persecuted. But now, that might be changing.
J. Lee Grady, writing for Charisma News says, God has worked this miracle. It is not the work of any politician. He has heard the prayers of his people on both sides of this conflict—and the prayers of the faithful around the world who felt North Korea’s pain. He will engineer a lasting peace in this part of the world, and open the doors wide for the gospel to flourish in a thirsty land.