Me with Wellem, the man who lives on borrowed time because of an amazing miracle despite his disbelief in God’s Sabbath.
Mrs Wellem first heard about the Sabbath in a little book someone handed her. It was called “The Almost Forgotten Day” by my friend Mark Finley. She read the book and then insisted that she read it to her husband. Mr Wellem read it but wasn’t so convinced. He came to church a few times at the little Seventh-day Adventist church that his wife found in Tanah Merah. He always said, “If Sabbath is so important, Mrs Wellem, then why aren’t there a lot more people there.”
Mrs Wellem just kept going to church but Mr Wellem went to the farm. Every Sabbath Mrs Wellem invited him to come. “Oh Wellem. . . won’t you come. . . You’ll be blessed and besides I don’t like going to church alone.” But Wellem wasn’t convinced.
One Friday night about 2 a.m. Mrs Wellem awoke from a terrible dream. She woke Wellem up and said, “I just dreamed that since God has revealed to you about the truth of the Sabbath but you keep breaking it that a Death Adder snake is going to bite you if you go to the farm this Sabbath morning.”
“Shhhh! Honey! Go back to sleep! God doesn’t care what day I worship on. I’ve gone to the farm for hundreds of times on Sabbath and never once have I seen a death Adder there.”
In Papua the most dreaded of snakes is the Death Adder especially the young ones. They have the most deadly poison and one bite will take a humans life in a short time. Mrs Wellem wasn’t convinced that Wellem would be ok if he went to the farm. She prayed.
“Dear God bless Mr Wellem that even though he gets bit there can be a miracle that will convince him to be faithful to You.” God answered her prayer with an impression that if she would pray for Mr Wellem he would be made well when the snake bit him.
In the morning Mr Wellem grabed his customary cold sweet potatoes and went off to the farm as usual. He surveyed what he needed to do and then he thought of his crazy wife’s dream. “There’s not even a place for the snake to hide where I’ll be working this morning” He said outloud to convince himself.
Soon he was busy pulling weeds in the hot tropical sun. Suddenly out of no where not 1 but 2 very fat and young Death Adders struck simultaneous. One latched onto his hand and the other got his ankle. Mr Wellem knew he had to act quickly. He got to the road and already his breathing was getting harder. He flagged a lone motorcycle and told the driver to go directly to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
“But sir! Shouldn’t we be taking you to the hospital you’re dying.” said the driver.
“The hospital won’t do any good because I was bitten by 2 young death adders.” Said Wellem.
“Then sir why don’t you go home to die? Why the church?” The driver argued.
“Just do as you’ve been told!” Wellem commanded.
“Alright suit yourself then!”
When Wellem arrived some 10 minutes latter to the Seventh-day Adventist Church he was barely able to breath. His nerves were making incredible involuntary jerking motions. He had terrific spasms. Mrs Wellem was waiting for him at the back door. “Well, Wellem didn’t I tell you God gave me this dream. Let me see where the 2 snakes bit you?”
Wellem was amazed that she knew that it was 2 snakes that had bit him because in the night she had just said a snake would bite him. He managed to show her the 2 spots where now there was dried blood coming out of his wrist and ankle. Clearly bite marks in both locations.
“Wellem the Bible says that believers can handle snake bites and it won’t harm them but I’m afraid you’ve been unfaithful to what God has shown you as truth for these last days.” She said.
“Its ok, wife, I have decided that since I am going to die I’ll die in the Adventist Church because at least my last breathes will be worshipping God on His blessed day. I’ll worship Him until I die.” Wellem declared.
“Do you want healing?”
“Yes I do!” Wellem weezed.
“It’s dependent on your responding favorably to God’s gift of Salvation and faithfully responding to His free gift of Love. Do you know Wellem how you can show God your thankful for His wonderful Gift of Love? You can faithfully keep all 10 of His commandments including the Sabbath. Jesus said, ‘If You Love me Keep my Commandments.’”
“I will always try to keep God’s commandments including the Sabbath as long as I live.” Wellem re-iterated.
“Wellem I’m going to pray that God will heal you.”
She prayed for him and amazingly within minutes the incredible swelling and nervous reaction left him. He was healed. From that Sabbath on. Wellem has been in church with his family. He is telling everyone about Jesus incredible power.
On Sabbath April 5 we ordained Wellem as a deacon in the Tanah Merah church.
Mr Wellem: The healed Sabbath keeper
Wellem Magadin :)
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