Comparison Chart Of Daniel Ekechukwu Dead Raising Stories – Heaven’s Family

SOURCES David Servant’s
Response
(1)
ARTICLE: 
A
Tale Of Lies, Deceit, And Fraud by
Leo Igwe
(2)
ARTICLE: 
The
Resurrection Of Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu
by David Servant

(3)
ARTICLE: 
Bonnke
Raises Man From Death In Onitsha
by Robert Murphree and George Canty
for CFAN
(4)
ARTICLE: 
Reinhard Bonnke
Video Documents Modern-Day Lazarus by Andy Butcher, Charisma News Service,
Wed. Feb, 20, 2002, Vol. 3, No. 231
(5)
VIDEO: 
Raised
From The Dead
by Reinhard Bonnke, CFAN 
(6)
TV PROGRAM: 
Reinhard
Bonnke on This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn, TBN, February 28, 2002

(7)
TV PROGRAM: 
Reinhard
Bonnke on 700 Club with Pat Robertson
Date/Time
Of Accident: 
Concerning (2), my
original article had a typographical error, where I once used “December
29th” (not “December 30th” as is reported in this chart)
instead of “November 29.” That error was corrected within a
few days of its original writing. The creator of this chart continues
to report a typographical error that has been corrected for well over
a year.
Regarding (3), the
article at CFAN does not state that Daniel had his accident or
that he died in the morning. It only states that Daniel was returning
from his father’s home in Owerri, where he had journeyed that morning,
when he had his accident.
Not
reported
Two
dates mentioned – November 30 and December 30, 2001, in the evening
November
30, 200
1, in the morning?, also morning in this
report
Not
reported
n/a n/a Not
reported
Witnesses
To The Entire Story, Start To Finish
No
disharmony is proven here. Concerning (2), the bulk of my first article
was based on facts I learned in an interview with Ede Samuel, not
Daniel Eke. Again, the creator of this chart reports what is not true. Moreover,
I suspect that although Daniel was dead for two days, he has learned quite
a lot about what happened to his body during those two days. So his testimony
of what happened to his body while he was dead is worth something.
Kingsley
Ekechukwu, Daniel’s brother, related the story to Igwe
Ede Samuel,
Nneka Ekechukwu after she arrived at first hospital, this interview was
with Daniel who was allegedly dead during two days of it
None mentioned
specifically
None mentioned
specifically
n/a n/a None mentioned
specifically
Why
did Daniel take the trip?
I sincerely hope
that the creator of this chart doesn’t want us to think that, just because
Daniel’s reason for his trip is not mentioned in some reports, we have
reason to believe that contradicts other articles that do tell us the
reason for Daniel’s trip.
Concerning (6), the
creator of this chart sites a quotation found at the web site of a fellow
skeptic, and not from his stated source. That skeptic writes at his web
site,

“Bonnke
said on Hinn’s program: ‘On Friday the man, a pastor Daniel Ekechukwu,
wanted to bring a Christmas gift to his father. As he went down a steep
mountain his brakes went and failed.'”

The skeptic then
comments: “This implies he was on his way to his father’s house.”

It does?!! This shows
how far some skeptics stoop to deceive their readers, reporting as fact
what is not even implied.

No mention
of the reason for his trip
No mention
of the reason for his trip
Took a
Christmas present of a goat to his father in Owerri. On his way back home
(from his father’s house) the accident happened
No mention
of the reason for his trip
n/a Eku wanted
to bring Christmas gift to his father.  On the way (to his father’s
house
) the accident happened
No mention
of the reason for his trip
Accident Look at the harmony
in these seven reports!
Are we to disbelieve
this miracle occurred because I didn’t report (2) that Daniel hit his
head on the windscreen (British for “windshield”) and CFAN did
report it (3)?

Concerning (7), this
fact is not what was reported by Reinhard Bonnke or CFAN, but by
what Pat Robertson mistakenly said in his introductory remarks during
his interview with Reinhard Bonnke. Robertson then immediately asked Bonnke
an opening question about Daniel’s being embalmed, which Bonnke answered.
This again shows how far this skeptic stoops. As this fact is reported
at the chart found at the deceptioninthechurch web site, it is a deceptive.
See for yourself at www.cbn.com/700club/features/bonnke_raisedpastor.asp

Auto crash,
no details
Driving
home, brakes failed on steep hill in 20 year old Mercedes 230E, crashed
into concrete pillar, no seat belt, hit his chest on steering wheel and
knob
, damage to internal organs, vomiting blood, difficulty breathing
Drove 20
year old Mercedes 230, brakes failed on steep road, no seat belt, smashed
into stone pillar, head hit the windscreen, steering wheel and knob,
blood poured form his nose from a head injury, vomited blood from internal
hemorrhage
Fatally
injured in an auto accident
Head
smashed into the windshield
n/a Hit
by a car
Who
was in the car with Daniel?
Are
we to disbelieve that this miracle occurred because an atheist reports that
Kingsley, Daniel’s passenger, was a brother, and CFAN reports that
Kingsley was a friend?
Daniel’s
brother Kingsley Ekechukwu
in accident with Dan Eke, no mention of injury
No one
mentioned
Friend
Kingsley Iruka
with Dan Eke, not badly hurt
No one
mentioned
n/a n/a No one
mentioned
Why
was Dan Eke moved from the first hospital?
Both
Daniel and his wife were not happy that Daniel was dying and being treated
unsuccessfully in a Catholic hospital with “many icons,” according
to what they both told me in personal interviews. Both Daniel and his wife
agreed that he should be taken to Umezurike Hospital in Owerri where a doctor
practiced who had helped Daniel survive a life-threatening injury approximately
one year earlier. I personally interviewed that doctor at Umezurike hospital
(arriving unannounced), and he verified the facts of his treatment of Daniel,
saving his life at that time.
Daniel
complained of spiritual attacks, requested to be taken to a private
clinic in Owerri
Doctor
admitted there was nothing he could do to save Daniel’s life, Daniel requested
to be transferred by ambulance to Umezuruike Hospita
l at Owerri
He hung
on to life to ask his wife to have him taken to his family doctor’s hospital
in Owerri
Not mentioned n/a n/a Not mentioned
What
was Daniel’s condition in the ambulance?
This
is disharmony? Daniel drifted in and out of consciousness from the time
of his accident until the time of his death.
Stopped
breathing
in ambulance
Became
oblivious to the natural world
in the ambulance
Drifted
into unconsciousness
in ambulance
Not mentioned n/a n/a Not mentioned
Who
declared Daniel dead?
Daniel’s
dead body was taken to three medical facilities in Owerri on the night on
November 30, 2001. First was Umezurike Hospital, also known as the Owerri
Regional Hospital. Next was the Federal Medical Center, and finally St.
Eunice’s Clinic. I personally visited all three, and they are in a close
proximity. The atheist (1) reports wrongly.
Arrived
at clinic, doctor advised them to take Daniel’s body to the hospital
Arrived
at Umerzurike Hospital, member of the medical staff told Nneka (Dan’s
wife) that he was dead
Arrived
at Owerri Regional Hospital, member of medical staff checked Daniel’s
limp form, certified Daniel was already dead.
Certified
dead, not mention as to who certified him
n/a n/a Not mentioned
Where
was the body taken next?
Concerning (1), Daniel’s
body was eventually taken to a mortuary. Both (2) and (3) are correct.
I didn’t report anything about Daniel’s uncle, feeling it to be unimportant.
I would hate to see
the creator of this chart construct a similar chart on the resurrection
of Jesus, using the four Gospels as his sources!
Body taken
to mortuary
Body taken
to Federal Medical Center in Owerri, then to Eunice Clinic, then to Dan’s
father’s house, then to mortuary
Body taken
to Daniel’s uncle, then Eunice Clinic, taken to Daniel’s father in village
near Owerri, then to Ikeduru General Hospital Mortuary
Story starts
at mortuary then to church
n/a n/a Not mentioned
Nnekas’s
Dream
Concerning (2), I
never interviewed Kingsley.
Concerning all the
rest, they are quite harmonious. Nneka was standing on certain scriptures
from the beginning, and also had her dream of Daniel. Nneka indeed did
believe that the anointing where Reinhard Bonnke would be preaching could
raise her husband’s body to life, just as the Shunamite woman believed
that if Elisha would come, her dead son would be brought back to life
(see 2 Kings 4:18-37), and just as the woman with the issue of blood believed
that if she touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, she would be healed (see
Mark 5:25-34). Or, just like all the people believed who took cloths and
handkerchiefs from Paul’s body to lay upon people who were sick or demon
possessed (see Acts 19:11-12). All those people were healed through an
anointing, given by God via a human.
Kingsley
Ekechukwu & Nneka Ekechukwu both had similar dreams
to take Daniel’s
body to Reinhard Bonnke
Nneka
Ekechukwu had a dream,
no mention of Kingsley, Daniel tells her in her
dream he is not dead and to take him to Bonnke in Onitsha, also repeated
by Bonnke on Kenneth Copeland program 8/19/2002 where Dan Eke speaks to
his wife from the dead and says “Don’t allow me to be buried, I will rise.”
No dreams
mentioned, Nneka Ekechukwu had Bible verse ringing in her head
No dreams
mentioned
No dreams
mentioned,
Nneka Ekechukwu said God gave her a Scripture (Heb. 11:35),
believed that “where Reinhard Bonnke preaches the anointing is so powerful
that the rising of the dead would be possible”,
brought husband to Bonnke
because he would be around Bonnke’s great “anointing”, 
Nneka’s
wife believed that she should bring Dan under Bonnke’s anointing
No dreams
mentioned
What
was Bonnke doing in Onitsha?
Wonderfully
harmonious. Is the creator of this chart actually trying to disprove the
miracle of Daniel’s resurrection by showing us that an atheist reported
that Bonnke was visiting a church for prayers while CFAN reported that Bonnke
was speaking in Onitsha at a dedication ceremony? Both are the same.
Bonnke
was visiting church in Onitsha for prayers
Bonnke
was preaching in Onitsha
Bonnke
was speaking at a dedication ceremony in Onitsha
Bonnke
was preaching at a service in Onitsha
n/a Bonnke
was opening the new Kingdom Life World Evangelism church in Onitsha attended
by 12,000 people, was upstairs preaching, after he prayed upstairs Daniel
came to life downstairs
Not mentioned
Embalming Concerning (1), this
is a falsehood by the creator of this chart. In the article being cited,
the atheist author didn’t even claim to have interviewed the mortician.
He only states that Kingsley told him the same thing that the mortician
told me when I interviewed him. The mortician told Kingsley that he was
prevented by some kind of strange power from completing the major part
of the embalming process. He also states that he asked Kingsley if Daniel’s
body was injected with embalming fluid, and that Kingsley said, “no!”
As I have stated in my report, Daniel’s body was only partially embalmed.
Either Kingsley didn’t know that, or he was affirming that Daniel’s body
had not been embalmed to any large degree, i.e., removing organs and pumping
his body with embalming fluid.
It is interesting
that the creator of this chart uses the atheist’s article to show discrepancies
in the story, but if you will take time to read that article, you will
see that the large majority of what the atheist reports harmonizes perfectly
with what the other reports say. See www.secularhumanism.org/library/aah/igwe_11_3.htm. This, again, is a deception at the “deceptioninthechurch” web
site.
Mortician
said he did not inject embalming fluid into Daniel
Embalming
chemicals injected between Daniel’s fingers and into his feet
– full
embalming not done, people could smell embalming fluid coming from his body
for two weeks after alleged resurrection
A
chemical injected and prepared for embalming
A
chemical was injected to prepare for embalming
n/a n/a Daniel
was embalmed
, no removal of organs, injected with chemicals into body
to slow decay.
Mortuary
Harmonious. I (2) simply didn’t report it exactly as the atheist (1) did,
but all he states here is true. I questioned the mortician extensively about
the time Daniel’s body was in the mortuary. See my third article on the
resurrection of Daniel Ekechukwu.
Daniel
was disturbing mortician
, did not allow him to sleep for two days, something
pushed him when he tried to embalm Daniel
and he hit his head on the
wall, people were singing in the morgue, when he went to investigate
the singing stopped
Full embalming
was attempted the next morning but mortician experienced shocks from
Daniel
, songs were coming from mortuary, light emanating from Dan’s
face
, later Saturday tried to cut Daniel’s thigh but met with “same
resistance”
Nothing
mentioned
No details n/a n/a Nothing
mentioned
In
Coffin At Mortuary?
Daniel
was laid between two other corpses at the mortuary until Sunday morning,
when a coffin was purchased by his father and they took his body in that
coffin to Onitsha. Daniel’s body remained in that coffin until Nneka was
permitted to bring his body into the church in Onitsha.
No mention Laid
between two corpses
Laid between
two other dead people, put in an airless narrow coffin for hours before
being brought to the church,
also in this
story
, see this
article
to see the picture of an “airtight coffin”
Nothing
mentioned
n/a n/a No mention
Days
In Mortuary?
Almost
perfect harmony! Daniel died on Friday evening of November 30, 2001, and
was resurrected in the afternoon on Sunday, December 2, 2001. Concerning
(5), Daniel was indeed in the mortuary Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
The two pastors, quite likely, didn’t know the exact chronology anyway.
Two
days
Two days,
but dead for at least 42 hours
Two days On third
day after accident taken to church
Pastors
Ibekwe and Onyeka say Daniel was three days in the mortuary
n/a No mention
Daniel’s
Vision – Heaven
All
harmonious. CFAN didn’t report everything regarding Daniel’s experience
in hell.
No mention
of any vision
Two angels
lifted him out of the ambulance, one angel took him to Paradise,
saw people worshipping bright light, all lifted hands and bowed in unison
“as if a sort of electronic device was activating them.”, saw Abraham
,
saw mansions
prepared for the righteous, “Mansions are ready…saints
are not…Jesus is being delayed because Christians in the church are
not ready.”
No mention
of any vision
Visited
by two angels and taken to heaven, saw people dressed in white singing
and praising God
n/a n/a Saw saints
worshiping, saw Jesus as a white, bright light, taken to mansions,
the mansions are ready but the saints are not
Daniel’s
Vision – Welcome Sign Over Gates Of Hell
All
harmonious. I questioned Daniel extensively about this. See my third article
on his resurrection.
No mention
of any vision
No mention
of any sign
No mention
of any vision
No mention
of any sign
n/a Bonnke
said Daniel said there was a welcome sign over hell, Daniel said
there was a sign that read: “Welcome to the gates of hell.”, also
quoted March 15, 2002, South Africa, by Esther Lewis here
No mention
of any sign
Daniel’s
Vision – Hell
All
harmonious. Concerning (7), perhaps Daniel saw no fire in hell because hell
is not the same as the Lake of Fire. One day, hell will be cast into
the Lake of Fire. See my third article.
No mention
of any vision
Angel
took Daniel to hell,
people screaming, weeping, eating their own
flesh then vomit and eat it again, endlessly mutilating sexual organs, saw
former dictator of Nigeria, saw Christian occult dabbler, saw former pastor
in Daniel’s church who embezzled funds, angel tells Daniel he is bound for
hell, Daniel says “I am a man of God…
“, sends Daniel back to grant
the rich man’s request (Luke 16:27-30), led to mountain top by angel and
sees Bonnke there
No mention
of any vision
Was taken
to hell, angel gives him another chance to go back and that “the rich man’s
request to Lazarus–to warn those still alive about hell–had been granted
to this generation.”
n/a n/a Went to
hell but saw no fire, people were cannibalizing themselves, people
in hell didn’t see the angel next to Dan
, said Dan would be connected
to Bonnke though his testimony,
reason he would remain in hell if
not sent back was because “he was not living right”
At
The Church
Daniel’s
body was taken out of his coffin when it was taken into the church. Concerning
(3), what is reported here by the creator of this chart is false. The report
at the CFAN website does not say that Daniel rose from his coffin.
See www.cfan.org/{English}/[US_Site]/content.asp?id=0000184&page=04
No mention Body
was taken into the church “without the casket”
due to security concerns,
placed in basement laid out on two tables pushed together in a Sunday School
room, some believers prayer around Daniel’s body
Daniel
rose from his coffin
Body
was taken out of the coffin and put on a table
in the church conference
center, several pastors began to pray
n/a n/a No mentionOther conflicting
accounts:
(1)
coffin was brought into church (2)
three pastors lifted Dan from coffin and he started to breath 
Dead
Raising – where was Bonnke?
Concerning (4), it
should not be assumed (as Americans might) that the service would not
have continued after Bonnke left. Bonnke preached, prayed, and left. He
did not know that Daniel had been resurrected until he was long gone.
He certainly was not there when a woman’s husband ran to the altar. After
Daniel’s resurrection, as you can imagine, the church service continued
for a while.
Concerning (5),this
is a falsehood. I’ve watched the video produced by CFAN many times and
have never heard Bonnke state what is claimed here.

Concerning (7),
this is true. Bonnke was preaching in the sanctuary and people were praying
for Daniel in the basement. Bonnke and Ekechukwu had never met until after
Daniel’s resurrection.

No mention
of where Bonnke was
Bonnke
was preaching
at an afternoon church dedication service, he had nothing
to do with the miracle, wasn’t aware of the dead body in the basement of
the church
Bonnke
knew nothing about what was happening, was preaching and praying upstairs,
Bonnke immediately left to board a planned plane flight
When
the members of the church learned about Daniel’s resurerction…her husband
ran to the church altar to ask God to forgive him his sins (Bonnke would
have seen this),
keep in mind that Bonnke and Dan both fell into the
hole together in his vision, implying that Bonnke would raise him from the
dead and work with him
Bonnke
says he was upstairs praying in the name of Jesus,
Daniel gasped for
air, started to scream, his body was moving and breathing, Bonnke was
notified that Daniel started breathing
n/a Was preaching
and knew nothing about it – then later in the story says Dan was there in
the basement while he was  preaching upstairs “in the name of Jesus”
later he claims he did not know Daniel at all before this incident
Others
miracles associated with this dead raising?
Nothing
disharmonious. Concerning (7), Daniel told me this same thing.
None mentioned None mentioned None mentioned When the
members of the church learned about Ekechukwu’s resurrection, a woman
who had been on crutches threw them away and started running
n/a n/a Afterwards
Eke and Bonnke were at a crusade and Eke spoke at a esoteric convention
in Vienna, allegedly 50 witches “got saved”
First
Words
Nothing
disharmonious. Daniel asked for water and for his “file,” a Nigerian
term for a notepad.
Nothing
mentioned
Nothing
mentioned
Daniel
spoke for the first time “Water, water.”
They gave him sips and then
warm tea. No mention of a notepad.
Nothing
mentioned
The
first thing he asked for was his file
, they gave him a notepad to write
what he heard down. Dan said later “I realized that the file may be my memory.”
n/a None mentioned

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