The Cathedral Rising from the Desert: Christ in the Land of Kush
The Cathedral Rising from the Desert: Christ in the Land of Kush "Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands unto God." — Psalm 68:31 Beloved in Christ, This week, from the sand of northern Sudan, comes news that should make every Christian's heart stir. Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw, working with Sudan's National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, have reached the original floor of the Great Church of Jesus at Old Dongola, a cathedral some 47 meters wide and 57 meters long, with walls that once may have risen 21 meters into the African sky. Larger than the White House in Washington. Built by a kingdom most of the world has forgotten. Dedicated not to a pharaoh, not to an emperor, but to Jesus . A Kingdom That Chose Christ Old Dongola was the heart of the kingdom of Makuria, a Nubian Christian realm that accepted the Gospel in the sixth century and kept the faith for some eight hundred years, until the fourteenth century. For nearly a millennium,...