Now, 37 years later, most people do not know about the miraculous prayer movement behind the dramatic events.
What lessons can we learn 37 years after Reagan’s ‘tear down this wall’ speech?FILE- President Reagan acknowledges the crowd after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, where he said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” As most Republican White House hopefuls gather Wednesday at …This week marks the 37th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s iconic speech at the Brandenberg Gate of the Berlin Wall. To be sure, President Reagan’s challenge, “Mr.
Most Americans would tell you that the Berlin Wall came down immediately after President Reagan’s speech. However, that is not the case. In actuality, the wall did not come down for another two years. And now, 37 years later, most people do not know about the miraculous prayer movement behind the dramatic events.
Amid continual persecution, and with no visible answer to prayers, they continued to intercede in weekly gatherings through 1987. It was that year that President Reagan gave his historical speech. The prayer group sensed movement but had no tangible evidence, therefore they continued to pray and intercede.
Never before had Honecker allowed this kind of defiance. In times past, troops would have immediately shot and killed any demonstrators. The GDR soldiers had guns pointed at the demonstrators. Russian-made tanks lined up behind each soldier, ready with loaded machine guns. Still, the peaceful protesters continued to increase, as they marched on. The demonstrators began to bravely approach the soldiers, offering them a lighted candle.
“When we came out the entire train station was full of soldiers who pointed guns at us. Somehow, I remember thinking they looked very confused and unsure what to do. We were told not to dare go to the demonstration or be kicked out of school. But that sounded more like a challenge than a threat to a bunch of teenagers and many of us went. I wasn’t a believer back then and my parents had always kept me shielded from knowing too much out of fear I’d ask too many questions and get us in trouble.
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