Christ on the Jewish Road

by Richard Wurmbrand

Overview

A Jew by birth, Richard Wurmbrand acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah while in his 20s. In the years that followed, his path crossed with many other Jewish believers. Together they share their stories and speak of a loving heavenly Father who waits with excitement for the return of every prodigal son.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012410931
Publisher:	Living Sacrifice Book Company
Publication date:	05/11/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	732,085
File size:	733 KB

About the Author

PASTOR RICHARD WURMBRAND (1909–2001) was
an evangelical minister who endured a total of
fourteen years of Communist imprisonment and
torture in his homeland of Romania. Few names
are better known in Romania, where he is one of
the most widely recognized Christian leaders,
authors, and educators.
In 1945, when the Communists seized Romania
and attempted to control the churches for
their purposes, Richard Wurmbrand immediately began an effective,
vigorous "underground" ministry to his enslaved people as well as the
invading Russian soldiers. He was arrested in 1948, along with his
wife, Sabina. His wife was a slave-laborer for three years on the Danube
Canal. Richard Wurmbrand spent three years in solitary confinement,
seeing no one but his Communist torturers. He was then transferred
to a group cell, where the torture continued for five more years.
Due to his international stature as a Christian leader, diplomats of
foreign embassies asked the Communist government about his safety
and were informed that he had fled Romania. Secret police, posing as
released fellow-prisoners, told his wife of attending his burial in the
prison cemetery. His family in Romania and his friends abroad were
told to forget him because he was dead.
After eight-and-a-half years in prison, he was released and immediately
resumed his work with the Underground Church. A couple of
years later, in 1959, he was re-arrested and sentenced to twenty-five years
in prison.
Pastor Wurmbrand was released in a general amnesty in 1964,
and again continued his underground ministry. Realizing the great
danger of a third imprisonment, Christians in Norway negotiated
with the Communist authorities for his release from Romania. The
Communist government had begun "selling" their political prisoners.
The "going price" for a prisoner was $1,900; the price for Wurmbrand
was $10,000.
In May 1966, he testified before the U.S. Senate’s Internal Security
Subcommittee and stripped to the waist to show the scars of eighteen
deep torture wounds covering his torso. His story was carried
across the world in newspapers throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Wurmbrand was warned in September 1966 that the Communist
regime of Romania planned to assassinate him; yet he was not silent
in the face of this death threat.