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Later on, about a year and half (two years) 1933 came with a big crush on
Russia. It was the year of the taking away of old properties, confiscating all
belongings, houses, land, horse-carts, horses. Everything went to the
government. The food was taken away from the farmers in order to force them
onto the collective farms, in order to bring them into the collective
government farms. Those who did not want to go, died by way of starvation.
Their families did as well. The husbands were taken to Siberia as enemies of
the people. So in 1933, 6 million Ukrainians alone died by artificial starvation.
Among them were quite a few Christians.

The Word of the Lord was fulfilled and came to pass right to the dot. All those
Christian brethren who returned in 1933 were taken to Siberia like God said.
Their children were taken away from them and went to the government
schools.

When the starvation was happening, some relatives who came to China later
on, told them that some of the mothers, being believers, ate the flesh of their
babies in the Ukraine because of their disobedience.

So they may say, "How can a God of grace be such a cruel God?" It has nothing
to do with cruelty of God. It was sheer disobedience. Just read about the
Israelites in Bible. Now, were they not commanded to obey the Lord? Were
they not commanded to follow the Lord's commandments and be a holy
nation; an obedient nation? But the Lord said, "If you will not, then my
blessing will be taken away from you". Don't we read in the Bible that the
Israelite mothers, the people of the God, the holy nation, the separate people
which God elected unto Himself, ate their children? Yes! They ate them. That
was nothing to do with God intending or wanting them to eat their Babies. No!
It was the spirit of unbelief. It was the work of the enemy which troubled the
people of God. They were not watching and praying enough to stand in the
faith and obediently trust in the Lord.

All that came to pass. There was great trouble and many thousands and
thousands of brethren went to Siberia. There was great, great trouble from
1933 on in Russia.

In the meantime, a couple of months after the other group went back to
Russia, the little group that was left by the border heard the voice of the Lord
say, "My children, get ready to move into another country."