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Martyrdom
and persecution
(Matthew
24:9; Daniel 7:25)
"Then they will deliver
you to tribulation, and will kill
you, and you will be hated by all
nations because of My name."
The twentieth century has
probably witnessed more martyrs
than any preceding century as
millions have died because of the
faith in Christ. Increasing
anti-Semitism and anti-Christian
attitudes, actions, and even
legislation are features of our
current world.
The Wall Street Journal reported
in December 1996 that there was
between 60-80 million Christians
facing persecution in China
today. Freedom House reports that
Islamic Sudan has abducted or
killed more than 1 million of its
own people in a jihad against
non-Muslims. Young Christian boys
are held captive, forced to
convert to Islam and then sold as
slaves.
Listen to the story by Michael
Horowitz. "There is a man
who lives with us who is the
embodiment of Christian faith,
and I'm in awe of it. He is from
the Ethiopian Evangelical Church
where he is the senior pastor. He
is trying to get asylum into the
United States and is meeting
every possible roadblock you can
imagine. Here is a man who has
been jailed over 25 times for his
faith. He's been tortured. On one
occasion, he was hanged upside
down with hot oil poured on his
feet. This is a man of abiding
faith who will be tortured again
and murdered if he is sent back
to Ethiopia. In spite of the
following tragic and disgraceful
story, the United States State
Department sent a letter to the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service and said, 'There's no
persecution of Christians in
Ethiopia.'" This has been
the attitude of the U.S.
government despite overwhelming
evidence of atrocities.
Men to Hide In Rocks In Fear of
God
Isa. 2:19-21
[19] "And they
shall go into the holes of the
rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the Lord, and
for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly
the earth. [20] In that day a
man shall cast his idols of
silver, and his idols of gold,
which they made each one for
himself to worship, to the moles
and to the bats; [21] To go into the
clefts of the rocks, and into the
tops of the ragged rocks, for
fear of the Lord, and for the
glory of his majesty, when he
ariseth to shake terribly the
earth."
Rev. 6:15-17
[15] "And the
kings of the earth, and the great
men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty
men, and every bondman, and every
free man, hid themselves in the
dens and in the rocks of the
mountains; [16] And said to
the mountains and rocks, Fall on
us, and hide us from the face of
him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb: [17] For the great
day of his wrath is come; and who
shall be able to stand? "
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