Persecution of Christians, Coming to America

It's coming here.


Folks, I will admit, I am angry today. I really am. We will be doing things a bit differently today. I received a request to Pray for the Persecuted Church of Christ all around the world. When I say Church of Christ, what I mean is, Children of God. Not talking a specific denomination. Not talking about certain groups. I'm talking about the Body of Christ, of which, YOU are a part of.

OK. I was also given some examples....

According to the U.S. Department of State, Christians in more than 60 countries face persecution from their governments or surrounding neighbors simply because of their belief in Christ.

With the exception of four official state-controlled churches in Pyongyang, Christians in North Korea face the risk of detention in the prison camps, severe torture and, in some cases, execution for practicing their religious beliefs. North Koreans suspected of having contact with South Korean or other foreign missionaries in China, and those caught in possession of a Bible, have been known to be executed.

In Syria, Christians are increasingly becoming the target of violent attacks. Catholic and Orthodox groups in Syria say the anti-government rebels have committed "awful acts" against Christians, including beheadings, rapes and murders of pregnant women. A special 'Vulnerability Assessment of Syria's Christians' conducted by the World Watch unit of Open Doors International from June 2013 warned that Syrian Christians are the victims of "disproportionate violence and abuse." They warned further that Christian women in Syria are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse.

In August 2013, Egypt faced what has been called the the worst anti-Christian violence in seven centuries: 38 churches were destroyed, 23 vandalized; 58 homes were burned and looted and 85 shops, 16 pharmacies and 3 hotels were demolished; 6 Christians were killed in the violence and 7 were kidnapped.

The bloodiest attack on Christians in Pakistan's history occurred in September 2013. Two suicide bombers exploded shrapnel laden vests outside All Saints' Church in the old city of Peshawar. Choir members and children attending Sunday school were among 81 people killed. The attack left 120 people wounded, with 10 of them in critical condition.

During an attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi in September, Islamic terrorists asked people for the name of Muhammad's mother or to recite a verse from the Quran in order to identify non-Muslims. One of the terrorists announced, "We have come to kill you Christians and Kenyans because you have been killing our women and children in Somalia. Any Muslims can go."

Four Christians in Iran will get 80 lashes each this month for drinking wine during a communion service. Ahmed Shaheed, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, said that it is common practice for Christians to be punished for violating theocratic laws. In the UN report Shaheed wrote: 'At least 20 Christians were in custody in July 2013. In addition, violations of the rights of Christians, particularly those belonging to evangelical Protestant groups, many of whom are converts, who proselytize to and serve Iranian Christians of Muslim background, continue to be reported.'

An average of 100,000 Christians around the world are killed each year for their faith.

This is enough to make anyone angry. And of course, we will be Praying for them today. Remember what Jesus told us?

John 15:

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

Then Jesus Blesses us.

Matthew 5:

10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

So we can know that it is coming. We must understand these simple facts. We must not forget who we are. Jesus said,

13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

We also know that...

Romans 8:

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So it is to be expected. Jesus foretold us these things. However, in the Country that was FOUNDED in the Name of God and In the Name of Religious Freedom? "In God We Trust?" "One Nation Under God?" Could this type of persecution be coming HERE? The Answer is YES. This is why I'm angry today.

Back in April 2009, I posted the "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" You can see the PDF HERE

So if you are Pro-life, you may be a Right Wing Extremist? If you are anti-Amnesty, you may be a Right Wing Extremist? If you are in the Tea Party, you ARE a Terrorist. You Racist, Bigoted, Chauvinistic, Homophobes out there. Yes. I'm talking to YOU. You freedom loving imbeciles. You are a threat to National Security. This is an official Government, Homeland Security, Document. Then in 2011, I posted this.

Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland, which was funded by Homeland Security, for the sum of $12 million dollars, by the way, says this..

The report takes its definitions from a 2011 study entitled Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism, produced by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, in which the following characteristics are used to identify terrorists.

- Americans who believe their “way of life” is under attack;

- Americans who are “fiercely nationalistic (as opposed to universal and international in orientation)”;

- People who consider themselves “anti-global” (presumably those who are wary of the loss of American sovereignty);

- Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority”;

- Americans who are “reverent of individual liberty”;

- People who “believe in conspiracy theories that involve grave threat to national sovereignty and/or personal liberty.”

And of course,,,,

The report also lists people opposed to abortion and “groups that seek to smite the purported enemies of God and other evildoers” as terrorists.

Now I'm not talking about jokes, insults, etc. These have been around since there were Christians. Tell a joke about a Jew, you are labeled a "Anti-Semite." Tell a joke about a Muslim, or even speak out against Islam and their war against us, you are labeled a "Islamaphobe." In some areas in this Country today, it is actually illegal to do so. Yet? We have a President that calls Christians "Bitter Clingers." Christian bashing is all but encouraged. So this is not new. What IS new, is our Military is being primed right now, to be against, US. I'll say this again, Our Military is being primed to be against YOU. Here are eight examples..

1 On October 17th, soldiers at Ft. Hood were instructed that evangelical Christians are a “threat to this nation”…

Soldiers attending a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood say they were told that evangelical Christians and members of the Tea Party were a threat to the nation and that any soldier donating to those groups would be subjected to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

A soldier who attended the Oct. 17th briefing told me the counter-intelligence agent in charge of the meeting spent nearly a half hour discussing how evangelical Christians and groups like the American Family Association were “tearing the country apart.”

2 During a recent U.S. Army briefing, the American Family Association was identified as a “domestic hate group“…

Several dozen U.S. Army active duty and reserve troops were told last week that the American Family Association, a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because the group advocates for traditional family values.

The briefing was held at Camp Shelby in Mississippi and listed the AFA alongside domestic hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam.

3 A battalion commander assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky sent out a mass email to those under his command last year that included the “Christian Right”, the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson under the heading of “Domestic Hate Groups”.

4 An unclassified guide for military leaders that was published in August 2011 identifies those that exhibit “extreme religious intolerance” as potentially violent radicals. If you claim that your faith is the only true faith (like most Bible-believing Christians do), that would put you into this category.

5 Earlier this year, the Pentagon issued a written statement to Fox News that stated that “religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense” and that “court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis”.

6 One of the top consultants that Barack Obama has brought in to the Pentagon to work on issues related to religion in the military, Mikey Weinstein, has described evangelical Christians as “human monsters” and “enemies of the United States Constitution“.

7 Mikey Weinstein also teaches that when an evangelical Christian shares his or her faith, it is the equivalent of being “spiritually raped by fundamentalist Christian religious predators“.

8 In April of last year, a U.S. Army training presentation specifically identified evangelical Christians as religious extremists. On a slide entitled “Religious Extremism”, “Evangelical Christianity” was at the very top of a list of extremist religious groups that also included al-Qaeda, Hamas and the Ku Klux Klan.

This was compiled by Prophecy News Watch. Now I do want you to notice the dates that all these things began being OFFICIAL US GOVERNMENT POLICY. 2009. Immediately following the Election of one Barack Obama as President, Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, and one Harry Reid as Leader of the Senate.

Gone are the days of going to Church, singing songs, and going home to BBQs. It is time we stand up folks. It is time we do whatever we need to do to throw these people out of Power. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke.

Now do not misunderstand me here folks. I'm not calling for us to take up arms and storm the White House. Remember what Jesus told Peter when they came to take Jesus away. "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." This is true, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."

We removed God from America. We got what we got. The only thing to save America now, is to put God back in it. When the time comes to stand up and be counted. STAND UP. Being a Child of God is not always sweetness and light. It is not always about singing hymns, and dressing nicely. Sometimes it's about taking a stand. It's about becoming active. Pray for the persecutions of your Brothers and Sisters all around the world, but do not forget to Pray for those of us right here in America.

When the time comes to Vote, for now, we still have free elections, vote those out that brought these things into being. One of the other reasons I left Politics was I stopped seeing any difference in those in power. They all tell you whatever you want to hear to get elected, then they go to Washington, and they all become the same. Time for TRUE Hope and Change.

Oh Heavenly Father, Lord God, we come before you today, to pray for our Brothers and Sisters all around the world. Those that are being persecuted for your name sake, and your Word's sake. Those that are suffering in the name of the Kingdom and the name of Jesus. We pray for them. That you may be always with them and never leave them. That they may have the boldness, strength, and comfort. To stand up. To carry on. To endure. To be your Children. Father we Pray today that you are true to your Word. For we know you are. That your Word declares it shall never return to you void. Remind them Father that great is their reward.

Father we also pray for America. This Country that was founded on your Word. Founded in your Name. Found in the name of Freedom. We pray today that those in this Country that are attempting to destroy it and rebuild it into something it was, not only never intended to be, but the exact opposite of what it was intended to be, fail. We understand that those things that are happening in this Country right now, are happening by our own hand. We pray forgiveness for this. We pray for forgiveness of all our sins. We pray to you today for your Child right here in America, that they may have the boldness, strength, and comfort. To stand up. To carry on. To endure. To be your Children.

Father, we know that you are God. We know you are in charge of all things. We know that you select those in power and authority. We know that it is your Will, not ours, that shall be done. So as Jesus said, we do not pray for the world, but rather for our Brothers and Sisters who are in it. Those you have selected, and those you have called. Be with us. Be with them. Show each of us the way in which you want us to go. To be. We ask you do not lead us into the temptation to take things in our own hands, but show us the way you want us to go. Bless us as we Bless others. Teach us, as we teach others. Comfort us in the times of need. Strengthen us to be bold enough to speak the Truth, your Truth Father, to any you ask us to speak to. We ask these things in the name of Jesus. Amen!

It's up to you folks. Sit back and do nothing. Stand up and be counted. Go out and elect those that will end the madness, or allow others to vote for those that will continue to carry us down a dark and dangerous path. Pray or not. Vote or not. Do or do not. But make no mistake about it. It IS coming here.