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Read the words of Jesus in Luke 13.
Ye shall all likewise perish
Jesus spoke to us about the Galilaeans whose blood was mixed with the sacrifices by a mad secular ruler.
He did not even hint that those people could have been immune from these sufferings or rescued from them. They died at the hands of a madman ruler. No angels came from heaven to save them. Those that died were no more sinners than those who did not die. Sinner and saint died in this event of political madness. If those believers in Galilee had known beforehand that this slaughter was coming and prepared, would you have called them without faith?
Peter stated in no uncertain terms that believers should not be surprised that we suffer from these sorts of events:
Peter considered these things to not be strange as in unusual. He considered them normal for the day.
To suggest that God is going to save you from social and political massacre is simply not bared out by scripture or history. Christians have died by the tens of millions, even hundreds of millions in political/social upheavals. From ancient Rome through current atheistic nations, Christians have died and are even now dying. Some scholars estimate that the number of Christians executed by the Nazi in the holocaust was close to 3 million. This number pales before the number murdered by the communists in the USSR and China. Some estimate that Stalinist Russian murdered up to 20 million Christians. The largest number of Christians murdered by any one political entity is 65 million in communist China. This number is a low estimate because the victors get to write the history, and of course they are not going to present the truth. One source places the number of Christians murdered by communist China at 150 million. In all this there is no record or testimony that believers in mass were spared or escaped. There are, of course, testimonies of individuals being saved here and there, but that number is a mere fraction of a percent. If you had been there, the probability of your survival would have been very, very small. History without a doubt teaches us that Christians die when social and political upheaval strikes. We die side by side with the non-Christian. Righteous and sinner die regardless. If you are counting on some miraculous salvation from the coming political and social upheaval, you are being presumptuous. There is no evidence in history that this has ever taken place in any instance or nation. There are no promises in the scripture that you will be saved from persecution or political/social upheaval.
Read the words of Jesus in Luke 13.
Ye shall all likewise perish
Jesus spoke to us about the Galilaeans whose blood was mixed with the sacrifices by a mad secular ruler.
Luke 13:1-6 KJV
1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
He did not even hint that those people could have been immune from these sufferings or rescued from them. They died at the hands of a madman ruler. No angels came from heaven to save them. Those that died were no more sinners than those who did not die. Sinner and saint died in this event of political madness. If those believers in Galilee had known beforehand that this slaughter was coming and prepared, would you have called them without faith?
Peter stated in no uncertain terms that believers should not be surprised that we suffer from these sorts of events:
1 Peter 4:12 KJV
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Peter considered these things to not be strange as in unusual. He considered them normal for the day.
To suggest that God is going to save you from social and political massacre is simply not bared out by scripture or history. Christians have died by the tens of millions, even hundreds of millions in political/social upheavals. From ancient Rome through current atheistic nations, Christians have died and are even now dying. Some scholars estimate that the number of Christians executed by the Nazi in the holocaust was close to 3 million. This number pales before the number murdered by the communists in the USSR and China. Some estimate that Stalinist Russian murdered up to 20 million Christians. The largest number of Christians murdered by any one political entity is 65 million in communist China. This number is a low estimate because the victors get to write the history, and of course they are not going to present the truth. One source places the number of Christians murdered by communist China at 150 million. In all this there is no record or testimony that believers in mass were spared or escaped. There are, of course, testimonies of individuals being saved here and there, but that number is a mere fraction of a percent. If you had been there, the probability of your survival would have been very, very small. History without a doubt teaches us that Christians die when social and political upheaval strikes. We die side by side with the non-Christian. Righteous and sinner die regardless. If you are counting on some miraculous salvation from the coming political and social upheaval, you are being presumptuous. There is no evidence in history that this has ever taken place in any instance or nation. There are no promises in the scripture that you will be saved from persecution or political/social upheaval.
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