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One in every three Christians in Asia are suffering from a “high level” of persecution according to a new report by the UK-based Christian advocacy group Open Doors. Its 2019 Watch List Report ranks North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India among the top 10 where persecution of Christians is “most extreme”. China is on the list at number 27. Some church leaders in China say persecution is at its worst level since the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 70s. The South China Morning Post speaks to Ron Boyd-Macmillian, director of resarch at Open Doors International.
Unverified videos emerged on Sunday, which appear to show gunmen from the group ISIS executing about thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
The videos purportedly made by the organisation, were first posted on social media sites.
The militants in the first section of the video refer to Christians as “Crusaders” as they proceed to behead around fifteen men after marching them along a beach.
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The amazing response of the Egyptian Christians whose loved ones were recently beheaded by ISIS has inspired a solidarity movement for those suffering for Christ in the Middle East.
How the Apostles Died – My Top 15 Christians
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How the Apostles Died….. I have been doing some deep thinking lately on life, my purpose within this world, my friends, my family, and on GOD. We all get stuck and question our intentions, our goals, and our pursuits. Sometimes it takes tragedy (A Re-Boot) to stop and ponder on our lives. No matter what we say or don’t say to those around us; our emotions are constantly reflecting (keeping us in check) how we feel about ourselves. Although life is a journey to be experienced, my foundation is built on my faith: a faith in God, a belief in my bible, and the teachings of love (to be shown to all those around me). I am truly inspired by my top 15 bible individuals who took their FAITH to another level which I pray that no one would ever know or experience. Also, please feel free to share the video and please Like and Subscribe (Thank You!).
Here is my list…
1. Matthew – Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound.
2. Mark (not an apostle, but one of the first missionaries) – He died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by Horses through the streets until he was dead.
3. Luke ( not an apostle, but as Paul’s doctor) – Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous Preaching to the lost.
4. John – Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge Basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution In Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered From death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve As Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully
5. Peter – He was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross.
According to church tradition, it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die In the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
6. James – The leader of the church in Jerusalem was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller’s club. * This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.
7. James the Son of Zebedee – was a fisherman by trade when Jesus Called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer Walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and Knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.
8. Bartholomew – Also known as Nathaniel Was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed our Lord in present-day Turkey. Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death.
9. Andrew – Was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: ‘I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it.’ He continued to preach to his tormentors For two days until he expired.
10. Thomas – He was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the Sub-continent.
11. Jude – Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
12. Matthias – The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot was stoned and then beheaded.
13. Paul – Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational Doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament.
14. Simon the Zealot – Simon was traditionally martyred by being sawn in half.
15. Philip – Philip evangelized in Phrygia where hostile Jews had him tortured and then crucified upside down. Some sources have him being stoned. Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the apostles and disciples during their times For the sake of the Faith. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: But he that endures to the end shall be saved. Pass on to encourage other Christians.
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The First Persecution, Under Nero, A.D. 67
The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome. This monarch reigned for the space of five years, with tolerable credit to himself, but then gave way to the greatest extravagancy of temper, and to the most atrocious barbarities. Among other diabolical whims, he ordered that the city of Rome should be set on fire, which order was executed by his officers, guards, and servants. While the imperial city was in flames, he went up to the tower of Macaenas, played upon his harp, sung the song of the burning of Troy, and openly declared that ‘he wished the ruin of all things before his death.’ Besides the noble pile, called the Circus, many other palaces and houses were consumed; several thousands perished in the flames, were smothered in the smoke, or buried beneath the ruins.
This dreadful conflagration continued nine days; when Nero, finding that his conduct was greatly blamed, and a severe odium cast upon him, determined to lay the whole upon the Christians, at once to excuse himself, and have an opportunity of glutting his sight with new cruelties. This was the occasion of the first persecution; and the barbarities exercised on the Christians were such as even excited the commiseration of the Romans themselves. Nero even refined upon cruelty, and contrived all manner of punishments for the Christians that the most infernal imagination could design. In particular, he had some sewed up in skins of wild beasts, and then worried by dogs until they expired; and others dressed in shirts made stiff with wax, fixed to axletrees, and set on fire in his gardens, in order to illuminate them. This persecution was general throughout the whole Roman Empire; but it rather increased than diminished the spirit of Christianity. In the course of it, St. Paul and St. Peter were martyred.
