Authorization given to imprison the Gospel of Jesus Christ and all of Christianity.

Acts 9:1-2

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“Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” Acts 9:1-2

During the persecution in Jerusalem, the followers of Jesus Christ scattered, and many were found in Damascus. Saul hunted them down and traveled from Jerusalem to Damascus to arrest them. As seen on the map below, Jerusalem is seen towards the south, just west of the Dead Sea [Salt Sea] where the red square is. Damascus is towards the top of the mage, towards the east at the burgundy circle.

Saul was consenting to the murder of Stephen and a great persecution and scattering of Christians arose at that time, as described in the post on Acts 8:1. From there, Saul was still breathing threats and murders against the followers of Jesus Christ. In the United States, we see the vehement despise for the Gospel of Jesus Christ as Christianity is being erased from all sectors of society. That includes being abandoned by the fallen churches, absent in government laws, policies, and executive orders, absent in the schools, and not wanted in any sector of society. In other places around the world, such as Africa, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, etc. the persecution, imprisonment, and death of Christians is physical.

We see countries around the world uniting in their opposition to the Good News, against the followers of Jesus Christ, and against Christianity as a whole. In fact, the majority of the countries of the United Nations do not hide their atheism and opposition to belief in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Their faith is in a one world government with a global culture that are empowered by the beast that governs by giving people what to speak, do, feel, and think. Already, countries around the world, including the United States, are adopting the “Sustainable Development Goals” of the United Nations. Very soon, when the United Nations becomes the undisputed one world government, all nations and people will be “breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord“. “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelations 13:8 The “him” in that verse is the beast of the mark and image of the beast.

Saul went to the high priest of the Jewish government and asked for documents of authorization to round up those following the way of Jesus Christ. Saul would then arrest them and bring them to trial, where many were kept in prison and others murdered. Today, we can be sure that authorization has been given to arrest Christianity with the intent of bringing the Gospel of Christ to extinction. We can be assured that churches are being monitored to control the spread of the Gospel along with Chrisitan organizations and groups. Men and women influencers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ are literally being imprisoned in countries across the globe and in the United States they are vanishing [out-of-sight out-of-mind].

The best part of all this is that no one escapes the eyes of the all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present God who has a Son named Jesus Christ. He has books that archives everything that everyone has ever done, and all Believers will be archived in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

We are the salt of the earth, and our Lord Jesus says that when the salt loses its flavor how will the earth be preserved? The earth, this world, becomes good for nothing. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how will it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matthew 5:13 God is bringing judgment to this world, to throw it out and allow it to be trampled by lawlessness as the Holy Spirit is taken from this world and faith in the Christ, Jesus, is scarce.

Jesus Christ says, “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:11-12

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11