Burial of Stephen and house-to house raid and imprisonment of Christians.

Acts 8:2-4

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“And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.” Acts 8:2-4

As followers of Jesus Christ, we see the numbers of devoted Christians fading from society. and that brings mourning for us, but rejoicing for the world, as the Christ, Jesus, says, “Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.” John 16:20 Today, we see how the manmade churches seem to be prospering even as they have abandoned the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as quoted, “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— ” Revelations 3:17

“Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8

Today’s culture is making havoc of the churches. They live by the beast that guides them in what to speak, do, think, and feel, and have a form of Godliness but deny God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, “…having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” 2 Timothy 3:5 The beast they serve has two hons like a lamb, which is Satan’s version of the Holy Spirit, as described in Revelations 13:11-13. There has been a global falling away from the message of the Cross, as described in the post on 2 Thessalonians 2. The global falling away began when the United Nations was formed in 1945 and brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8:1-14.

“Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—” Mark 13:35

In the days of the Apostles, there were no such thing as a manmade church for the way of Christ. The only churches were called Synagogues, worship centers for the Jewish culture. The Christian Church was anywhere that two or more people gathered in the name of Jesus Christ. More specifically, the temple of God is each individual person as the temple of the Holy Spirit, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God…?” 1 Corinthians 6:19 Our Lord Jesus is our minister, “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” Hebrews 4:14

A day is coming, and now is in many countries around the world, when we who acknowledge Jesus as our Lord will be hunted down. People of the culture of the beast will enter into our places of living to arrest, punish, and even kill us. Even so, our born-again experience is the gospel of Jesus Christ written on our heart. Wherever we are scattered to, His Gospel will always be part of who we are. His light will shine through us and be a testimony against the darkness of this world.

The word of God will be heard despite how scattered and beat down Christianity becomes. This is known because the faithful witnesses are on this earth during the events of the Sixth Trumpet, just before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, as described in Revelations 11. Jesus says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” Matthew 24:35

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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