Acts 12:12-15, Herod persecutes the Church, part 5 of 8
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
In that day, the global culture “will be like women” because of the waving of the hand of the Lord.
Isaiah 19:16-17
Peter is clothed and led out of the jail by the angel of the Lord.
Acts 12:8-11, Herod persecutes the Church part 4 of 8
Idol will totter, social chaos arises, global culture loses heart.
Isaiah 19:1-4
Peter is freed by an angel of the Lord.
Acts 12:6-7, Herod persecutes the Church, part 3 of 8
Lord has victory over the global nation, powerful and treading down, whose land the rivers divide.
Isaiah 18:7
Herod imprisons Peter with plans to kill him.
Acts 12:3-5, Herod persecutes the Church, part 2 of 8.
Jesus Christ replaces the administration over the Jewish culture.
Isaiah 22:20-25
Herod harasses the church and kills the Apostle James.
Acts 12:1-2, Herod persecutes the church, part 1 of 8
Administration over Jerusalem makes self more important than the Christ, whose name is Jesus.
Isaiah 22:15-19