If you look through history, you will discover that whenever Christians were persecuted, the kings, rulers, leaders, and other prominent figures who sanctioned persecution often died untimely, troublesome deaths. We as Christians are warned in the New Testament that we will suffer for being followers of the Lord Jesus (Luke 6:22, John 15:18, 2 Timothy 3:12). It’s just something that comes with the territory when we live as lights in a dark world where people are under the influence of their sinful flesh and/or the devil.
On the one hand, we are told to rejoice to be considered worthy to suffer for Christ’s sake, but on the other hand God is definitely not pleased when people lash out from their wicked hearts to do harm to those who are saved by his grace. Sooner or later, God has promised they will get what’s coming to them unless they’re like Saul (Paul) who repented and became one of the most influential apostles. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 tells us, “…it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you.”
Here are some examples from history (Source: Wikipedia):
Herod Antipas: he killed John the Baptist & consented to Jesus’ crucifixion. He displeased Caligula when he was accused of plotting to assassinate the Roman emperor and was shamefully exiled to Gaul where he eventually died and may have been executed.
Herod Agrippa: he killed the apostle James the son of Zebedee. Not long afterwards he died of an intestinal disease caused by worms.
Nero: ordered the deaths of Peter and Paul. He panicked when he heard a rumor that Roman senators were conspiring to assassinate him, so he had his personal secretary kill him with a sword. The senators actually had decided not to assassinate him, but Nero never got the update.
Domitian: was killed at the hands of Roman court officials.
Marcus Aurelius: died at 59 of an infectious stomach disease.
King Henry IV: attempted to confiscate and destroy all Christian Bibles. Was assassinated by devout Catholic Francois Ravaiillac.
King Henry V: attempted to destroy all Christian Bibles in England. Died of dysentery.
Queen Mary (“Bloody Mary”): rounded up and imprisoned or executed or exiled Christians who wouldn’t bow to Rome. She suffered from ovarian cysts or uterine cancer and died of influenza at 42.
Vladimir Lenin: leader of the Bolshevik Revolution who sought to rid Communist Russia of Christianity, but gave a pass to the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. He died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage seven years after his revolution.
Kim Il-sung: Communist founder of North Korea and persecutor of Christians. Dies several hours after a massive heart attack in 1994.
Madalyn Murray O’Hair: famed atheist who sued to get administrator and teacher-led prayer out of schools and attempted to keep Christianity out of all public forums. She was brutally murdered by a trusted employee/family friend along with her son and granddaughter in 1995.
I mention these things because the heat will be turned up a notch on Christians not only in the Middle East, but in the Western Hemisphere in the near future. At the end of December, I did a post on a Knight Templar who did a television interview to promote his satanic religion, warning that it was a sign that something big was coming. That something big happened on Grammy night when the entertainers who are slaves to the Illuminati came out full force to promote their New World Order with Satanic images for the world to see openly. It’s a sign that they’re looking to promote Satanism & witchcraft in a more public way and to be more in-your-face towards Christianity.
This is in fulfillment of Paul’s prophecy for the last days in 1 Timothy 4:1 that people will follow seducing spirits and doctrines of devils and preparation for prophecies told in the book of Revelation where people openly worship the dragon during the tribulation. More than ever, it’s time for Christians to get serious about prayer, fasting, and studying God’s word because the forces of darkness have just declared a more aggressive war.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. Isaiah 54:17
Harry A. Gaylord
Sun & Shield 
Hello harry, i was just wondering did you get my previous comments that i posted about the link and Jephthahs vow?
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Yes. I got them, Nick. But there are some cases where I think it best that you try to figure certain things out for yourself, so I didn’t post them or reply to them.
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Hello Harry. You make a fair point but could you at least explain jepthahs vow?
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I talk in detail about Jephthah at this link: https://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/jephthas-needless-dilemma-why-it-pays-to-know-gods-word/
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God bless you Harry.
I don’t think I agree with the part where you say “Lenin gave the Orthodox Church a pass”
The Orthodox Christians in Russia suffered severely to communism, what happened is the true orthodox who remained loyal to god and preferred to be persecuted then to betray Jesus were forced to go into catacombs. Those who did betray the faith sided with Sergian, who was a pastor, and sided with the atheists (communists) in return for safety. It’s where the term Sergianism comes from, it was the first steps of ecumenism in Russia for the Orthodox Church.It’s ironic how atheists criticise Christians in general and overlook the fact that key atheist figures like Stalin and Lenin killed/ tortured so many, just to name a few.
God bless Harry and keep up the good work mate
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How would you respond to this?
http://www.churchofsatan.com/sources-video.php
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Satanists have commented on how boring Christian churches are, but their church is really boring. If I were to rate it, I would give it 5 out of 5 yawns for extreme boredom. God is more exciting as this video shows:
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