Ladies and gentlemen of the SteemChurch,
'Not all is as peaceful as we would like.'
Earlier today this Knight stubbled across a ZeroHedge article titled -
'End-Times Persecution? World's Largest Country Is Destroying 1000s Of Crosses And Bibles'
... and he was horrified!
Attacks upon Christians are prevalent the world over. What many from the West believe to be mere left-wing assault upon Christian values, has now become all out offensive upon our churches, our clergy and our faith. With the murder of Christians becoming common practice in some regions.
Mr Michael Snyder reports...
All over the world, Christians are being attacked, Bibles are being burned and churches are being shut down.
New religious regulations (in China) that went into effect in February are being brutally enforced, and this is causing some to point out the frightening parallels between Communist China and Nazi Germany.
According to Fox News:
The Chinese government is destroying crosses, burning bibles, closing churches and forcing Christian believers to sign papers renouncing their faith as the crackdown on religious congregations in Beijing and several provinces intensifies.
According to the Express:
Authorities have also “raided Christian homes to remove religious symbols, arrested church members and seized churches”.
In Henan province alone, more than 7,000 crosses have been destroyed, but other than Fox News most of the mainstream media outlets in the United States have been completely silent about this very important story.
It is not only China. Islamics viciously attacked home churches in Egypt:
Homes of Copts in the Minya region were attacked by hundreds of furious locals leaving two Christians with knife wounds in the head and face, World Watch Monitor reports.
Four homes were ransacked, looted and partially set on fire by a Muslim mob during the three-hour-long attack, which was reportedly in protest of one of the properties being used as a home church.
And earlier this year in Ethiopia, a total of 69 churches were torched by Islamists…
On March 2nd, Muslims went on a rampage in an Islamic area of Ethiopia, beginning with an assault on churches in Asendabo. ICC and others alerted the world and called on the Ethiopian government to intervene. Unfortunately, the local government did not intervene and the attacks continued for a week. When the smoke cleared, the damage was evident. The Muslims had burned down the homes of 30 Christian leaders, they had killed one Christian, wounded several others, and torched 69 churches, a Bible school, and a Christian orphanage. One of the many wounded in these attacks was the grandson of a church elder who put himself in between the Muslim militants and his grandfather when they arrived to kill the elderly man. The Islamists attacked the young man with machetes – seriously wounding his head and hand and leaving him for dead. His family was forced to make a three-hour journey on foot to bring him to a hospital in a nearby city.
Mr Snyder ended his report with:
Hatred for Christians and the Christian faith is rapidly rising all over the planet, and this was something that I warned about in my book about Bible prophecy. We should do all that we can to put pressure on governments to stop persecuting Christians, but if we really are in the end times, ultimately the persecution is just going to continue to escalate.
The good news is that persecution always brings out the best in the people of God, and I believe that the greatest chapters of the Church are still ahead.
So let us pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters all over the world, and let us also prepare ourselves for the immense persecution that is on the horizon for all of us.
SteemChurch
A Safe-Space for Christians.
Utilising blockchain technology - the SteemChurch offers Christians of the world a virtual, encrypted and anonymous Church for prayer and discussion.
Through @reliquary, we are now in the process of uploading the entire Bible for eternal safe guarding.
However, in light of reported events, this Knight seeks to step-up measures for the protection of Christian heritage.
He has asked @hboi to begin investigations into the establishment of a 'virtual museum' for the preservation of Christian art and sculpture. Whilst our enemy might be able to destroy the physical antiquities, they will be unable to destroy the Christian memory of them.
Both SirKnight and @hboi will work on the methodology for cataloging and presenting the art and sculpture here on the blockchain. We will then entrust all parishioners with the task of researching, capturing the images, detailing and securing here on Steem.
Stay calm and sensible my friends - but always be alert!
Links to Michael Snyder articles:
The American Dream: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/end-times-persecution-is-here-the-largest-country-in-the-world-is-destroying-1000s-of-crosses-and-bibles
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These are trying times. I am A Nigerian and we are having countless killings and organized attack on christians where churches and homes burnt, and the government does nothing about it.
But let us be encouraged by this promise by God..
I will build my church and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.
Let us turn this into a prayer for the church and ourselves.
As @sirknight, God bless you for your efforts, it wont go unrewarded
theY devil will always try but will always lose cause Christ which is the head of the church defeated him long ago.
To everY child of God, learn to be alert and apply wisdom where necessary.
What a sad reality! Well, the Word of God which cannot be burned, able to outlive every human, has clued us of these happenings-- the persecution of the body of Christ all over the world. But as believers, we are undoubtedly saddled with responsibility to always hold fast our profession (in words and actions).
And I'm glad that believers of your kind are still committed to seeing that heritage we received from God-- and that which were passed than to us by luminaries of the faith are preserved.
Thanks for this 'call-to-action' post. God bless you, SirKnight.
Kind regards.
Virtual museum for preservation of Christian art and sculpture on blackboard is a great move.
The devil is a liar
Persecution we will face but with faith and strength of our Lord we shall overcome!!.
I'm not surprised, the end is nearer and I encourage my brothers and sisters that you should strive towards salvation for thy rewards awaits you in heaven.
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I hope that your heart's wishes are fulfilled as well as how each of the projects that have been proposed have been fulfilled. Directly God in front of each project to bless Lives from all over the World. !!
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Romans 8:35
The end is near but we must stick together as a Christians and work to protect the Christianity for the next generation.
Great initiative sir.
That will be a great move. Having an art repository for christianity will be another great project of the steem church. Thank you great SN for digging this out. It's a timely project. I pray for more direction and insight.
This is very sad,look at what the world is turning into, end time is so near. We have to be alert so that we won't miss it. Thank you @sirknight for this information.
God bless you my brother. Yes, we are in a war. This war is being played out in the arena of ideologies and philosophies. Some call it a cultural war, but make no mistake it is a spiritual war. We must pray our brothers and sisters in the Lord will remain strong throughout the persecution. To God be the glory. He will never place more on us than we can bear.
@sirknight All this is meaning that the coming of our Lord is very close, because in the last time the people of God will be tested in the faith, many for these reasons of persecution will return to the bad roads, but that which belongs in the middle of the Storm is the one that will be saved, every day this type of act is seen, a country in which it has been strong to enter the Africa because there they do very ugly things to the Christians, but even so there are brave people able to continue carrying this message .
This platform has been a blessing, and waiting for God to reach many places where Christians are being attacked and can receive refreshments through the word that is preached here.
Sad news, may God continue to keep us Safe.
We also must not fail to pray for our beloved brothers and sisters putting their lives in the line to preserve the gospel.
"Virtual museum" sounds like a project i had coming!
greeting brother tikhub, I dedicated a design his work I hope you like it.
https://steemit.com/steemchurch/@theonlyway/belt-of-truth-fastened-around-his-waist-gift-for-tikhub-video
This is a clear indication that we are in the perilous times. Everything that was spoken of by Christ is being manifested. But no matter what, the gates of hades will not prevail over the Church.
I fully support you new project bubbling in your mind @sirknight. You are indeed a leader with a vision.
One more prophecy of the last times, amigo Sk.
Christians will be persecuted and afflicted and even attempt against their lives, but even so, trust, said the Lord, "I have overcome the world."
Certainly there is something, that man can not kill and it is the soul, we also find these words in the Bible "Do not fear the one who can kill the body, but fear those who can kill the soul"
We just have to be vigilant to the times, trusting God, and praying for each other.
I am a Muslim and I condemn the Chinese government for doing this. I heard same is happening to Muslims aswell. Every human being has a right to follow a religion. I admire @sirknight and @steemchurch for highlighting such a inhuman activity.And I support @sirknight in raising voice against this.
esta es una cruda realidad caballero, pero es el cumplimiento de la palabra de Dios, pero el que persevera hasta el fin será Salvo.
Buena iniciativa del proyecto de monumentos históricos del cristianismo.
How bad for these persecutions in these times of peace, just to remember the time of burning crosses with Christians like torches is spurious, the whole world should reject any type of violence and contribute more with tolerance. On the other hand, the preservation of the most important religious works within the cryptographic chain is good. Excellent Sirknight. Count on this Soldier
Excellent idea about the Visual Museum .. I really hope with all my heart that this beautiful plan is fulfilled! that will be of Blessing!
I upvoted your post.
Mabuhay, keep steeming.
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Aunque parezca increíble que en la actualidad siga existiendo la persecución a la iglesia, realmente es lo que está pasando en diferentes partes del mundo. Todo de una forma u otra también sentimos persecución cuando predicamos la palabra, sigamos adelante.
It is necessary that all this happen before the end ( Matthew 24). Christians throughout the world must be aware of this, but many of us do not accept reality because there is comfort or we are distracted by anything else that may be unfocused. Actually, it is time to wake up, we must know that the situation will not improve, but the Lord said: stand up, let us raise our faces because our redemption is near.
The apostasy is also seriously affecting the churches, there are several events that mark the coming of the messiah for his Church, on those who strive to reach the stature of the perfect man