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Why is There a War on Christians World Wide?


New WhatDidYouSay LogoMore than any other time in history have I heard more comments about what appears to be a “War on Christians”? The persecution of Christians has been going on since Jesus rose from the grave and ascended to the right hand of God, making intercession for His people.

In recent years, especially since Imperial President Obama has been in office, that persecution has grown exponentially in America. The press won’t touch it, because they are too busy promoting the State Religion of Humanism, and Islam.

Below is a devotional published today by Dr. David Jeremiah of Turning Point Ministries, San Diego, CA. As soon as I read it, I realized I knew the answer all along, but until the Holy Spirit opened my understanding, I didn’t see the connection. Jesus explained what is going on during the last Passover He spent on this earth. Knowing He was about to be sacrificed, He took the time to answer His disciples questions about the end of time. I’ve published the devotional in whole, the emphases is mine. – Jerry

 

Biblical Boldness

 Friday, September 03, 2014 Devotional by Dr. David Jeremiah

 “Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. “Do you see all these Bible 02things?” he asked. “I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”’ 

“As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”’

“Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.’

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:1-14; NIV)

In The Global War on Christians, John L. Allen Jr. calls persecution against Christians “the most dramatic religion story of the early twenty-first century, yet one that most people in the West have little idea is even happening … Christians today indisputably are the most persecuted religious body on the planet.”(1)  Allen goes on to catalogue blood-chilling stories of believers being oppressed, imprisoned, vilified, and slain around the world each day.

And yet the Church is growing. Reports from Latin America, Asia, and Africa tell of incredible numbers coming to Christ. Even in the West, there are signs of revival and a resurgence of evangelism as Millennials search for an alternative to the emptiness of secularism.

In His sermon on the Signs of the Times, Jesus said, “You will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake… And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world” (Matthew 24:9, 14). The persecution of Christians has never been worse, but the proclamation of Christ has never been greater—just as Jesus predicted. It’s time for biblical boldness. 

”The world today may have big problems, but what would it have been like had not hundreds of thousands of Christians given their lives sacrificially… to meet its physical and spiritual needs?” – Patrick Johnstone, in The Future of the Global Church 

(1) John L. Allen Jr., The Global War on Christians (New York: Crown, 2013), introduction. 

© 2014 Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

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Bill O’Reilly: American Mercenary Army Needed to Defeat ISIS


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Joe For America — September 23, 2014

Read more at http://joeforamerica.com/2014/09/bill-oreilly-american-mercenary-army-needed-defeat-isis/

Whether you love or hate Bill O’Reilly, you have to admit he’s always got his cogs turning. Last night he discussed a concept for defeating terrorist BO1groups by forming an American-controlled elite army of mercenary soldiers, handpicked by U.S. special tactics experts.

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Professor Tom Nichols of the U.S. Naval War College.

O’Reilly was challenged on the feasibility of his “Anti-Terror Army” by one such expert–professor Tom Nichols of the U.S. Naval War College.

Despite the logistical obstacles Nichols points out, O’Reilly remains convinced a mercenary army would free the world of terrorists. Worth a try? What do you think of O’Reilly’s plan? Tell Joe For America your opinion, after reading the following coverage by Newsmax.

Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly is calling for a mercenary force to take out the Islamic State (ISIS). 

President Barack Obama has vowed to put no American “boots on the ground” in Iraq or Imperial Islamic President ObamaSyria, fighting ISIS only through airstrikes and ground forces from the Free Syrian Army, Iraq and the Kurdish Peshmerga. 

O’Reilly, on his show Monday night, noted that military experts say the United States has no hope of defeating the terror group without more significant ground forces. But with the American public unwilling to get involved in another Middle East ground war the troops will have to come from somewhere else. 

O’Reilly wants hired mercenaries. 

He suggested a 25,000-member force he would call The Anti-Terror Army, “elite fighters who would be well-paid, well-trained to defeat terrorists all over the world.” 

The fighters would be recruited by the United States and trained on U.S. soil by American special operations forces. U.S. Army rules of engagement and the Geneva Conventions would be followed. 

America would be in charge of who makes the cut and where they are deployed, O’Reilly said. American and NATO officers would lead the mercenary army, and America would provide logistical support. 

The army would be able to take on terrorists worldwide, but the first forces would be places in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. 

The coalition that Obama currently is trying to build would pay for them, O’Reilly said, and anyone who wants protection would have to chip in. 

“If they don’t pay, they get no help,” he said. 

Current soldiers in any army would be excluded with the exception of U.S. and NATO commanders. 

Tom Nichols, professor at U.S. Naval War College, told O’Reilly he understands his frustration, but added, “this is a terrible idea” from both moral and practical perspectives. 

America can’t outsource its national security, Nichols said. 

“We’re not talking about ‘Expendibles 8′ here,” O’Reilly protested, adding that Americans have hired mercenaries in every war it has ever fought. 

“Not for the bulk of it,” Nichols replied. 

Gillian Turner, a former National Security Council official under the past two presidents, said O’Reilly’s plan would fail if for no other reason than it would be hard to get a diverse group of nations to agree to finance an army completely controlled by the United States. 

“I think it can be done,” O’Reilly insisted.my two cents

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