Who hate the righteous?

"Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned." Psalm 34:21

Ever since evil entered the world, there has been persecution against the righteous.

Satan rebelled against God, wanted to be greater than Him, and brought His condemnation.

''You were a keruv , protecting a large region; I placed you on God’s holy mountain. You walked back and forth among stones of fire. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.'  
'Your heart grew proud because of your beauty, you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. But I have thrown you on the ground; before kings I have made you a spectacle. By your many crimes in dishonest trading, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore I brought forth fire from within you, and it has devoured you; I reduced you into ashes on the ground in the sight of all who can see you. All who know you among the peoples will be aghast at you. You are an object of terror, and you will cease to exist.’”'  Yechezk'el (Ezk) 28:14-15, 17-19

But He is all the time around using His subjects, the demons, in order to take more and more men with Him, to the lake of fire of hell.

It so happens that God, in His strong hand and mercy, sustains and strengthens us through His Word:

''Stay sober, stay alert! Your enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Stand against him, firm in your trust, knowing that your brothers throughout the world are going through the same kinds of suffering. You will have to suffer only a little while; after that, God, who is full of grace, the one who called you to his eternal glory in union with the Messiah, will himself restore, establish and strengthen you and make you firm. To him be the power forever and ever. Amen .'  1 Kefa (1 Pe) 5:8-11 

Be sober, be vigilant. Stand firm in the faith. The same afflictions are being fulfilled among our brethren around the world. Not only we are going through this, but our brothers and sisters in the faith also, all over the world are having these or other afflictions worse than ours.

Recently we have seen terrible news against our brethren in Afghanistan who are being persecuted and sworn to death if they do not abandon and deny their faith to our true God.

There are records of pastors who are surrendering to the government taken over by the Taliban, a radical group that has taken over the country, to be killed so that the name of Jesus may be preached and known and to expose the violence that the country has suffered since then.

See the charts below:

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Resource: Site Open Doors

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Don't be discouraged if you are being persecuted. Remember that there are our brothers and sisters suffering death threats all around the earth!

Let us pray for these brothers and sisters of ours who suffer all this kind of persecution, let us be thankful because it is by the hand of God that sustains us and gives us life each day becoming a blessing, a day that could be one of death.

 ' It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. '  Lamentations 3:22-24

Good Morning!

Marilza Loubach