Dozens of Christians who planned to hold an outdoor service in Beijing in protest at being made “homeless” from their place of worship have been arrested, in the latest Communist party crackdown on dissent and demonstrations.
Police cordoned off the walkway where a mobile phone text message had said the service would happen. Officers and plainclothes guards took away dozens of people; it was unclear how many were church members, supporters or bystanders.
The Shouwang church, a Protestant group with about 1,000 members, claims official pressure forced it out of a place of worship it had been renting.
Bob Fu, of the China Aid Association, a US-based group critical of China’s controls on religion, said police had told one church elder the planned service would be an “illegal gathering”.
Source: Guardian Co.
My Comment:
Persecution has happened for many, many years. And now that Jesus Christ is so near, and comes very soon, we will see more and more Christians persecuted.
Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.
The above Bible verse tells us that the persecutors will stumble, for Jesus Christ also tells us do not be afraid of what can kill our body.
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Stay strong in Christ. Our King comes soon. and the Holy Word of Christ tell us to rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
1 Peter 4:12-14, 16
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
1 Peter 4:16
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
Written by Gloria
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That was outrageous. People should be allowed to do what they want when they are not even hurting someone else.