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What To Do When They Come For You
Contributed by Zachariah King on Sep 19, 2013 (message contributor)
Summary: Persecution in the western world for the name of Christ is coming are you spiritually prepared on how you will react, will you stand firm on the foundation of Christ Jesus?
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I have some disturbing news a report that must be shared.
American Christians have not tasted persecution on a profound scale here in the west sense the reformation. I have been warning it is coming, this news report confirms my fears
The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted for promoting their faith: "Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense...Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis...”.
The statement, released to Fox News, follows a Breitbart News report on Obama administration Pentagon appointees meeting with anti-Christian extremist Mikey Weinstein to develop court-martial procedures to punish Christians in the military who express or share their faith.
Weinstein is the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and says Christians--including chaplains--sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the military are guilty of “treason,” and of committing an act of “spiritual rape” as serious a crime as “sexual assault.” He also asserted that Christians sharing their faith in the military are “enemies of the Constitution.”)
Being convicted in a court martial means that a soldier has committed a crime under federal military law. Punishment for a court martial can include imprisonment and being dishonorably discharged from the military.
So President Barack Obama’s civilian appointees who lead the Pentagon are confirming that the military will make it a crime--possibly resulting in imprisonment--for those in uniform to share their faith. This would include chaplains—military officers who are ordained clergymen of their faith (mostly Christian pastors or priests, or Jewish rabbis)--whose duty since the founding of the U.S. military under George Washington is to teach their faith and minister to the spiritual needs of troops who come to them for counsel, instruction, or comfort.
This regulation would severely limit expressions of faith in the military, even on a one-to-one basis between close friends. It could also effectively abolish the position of chaplain in the military, as it would not allow chaplains (or any service members, for that matter), to say anything about their faith that others say led them to think they were being encouraged to make faith part of their life. It’s difficult to imagine how a member of the clergy could give spiritual counseling without saying anything that might be perceived in that fashion.
In response to the Pentagon’s plans, retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin founding member of delta force, who is now executive vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC), said on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning:
It’s a matter of what do they mean by "proselytizing." ...I think they’ve got their defintions a little confused. If you’re talking about coercion that’s one thing, but if you’re talking about the free exercise of our faith as individual soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, especially for the chaplains, they I think the worst thing we can do.is stop the ability for a soldier to be able to exercise his faith.”
Our leaders are attacking the foundation of our nation, eroding all moral authority to have the ability to steam roll all opposition first they start with vitriol and extremely hateful language first calling for imprisonment, the eventually extermination this is reminiscent of dictatorial take overs of the last 100 years ,too silent the people you must first quiet the churches, then the people will follow their lead.
All that evil needs to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
I will not sit idly by while our nation is destroyed and our freedoms wiped away with out a whimper. We must call the nation to repentance.
2 Peter 3:3-9
First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires, 4 saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.” 5 They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God. 6 Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded. 7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
8 Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
This week we had Christians in Egypt being crucified to trees out side state buildings, here in America a man enter the family research council and try's to do a mass shooting but luckily the guard that was shot was still able to tackle him and subdue him, Christians are in a precarious situation, Christianity is under attack, more Christians have been murdered because of their faith than any other point in history, last year 150 k were murdered because of the name of Christ, bibles are banned in 52 countries no other book is banned in such away.In Arizona a man is having to serve 60 days for home bible studies, in California they are Levying fines for home bible studies, a young girl has her arm broken for chalking pro life messages on the side walk which she had a permit for. I have been personally threatened with arrest several times for handing out gospel tracts most recently at a 4th of July celebration in Yukon.