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You may be surprised to know kill Christians as such. There is
that more Christians died for no victory to the kingdom of

Christ in the 20th Century than darkness when Christians go
in all previous 19 centuries to Heaven. The aim of perse-
combined. cution is to intimidate Chris-
The Christian World Encyclo- tians into silence. If the devil
pedia calculated that at least 28 cannot stop us being conver-
million Christians had been ted, he at least wants to divert
martyred in the 20th Century. us and distract us so that we
The total martyrs since A.D. 33 are not effective in fulfilling the
was calculated at 43 million Great Commission and win-
(i.e. 28 million in the 20th ning other souls to Christ. As
Century vs. 15 million in all the long as you refuse to be intimi-
other centuries after Christ!) dated into silence, persecution
The aim of persecution is not to fails. www.frontline.org.za www.davidpauldorr.com

MATTHEW Jerusalem, was thrown off the MATTHIAS
He was the former tax-collector Temple wall when he refused to He was chosen to replace Judas
turned evangelist. He suffered deny his faith. Having survived, Iscariot. Matthias worked
martyrdom in Ethiopia and was his enemies killed him with a amongst cannibals. Records of
killed by a sword wound. club. his death vary. Some record
LUKE ANDREW stoning/beheading/crucifixion.
He was a Greek speaking He was crucified in Greece. After PAUL
physician. Luke was hanged in being whipped severely, they During his lifetime, Paul
Greece as a result of his tied his body to a cross. He e n d u r e d i m p r i s o n m e n t ,
t r e m e n - d o u s p r e a c h i n g continued to preach to his beatings and shipwrecks. He
excursions to the lost. tormentors for two days until he was tortured and then beheaded
PETER died. by the Emporer Nero of Rome in
Crucified upside down. Accor- JAMES THE GREAT A.D. 67.
ding to church tradition it was Otherwise known as one of the www.joymag.co.za
because he told his tormentors S o n ' s o f T h u n d e r . H e Perhaps this is a reminder to us
that he felt unworthy to die in evangelized Spain and is the that our sufferings are indeed
the same way that Jesus Christ Patron Saint of that nation. He
had died. was beheaded by Herod minor compared to the intense
MARK Agrippa. persecution and cruelty faced
He was the founder of the BARTHOLOMEW by the apostles and evangelists
church of Alexandria. He died Also known as Nathaniel, he
there after being dragged by was a missionary to Asia and after Christ's death. Let us
horses through the streets. present day Turkey. He was remember our brothers and
JOHN martyred in Armenia where he sisters in Christ who still face
He was boiled in oil, but miracu- was flayed to death by a whip.
lously delivered from death. He THOMAS persecution and death today
died peacefully while living in (of the Doubting Thomas fame). for their faith in Jesus Christ!
exile on the isle of Patmos Was stabbed with a spear in
(where he wrote the Book of India during one of his “And ye shall be hated of all men
Revelation). missionary trips where he for My Name's sake. But he that
JAMES THE JUST established the church in the endureth to the end shall be
Leader of the church in sub-continent. saved” (Matthew 10:22).

MEER AS 100 MILJOEN!!!

éér as 100 miljoen! Dit vervolg word ter wille van hulle ging. Hulle ontvang geen
is hoeveel Christene geloof in Jesus Christus. ondersteuning of hulp van die
Mvandag in lande soos ‘n Huiskerk is gedurende Mei regering nie en wonder of die
Noord-Korea, Iran, Saoedi- 2 0 1 0 d e u r d i e N o o r d - res van die wêreld bewus is
Arabië, Somalië, Maledive, Koreaanse owerhede ontbloot van hulle omstandighede. Dit
Afghanistan, Jemen, Mauri- en dit het drastiese nagevolge voel vir hulle asof hulle heel-
tanië, Laos en Oesbekistan gehad, kenmerkend van hier- temal vergete is...
die land. Die 23 Christene is Op 31 Oktober 2010 is 58 kerk-
deur die polisie ontdek in gangers in Bagdad in Our Lady
Pyungsung-provinsie. Drie of Salvation Church dood na ‘n
van die Christene is onmid- wrede aanval.
dellik ter dood veroordeel, Ten spyte van al die gevare, bly
terwyl die ander 20 na ‘n hierdie Christene steeds vol-
arbeidskamp gestuur is. gelinge van Jesus en wil hulle
Die Here is vir die meeste in die Here se Koninkryk werk.
Irakkese Christene op hierdie Hulle kies om Christus te volg,
oomblik hul enigste hoop. ongeag die koste!
Hulle leef onder baie moeilike Bid asb. ernstig vir ons broers
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omstandighede en ervaar en susters regoor die wêreld.
deurgaans geweldige vervol- [Geopende Deure, Feb. 2011]