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Continued from p. 1 left! He told her to go and not sin dead. But Jesus still had a move left!
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loaves of bread saw that thousands of anymore. Come Sunday and Jesus rose from the
people needed food. It looked like dead! Our King had another move
checkmate, but it was a lie! Jesus, our - The murderer next to Jesus on the left!
Lord and King, still had another cross thought it was the end, yet he
move left! They collected twelve still repented. It looked like check- - We think our country is in a mess. have been bought with His blood - a
baskets of leftovers afterwards! mate, but it was a lie! Jesus, our Lord There are farm murders, crime and very expensive price, and you have
had a move left. He said: "Today you violence everywhere. People lose their received amazing grace. Your sal-
- Daniel was thrown into a lion's den will be with Me in Paradise ." jobs, marriages are destroyed, moral vation is sure!
full of hungry lions. It looked like values are seemingly non-existent.
checkmate, but it was a lie! God, our - On Good Friday the people were You become scared and feel lost. You 1 Peter 2:24-25: "…Who Himself bore
King, had another move left! Daniel screaming: "Crucify Him! Crucify are looking for direction but end up our sins in His Own body on the tree,
miraculously survived his ordeal. Him!" They mocked and hit Him, spit on the wrong path. It looks like that we, having died to sins, might live
and tortured Him and nailed Him to checkmate. But it is a lie! Do not fear, for righteousness - by Whose stripes
- The adulterous woman was about to the cross. They said He could save the game is not over! you were healed. For you were like
be killed by angry men with stones. It others, but not Himself. It was over. sheep going astray, but have now
looked like checkmate, but it was a lie! Checkmate! Satan smiled as Our King still has one move left! Our returned to the Shepherd and Overseer
Jesus, our Lord, had another move everybody left thinking Jesus was lives and future are in His hands. You of your souls."

nce again, 2016 has broken Syria and places in Africa where data are Although it may be easy for those who live in
records for Christian persecution difficult to confirm. developed nations to forget or ignore the
Oacross the world. suffering taking place in distant lands, it is
The Center for the Study of Global important to keep in mind the plight of our
From terrorist attacks and mass killings Christianity and Center for Studies on brothers and sisters in Christ. For the millions
to increasingly oppressive laws target- New Religions both offer a more liberal living in fear and worshipping in secret, the price
ing Christians with imprisonment and estimate of 27 000 Christians killed for of their faith can be very high indeed. So, take a
excessive fines for practicing their faith, their faith with an additional 63 000 moment to keep these persecuted Christians in
the wave of violence continues to swell. Christians killed over tribal or territorial your prayers!
conflicts, primarily throughout Africa.
The atrocities of ISIS, the genocide Read more at
committed by Boko Haram in Nigeria, North Korea once again tops the Open www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?rece
hundreds of new church burnings in Doors' list (for the 16th consecutive year) nt_news_id=974#AyJWro5VlWduLfdD.99
India and the 2016 Easter Sunday as the most oppressive country for
bombing in Lahore, Pakistan which Christians, but Somalia is a close
killed 74 and injured 320 are all just a few second. "If a Christian is discovered in
examples of the violence and fear Somalia, they are unlikely to live to see
Christians around the world must another day. Just the suspicion that
endure each day. someone is a Christian can lead to a
rushed beheading," said Lisa Pearce,
Several new studies were recently CEO of Open Doors UK and Ireland.
published that track the nature and
extent of persecution using varying Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria,
methodologies, but there is little doubt Iraq, Iran, Yemen, and Eritrea round out
that the world is growing increasingly the top ten worst nations. The total
hostile to Christians. number of Christians facing high, very
high or extreme levels of persecution is
To gain a more accurate idea of the estimated at 215 million.
dangers faced by Christians, just this
month Open Doors USA published its Iran, coming in at number eight on the
annual World Watch List of the 50 worst list, has refrained from the mass killings
countries for Christian persecution. and mob violence seen in Pakistan, Syria,
India and elsewhere, but has instead
Open Doors identifies 2016 as the worst embarked on a campaign of social
year on record after steadily increasing control of churches, arbitrary arrest and
violence since 2014. Though confirmed torture along with the widespread use of
martyrdom cases total only 1 200 deaths, crippling fines for practicing Christian
this fails to account for thousands more beliefs that amounts to a mass seizure of
in active combat zones such as Iraq, wealth.