There is a phrase in the bible that appears to cause some confusion.  The day of the Lord is a time of wrath, vengeance, and destruction.  This is a terrible time for those left on earth.  During this time some people are hidden. This is confusing if we don’t understand where the redeemed are. So many times people think the parousia (the coming of Jesus to punish Jerusalem) is for all people.  It is not. The Lord redeems two distinct groups of people, one before the seals are opened and one after, as we saw last week.http://musingsofawinsomeheart.blogspot.com/2012/11/who-are-redeemed-and-are-we-seeing.html But the coming of the Lord is not a happy time.  With the fighting in Israel currently escalating, some people may think the day of the Lord is at hand but the text reveals some clues on timing that are markers for our time line.

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The Persecution of God’s people has been increasing horribly in more and more islamic countries, as the day of Judgment approaches. Right now, there are over 8 million of our Coptic Christian brothers under the sandal in Egypt. In Iraq, over 1 million Chaldean Christians, who lived outside Baghdad for almost 2000 years have been displaced, hunted down and hurt by extremists….and on and on.

Now comes news of  jailed Iranian pastor Behnam Irani who is near death after been beaten by his islamic torturers in Iran. The forty year old pastor was jailed in 2011 for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ – nothing else!

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