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On the “Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem” Thread, we pray Daily for Our Persecuted Brethren held Captive in Muslim Countries.
Some of their Traditions, Methods of Worship, and even Doctrines may differ from our Westernized Expression of Faith, but these people are among the Original Christians first reached by the Apostles. The Book of Acts details the journeys of Paul and Peter, and several others, and additional texts tell us of Philip’s journey to Egypt and Thomas’s trip as far East as India. The Evangelist Mark is also assumed to have visited Egypt, and the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, and Joseph) sought refuge there during Herod’s brutal reign. The Christians of Egypt pre-date Islam by over 700 years.
The same can be said of Damascus. There was already a sizable Christian Population there by the time Saul of Tarsus set out to persecute them, and had his Damascus Road Experience. In Antioch, Syria, the tern “Christian” was first coined to describe the adherents of this new Faith.
Although the “Crusades” degenerated into a debacle, the original intent was to free the Christians of the Holy Land from Muslim Oppression.
Sad to see that this kind of thing continues even in the Twenty First Century!
It seems to be rather, sadly, obvious that Western governments and Western Churches regard Christians of Egypt, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, and so on as....Egyptians, Syrians, Iranians, Lebanese...but NOT as fellow Christians.
What is the mantra of the left...”What makes the USA think it has the right to interfere with the INTERNAL AFFAIRS of other countries?
If a Muslim in Europe is “abused” 100,000 Muslims in Indonesia riot , loot and pillage.
If a Christian Church is burnt and its worshipers murdered, there is the SOUND OF SILENCE.
The seeds are being sewn...soon comes the Whirlwind.