That would negate the book of life, and the method of salvation would it not?
I think so. We've had it very comfortable up till now. It hasn't been difficult to be a Christian, we haven't had the issue of martyrdom up until very recent years. It's like those Christians being thrown in with the lions --- we thought all that was ancient history and that dying for your faith was something of the distant past.
There won't be so many Christians when it becomes difficult.