Well, the early church faced persecution often, and the Roman gov. makes ours seems rather moral by comparison. Nero had incest with his mom, killed his wife, castrated a boy and married him. And the liberals are still trying to blame the Christians for the fall of Rome. But you do not read much about the political circumstances surrounding the church in the Scriptures, because their affections were to be on things above, and their security in Christ.
“For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. “ (Hebrews 10:34)
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.