End Time Persecution is now Increasing,
Middle East Christmas IS NOT TOO MERRY,
As it was prophesied to be in the last Days,
Christmas is a Time of Uncertainty THIS YEAR,
For Many Christians in MULTIPLE foreign Lands,
And Scripture indicates persecution will Increase,
Until the Messiah our Lord and Savior rescues Us!
It will be unimaginable Wonderful in our New Home,
Which is much more than Worth waiting for Faithfully!
Christians in lands across Middle East Face Uncertainty,
Much more so than American Christians in our Homeland!
We have a God given opportunity to pray for them each Day,
And financially support our missionaries existing among Them,
For our day of persecution and trouble in America is at our Door
If we do not support those on the frontline how CAN God reward Us
For something we failed to do in not manifesting LOVE for his Servants,
Who suffer in more ways than persecution and hardships FOR OUR LORD!
December 23, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
The following excerpt is a mission report we received from Bill Cooper who is a part of the Mongolian Mission team along with his wife. The M ongolian work is am
ong the best mission endeavors on this earth. In the midst of hardships God has worked in the dedicated lives of men and women there to produce a wonderful work on a difficult foreign field.
Begin Excerpt from Bill Cooper
First the praise. Today was the first day that the Chengeltei church met in their new building. For Sunday School they had 37 children show up for this service. The adult worship service had attendance of 78.
At their old location they were averaging attendance between 29 – 35. Pray that these new faces will return and accept Christ as their savior and help turn Mongolia upside down for
Christ.
Now for a special prayer request.
Many members from Chore had traveled to UB to attend Bible School this past Friday and Saturday.
They had left an individual that they believed to be a responsible person in Chore to keep the boilers going in the Church Building and also in the parsonage. This person left and did not keep the home fires burning.
The temperatures in Chore ranged from -33 to -17F. Both of the buildings froze solid. All the water in the radiator lines are now frozen and we will not k
now the extent of the damage to the radiators until we can get some kind of heat in the building. In Mongolia this is a very serious condition.
Once a building has froze it is a daunting task to get it warm again. Even if they took
torches to the radiators they would freeze again before the hot water could start flowing. Please keep this in prayer, the church had to meet in a ger on the property which is a person’s home.
Bill
Waiting for the last trump in Mongolia
End of Excerpt
Thank God for those who are able to endure both persecution and hardships in the name of Jesus Christ.
Begin Excerpts from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
Excerpt 1 from UK Telegraph
Christians in Lands across Middle East Face Uncertainty
Richard Spencer, Samer al-Atrush, and Rob Crilly
The region that was Christianity’s birthplace is witnessing an unprecedented modern-day exodus.
Bethlehem’s resident Christians have dwindled from four-fifths of the population since
the Second World War to just a quarter today.
In the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, Christian shops have been firebombed.
In Egypt, a string of businesses owned by Coptic Christians were burned down in riots in the southern province of Qena last month. “Copts are in a continuous state of fear,” said the diocesan bishop, Anba Kirillos.
In Iraq, as many 600,000 of its once million-strong Christian community have fled abroad since 2003, while hundreds of thousands more have moved to safer areas in the north, abandoning once thriving Christian communities in Mosul, Baghdad and Basra. Across the Middle East, a Christian population that stood at 20% a century ago has now sunk to under 5%. (Telegraph-UK)
Excerpt 2 from UK Times
Iraq Christians Fear Extinction
Alice Fordham
Last week 100 Christian leaders and politicians of all religions held an emergency meeting just before fresh violence broke out in the northern city of Mosul, with attacks on churches and Christian schools. On Tuesday a baby was killed and 40 people, including schoolchildren, were injured in three simultaneous bombings. (Times-UK)
Excerpt 3 from New York Times
Abbreviating Christmas in Iraq
Timothy Williams
For Christians in Iraq, this will be a year of canceled holiday celebrations and of Christmas Masses spent under the protective watch of police officers and soldiers because of a spate of threats by extremist groups to bomb churches on Christmas Day. (New York Times)
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