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Letter from the President Persecution, June 2012
Dear Friend,
The
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (the nation's foremost research
group on religious trends) recently released a study on religious
restrictions by world governments as well as religious-based societal
strife.
The
bottom line for us? The problem is getting worse! In our opinion, the
root cause of rising religious restriction (and persecution) can largely
be pinned on the expansion of radical Islam funded by the Saudi
Arabians.
We
will attempt to give you an understanding of what the Saudis do, as
well as a historical context for Islamic violence so you can place
modern Islamic fundamentalist movements and attacks into the whole of
Islam. We will show you data, statistics, and lists detailing the
problem.
But
that makes me think of something Lenin once said: "One death is a
tragedy, a million is a statistic." Statistics and dry data do not
communicate the tragedy of the death of the individual persecuted
Christian. Therefore, we will end this issue with three real-life
examples of attacks against Christians.
Please
join me in serving these bruised and battered children of the Father,
standing in harm's way. Working as your hands and feet, we will bandage
their wounds, take care of their widows and children, love on them,
teach them, and defend them.
As we do that, we will do it efficiently, ethically, and effectively.
I promise.
Jeff King
President, International Christian Concern
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Rising Restrictions on Religion
Studies show that religious persecution is on the rise. It is no surprise that radical Islam is the key player in this trend.
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From Root to Fruit: Understanding Islam
The escalation of Islamic violence against Christians is nothing new. See Islamic violence in a historical context.
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The Breakdown of Religious Persecution
A recent Pew Forum survey, along with others, reveals disturbing trends and truths.
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The Third Wave of Jihad
While
many understand fundamentalist Islam is violent, few understand the
extent of the problem because the press will not cover the issue
holistically. See Islamic fundamentalist attacks in just the first
quarter of 2012 mapped out.
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Egypt's Violent Future
Egypt's
parliament is now controlled by Islamic radicals who are calling for
the new constitution to be based on Sharia law. Christians are fleeing
the rising attacks.
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No Rest for Kenya
Somalian
Christians left their homeland for religiously-tolerant Kenya, or so
they thought. Al-Shabaab has been recruiting by force and intimidation,
and even kidnapping children.
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Nigeria Targeted by Boko Haram
Boko
Haram has promised to continue its terror campaign until Sharia law is
imposed and Christianity is wiped out. Find out why Nigeria has the most
underreported violence against Christians in the world.
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Psalm 82:3-4
"Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
The burden which Habakuk HaNavi
(the prophet) did see.
Hab 1:2 Until when, Yahweh, must I cry for help, and
Thou wilt not hear? Even cry out unto Thee, Chamas (violence!), and Thou wilt
not save?
Hab 1:3 Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and cause me
to behold trouble? For plundering and chamas (violence) are before me; and
there are those that raise up strife and contention.
Hab 1:4 Therefore the torah is not followed, and
mishpat (ordinance) doth never prevail; for the rasha (bat one) doth hem in the
tzadik; therefore mishpat (justice) proceeded perverted.
Hab 1:5 [Yahweh says:] Behold ye the Goyim (peoples),
and regard, and wonder marvelously; for I will work a work in your yamim (days)
which, though it be told you, of it ye will have no emunah (faith).
Hab 1:6 For, hineni (behold), I raise up the Kasdim
(Chaldeans), that Goy (people) bitter and impetuous, which shall march far and
wide over the earth, to confiscate the mishkanot (dwelling places) that are not
their own.
Hab 1:7 They are terrible and dreadful; their mishpat
(justice) and their dignity shall proceed from themselves.
Hab 1:8 Their susim (horses) also are swifter than
the leopards, keener than the evening wolves; and their parash (horseman) shall
charge ahead, and their parash (horseman) shall come from afar; they shall fly
as the nesher (eagle), swooping to devour.
Hab 1:9 They shall come all for chamas (violence);
the swarm of their faces is directed forward, and they shall gather the captivity
as the sand.
Hab 1:10 And they shall scoff at the melachim (kings),
and the roznim (princes) shall be a scorn unto them; they shall laugh at every
stronghold; for they shall heap dirt, and take it.
Hab 1:11 Then they sweep on like the ruach (wind),
guilty men whose elohim is his own koach (power).
Hab 1:12 Art thou not mikedem (from everlasting),
[ Also said of Moshiach, indicating Moshiach’s divine
nature: see Mic 5:2 [5:1]
But thou, Beitlechem Ephratah, though thou be little among the Alphei
Yehudah (Thousands of Yehudah), yet out of thee shall He [Moshiach] come forth
unto Me [Yahweh] that is to be Moshel (governor) Yisroel;
whose goings forth have been mikedem, (from everlasting), mimei olam (from the
days of eternity).
Dan 7:13 I was
beholding in visions of the night, and, hinei, one like a Bar Enosh (Ben Adam,
i.e., Moshiach) came with the clouds of Shomayim, and came to the Atik Yomin
(Ancient of Days, i.e., Yahweh), and before Him He was brought.
Dan 7:14 And there was given Him (Moshiach) dominion,
and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim, tongues, should
pey-lammed-chet. [i](worship as deity) (see Dan
3:12, serve, reverence as deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and His (Messianic) Kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed.],
Yahweh Elohai (my Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not die. Yahweh, Thou
hast appointed them for mishpat (justice); O Tzur, Thou hast ordained them for
reproof.
To say No to
the mark of the beast
is to say:
(And not to hate them!)
No too
two states in the Land. Not to give a big part to these 'Chaldean'.
The world shall pay a big 'prize' for that!
Receive judgment!
No too
all the laws that goes against the commandments of Abba YHWH. No choice than to
say No to Shariah law.
Not to
look to the other side or to say, it’s Peace, when they try to put shariah law
in your country.
But to say Yes to Abba Yahweh and His Laws special in this time when Abba Yahweh is
'testing' us:
Hab 1:12 Art thou not mikedem (‘everlasting’ also said of Moshiach,
indicating Moshiach’s eternal divine nature: Dan 7:14 And there was given Him (Moshiach) dominion,
and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim, tongues, should
pey-lammed-chet. [ii](worship as deity) (see Dan
3:12, serve, reverence as deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and His (Messianic) Kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed.]see
Michoh 5:1[2]; Yahweh Elohai (my Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not
die. Yahweh, Thou hast appointed them for mishpat (ordinance); O Tzur, Thou
hast ordained them for reproof.
Please take it serious what Abba Yahweh is telling us in:
Deu 18:15 Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohim) will raise up unto thee a Navi
(prophet) from among thee, of thy achim (bretheren), kamoni (like me [Moshe, Ex
32:30]); unto him ye must listen;
Deu
18:16 According to all that thou desired of Yahweh
Eloheicha (your Elohimin) Chorev in the Yom HaKahal (day of the congregation),
saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh Elohav (your Elohim), neither
let me see this eish hagedolah (‘great fire’) any more, that I die not.
Deu
18:17 And Yahweh said unto me, They have well-spoken
that which they have spoken.
Deu
18:18 I will raise them up a Navi (prophet) from among
their achim (brethren), like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and
he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him [Yn 10:18].
Deu
18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will
not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My Name), I will
require it of him.
Joh
8:28 Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to
them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of the Ben HaAdam, you
will have da'as (knowledge) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH 41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16],
and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv (the Father) of me taught me, these
things I speak.
[i]
Dictionary of the Talmud. M. Jastrow p. 1178
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