Persecution

owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever (NLT). Whomever the author could be for it is unknown to those reminds the Hebrew Christians that they have once faced persecution before. Being persecuted for living a life of Christ instead of self, may bring pain and sorrow upon Christians. For Christ, endured pain and sorrow on the way toward to the cross or his earthly death. The author goes on to say that those that have

somewhere in the streets of Rome. Wind spread the fire across the city, burning down the palace. Following this, Emperor Nero put the blame on the Christians, marking the first record of Christian persecution by the roman government. For the next 200+ years, there have been on and off bouts of persecution, ranging from Trajan forcing suspected Christians to prove their innocence by worshipping roman gods in the early 100’s to Valerian ordering the execution of church bishops and other church leaders

problems. Social inequality can never be erased from people 's lives like marker on a whiteboard, but such efforts including newspapers, songs, movies, books, and many more can be used as proactive tools to inform today 's people about the kinds of persecutions that exist in this world. We may not be able to stop it, but we can slow it down. One of the most rising problem that revolves among tennagers is bullying. The relationship between a bully and the person that is being bullied is quite unfair

but He is God and does things for reasons we cannot understand. We can see through the Beatitudes and Beyond the Gates of Splendor that the Peacemaker is the Child of God who can rejoice when persecuted “for righteousness’ sake.” This type of persecution shows that the Peacemaker has been recognized as someone who has not conformed to the pattern of this world, and has lived a life worthy of their call of Christ Jesus which then allows them to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and be called children of

judgment and salvation to biological narratives and laments. Amongst these, the laments of Jeremiah have a profound literary impact since it uses poetry and prose to illustrate God’s punishment to Judah for disobedience paralleling with Jeremiah’s persecution by close friends and family. However, this type of literary literature is also used in Psalms and even in Job. The comparison of laments within Jeremiah to Psalms exhibits a structure of certain elements, which are invocation, complaint against

of religious persecution and search of freedom. William Bradford reveals the Pilgrims’ appetite for religious freedom and displays their creative intelligence in escaping persecution in his book, In of Plymouth Plantation. The suffering and hardships that

inhabitants, even of this province, are of English descent. Wherefore I reprobate the phrase of parent or mother country applied to England only, as being false, selfish, narrow and ungenerous” (Paine, 23-24). After decades of civil and religious persecution in Europe, Puritans among others fled to New England in search of a land where they could live without fear. This influx of individuals that arrived in the colonies were not only composed of Englishmen, but of many individuals from different regions

The Roman Empire was a risky place for the first Christians because of persecution. Anti-Christian policies or persecution of Christian started in the period of Emperor Nero in 64 AD. It was because of the great fire that continued for six days and seven nights. Nearly, three-fourths of the city burnt. (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/christians.htm) After this accident, Emperor Nero started to persecute and blame on Christians. The reason that he was blaming Christian people was that citizens

wasn’t until 257 A.D. that the persecution really started to begin in the reign of Valerian. Christians were already been persecuted before Valerian’s reign but the persecution had slow down due to the fact that Gallus had little opportunity to succeed at it. From the Bubonic plague to Persians breaking into Syria were a few of the situations that left Gallus with limited opportunities to focus in persecuting the Church. That didn’t mean in his reign there was no persecution. In his reign, there was

Jesus is sending his disciples, sheep, to be among the men who are persecutors, wolves. He is also warning them that they will experience troubles on the way from the governments, courts and also their friends and families. However, he is saying that going into trial is not bad because in these moments they have their advantage to spread His word so they can see the glory. Jesus says not to worry when they are arrested because God will help them with what to say. Throughout the New Testament