Christians are Dying in Syria foreshadowing the Future

Christians are currently being killed in the Middle East at an alarming rate in Iraq, Egypt, Iran, and now Syria.  The deaths of Christians give us a picture of what Revelation 6 will look like as it is fulfilled.   The escalation between the West and the East eventually will result in massive wars, deaths and targeting of those who claim to be of the Christian faith.

Time magazine is reporting that the Syrian rebels are performing executions to the cheers of the crowds while they take the lives of their enemies.  The reporter with Time happened to be in the crowd and was able to take photos of the incident.  The man’s throat was literally cut with a knife by one of the Syrian rebels (the link contains photos that are graphic in nature).

On September 7th of this year, the Syrian rebels entered a city seeking the destruction of their enemies.  A witness to the event describes how they deal with Christians.

“In one house there were three Greek Catholic men: Mikhael Taalab, his cousin Antoun Taalab, Sarkis el Zakhm, Mikhael’s grandson, and the woman A., their relative, who says what happened.”

“The Islamists warned everyone present to convert to Islam,” the report continued. “Sarkis answered clearly, ‘I am a Christian, and if you want to kill me because I am a Christian, do it.’ The young man together with the other two was killed cold bloodedly. The woman was injured and was saved by a miracle, later taken to a hospital in Damascus.”

Revelation 6 gives us a picture of conflict that grows until the entire world is impacted.  During this time, the saints are being killed for their faith.  The carnage becomes so great that the people of the world feel that the end of the world is at hand.    

The believers are being persecuted with many people dying for their faith.  The saints in heaven then ask,

When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

Jesus predicted that the beginning of sorrows would begin with nations rising against nations.  Jesus then warned the Jewish believers in Matthew 24 to flee.

15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place”(whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

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