{"id":6388,"date":"2015-06-08T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T16:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/?page_id=6388"},"modified":"2015-06-08T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T16:44:01","slug":"the-truth-about-the-persecution-of-christians-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/the-truth-about-the-persecution-of-christians-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About The Persecution Of Christians In The Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This\u00a0<a title=\"End Times Prophecy Study\" href=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\">end times prophecy study<\/a> discusses the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the evidence below you will see that they are primarily either of the Catholic Church or Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>Both of those Churches believe in salvation through the sacraments and they revere Mary as their intercessor.\u00a0 And that is not true salvation, for it is by faith in the atoning work of the Messiah alone, who is our only sole Intercessor.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So though we don&#8217;t want anyone to be persecuted, we have to discern that these people are called <em>Christian<\/em>, but they are part of an apostate Church that teaches a false salvation message.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When you see a headline that Christians are being persecuted, that may not be telling the true story.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If they are in fact <em>apostate<\/em> Christians, their persecution may be deemed as one of judgment from the Almighty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Below are examples of persecution of people called Christians, to help you see the truth:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On October 31, 2010, an affiliate of the Islamic State in Iraq, launched a deadly attack on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Our Lady of Salvation Cathedral<\/span> in Baghdad, killing 58 people. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairobserver.com\/region\/middle_east_north_africa\/desperate-plight-assyrian-christians-iraq-syria-00124\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That is clearly telling you that they revere Mary as their Co-Redeemer,<br \/>\nwhich is taught by the Popes of Rome.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/false-prophets\/walid-shoebat-is-a-fraud\/\">Walid Shoebat<\/a> has an organization that raises money to help Christians, but as you can clearly see in the images that he posts on Facebook, these people are either Catholic or Orthodox, and they pray to Mary as their Intercessor. Note: Walid is a Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>This lady is holding her Rosary beads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6391\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walid-rosary.jpg\" alt=\"Walid Shoebat Supposes Catholic Christians\" width=\"504\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walid-rosary.jpg 504w, https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walid-rosary-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This woman has pictures of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Christ on her wall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6392\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walid-catholics.jpg\" alt=\"Walid Shoebat Supports Catholics\" width=\"494\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walid-catholics.jpg 494w, https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/walid-catholics-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This post from Christians United for Palestine shows the entrance to the Rosary Sisters, which obviously is either Catholic or Orthodox, and shows their devotion to the sacraments and to Mary as their Intercessor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6395\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/palestine-rosary.jpg\" alt=\"Catholic \/ Orthodox Christians in Palestine\" width=\"491\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/palestine-rosary.jpg 491w, https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/palestine-rosary-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is not a judgement against anyone, for only our Messiah knows their hearts and knows if they are truly saved by faith.\u00a0 But we need to discern these Middle East killings, because the title of <em>Christian<\/em> is generic.<\/p>\n<p>Related Study: <a href=\"http:\/\/romancatholicbeliefs.org\/\">What Does The Word Of God Say To Catholics<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0end times prophecy study discusses the persecution of Christians in the Middle East. From the evidence below you will see that they are primarily either of the Catholic Church or Orthodox Church. Both of those Churches believe in salvation through the sacraments and they revere Mary as their intercessor.\u00a0 And that is not true salvation, &#8230; <a title=\"The Truth About The Persecution Of Christians In The Middle East\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/the-truth-about-the-persecution-of-christians-in-the-middle-east\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Truth About The Persecution Of Christians In The Middle East\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6388","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5G4Cu-1F2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6388"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6405,"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6388\/revisions\/6405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}