War against Christians in the Middle East.

Newsweek magazine recently reported that “Terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia increased 309% from 2003 to 2010.”   The article described how Christians in the Middle East are being attacked and suffering for their religious views.  The author’s rhetoric is more alarming than one would expect from the mainstream press.  “Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion.  It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm… [it is] the conspiracy of silence... Nothing less than the fate of Christianity—and ultimately of all religious minorities—in the Islamic world is at stake… It is a spontaneous expression of anti-Christian animus by Muslims that transcends cultures, regions and ethnicities” (Newsweek, February 13, 2012).

The Bible reveals that Satan’s society at the end of the age will hate followers of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:9).  In fact, Jesus said the world would hate His disciples because they are of Him (John 17:14).  The prophet Daniel reveals that in the last days, a predominantly Muslim King of the South will “push against” a predominantly “Christian” King of the North but will be overcome by the King of the North (see Daniel 11).  

The recent surge in violence and intolerance against Christians could be one of the ways the King of the South will attempt to “push against” the North.  This aggression against Christians in the Middle East will likely generate a backlash from the future Catholic European Beast Power.  For more information on this long-prophesied confrontation, please review our booklet, The Beast of Revelation.