palestinians - more problems, page-86

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    find us a prophecy that would bring happiness to all.

    that is becoming an increasing cry considering the events unfolding especially in the me - places like nimrud are the cradle and birthplace of christianity with not only the structures that have survived millenia but also the christian population where a service and communion have been held every weekend since the death of jesus.

    national geographic recently did a piece on the coptic christians who were beheaded - one reporter however decided to look at the families and how they were coping with this tragedy.

    what he found to his utter amazement was not desperate mourning but celebration as the families consider that to suffer for christ (as paul said) is gain and that their beloved family members are now in the arms of jesus. they do not go and seek this type of death or suffering but they are willing to die for the one who died for them.

    in answer to your comment there is the promise of jesus that even tho there will be immense suffering, he did promise to return and this hope is what keeps christians looking firmly at the prize. we (the west) need to take the middle eastern christians examples and apply them in our own life.

    that is the happiness gz - the hope of his glorious return to put an end to all this pain.
 
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