WBC –
Are you aware of the martyrs in the “church” Today? Do you believe that these Christians who suffered, were tortured, and died a horrible death for the cause of Christ are in heaven today? They were spreading the message of OUR King (who is also yours). Blessing in Christ
-VINCENT
Vincent-
I don’t know of any martyrs that have died recently. However, those that were God’s Elect throughout the ages that died for their faithful testimony are surely in Heaven.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Matthew 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Luke 11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
I suggest reading The Trail of Blood (1931), a booklet by the Baptist minister, Dr. James Milton Carroll.
Thanks for writing!
-WBC