Thursday, January 5, 2012

The End of Arab Christianity

I think many of us believed that if the West took out Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, Mubarek, and the Taliban that just MAYBE the small piece of decency that is present in humanity would be given a chance to break out and shine!  And if it could shine for a while then those folks would elect some decent leaders and just MAYBE they could start living in peace with their neighbors.

Of course this isn't happening.  In fact the exact opposite is happening and the Arabs are turning on each other and electing even MORE severe governments than those who we helped overthrow...as in Egypt electing the Muslim Brotherhood.

So what happened?

First off we need to remember that there IS NOT even a tiny piece of decency in human beings....we are all evil from the time of our birth, and our marching orders are given to us by our father, the devil.  That's what the Bible tells us.  The ONLY thing that changes this is when Jesus transforms us into "Children of the Light."

Second off, Jesus came to bring light into the totally dark world.  Without light there is nothing but darkness...and in MOST of these Arab/Muslim countries there is not much light because there are VERY FEW Holy Spirit filled people shining the light into these dark lands.

And now, it appears, that even that tiny, dim light may quickly be snuffed out.

Welcome to a Christians-free Middle East. Arab Christianity is near its extinction everywhere. “Christianity in Iraq could be eradicated in our lifetime, partially as a result of the US troop withdrawal,” declared Leonard Leo, chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Up to 900,000 Christians already fled the country since 2003, according to a recent study by Minority Rights Group International. Benjamin Sleiman, archbishop of Baghdad, also spoke of “the extinction of Christianity in the Middle East.”

In Egypt, 100,000 Christians already left the country after Hosni Mubarak’s fall earlier this year. The Egyptian Union of Human Rights is denouncing this “mass exodus.” This week Egyptian authorities arrested Gamal Massoud, a Coptic Christian student accused of posting a drawing of Islam’s prophet on Facebook that triggered two days of violence in southern Egypt; meanwhile, Muslims were attacking Massoud’s house and chanting “Allahu akbar” or “God is Great.”

For the first time in Syrian history, the current Minister of Defense, Dawud Rajha, is a Christian. Yet this is not a sign of power, but rather, of desperation. Adnan al-Aroor, the Syrian sheikh who has become the religious voice of the uprising against Assad, is urging his followers to “tear apart, chop up and feed” the meat of Christian supporters of the regime “to the dogs.”

Elsewhere, in Gaza, the 3,000 Christians who remain are subjected to persecution and death. Meanwhile, every year some 1,000 Palestinian Christians are leaving their citadel Bethlehem. In a recent Christmas celebration hosted by the Fatah movement, Mohammad Shtayyeh, a central committee member, appealed to Christians to “remain in the land.”

Nonetheless, the Islamic tiger is now devouring the Christian lamb. Indeed, the Christian era in the Middle East is coming to an end.

Here;  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4171336,00.html

It's kind of funny how we humans like to think in two-part sequences.  For instance, "If we over throw Iraq...it will be a better place."  Or, "If we we give people democracy....then the world will be more peaceful."  Or, "If we are nice to the Muslim countries....then they will ultimately come to love us."

The problem is that the world is MUCH more complex than that.  It's more like a three dimensional chess game than it is a game of checkers.  If you bomb a terrorist in Pakistan...that event can affect about 5 different levels on the world game board...where as we in America would be more prone to think, "We killed a terrorist...so world is now a better place."

And then when you throw in our Adversary, Satan, into the mix who is prowling around like a lion looking to seek and destroy everything....we silly humans are simply over matched and outwitted...but we have too much pride and arrogance to ever admit it...which keeps us from submitting to our Creator.

And if we won't submit to our Creator and Fear the Lord....we will never have any wisdom....and with out any wisdom the problems of the earth will multiply....and ultimately the whole thing will tip over.

I wonder if it will tip over in 2012?

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