Christians in Syria Better Behave or Face Death

While many Christians in America are sipping our coffee, sitting in padded pews and planning our new building projects...the war on our brothers and sisters on the front lines of the Satanic battle continues to go red hot.

A jihadist group in Syria has demanded that Christians in the northern city of Raqqa pay a levy in gold and accept curbs on their faith, or face death.

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) said it would give Christian residents "protection" if they agreed to the list of conditions.

The announcement came in a statement posted online.

Correspondents say ISIS is trying to implement an extreme interpretation of Islamic law in areas it controls.

Raqqa, seized by ISIS last year, was the first provincial capital to be completely in the hands of rebels.

The directive from ISIS, citing the Islamic concept of "dhimma", requires Christians in the city to pay tax of around half an ounce (14g) of pure gold in exchange for their safety.

BBC map of Raqqa and Damascus in Syria
It says Christians must not make renovations to churches, display crosses or other religious symbols outside churches, ring church bells or pray in public.

Christians must not carry arms, and must follow other rules imposed by ISIS (also known as ISIL) on their daily lives.

The statement said the group had met Christian representatives and offered them three choices - they could convert to Islam, accept ISIS' conditions, or reject their control and risk being killed.

"If they reject, they are subject to being legitimate targets, and nothing will remain between them and ISIS other than the sword," the statement said.

A group of 20 Christian leaders chose to accept the new set of rules, ISIS said.

Here;  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26366197

Holy foreshadowing!!  Pay up to get into the system or face death!!  And 20 Christian leaders chose to accept the new rules.  Wow!!  What would we do if they had machetes held above our wives and kids heads?

A day is coming when the Antichrist will put together a new system.  In order to be part of that system you will need to take a mark on your right hand or forehead.  If you fail to do that you will not be allowed into the system and will have a very good chance of loosing your head.  If you DO take the mark, you will have no chance of having your name in the lamb's book of life...which means you will spend eternity where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Revelation 13:15-17
15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Thank you Jesus that those who have trusted in you for our salvation will NOT have to endure this time that is coming.

1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.