"Then they will
deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all
nations for My name’s sake."
Matthew 24:9
"You
will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a
testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But
when
they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak.
For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for
it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in
you. Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a
father his child; and children will
rise up against parents and
cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all
for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be
saved."
Matthew 10:18-22
"Now
thanks be to
God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us
diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For
we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma
of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life
leading to life." 2 Corinthians 2:14-16
"But none of these
things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I
may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from
the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God."
Acts 20:24
"...the whole world lies under the
sway of the wicked one."
1 John 5:19
"Do you suppose that I
came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather
division. For from now on five in one house will be divided:
three against two, and two against three. Father will be divided
against son and son against father, mother against daughter and
daughter against mother."
Luke 12:51-53
"But
we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the
power may be of God and not of us. We are
•
hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed...
•
perplexed, but
not in despair
•
persecuted, but
not forsaken;
•
struck down, but not destroyed
—
always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the
life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body."
2 Corinthians 2:7-10
"Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring
lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing
that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But
may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle
you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever."
1 Peter 5:8
"Just as they have
chosen their own ways, and their soul
delights in their abominations,
So will I choose their
delusions and bring their fears on them;
Because when I called,
no one answered,
When I spoke they did
not hear;
But they did evil before
My eyes and chose that in which
I do not delight."
Hear the word of the
Lord, you who tremble at His Word;
Your brethren who
hated you, who cast you out for
My name's sake, said,
'Let the Lord be
glorified that we may see your joy,'
But they shall be
ashamed." Isaiah 66:4-5
"O
Lord, You induced me, and I was persuaded;
You are stronger than I, and have prevailed.
I am in derision daily; everyone mocks me.
For when I spoke, I cried out; I shouted, 'Violence and plunder!'
Because the word of the Lord was made to me a reproach and a
derision daily.
Then I said, 'I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in
His name.'
But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my
bones;
I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.
For I heard many mocking: 'Fear on every side!'
'Report,' they say, 'and we will report it!'
All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced; then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”
But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail."
Jeremiah 20:7-11
"And on her forehead a
name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw the woman, drunk with
the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
"But the angel said to me, 'Why did you
marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast
that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And
those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are
not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world,
when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."
Revelation
17:5-8
"And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,
and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like
the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The
dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And
I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and
his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled
and followed the beast.
"So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and
they worshiped the beast, saying, 'Who is like the beast? Who is
able to make war with him?' And he was given a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for
forty-two months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in
heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints
and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe,
tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him,
whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world."
Revelation
13:1-8
"After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners
of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind
should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I
saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to
whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, 'Do
not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the
servants of our God on their foreheads.'"
Revelation
7:1-4
"I have given them Your
word;
and the world has hated them because they are not of the
world,
just as I am not of the world.
I do not pray that
You should take them out of the world, but
that You should keep
them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am
not of the world.
Sanctify
them by Your truth.
Your
word is truth.
As You sent Me into the world, I also have
sent them into the world....
"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will
believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one,
as
You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be
one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
And the
glory which You gave Me I have given them,
that they may be
one just as We are one:
I in them, and You in Me;
that they
may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You
have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me....
“O righteous Father!
The world has not known You, but
I
have known You; and
these have known that You sent Me.
And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that
the love
with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 17:14-26