CBN does another excellent report on, this time on Christian persecution around the world and how parts of the West are contributing. They even suggest that Christians may now be the most persecuted group on the planet. Yikes!
Below is the list from Open Doors USA on the top 50 countries in which Christians are persecuted:
1. North Korea
2. Iran
3. Afghanistan
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Somalia
6. Maldives
7. Yemen
8. Iraq
9. Uzbekistan
10. Laos
11. Pakistan
12. Eritrea
13. Mauritania
14. Bhutan
15. Turkmenistan
16. China
17. Qatar
18. Vietnam
19. Egypt
20. Chechnya
21. Comoros
22. Algeria
23. Nigeria
24. Azerbaijan
25. Libya
26. Oman
27. Burma (Myanmar)
28. Kuwait
29. Brunei
30. Turkey
31. Morocco
32. India
33. Tajikistan
34. United Arab Emirates
35. Sudan
36. Zanzibar Islands
37. Tunisia
38. Syria
39. Djibouti
40. Jordan
41. Cuba
42. Belarus
43. Ethiopia
44. Palestinian Territories
45. Bahrain
46. Kyrgyzstan
47. Bangladesh
48. Indonesia
49. Sri Lanka
50. Russia
50. Malaysia
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Matthew 24 talks about persecution in the last days:
3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you.
5 “For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.
6 “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
7 “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
8 “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
9 “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.10 “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.