In the last days, history will repeat itself. Christians will be falsely accused for many sins and crimes in public. Christians have been characterized as being less than intelligent, backwards, unloving, judgmental, terrorists, anti-American, etc.
Christian organizations have already been publicly labeled terror groups simply for having a different perspective from the current political establishment.
And when the sarcasm and disparaging comes directly from the top of our government, all the more you are going to see the ripple effects of anti-Christian sentiment.
And now we're seeing the increase of Christian demonizing in media and published commentaries, by distorting Christian understanding and indoctrination based on pure lies and false witnessing.
But from the beginning, anyone and everyone who has lived to abide by God's laws has been accused of evil in order to find the excuse to justify putting a stop to their voice. This is how Jesus was Crucified, this is how all the apostles were martyred, and The Bible prophesies more of it leading to our Lord's return.
And that is why from the beginning, God stamped it into His law:
Commandment #9:
"Thou shalt not bare false witness against your neighbor".
It is absolutely vile to accuse someone of something treacherous they haven't committed or to deceitfully mis-characterize them with evil intent.
The Word of God is filled with warnings to those who bare false witness, and one of the titles of Satan himself is "The Accuser of the brethren".
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders."- Matthew 15:19
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"- Isaiah 5:20
Deuteronomy Chapt. 19: Woe to false witnesses!!
"The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."
"A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will [perish) and not escape ." - Proverbs 19:5,9
So what was and continues to be a silly little comedian's joke poking fun at Christianity will one day soon be public beatings in the town square.
2000 years of Christian history proves that the baring of false witness has always accompanied Christian persecution.
Pray for more of God's grace of strength, courage and The Lord's soon return! Maranatha!
