God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1. Though God’s people will be surrounded by enemies who are bent upon their destruction, yet the anguish which they suffer is not a dread of persecution
Marked for Death
The letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day. Esther 3:13. The decree that will finally
A Sign that Distinguishes God’s People
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. Ezekiel 20:12. As the Sabbath was the sign that distinguished Israel when they
The Remnant and the Sealing
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Zechariah 3:2. The remnant church will be brought into
Under Threat of Death
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to
Betrayed by Friends and Relatives
A man’s foes shall be they of his own household. Matthew 10:36. When the law of God is made void, and the church is sifted by the fiery trials that are to try all that live upon the earth, a
Persecuted for Christ’s Sake
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12. As Christ was hated without cause, so will His people be hated because they are obedient to the commandments of God. If He who was pure,