{"id":3825,"date":"2015-09-08T12:06:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T16:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2017-02-11T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T03:10:28","slug":"sometimes-it-really-is-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/sometimes-it-really-is-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes, It Really Is Persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days I have seen a circle drawn around the category of persecution that minimizes what some folk are going through. You\u2019ll find that someone looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/f\/foxe\/martyrs\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Book of Martyrs<\/a> and defines \u201creal\u201d persecution as the things that those people had experienced.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to run too far down the Internet\u2014do a <a href=\"http:\/\/lmgtfy.com\/?q=real+persecution\" target=\"_blank\">search<\/a> for \u201creal persecution\u201d and you\u2019ll see what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/bristolbiblechapel.org\/downloads\/ReyReynoso06142015.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">recent sermon<\/a> I myself have downplayed persecution in the west showing that we don\u2019t really know what this feels like (yet). There is another side to this that I think is important to mention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/persecute\" target=\"_blank\">Merriam-Webster defines persecute<\/a> as \u201cto harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically: to cause to suffer because of belief\u201d. This harassment can be for <em>any<\/em> belief. This punishment can be in any form\u2014it doesn\u2019t necessarily <em>have<\/em> to be a beheading or a lion\u2019s den.<\/p>\n<p>What the folk above are doing is\u00a0taking a taxicab that let\u2019s them off at their stop (beheadings or gladiator fights or prison) but anything further isn\u2019t persecution. Ignore what the individuals are going through, move right along.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible also doesn\u2019t limit\u00a0persecution to imprisonment or death. Surely it lists persecution that culminates in death (Jeremiah 26:20-23; Acts 7:52) but it doesn\u2019t have to end there. For instance, Jesus began to be persecuted long before he was crucified (John 5:16)\u2014but what form did that persecution take?<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that the Bible lists persecution as things that one can suffer and get through (1 Corinthians 4:12). It lists it as things that a person can sometimes live to talk about and, somehow, take pleasure in (2 Corinthians 12:10).<\/p>\n<h2>Examples of Persecution in the Bible<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Abraham\u2019s descendants were persecuted in Egypt for being Hebrews. The boys, of a certain age, were thrown into the Nile, they were enslaved, and the labor rules were ridiculous (Exodus 1-3)<\/li>\n<li>Some persecution led to people having to leave their homes and scatter (Acts 8:1).<\/li>\n<li>Being pulled out of your home and arrested (Acts 8:3).<\/li>\n<li>Suffering \u201creproach\u201d, which is verbal persecution (Jeremiah 15:15; Romans 15:3; Proverbs 17:5)<\/li>\n<li>Someone lying about you (Psalm 119:86)<\/li>\n<li>Being hated and rejected\u00a0(Isaiah 53:3)<\/li>\n<li>Changing work practice (necessity of bowing to idols in Dan 3:1)<\/li>\n<li>Changing legal code (prayers now offered to the king Daniel 6:5-10)<\/li>\n<li>Strict orders against the belief (Acts 5:28)<\/li>\n<li>A flogging (Acts 5:40)<\/li>\n<li>Distressing societal norms \u00a0(2 Peter 2:7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What the Bible shows us is that when we humans employ <em>diogmos<\/em>, to harass or oppress or pursue, we are often incredibly creative. Making someone\u2019s life a hell is much more satisfying when we can keep the target alive. Indeed, in some cases (like Lot\u2019s) the target doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be in the crosshairs. It could just be that folk are proudly reveling in their own depravity and persecute without even realizing it.<\/p>\n<h2>Reactions During Persecution<\/h2>\n<p>In some cases the persecuted cry out to God (Exodus 1) and in others they carry on their activity as they did the day before (Daniel 6). In some cases the entire culture around the persecuted changes resulting in them being the folk left standing (Daniel 3, Genesis 19) and in other cases they stand in direct opposition to the status quo resulting in their persecution (ie: Jesus). Sometimes the persecuted went to jail and sang in prison (Acts 16) and other times they <a href=\"http:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/2009\/church\/reasons-for-civil-disobedience\/\">invoked their civil rights<\/a> (Acts 22:25) before the punishment was enacted. Sometimes the persecuted went silently to the slaughter and other times they openly cried out to God.<\/p>\n<p>The persecution was a fact that varied in form. The\u00a0reaction was just as varied, even with the call to consistently maintain faith in God who is even working out that persecution for the good of those who love Christ Jesus and thus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/5-reasons-to-rejoice-in-persecution\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately a source for rejoicing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, does that mean that every situation where someone says, \u201cI\u2019m being persecuted\u201d is indeed a case of persecution? No. In some cases, it might just be <a href=\"http:\/\/parablemania.ektopos.com\/archives\/2004\/02\/victimology.html\" target=\"_blank\">victimology (to borrow a term)<\/a>. We might see the idea of being a victim, just as persecution, across multiple groups of people.<\/p>\n<p>And yet,\u00a0there are cases of legal action taken against a person for their beliefs, or a loss of job, or within academia, or being thrown into prison (instead of allowing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/09\/07\/opinion\/we-dont-need-kim-davis-to-be-in-jail.html\" target=\"_blank\">a conscientious dissent<\/a>), or business contracts being denied or, well whatever\u2014like I said we\u2019re creative\u2014we shouldn\u2019t be so hasty so as to dismiss the pain or ignore the reality of the persecution. \u00a0You can see some other modern examples in the book by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0802869408\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0802869408&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biblearchive-20&amp;linkId=EA55D2KXRFIASMCX\" target=\"_blank\">DA Carson on intolerance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the persecution has not succeeded to the ultimate level of death, but that chain of suffering that culminates in death has to start somewhere. 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