EGYPTIAN MARTYRS

- their testimony has not been in vain!

The Bible Society of Egypt has responded in a remarkable way to the cruel killing of Egyptian Christians by ISIS in Libya.  (Who can forget those brave orange clad young men?)They produced a tract with Bible verses! This is true Christian "revenge" of spreading the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus.

On the front this moving poem is found...

Two rows of men walked the shore
of the sea,
On a day when the world’s tears
would run free,
One a row of assassins, who
thought they did right,
The other of innocents, true sons
of the light,
One holding knives in hands held
high,
The other with hands empty,
defenseless and tied,
One row of slits to conceal glaringdead
eyes,
The other with living eyes raised
to the skies,
One row stood steady, pall-bearers
of death,
The other knelt ready, welcoming
heaven’s breath,
One row spewed wretched,
contemptible threats,
The other spread God-given peace
and rest.
A Question...
Who fears the other?
The row in orange, watching
paradise open?
Or the row in black, with minds
evil and broken?

FREEDOM AND PARADISE ARE ONLY FOUND IN JESUS THE TRUE SON OF THE LIVING GOD!

To read in Arabic, click on EGYPT

Testimony of a worker at the Bible Society :

“I am encouraged” she said, “because now I know that what we have been taught in history books about Egyptian Christians being martyred for their faith is not just history but that there are Christians today who are brave enough to face death rather than deny their Lord! When I saw these young men praying as they were being prepared for execution and then many of them shouting “O Lord Jesus” as their throats were being slit, I realized that the Gospel message can still help us to hold on to the promises of God even when facing death!”