OPINION (ETH) – While the spotlight on Christian persecution remains steady on China lately, Believers around the world are suffering the same persecution. In fact, these circumstances will only increase as we get closer to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul stated:
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world“.- 1 Peter 5:7-9
A recent report coming out of India really sparks a conversation of “How long will it be until we see this happening not only in places like India and Saudi Arabia but in the West? Is there coming a time in America that you could be arrested for attempting to convert someone from one religious faith to another? There are already laws put in place for this in other locations called “Anti-Conversion Laws” and the following is a preview of this:
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, five Christians from India’s Uttar Pradesh state were taken into police custody after being falsely accused of engaging in forced religious conversions. According to local Christians, police eventually released all five, but only after three were kept in police custody overnight.
The incident took place in Udaypatty village, located in the Jaunpur district, at approximately 12 noon as local Christians were gathered for a prayer service. According to Sunder Bhardwaj, one of the Christians arrested, a mob of radical Hindu nationalists accompanied by two police officers from the Barasti Police Station arrived and disrupted the prayer service shortly after it had started.
Police and members of the mob then took Gopi Patel, Dukhiram Maurya, Sunder Bhardwaj, Umesh Kumhar, and Surender Prasad Kashyap into custody. All five were taken to the Barasti Police Station after radicals accused these men of engaging in forced religious conversions. READ MORE
