In the Holy Bible, when you read
the book of Exodus, God’s chosen children Israel lived in Egypt along with the
Egyptians in peace and joy. But then came a new king in Egypt who made Israel
slaves and tortured them, even killed their male child by throwing them into
Nile (Exodus 1).
God heard the cry of Israel and
He appointed Moses to be their leader to rescue them. Moses went to Pharaoh and
pleaded him to let Israelites go to their promised land and worship God. But
not only Pharaoh listened to him but also gave the Israelites more work and tortured
them more. Then God brought plagues against the nation of Egypt, but the
children of Israel were not affected. Pharaoh understood the power of God, but
was not willing to obey Him. Every time a plague came, he called Moses and told
he will let them go, but once the plague stopped, he will change his mind.
Finally God decided to show his
mighty hand against the people of Egypt. So God hardened the heart of Pharaoh.
Pharaoh tortured Israelites the most until God send an Angel to kill all the
first born male Egyptians, including the house of the king. Pharaoh had a time
when he got a chance to let Israel go. But instead of seeing the power of God,
he hardened his heart. Finally the time came God hardened Pharaoh’s heart to
put him under great destruction, because he rose against God’s children.
Today, we see how the nations are
gathered against the country of Israel and have taken decision to wipe Israel
from the world map. But still God is fighting for his chosen ones and made a
small nation, a powerful one. Still knowing God is with Israel; the nations are
hardening their heart and are trying to attack Israel daily. We see the number
of rockets which are fired from Gaza to Israel. This is the same thing what happened
to Pharaoh, “The Lord hardened their heart”, so to destroy them completely.
God is still guarding his people,
the Old Israel, to show the New Israel, the ones who accepted Jesus Christ as
their saviour, how He will keep them safe from their enemies. When you follow
Christ and live for Him, persecution and opposition will come against you in
different ways. You will see God helping you to come out of the troubled
situation. But sometimes, persecution comes and your life will get harder. The
same God who hardened the heart of Pharaoh is hardening the heart of the ones
against you, to clear them up from your path towards your heavenly crown. 
“Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil
will put come of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for
ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as
your victor’s crown” Revelation 2: 10.
For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16.
Persecution and testing come against the
children of God, who confess their sins and accept Christ as their saviour, who
died as the punishment for your sins. “
As you confess your sins, accept Christ as your
saviour and live a righteous life, May the Lord be with you, whatever
opposition may be against you, God is going to destroy them in Jesus name.
