The bigger picture is Christ is building His Kingdom regardless of what evil people plan or do.
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In no case where I said "killed" was I referring to the government killing people. In every case I was talking about lynch mobs made by ordinary people. Especially in Pakistan - their government does not want to touch that with a 10 foot pole.
I lived in Jordan where all religions are tolerated. They have a large foreign workforce including Chinese belt and road initiative workers.
It's very tolerant and my barber was a Muslim. We became friends (siddiqs), that man shaved me with a straight razor 2x a week for the time I was there.
Just a simple man with a family and small business. A good guy who practiced the gentle things about Islam.
One day he asked me to convert, we talked many times about it and i explained that I could not change because Christians are permanent changed by the receiving of the gift of holy spirit.
One day I show up and he shaves me (I'm bald) and after invites me to his home.
Whe there he shows me N Arabic Christian Bible he purchased used.
So I found the verses Nd highlighted a bunch of stuff for him. I don't know what ever became of it as eventually I had to return to Iraq for work.
People all over only k ow what they're taught. It's the heart God looks upon. I think he still felt empty amd I was always so energized and as much as I could be loving toward him. I brought his children small gifts and usually brought cookies from a small bakery to share over tea with him. I'll never forget that guy and maybe when we are all gathered together I will see him among the saints. Wouldn't that be great.
Iran only executes 150 people a year and they are the Islamic nation that executes by far the most people. And less than 1/5 are even tied to religion, let alone religion being the main cause - most are violent criminals such as rapists, they like seeing rapists hanging from construction cranes. Of the religion cases, the vast majority have to do with criticizing Islam rather than anything to do with Christianity. Literally the only confirmed case of a christian getting formally executed in Iran by their government is Hossein Soodmand - for being an apostate preacher.
It is common people performing lynchings that target christians, but not governments to kill them.