The Plight of Coptic Monks
According to their calendar, it’s the 15th century, and their mindset reflects it: Land Dispute or Jihad? The Coptic Monastery Raid Revisited
From the article:
The video report depicted numerous monks, bruised, burnt, and bloodied, with broken bones and punctured wounds. One monk was severely beaten on the head, another stabbed in the neck…
“One of the monks had his arm and legs broken. The other two were tied together with ropes, suspended from a tree, and severely beaten with hoses and sticks. Afterwards, they were placed—upside down and still tied together—on the back of a donkey and shoved off. The monks were further commanded to spit on the cross and proclaim the shahada [the profession of Muslim faith that 'There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet,' which, when uttered in front of Muslims, transform the speaker into a Muslim]—beaten every time they refused, and even threatened with death.”
In their ignorance of Church history, they did not know that their basic nature is the same as those who beat St. Peter and his fellow Apostles:
[W]hen they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. (Acts 5:40-42)
2,000 years of persecution hasn’t eliminated Christians from the earth. Not even Stalin’s highly-organized purges could stop Christians from singing their hymns and taking Holy Communion. Why do these guys think they can do greater? As Gamaliel warned before the Apostles were beaten, “if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing; but if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it!” (Acts 5:38-39)
