Believers are caught behind the Islamic Curtain. They are trapped, facing beatings and death for their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I urge you to pray and support individuals and organizations taking a risk to rescue those in danger.

 James 5:16 exhorts us to, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

 When we look at a map of the Middle East, it shows us the countries where leadership structures have changed, dictators have fallen. And yet, dictators are still in charge. People have been martyred for their faith in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, and in virtually every Islamic country on the planet. This is not a religion of peace. It is a religion that intends to spread its message by force and violence to make a convert and to keep a convert.

 When a religion threatens to kill people if they do not convert to it, and then threatens to kill them if they dare leave it, I submit to you, you do not have the world’s largest religion; you have the world’s largest cult.

 What is occurring today in the Middle East is setting the stage for the events the Bible predicts will happen in the future. Forces are at work to destabilize governments and bring them into an Islamic Caliphate.

 The Bible says in Psalm 2 the rulers of the world plot against the Messiah, God’s Anointed One:

 “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision,” Psalm 2:1-4.

 The Psalmist reminds us that God is on the throne. God is in control of what is happening in the universe. Today we can respond to His truth or reject it. There is something afoot in Afghanistan and the Middle East that is beyond human explanation. The Bible describes it as an influence of the Prince of Darkness, Satan himself.

 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places,” Ephesians 6:12.

 We are dealing with spiritual warfare that is playing out in the politics of the world in which we live. Time may very well be running out for our planet. The depraved nature of the human heart is incapable of living at peace with others because so many are not at peace with God and with themselves.

 As chaos unfolds and the world totters on the brink of disaster. Many wonder if we have already passed the point of no return. However, the grace of God is longsuffering. God often waits longer than we would as human beings because He is giving people an opportunity to come to faith in Christ.

 While we know God is sovereign and in control, He does use our prayers and finances to accomplish His will on Earth. Pray today how God can use you to help persecuted Christians in Afghanistan and the Middle East.