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Pakistan – According to Asia News, a Pentecostal church near Lahore Pakistan was attacked last Sunday by several unidentified assailants wielding military-style weapons. The attack left several Christians injured, but fortunately no one was killed.

A group of unidentified Muslims reported open fire on The New Hope Church of Pakistan, located in Sheracote, near Lahore. The attack took place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 5.

“I was cleaning a room when suddenly I heard shots coming from the street,” Rukhsana Bibi, a survivor of the attack, told Asia News. “I fainted for a while.”

“The attackers had military-style weapons and fired directly at the houses,” Simon Aleem, a Christian journalist, told Asia News. “They wounded several people, including the New Hope Church pastor, Pastor Asif Nawab Masih.”

According to other survivors, the Christians of New Hope Church had been the victims of intense harassments in the days leading up to the attack. Christian families going to the church were routinely mocked and insulted with offensive language.

“The government is making great efforts to protect and safeguard minority places of worship,” Roheel Zafar Shahi, Secretary General of the Pakistan Minority Right Commission, said. “Unfortunately, in the last three years, incidents and abuses against minorities have increased by 40%.”
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Since the death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in 33-36 A.D., Christians have endured unrelenting persecution and, at times, even genocide. Despite this, the light of Christianity has never been extinguished, and the number of Christ followers continues to increase.

According to a 2024 report from the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), a secular non-profit organization based in Germany, Christianity is “the most persecuted religion worldwide.” The ISHR also reported in 2009 that 80% of all religious discrimination globally is directed toward Christians, a largely unreported fact. This data points to Christians experiencing a disproportionate level of discrimination. Despite Christianity being the world’s most popular religion, it accounts for only about a third of the world’s population.

Indeed, millions of Christians have died for their faith since the time of Christ.

An estimated 20,000 Christians were massacred from 1899 to 1901 during The Boxer Rebellion in China. Within two decades, from 1915-1916, between 600,000 and 1.2 million Armenian Christians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed because of their Christian identity. And in Nigeria, approximately 62,000 Christians have been murdered for their faith since 2000. The list continues to grow as Christians worldwide are being killed for their faith today.

Yet, despite the ongoing persecution, Christians remain steadfast in their faith. According to Pew Research, between 2015 and 2060, “the number of Christians is projected to rise by 34%.” Additionally, the Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary reported in 2024 that by 2050, Christianity will see its largest increase in Africa, followed by Asia and Latin America.

The growth is projected as Christians throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East especially continue to endure egregious persecution, including torture, rape, and executions, as well as job discrimination, family expulsion, and societal pressures. The light of Christ continues to shine within them, an immovable anchor in a world lost at sea. Or, as John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
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One of the strangest verses in the Bible: Jude 9

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Without question, one of the strangest verses in the Bible is Jude 9: “But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you!’” Questions have long swirled around this verse, and the death and burial of Moses in general.

The canonical record of the death and burial of Moses is shrouded in mystery in Deuteronomy 34. Verse 1 says, “Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan.” A few verses later, verses 5-6 add, “So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day.” After seeing the Promised Land from afar, Moses died alone in the presence of the Lord. Then something mysterious happened: Moses did not have a normal funeral and burial. The text says that “He” — presumably Yahweh — buried Moses in a secret grave. Nothing in this chapter mentions the devil, Michael, or a dispute about Moses’ body.

The mysterious nature of Moses’ burial proved to be fertile soil in which Jewish speculations and legends would grow. One source of discussion was a Jewish work entitled The Assumption of Moses. Another Jewish text called The Testament of Moses also mentions these events, although scholars are divided on whether these were two separate works or the same work under two different titles. Whatever the case, the text of these writings is incomplete, and the part that refers to Moses’ burial has been lost.

To complicate matters further, Jude might never have seen these writings and could have been referring to an oral tradition familiar to his original readers. Regardless of the specific source, we can conclude that Jude’s readers knew about this tradition since Jude assumes they understand what he is discussing without further context.

Does that mean that the original text or tradition Jude references was the inspired Word of God? No, just because the Bible quotes a non-inspired text or refers to an oral tradition not found in Scripture does not mean those texts and traditions were inspired by God. The Bible is a historical book, which means it will include historical facts that may be found in other writings or traditions. The biblical writers were moved by the Spirit to include those non-inspired texts or traditions in the inspired text of Scripture because those texts or traditions were historically accurate and reflected the truth God wanted to communicate in that portion of Scripture about that historical event. Therefore, we can conclude that Jude’s inclusion of this story about Michael and the devil is historically reliable since the Spirit of God moved Jude to include it in the New Testament as a historical account. The way it is worded in Jude is exactly as the Spirit wanted it to be articulated so that we have a true description of what happened.

After Moses’ death, there was a dispute about his body that arose between the devil and Michael the archangel. But why? The most plausible explanation comes from Richard Bauckham, who argues that the devil disputed with Michael about the body because Moses was a sinner. Furthermore, Moses was not just any sinner, but he was a murderer. In Exodus 2:12, Moses killed an Egyptian for beating one of the Hebrews. The devil therefore laid claim to Moses’ body, and such a claim was meant to be not only over Moses’ body but over his soul. Because Moses had so flagrantly violated the law of God, he stood condemned. This explanation comports well with what we know of the devil, who is also called the accuser of the brethren in Revelation 12:10.

The dispute in Jude 9 was not merely an argument, but the Greek words Jude employs speak of a legal battle. The devil was laying legal claim to Moses based on Moses’ sin. We see something similar in Zechariah 3:1. Joshua the High Priest of Israel is standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan stands at the right hand of Joshua to accuse Joshua of sin before the Lord. This accusation was not unfounded, for Zechariah 3:3 tells us that Joshua was standing before the Lord in filthy garments, representative of his sin and guilt before the Lord. Satan’s claim appeared to be legally valid at first because Joshua was indeed a sinner who deserved condemnation. God, however, provided Joshua with festal robes, replacing his guilt with the Lord’s own justifying righteousness. In a similar fashion, the devil is making a legal claim against Moses, that Moses deserves to be condemned for his sin. Such an accusation against the servant of the Lord demands a clear response.

Michael, who is described as one of the chief defenders of the people of God in Daniel 12:1, responds to the devil, but perhaps not in the way we might expect. Jude tells us that Michael “did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment.” Michael did not presume to step into God’s role as the one who judges the wicked. Although he was the archangel with so much power among the hosts of Heaven, Michael recognized God had prescribed limits to his authority — limits that he must respect for the honor and glory of the Lord.

Michael’s response, “The Lord rebuke you,” is identical to what the angel of the Lord said to Satan in Zechariah 3:2, indicating that this tradition was closely linked to that account as well. This response, as Thomas Schreiner has noted, does not mean that Michael is asking the Lord to give Satan a verbal “dressing down.” Instead, Michael is calling upon the Lord to render His righteous judgment in the legal dispute over Moses’ body. Michael is asking the Lord both to vindicate His servant Moses and to condemn the accuser of the brethren, the devil.

Michael’s response models a true and proper faith in God’s justice. The one who believes God will judge righteously need not condemn the wicked, not even the devil, nor does he need to vindicate himself. Instead, he can rest, knowing the Lord Himself will vindicate His people and condemn the wicked.

Michael’s humble trust in God’s justice stands in stark contrast to the false teachers who are described as revilers. They “reject authority, and revile angelic majesties,” and they “revile the things which they do not understand.” They do not tremble to take the place of God by establishing themselves and their opinions as the standard of judgment, and they arrogate to themselves the prerogative to justify and to condemn based on their imagined standard of righteousness.

True believers by contrast live humbly before God, recognizing that our role is not to establish the standard of righteousness or to judge whether others have achieved that standard. Our responsibility is to submit to God’s standard of righteousness, to proclaim it according to His Word, and to leave the final judgment of others where it belongs — in the hands of the one true Lawgiver and Judge.

This mysterious passage proves quite relevant and powerful, reminding us humbly to obey our Lord by faith, resting in the truth that the Judge of all the earth will do what is right. Furthermore, it provides immense comfort to the believer. The devil will accuse us of sin and guilt, but our Lord has overcome our sin and guilt at the cross, so that none of his accusations against us will stand. We have been clothed with Christ’s righteousness, and all our filthy garments were buried in a grave that no one will ever find.
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ന്യൂഡൽഹി: സ്വന്തം വാട്‌സ്ആപ്പിലേക്ക് എത്തുന്ന അനാവശ്യമായ സന്ദേശങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കാൻ മൊബൈൽ ഉപയോക്താക്കൾക്ക് ഉതകുന്ന പുതിയ ഫീച്ചറുമായി മെറ്റ. ഫെയ്സ്ബുക്കിന്റേയും വാട്ട്സ്ആപ്പിന്റേയും ഇൻസ്റ്റഗ്രാമിന്റേയുമെല്ലാം ഉടമകളായ മെറ്റ പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോംസ് ഇൻക് ആണ് പുതിയ ഫീച്ചർ അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. അജ്ഞാത നമ്പറുകളിൽ നിന്ന് വരുന്ന സന്ദേശങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്നതാണ് ഈ ഫീച്ചർ.

വാട്സ്ആപ്പ് ബീറ്റ ആൻഡ്രോയിഡ് 2.24.20.16 അപ്‌ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്കാണ് നിലവിൽ ഫീച്ചർ ലഭ്യമാകുകയെന്ന് മെറ്റ അധികൃതർ വ്യക്തമാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. സെറ്റിങ്‌സിൽ ഫീച്ചർ ഇനേബിൾ ചെയ്താൽ അപരിചിത നമ്പറുകളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള മെസേജുകൾ ഈ ഫീച്ചർ തരംതിരിക്കും. സെറ്റിങ്സിൽ ‘പ്രൈവസി-അഡ്വാൻസ്ഡ്-ബ്ലോക്ക് അൺനോൺ അക്കൗണ്ട് മെസേജസ്’ എന്നിങ്ങനെയുള്ള ഓപ്ഷനുകൾ തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്താൽ ഫീച്ചർ ഉപയോഗിക്കാനാവും.

നിലവിലെ സാഹചര്യത്തിൽ ബീറ്റ പതിപ്പ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് മാത്രമേ അപരിചിതമായ നമ്പറുകളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള മെസേജുകൾ ബ്ലോക്ക് ചെയ്യാനുള്ള സൗകര്യം ലഭ്യമായിട്ടുള്ളൂ. ഈ ഫീച്ചർ എല്ലാ ഉപയോക്താക്കൾക്കും ലഭിക്കാൻ ഇനിയും കാത്തിരിക്കണം. പ്രൈവസി ഉറപ്പാക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള മറ്റ് രണ്ട് പുത്തൻ ഫീച്ചറുകൾക്കൊപ്പമാണ് അൺനോൺ അക്കൗണ്ടുകളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള മെസേജുകൾ ബ്ലോക്ക് ചെയ്യാനുള്ള ഓപ്ഷനും വരുന്നത്.

അക്കൗണ്ടുകൾ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനൊപ്പം ഡിവൈസിന്റെ പ്രവർത്തനം മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്താനുമാണ് ഈ ഫീച്ചർ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. അപരിചിതമായ നമ്പറിൽ നിന്നുള്ള സന്ദേശങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം ഫീച്ചർ ബ്ലോക്ക് ചെയ്യില്ല. നിശ്ചിത പരിധിക്ക് അപ്പുറമുള്ള മെസേജുകൾ വരുന്ന നമ്പറുകളെ മാത്രമേ ഇത് തടയൂ.
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