DP - your are 100%. As sad as it may be. I just want out before it gets terrible. I feel it's coming soon to the states.
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The time coming is the "evil day" Apostle Paul was speaking of in Ephesians 6. We are to make 'a stand', with putting on the whole armor of God. That is our weapon for this coming battle.
Most of all, we must overcome the fear of death, not allowing that idea to affect our stand for Christ, for if they kill our flesh, there's nothing more they can do to us (Matt.10:28).
It boils down to actually putting our Faith in our Heavenly Father and His Son during that time, and not in anything else of this world, knowing that He is with us in that stand.
Not all of us have been drafted by our Lord Jesus Christ to make that stand of being delivered up to give a Testimony for Him by The Holy Spirit. But we all have been called to put our Faith in Him that He will be with us like He said.
We will be hated by all the world, even by some of our friends and family who will be deceived to the false messiah. Even in that we must put our trust in our Lord Jesus more than in a deceived beloved family member if needs be.