“The righteous are not always exempt from suffering in a fallen world. Saints suffer.
We pointed-out that prophets were customarily killed. OT believers had “trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented – of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise” (Hebrews 11:36-39).
We sometimes fare no better. The apostle Paul has a long section on suffering in Romans 8 with the theme, “FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL DAY LONG.”
At many points along the timeline of humanity, being a Christian is the deadliest job.“
