Could This Be The Great Apostasy? The Bible teaches before the rapture occurs, two things will transpire: (1) The [great] apostasy and (2) The revealing of the antichrist.
What Did Jesus Mean: Take Up Your Cross? This phrase about us taking up our cross has been watered down to mean something less than the high demands set forth by the Lord himself
Persecution: The Ultimate Test Around 111 AD, in the days of Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan, early Christians were subjected to the ultimate test of fidelity to the Lord Jesus Christ -- worship the emperor's statue and the images of the pagan gods or be led away to execution.
The Martyrdom of Saints Marcellus and Cassian Marcellus was a native of Tingis (now Tangier), and a centurion during the reign of Diocletian. He cast away his arms and
declared himself a Christian, for which he was sentenced [in 298] by the govenor Fortunatus to be beheaded. At the time
of Marcellus's trial Cassian was a shorthand writer in the court. He declared that the sentence of Marcellus was unjust, for
which heresy he himself was imprisoned and a little later suffered the same martyrdom.
The Apostle Judas Iscariot Once saved always saved proponents face many difficult passages of Scripture, that is, difficult for them because they clearly contradict their treasured and beloved doctrine. The contradictions from Scripture concerning their teaching exist either by specific example or simple declaration pertaining to this subject. Regarding examples that contradict eternal security, perhaps the Apostle Judas Iscariot is most difficult for them.
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