Voice of the Martyrs

[janeym]

Is the music from Braveheart? It's so beautiful!

[VVga]

Amazing video listing the facts how they were killed for the sake of Christ, but it won't let me share it? Any ideas??

[swordseller1]

True Christians will not fearful of death because to die is gain according to the Bible

[31behold]

I know it sounds weird but its true. I have a firm belief in God which is poisen to the enemies ears. They devil believes that mans pursuit of happiness a false one that is, is enough to be happy. Jesus has a plan and he needs a SURE fellowship. Satan is a lier and he will perishand wants you to go with him.

[31behold]

I had a vision that one day many people will be killed innocently. They were poisened and did not know they were being lead to death. I also had a vision that people will be brought back into slavery. I have a three powers i know of they are intuition, telekinesis, and a hidden power of the martyrs. As a child i would try to unlock an out of body strength. I already controlled something with my mind. I might have to get out of body when Satans army is in full force.

[BradenToler]

@31behold if you are a child of God then you should not fear poison! do you not trust Jesus? He said any deadly thing would not hurt us if we drank it. And the only "powers" are the gifts of the spirit, there is not hidden power of the martyrs. If you think you have powers other than the gifts of the spirit, then you are being manipulated by a spirit. I pray the lord reveals this to you.

[swordseller1]

GOD has already seen and know the end story or how His followers will be killed and every circumstances each one will face. Jesus foreknew how Peter will be killed. Likewise all of us who are called. As Paul says to live is Christ and to die is gain

[ThePsalm40]

John 17:1-26 Jesus prayed to His Father before going to be sacrificed for us, His prayer was for those who have carried His Word and those who have believed thru them praise God.

[WalterMartinJude3]

Thanks for posting. May the Lord continue to teach those who are His how to endure suffering and to carry their Cross on the battlefield for truth and righteousness.

[katelling1]

katelling 1

let us never forget that the sacrifice of thousands is the reason why we are here today 

[theluellen]

If you are following Jesus then you must also follow his message of Non-Violence. We are in a spiritual war and it is fought with Prayer, Fasting, Turning our hearts back to God. Get Ready, Jesus is coming soon. Get Ready

[lionheart211969]

In 1357, Yohan Wycliffe and his followers, the "Lollards," tried to end the Great Persecution (Mt 24:21) early by translating the Latin Vulgate "scripture" into English and Deutsche but sadly they never translated from the one of the thousands of near-original AHlenic, nor the much fewer original YAHUWan, texts of Scripture. However the lollards, who mostly died as scripture Martyrs by the hands of English Catholics (like "Bloody Mary"), did open the Scriptural door for the Reformation. AmaniYA!

[KnightOwl2006]

the power elites still despise Christians.

[iorixs]

20th century, several million murdered in ww1 and ww2

[araregoodguy]

there could be more yet, wait and see what happens with these new age assholes.

[theluellen]

the greatest weapon of mass destruction is abortion

[DanPrinMan]

@theluellen

On the money. It's a shame people can't see this.

[ScottishFiddleLesson]

nice music

[MovieBumonTwitter]

"And you call yourself Radical because you wear a Christian T-Shirt"-Paul Washer

[GrayEagle48]

And it goes on still today

[nedboer]

those that are percecuting gods people are realy satans servants . REV 2;10 , do not be afraid of the thigs you are to suffer .look the devil will keep on throwing some of you into prison that you may be fully put to the test ;; today christians are being percecuted espcialy in islamic lands . at least we do know as to who is controlling those who are doing she percecuting

[YOUNGNSON]

I recommend Foxes Book of the Martyrs. Mr. Foxe collected the stories and traditions of the history of the Heros of the Faith. Voice of the Martyrs book store can supply you with a copy. I also recommend Jesus Freaks one and two. The history of the church was written in blood. The Martyrs faced execution with a supernatural bravery supplied by God's Holy Spirit. John 15:26, John 14:15-26

[Chrismarr2]

How did people find out how they all eventually died? It's not written in the bible how every one of them died, only some. I am just curious, if someone can help me out with that please.

[slputt]

@Chrismarr2 Written in other manuscripts, most or all executions were most likely written down

[MnSPictures]

@Heidi2317 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."John 15:18-19

[aneejthomas]

We walk the way of this evil world with every justification we can find to justify our ways be it with the rules of this world or the prejudistic minds we have developed within us not knowing IT will happen or knowing IT will happen and pretending IT never/might exist-The Rapture-but mind it my friends(brothers/sisters) , we will be held accountable for everything, everything, everything....a warning i too take personally....LORD be with you all

[miriancita]

thanks for upload this video, i like!!

[integrachic25]

QUE LA SANGRE DE CRISTO REPRENDA A SATANAS AHORA MISMO!!

[risadanielle]

The great strength, bravery, and faith all of these people had can only come from God. Their memories should be respected and admired forever. They truly sacrificed everything for God's Almighty Honor, and I know He will greatly bless them. May they all rest in peace, and what a priviledge it will be to meet them in Heaven. Praise God for showing us how strong and how faithful His servants should be.

[10mwolf]

God is perfectly good. There is no evil in Him. The only reason you can look at the design of the world, the complexity of a single celled organism, and all the other complex things of this world and NOT see God is because you are blinded (just was we all were before Christ) by your own sin. You treasure it (as I use to) and therefore DENY the only one that can save you from it. Where is your logic in that?

[aringua]

Jesus is the righteous One, He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but for all the sins of the world.

1 John 2:2

( He is coming soon and every knee will bow down to the great I am)

[MartinJWillett]

Christians have inflicted far more suffering than they have absorbed. Does the suffering of the victims of Christians prove that Christianity is false and evil? Is truth measured by measuring the volume of blood spilled in suppressing a cause?

No. Truth doesn't need any bloodshed. Suffering is totally irrelevant to truth. If I get the answer wrong and then stab myself in the eyeball the answer does not become right, neither does it become right if somebody decides to kill me.

[1love1peace1joy]

Dear MartinJWillett

Thank you for sharing your believes with us, it shows that you care about the others and in your view you want to lead them to see the truth and the light. I just have 2 points to share with you:

1) Are you willing to take the gamble that after you pass away you'll find that there is really a God. Why it's so important to prove that God doesn't exist?

2) Don't judge Christianity based of Christians, we are all humans and we all do make mistakes.

God Bless you and He Loves you

[MartinJWillett]

What gamble? For there to be a gamble I would have to exist separate from my body. I have no experiences of existing without a body. All my experiences are entirely consistent with the hypothesis that I am my body. When my body is asleep or drunk or anaesthetized so am I. So when my body ceases to work I cease to be. It's a very simple concept and one which obviously was also the default assumption for all Hebrews until the time of the Babylonian captivity - read that Bible and see for yourself.

[AtarahDerek]

"As for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that God said, 'I Am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." -Jesus, quoting a passage from Exodus.

If anything, Babylon is when a lot of Jewish religious leaders stopped believing in the resurrection and eternal life. The promise of eternal life predates Babylon by a good 2500 years. Otherwise, why promise a Messiah to all of humanity, let alone one nation?

[MartinJWillett]

You don't fool me with your tricksy readings. I have read the Bible, page by page, fresh. If you read the Old Testament with the New in your head you can't understand what it says, that is why Christians always read from both Testaments at every service, to keep you constantly bamboozled.

Why would anybody have to be immortal to benefit from a king? Jewish messiahs are just kings, not the sons of God. You're clutching at straws, there is no afterlife in Judaism until well after Isaiah.

[AtarahDerek]

So God's name, revealed in Exodus, means nothing? God is. Not was. He did not tell Moses, "I was the God of your ancestors." He told him, "I AM the God of your ancestors."

If Jesus was wrong in anything He said about the Father, you'll have to submit evidence of this.

In light of God's promise to Abraham, what else would be the purpose of the sacrifice, if not a precursor to mankind's restoration to eternal life?

[MartinJWillett]

Correct. It means nothing. Exodus does not have God say "Abraham's right here, he sends his love." You are reading far too much into that.

God does not promise eternal life to anybody in the Old Testament. Long life is the proof of God's blessing, that is why all the prophets and patriarchs are described as having absurdly long lives. This would be futile if there was an afterlife. Once the afterlife was invented they stopped pretending that godly people lived ridiculously long lives. Wake up!

[AtarahDerek]

OK, we're using entirely different terms. I'm referring to ETERNAL life and the resurrection. You're referring to life after death. There's a difference. Eternal survival is something we already possess as our souls are immortal.  Eternal life is the restoration of our souls to God. The resurrection is the physical raising of our bodies from the dead. God calling Himself the God of the living--in Exodus--is proof of both concepts. We on the same page now?

[MartinJWillett]

So what is the purpose of eternal life? It had better be a big one if it will sustain you for ever. What will you invest your first billion years of eternity in trying to achieve? Telling somebody what he knew all along huh? Thought so. That must give you immense satisfaction.

You have been sold a bunch of lies, and you are trying to get other people to believe in them too so you feel less of a dupe. And it isn't working. Is it?

[AtarahDerek]

"What will you invest your first billion years of eternity in trying to achieve?"

Getting to know God. Suppose it takes one year to learn everything there is to know about an individual. There have been at least 12 billion people who have been born on this planet throughout history, each possessing part of God's personality. So it should take me no less than 12 billion years to get to know God completely.

Why? What were your plans?

[MartinJWillett]

I have no plans for an impossible existence. I understand what I am. When I was young I had a small brain and small, sensational experiences. Then I grew bigger and my mind grew bigger. Never have I been awake while my brain has been asleep, well while my brain was sick or sober while my brain was drunk. My conclusion: I am my brain. From the same experiences you conclude you are an immortal soul temporarily housed in a body you think shameful. Why? The ancient Hebrews didn't think that.

[AtarahDerek]

You're really bad at reading people, aren't you? You assume that I hate my life because of my body. You assume that the ancient Hebrews were materialistic. You're wrong on both counts. If Abraham was a materialist, he never would have followed God. And he certainly wouldn't have been willing to give up Isaac.

I'm not ashamed of the frailness of my body. I simply place more value on my soul--that is, my mind, will, and emotions--and my spirit, because my body is so temporary.

[MartinJWillett]

I haven't thought about you at all. Stop flattering yourself that this is personal.

I know the ancient Hebrews believed that life ended with death, I've read their pitifully few books. Why would life have to be eternal in order to worship a god? If something (a life blessed by a god) is worth having it is worth having however much of it is available to be had. People keep pets knowing they are likely to outlive them, permanence is not necessary.

[AtarahDerek]

But are you willing to give your life for what you believe to be the truth? Does your faith have that kind of endurance? Truth withstands the test of suffering.

Christians have not inflicted more suffering than they have endured. There were more Christian martyrs in the 20th century than in the 19 before it put together. Even during the time of the Crusades, the number of deaths inflicted by "Christians" pales in comparison to the number of Christian martyrs today.

[MartinJWillett]

I don't believe in magic, I don't believe in sacrifices to placate gods or fate. I have no built-in tendency to aspire to martyrdom. I also don't believe that truth is measured by resistance to torture, if it was then Protestantism and Catholicism would both be true because each sect bunt the others who died willingly as fools. Martyrdom is ridiculous superstitious thinking. I would be prepared to die for my beliefs but I would not expect that would prove that any such beliefs were true!

[AtarahDerek]

But if something is true, you expect that truth to hold up in spite of extreme pressure, constant testing, and the most violent opposition, do you not? The word of God is the only thing in the world to have held up under every test. Thus you can't merely discard it as fairy tales. There has to be something more to it that makes people react to it the way they do. Have you never wondered why we are willing to suffer; willing to forgive and love our enemies?

[MartinJWillett]

Ah, resistance to torture reveals people are telling the truth does it? How? In what way does being right make a person supernaturally brave? Buddhist monks set fire to themselves - are they right? No. Just wrong but brave. Truth and bravery are not connected. Bravery may be connected with sincerity, to a degree, but sincerity does not require verity. People can be sincerely wrong.

People have been martyred for lots of contradictory "truths", and you know it.

[AtarahDerek]

What fool will die for what he knows to be a lie? And if something is a lie, it will not endure over time, especially when it's subjected to trials and torture. Truth is like a lump of coal; you put enough pressure and heat on it, it will only become harder, purer, and more valuable. Unlike a lie, truth cannot be destroyed.

If what I believe is a lie, then why were Christians not wiped out long ago when they dared to love their enemies--which, logistically, is foolishness?

[MartinJWillett]

How many men died believing Hirohito was a god? Martyrdom requires sincere belief, not belief in truth.

The human body is not equipped with any organ capable of detecting truth directly. Hearts pump blood. Brains think and feel. Open your eyes and look around you! People believe different things and are willing to kill and die for different things, this willingness says NOTHING about whether what they believe in is actually true.

19 hijackers believed they were doing Allah's will. So?

[AtarahDerek]

You're still thinking short term. 19 hijackers left a terrible legacy that is all of eight years old and was counterproductive to their goal to Islamize the world. Get away from the here and now and think about history and the future.

Lies cannot last forever.

Truth is timeless. Truth is enduring. Truth is a diamond.

[MartinJWillett]

Short term? What are you talking about? Was Hirohito a god, yes or no? Many men died believing Hirohito was a god. Sincerely. Just as sincere as any Christian or Muslim martyr. Dying proves nothing more than sincerity of belief, at the most. Your willingness to die cannot prove your cause correct.

Of course lies can last for ever, if people use faith! That is the only way lies can be protected. Truth does not need such protection but lies cannot thrive without it.

[AtarahDerek]

Geez, you are a cynic. Marsh wiggles. Oy.

You're right; truth needs no protection. But to believe the truth, you still need faith.

You're saying that one person dying for what they believe does not necessarily prove their belief to be true, and you're right. I'm saying that a value or faith that's been pressed extremely hard over thousands of years and has consequently become stronger cannot be false. The endurance of the Jews and the church is proof that God is Truth.

Diamonds, remember?

[MartinJWillett]

Don't think that reminding me of something I don't agree with reminds me that I agree with it. I am not that stupid.

Truth does not need faith. At all. But religion needs faith. Mathematics doesn't need faith, geography doesn't need faith, economics doesn't need faith, physics doesn't need faith. Only irrational beliefs in invisible beings need faith. Can you think of a reason why that might be? I bet you can if you think about with an open mind, that is one which is not crippled by faith.

[AtarahDerek]

Putting your trust in the truth still requires faith. Scientific exploration cannot occur without faith. When driving at night, do you only go 500 feet or as far as your headlights illuminate and then stop? Of course not, because you have faith that by the time you reach the end of that 500 feet the next 500 will be illuminated. You have more faith than you give yourself credit for. Faith is not weakness, but strength. Stop being such a...grown up!

I've never met anyone as cynical as you.

[MartinJWillett]

You use headlights? Ye of little faith!

There is a world of difference between religious faith and the types of working assumptions which enable us to get on with our lives. I assume that when I leave for work later the roads I drove down yesterday will still be there, that is a working assumption not an absolute faith. If evidence suggests that the bridge has been washed away I will find another route. I keep my eyes open for evidence which contradicts my working assumptions.

[AtarahDerek]

So do I, and with God I haven't found any.

You had faith in your parents as a child, did you not? Do you have no faith in their wisdom now? God is a Father, and I am His child. I trust Him. I have no reason not to trust Him.

Have you ever had surgery? If so, you entrusted your life to your surgeons and nurses. That's an act of faith. Me, I trust my life to God, who gave the surgeons their hands and their minds.

My faith leads to religion--that is, care for widows and orphans. That's bad?

[AtarahDerek]

"Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my Lord who saved me?" -Polycarp

[MartinJWillett]

As I have grown older my faith and trust in my parents has diminished and my confidence in them and respect for them has increased. There is no connection between trust in somebody you have met and trust in an imaginary god.

Giving God the credit for the skills of surgeons is disgusting ingratitude.

Do you really regularly look for evidence of the non-existence of God? If so, in what way and how does it make you feel?

Believing untruths is bad.

[AtarahDerek]

Confidence without faith? Respect without trust? You might as well say the sun shines without light.

And why shouldn't I credit God for the physicians' skills? They do it.

Do you regularly deny evidence that is practically screaming at you that God does exist? Romans 1:18-20. Koro. Y'wa. Viracocha. Need I go on?

Denying self-evident truths is bad.

[MartinJWillett]

Or light shines without the sun?

If you credit the physician's skill to God thank him for my atheism too and for Hitler's hatred of Jews and for the rapist's libido.

[AtarahDerek]

Your atheism is your fault, not God's.

I thank God that in spite of all Satan tries to do to destroy the Jews, they are still God's people, and He still restores them. I thank God for the Messiah He sent through the Jews. I thank God for His glorious power and ability to take any situation, no matter how bad, and bring something beautiful out of it. And don't tell me that doesn't happen; these replies are too short to list all the names and testimonies I could give you.

[MartinJWillett]

That's handy isn't it? You can claim credit on behalf of your god for anything you like and distance him from anything that you don't like.

God can find glory in anything, or distance himself from anything either, even the religious antics of his chosen people. If it's bad it is down to the sins of men or Satan, if it's good it is down to the grace of God. Unprovable claims have no value and what can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.

I don't believe a word of it.

[AtarahDerek]

God is either all good or all evil, since good and evil are as opposite one another as heat and cold, light and darkness. They are mutually exclusive. That's why God can be credited with having a direct hand in producing the one, but cannot be blamed for the other. If God is good, then apart from Him there is only evil. Yet He can take evil and bring good out of it, just as He took darkness and brought light out of it. But when He does, what was there before will not remain.

[MartinJWillett]

God must be either all good or all evil? Says who? That is a naked assertion with no logical support or factual evidence and I can dismiss it as casually as you have asserted it. You are just playing with words, and you're not playing very well.

[JesusLives324]

I agree with MartinJWillett. God is all good and no evil. He allowed free will into the world because without it (and without sin) God could not display His mercy. God knew Adam and Eve were going to sin, but did He hesitate to create people? No, because God knew Jesus Christ was the manifestation of His mercy and love toward a fallen race. Without free will we could not chose to love God, either. God doesn't want us to be obedient robots, He wants children that love Him and obey Him.

[JesusLives324]

Amen Brother!

[davidwsheltonfamily]

awesome brother, may we be counted worthy to suffer for our Lord

[takocamstudios]

this isnt about war or killig people or even dying. this clip shows some of the people who mearly said yes to God. Who said yes and belived, who said yes knowing they where going to died. this clip is about saying yes to god and beliving with un yelding faith even in the face of death or what ever else tests you

[OperationTailGunner]

2000 years ago, Jesus was crucified by the Jews, for threatening their religious and economic system.

2000 years later, the Christians and the Jews have joined forces to crucify and punish Muslims for threatening the current religious and economic systems....breeding a whole new generation of future martyrs of all faiths for the next 2000 years...

The people of the world deserve a break from this madness.....

[AtarahDerek]

Unfortunately it's going to get worse before said break comes in the form of Christ's return and the Millennial Reign. There's a whole 70th week of Daniel to get through yet.

And for the record, it's Muslims killing Christians in the world today, not the other way around. Read about what recently happened in Nigeria.

[OperationTailGunner]

There is religious based killing on all sides...always has been that way, and probably always will be.

I cannot count the number of young people I have seen sign up in the military for reasons of "God and Country". So what does God have to do with the current military campaign?

The Muslims see the U.S. military and Israel as one and the same entity.

And when you see who funds and backs the RNC its hard to say that they are wrong....(Heritage foundation etc,AEI)

Blessed are the peacemakers

[valu777]

Jesus, yielded up the ghost behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying Truly this was the Son of God.

[0olon]

But nobody else noticed. Temple split in two, zombies walking through Jerusalem but nobody else notices. Have you ever asked yourself why?

[valu777]

every one noticed ,, did many write about it ??

a few but at the risk of death  many kept quiet

cheers

[MartinJWillett]

Risk of death? Finally religious lunacy and conspiracy theory have mated and from their foul unnatural union leaps this - BULLSHIT MAN!

[12rena12]

god rocks he loves you

[infavrewetrust]

the song sounds like it is from braveheart.

[AtarahDerek]

There's a reason for that. :D

[chalatenango234]

I thank them and honor them if wasnt for God using these man to share his word and stand their ground I wouldnt be able to practice my freedom of reading the bible and to proclaim my christianity.........they have found their reward in christ........may they be exalted by Gods side for their....love and faith..love you alll thank you.............thank you

[BIGclinker]

whats the name of the song in the background?

[Shadandthe4thOne]

This is what we a believers in Christ Jesus have to look forward to, so we should not be surprised when it comes.

I was wondering if you have anymore video's like this but more modern or if you know a link where I can watch something like this?

Thanks and the Lord Jesus is our strength in all things,

Quinn

[Adelina1389]

yeah, there are videos called modern persecution or modern martyrs. I just watched one several minutes ago. So true what you said, but I know I am not prepared. What if I become so scared I will deny Him? For me, that is the scaries part..

[sophiethenerd]

@Shadandthe4thOne

You can read martyrs stories i Jesus Freaks dc talk and Dc talk. =)

[OurLordLennon]

@Shadandthe4th" MORE MODERN?" There ARE MANY billions of innocent people MURDERED by the US military Industrial complex, war for corporate profit, occupation, control, pillage, and plunder, for centuries, recently, etc....& EVERYDAY! The war on terror IS A LIE! WAR IS A RACKET! look that up! AND IS THE HAND OF satan in our governance! THE CLEANSING IS NIGH!

[araregoodguy]

@Shadandthe4thOne I feel like this too and although I would never deny god it makes me very frightened.

[theocratickingdom30]

Wow! The best video I have ever seen.

[Adelina1389]

the saddest video I have ever seen...the suffering they went through is way beyong our imagination..i mean, we are in our homes, warm and confortable watching a video about their death...we cannot really understand it.

[theocratickingdom30]

I agree! I've studied what it was like when many of those men were burned at the stake. I have never been the same since then. I'm a coward compared to those men.

[AtarahDerek]

These stories are not meant to merely elicit sympathy from those who hear them; they are meant to encourage and inspire. Hebrews 12:1 calls the martyrs a "great cloud of witnesses," cheering us on as we "run with endurance the race set before us." If God gave them the strength to stand for Him, He will surely do the same for you.

[utulake]

bravo lor eroi ai credintei

[revholland1]

'The blood of the martrys is the seed of the church'To be with Christ is far better.

[revholland1]

'The blood of the martrys is the seed of the church'To be with Christ is far better.

[veetamine]

God bless us..