Dale Ridge church of Christ » Antiochus Epiphanes http://daleridgechurchofchrist.net Serving Botetourt County, Cloverdale and Roanoke an Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:02:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Being Worthy of Thy Brethren http://daleridgechurchofchrist.net/2008/09/28/being-worthy-of-thy-brethren/ http://daleridgechurchofchrist.net/2008/09/28/being-worthy-of-thy-brethren/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:00:20 +0000 Michael http://daleridgechurchofchrist.net/?p=589 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” – Revelation 12:11

              Many inspiring accounts exist of those who held stalwart to their faith during the period of the Roman persecution of Christians from the first century and thereafter.  There are also stirring stories of those who held fast their faith at other periods as well.

             Antiochus Epiphanes (215-164), an evil Seleucid ruler of whom the prophet Daniel spoke (Daniel 9), persecuted the Jews during the intertestamental …

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