Luke 21:5-19 “They will lay their hands on you and persecute you.” This is what Jesus promises to His disciples will happen to them. If you’re like me, you probably think about this how this passage might apply to you in terms of hypotheticals. “Some day, when things have gotten bad enough, I too may be persecuted, and I want to be ready.” But to the disciples to whom Jesus was speaking, the threat of persecution was a not a... Read more