“How favored you become when you are hated, excommunicated, or slandered, or when your name is spoken of as evil because of your love for me, the Son of Man.
For those living in constant goodness and doing what pleases him, seeking an unfading glory and honor and imperishable virtue, will experience eternal life.
Do not yield to fear in the face of the suffering to come but be aware of this: the devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison to test your faith. For ten days you will have distress but remain faithful to the day you die, and I will give you the victor’s crown of life.
I have given them your message and that is why the unbelieving world hates them. For their allegiance is no longer to this world because I am not of this world.
Because you’ve passionately kept my message of perseverance, I will also keep you from the hour of proving that is coming to test every person on earth.
If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life’s difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you pass the test with faith, and receive the victorious crown of life promised to every lover of God!
Brothers will betray each other unto death—even a father his child. Children will rise up to take a stand against their parents and have them put to death.