Luke 21:12-19 ¹² “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. ¹³ And so you will bear testimony to me. ¹⁴ But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. ¹⁵ For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. ¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ Everyone will hate you because of me. ¹⁸ But not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ Stand firm, and you will win life.
This passage is discussing what the world will look like before the end of the age. Persecution will run rampant but he encourages them to stand firm and trust God for strength and words to speak. Similar to Joshua, we must choose to follow God and not steer away (Joshua 24 “as for me and my house, we will follow the LORD”).
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