Exemplified.
Abel,
Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they
were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him.
1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of
that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him?
Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Ahimelech and his fellow priests,
1 Samuel 22:18-19
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that
day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. And Nob, the
city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and
women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the
edge of the sword.
Prophets and Saints of old,
1 Kings 18:4 For it was so,
when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an
hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with
bread and water.)
1 Kings 19:10 And he said, I have been very
jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets
with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Luke 11:50-51 That the blood of all the
prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be
required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say
unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Urijah,
Jeremiah 26:23
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people.
John the Baptist,
Mark 6:27
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to
be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Peter,
John 21:18-19
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst
thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old,
thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and
carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying
by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he
saith unto him, Follow me.
Stephen,
Acts 7:58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
Primitive Christians,
Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Acts 22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acts 26:10 Which thing I also did in
Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having
received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to
death, I gave my voice against them.
James,
Acts 12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Antipas,
Revelation 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
No matter what comes the way of our work, we reach there,
No matter what WE shine still
Edwine
