Christians of Egypt in the Den of Lions
Words cannot fully express the grief, lamentation, and abhorrence stirred by the injustices facing Christians in Egypt. Are they living among people—or in a den of lions? In today’s Egypt, lawlessness, bloodshed, deceit, and advocates of evil seem fiercer than lions. In the story of Daniel, when he was cast into the lions’ den, Scripture says, “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him” (Daniel 6:22, NLT). Early the next morning, the king hurried to the den and cried out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” (Daniel 6:20). With the same anguish, we cry today: “Christians of Egypt, servants of the living God! Has your God, whom you serve faithfully, rescued you from the lions?” O God of Daniel—are You not the same God of the persecuted Christians in Egypt? Surely You are, for You have declared: “For I am the Lord...