Unleash His Majesty

More from Voice of the Martyrs. I think this will be my last one for awhile.

"[A certain man] is in his mid-40's and of modest means. Like most North Koreans, he grew up believing that Christianity was evil and that missionaries kill people to harvest their organs. He also believed that the Bible speaks only of evil and that it should never be read or owned."

"The official religion, or ideology, of North Korea is called Juche. Created by Kim Il-Sung, the founder of modern North Korea, Juche teaches self-reliance and that man is the master of everything. It is a theology that holds the country's founders as divine god-kings, forcing North Koreans to worship Kim Il-Sung and he son Kim Jung-Il."

During the great famine in North Korea in the 1990's, [this certain man] escaped to China to get food. He was fed by Christians who sent him back with food AND Bibles. He was afraid of these "evil books", but as he read the Bible the fear went away and he gave his life to Christ.
Soon after, his former friend and neighbor found out he was hiding six Bibles. He was reported to the officials. He told his wife to burn the Bibles. He denied the charges, she burned the Bibles, for 29 days "they beat and kicked him" even though they did not find any Bibles.
He now smuggles Bibles from China yearly. Although, he currently keeps them buried in the ground, he is choosing to risk his life every time he goes on one of these missions.

"Christians in North Korea often escape to China to study the Bible. They attend underground Bible schools and sometimes are willing to smuggle a Bible or other Christian literature back into North Korea."

"One woman who was deported to North Korea had committed the 'special sin' of wearing a cross. While others caught with her received a three-month sentence, she was sent from the labor camp and never heard from again."

"Recently, the Chinese government returned a group of 40 people to North Korea. When the Chinese handed them over, they told North Korean authorities that the people had been discovered at a secret church service. [...] Along with three others, the young man who loved basketball had confessed he was a Christian and refused to deny his faith. [...] [He] and the others who refused to deny their faith were shot to death the same day."

"Another example of North Korean martyrdom is a father and daughter who were caught leading a small church group of about eight people. They were arrested and publicly buried alive.
When [the writer] asked the woman to share the names of the martyrs, she cried, saying, 'I can't tell you. They have family still alive in North Korea.
It is difficult for Westerners to comprehend, but Christianity is so dangerous in North Korea that even Christians who die cannot be mentioned."

An effective way to smuggle the Bible is -- MEMORIZATION!!! (Are you doing it?!)
"When they hold secret church meetings, they are able to quote scripture without the danger of having a Bible at the meeting. Even so, if someone catches them speaking God's Word, they face imprisonment or death."

"Testimonies gathered by Christian workers indicate that North Koreans who evangelize have a life expectancy of about three months."

"[This man] knows that to declare his Christian faith publicly in North Korea is to die. And he knows that he risks death if he gives a Bible to another person and is betrayed to authorities. Having taken extreme risks and been betrayed once already, [this man] is not yet ready to face that consequence. For now, the Bibles remain buried but not forgotten. When [he] is ready, he will dig up the Bibles, give them to others and tell them -- as he was told years earlier -- 'If you read this book, you will find truth.'"

Go to www.biblesunbound.com to send Bibles to North Korea and other countries like it.
Go to www.prisoneralert.com to write to prisoners.