"How Long, Oh Lord, Holy And True..."

Christians should easily recognize the famous quote from Revelation Chapter 6, attributed to the cry of the many Believers before the thrown of God, in Heaven, who had been executed for their faith, and for the testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They were crying out for revenge upon their murderers, unto the One who has reserved the final vengeance for Himself. The answer they were given, and presumably are constantly being given (for eternity is timeless), is that they should wait, "a little while...", until those that are to be martyred in the future should be killed. It seems that God is actually keeping score, from the days of Emperor Nero's throwing first century Christians to the lions for the entertainment of the Roman citizens, until today's I.S.I.S. beheadings of Christian Believers in Syria and Iraq. These innocents will receive a special place of honor as their reward, which will be a thousand times better than the Islamic concept of a "Paradise" with 72 virgins waiting for them. Frankly, any virgins that have been waiting since 600 A.D. must be shriveled-up old prunes, by now, and any I.S.I.S. terrorists that can find them ( in Hell) are welcome, in my book!

But the count grows steadily, as reports are now coming out of Syria that I.S.I.S. has recently captured between 70, and 90 civilian Syrian Christians [UPDATE: 2/27/2015: Plus an additional 220 captive Syrian Christians], including women and children. One need not wonder long what the captor's intentions are for them. Probably rape, and brutal murder, which seem to be the terrorists' primary form of entertainment, and their primary tool of propaganda against the Western Allies that resist them. But at some point, and only God Himself knows when, the vengeance of the Lord will be final and terrible. I suspect that part of it will be dealt in the form of His judgment upon the invading armies of the Ezekiel prophecy of the "Gog invasion" of the Middle-East, in which He has promised to turn the invading armies against each other until they have killed up to 83% of their forces. He's probably keeping score now, waiting for the total number of international "whackos" to arrive (and only He knows what that number will be) before He decides that enough is enough, and then He will end their reign of terror.