"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. AND this gospel of the kindgom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." Matthew 24:9-14
It is GOD who will make things happen in the "darkest" moment of the Church. Current perception of many Christians is that the preaching of the gospel will be completed in peace time - high point of the Church. God is consistent. Didn't salvation accomplish in the "darkest" moment - on the cross - of Jesus' life?
