Opposed!

I tell you this so you won't be ashamed by my death. if you love me, you will rejoice that God has called me to this honor, which is greater than any earthly honor I could ever attain. Who wouldn't be happy to die for this cause? I trust in my Lord God, who put His mind, will, and affection in my heart, and choose to lose all my worldly substance, and my life, too, rather than deny His known truth. he will comfort me, aid me, and strengthen me forever, even to the yeilding of my spirit and soul into His hands.

BISHOP NICHOLAS RIDLEY
Burned at the stake
Oxford, England
1555

Enemies of the work of God will always try to conjure up ways to deter His people from pursuing and finishing the work.

DEEPER

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

PAUL, The Apostle 2 Cor. 4:17

Ezra 4