Persecutions come mainly from religious people who believe in justification through the Law and man’s self efforts. This is consistent with what Jesus and the Apostles faced. When He walked on the earth, the only people who could don’t receive Him were the Pharisees, the experts in the Law. They knew the Law of Moses inside out, but not the one who spoke it and authored it. He was right in front of them. The law blinds you to the grace of God(Jesus Christ).  This shows us that legalism and religious people have eyes to see that do not see and ears to hear but they do not hear. The fulfillment of the Law in Jesus Christ opens up our eyes and ears to fellowship with “Abbi” (my father or our daddy).  He takes away the veil of condemnation and wrath and replaces it with an open heaven.  He no longer demands that “you” fulfill the Law, but imparts its fulfillment through the blessing of the full judgment of the body of Jesus. Brothers and Sisters let us today eat that body and drink that blood that we may receive our salvation (wholeness, nothing missing or broken)! Let us esteem the work of Jesus with the eyes of our understanding. Not with the veil of the Law (condemnation)!!!