Early Christian Church Injustice

"Said a Christian, expostulating with the heathen rulers who were urging forward the persecution: You may "kill us, torture us, condemn us....Your injustice is the proof that we are innocent....Nor does your cruelty...avail you.." "The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christ is seed." (Persecution in the First Century) These people were known for their unswerving faith in the One who had come about 30 years ago as the man known as Jesus; the only person who changed the world in what had, was, and were to come in merely 33 years. After the death of Christ in 29 A.D., His disciples were given instructions known to us today as "the Great Commission" written in Matthew 28:18-20. It reads, “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name
Because Jesus had recently gone up to Heaven, there was no doubt in the people's hearts that He was real. Even though Jesus isn't walking on Earth today performing miracles, He is still ever so alive in my heart today. Everyone had either seen or heard of Him, and the Christians took this Great Commission seriously as I do. (Add quote off Internet or some facts of how the Christians were going crazy spreading the gospel). Additionally, they believed Jesus was coming soon, so they, with the guide of the Holy Spirit, (insert quote again). Around the second century, the fire people had to tell people about Jesus' second coming lessened, so they started planting themselves in actual churches and established laws, appointed bishops, and studied to know what was wrong or right. This was the foundation of the church. The Seventh-Day Adventist church today still believes these three things; Jesus is real today, we are to follow the Great Commission, and we need to believe that Jesus is coming