'They Reign With Christ For A Thousand Years.'
Revelation 20:4.
a) John saw Thrones.
b) Seated on the Thrones were those to whom authority to Judge was committed.
c) John saw the souls of those people who had been beheaded.
d) Beheaded for the Testimony of Jesus.
e) Beheaded for the Word of God.
f) They were those people who had not worshipped the beast or its image.
g) They had not received the beast's mark on their foreheads or hands.
(Through this QT I know that They Reign With Christ For A Thousand Years)
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'Our Mighty Lord.'
Psalm 93:4.
a) Mightier than the thunders of many waters.
b) Mightier than the waves of the sea.
c) The Lord on High is Mighty.
(This Second one extols Our Mighty Lord)
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Chris.
There have been many people, who, over the centuries, have been beheaded for the Word of God. These are people who have maintained a pure testimony for the Lord and implicitly obeyed His Word. The Church in Scotland, I live in Scotland, has in its history the Scottish Martyrs, who, as recently as the 1700's died for the sake of a pure Church and a pure Gospel, not interfered with by State or by evil people wishing to control it.
