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NASB | Revelation 20:4 ¶ Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 20:4 ¶ And then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom judgment [that is, the authority to act as judges] was given. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had refused to worship the beast or his image, and had not accepted his mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. [Dan 7:9, 22, 27] |
Subject: "beheading" in modern times? |
Bible Note: To all Excuse me I missed a zero I meant to say there have been more Christians killed in the 100 years than all the years before that. In other words there have 75 million men and women and children killed in the last two thousand years because they called Jesus Christ Lord and of that total 45 Million have died in the last 100 years. While the Holocaust was a horrific event, tragedy and a shame to all mankind it's 13 plus million pales in the light of 75 million. In the last 10 years an average of 160,000 Christians a year are murdered, most at the hands of Islam. These numbers speak nothing of the thousands upon thousands that live in shadow of death as you read this or the still thousands more that are imprisoned, enslaved and being summarily mistreated around the world. There is a price for serving God, thankfully we here in the US haven’t had to pay our share. None of us really realize how God has blessed us and how apathetic we have become in thanking Him for it. EdB |