“I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” (Rev. 20:4)
May we be counted worthy to stand with them.
I used to wonder about “those who did not receive the mark” but one day I realized that Muslims wear the headband with the “an shala” written on them. I believe that the beast is Islamism. We were never thinking like middle Easterners and interpret things with our Western Cultural understanding. It seems lately that things are becoming more focused.
Yes! I hope to be found worthy to stand with them.
Amen.