Off With Your Head!
“I also saw the souls of the people who had their heads cut off because they had told about Jesus and preached God's message.”

Revelation 20:4b

The first time I remember reading the Book of Revelation was more than fifty years ago. I would ponder the puzzle and think, “This has to mean something, but it is quite a mystery.” There were lamp stands and bowls of wrath, and scrolls. I especially liked the part about eating the scroll which tasted like honey, but it would make you sick to your stomach.

Revelation has vivid and specific descriptions of heaven. It even describes what is going on around the throne of God Himself. But the mystery remains.

As time has gone on pieces of the puzzle fit together. One piece that always seemed like it could never have a place in the contemporary world was Revelation 20:4b. People who had their heads cut off because they were telling about Jesus lived during times of barbarism in the dark ages. How could that verse refer to our modern world?

Of course, it is now clear to everyone that there are those quite willing to cut off your head for telling about Jesus. The question is not: “Will they cut off your head?” The question is: “Will you tell about Jesus anyway?”

I think, when it comes to Spiritual warfare, many Christians have the “run away and live to fight another day” philosophy. We are willing to “fight to the death” as long as it is not our own.

Our approach to the Enemy is to send a YouTube video with the “Can’t we just all get along?” message. We want to negotiate peace with Satan. It has never worked and it will not work now.

We will either defeat Satan by the power of the Blood of Jesus or we will not defeat him. We will either win on God’s terms or we will lose. There is no other way. If we refuse to follow Jesus even to death, then we will reap eternal death.

Those who are beheaded for Jesus have a great promise in the same verse: They will come to life and rule with Christ for a thousand years.

Believe this: Because of Jesus, no one can harm you even if they cut off your head!