Souls Cut Off for Jesus

Revelation 20:4. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was
committed to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded (cut
off) for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the
beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their
hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5. But the
rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is
the first resurrection. 6. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first
resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
The Greek word used for cut off is actually Hebrew terminology which is mistakenly
translated as beheaded in the book of Revelation is pelekizo which literally means
axe. The head was simply assumed to be the reference for the cutting off of by
Strongs and other supposed scholars but scriptural study proves otherwise. That which
Revelation refers to is the souls that were cut off.
Greek Strong's Ref. # 3990 Romanized pelekizo Pronounced pel-ek-id'-zo
from a derivative of GSN4141 (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate: KJV-behead.
Strong's Number: 4141 Transliterated: plesso Phonetic: place'-so
Text: apparently another form of 4111 (through the idea of flattening out); to pound, i.e.
(figuratively) to inflict with (calamity): --smite. Compare 5180.
457 times in 215 verses the term cut off is used in the 66 books of the Bible. The
majority of those referred to in the Old Testament for the wicked who shall be cut off
from everlasting life in New Jerusalem with our Father and savior Lord Jesus Christ.
Most times they refer to the loss of life or soul. Our Lord Jesus was cut off from the land
of the living in the flesh for our benefit and then the first to be resurrected into
everlasting life. The interpreters of the book of Revelation mistakenly interpret souls cut
off to mean beheaded but in reality means cut off from the land of the living as in killed
or murdered. Surely some of Gods children have been and will be beheaded in the
same manner as John the Baptist for whom a different Greek Biblical word is used. We
also discover that it is not the proper interpretation because we know that the disciples
and apostles were not beheaded in the past while in the future the 144000 virgins along
with the remnant who survive the time of great tribulation in Jerusalem are among those
who rule and reign with Christ for 1000 years in the period known as the millennium in

Biblical circles. The souls cut off refer to all chosen believers in Christ who were and will
be killed for his sake and are the overcomers through his Word since his resurrection in
Jerusalem some 2 thousand years ago. The book of Revelation is written in the
prophetical manner of the Old Testament prophecies from God and one must study and
research those prophecies to understand what is written. The beloved and wise prophet
Daniel studied the book of Jeremiah to interpret the 70 weeks of judgment proclaimed
against Jerusalem.
Matthew 14:10. So he sent and had John beheaded in prison.
Mark 6:16. But when Herod heard, he said, "This is John, whom I beheaded; he
has been raised from the dead!''
Mark 6:27. And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his
head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison, 28. brought his
head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
Luke 9:9. And Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear
such things?'' And he sought to see Him.
Greek Strong's Ref. # 607 Romanized apokephalizo Pronounced ap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo
from GSN0575 and GSN2776; to decapitate: KJV--behead.
Strong's Ref. # 2776 Romanized kephale Pronounced kef-al-ay'
from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of),
literally or figuratively: KJV--head.
Strong's Number: 575 Transliterated: apo Phonetic: apo'
Text: a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place,
time, or relation; literal or figurative): --(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space
of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it
usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Daniel 9:26. "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for
Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and
the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war
desolations are determined.
Isaiah 53:8. He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who will declare
His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the
transgressions of My people He was stricken.

Hebrew Strong's Ref. # 3772 Romanized karath Pronounced kaw-rath'

a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume;
specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing
between the pieces):
KJV--be chewed, be con-[feder-]ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew
(down), make a league ([covenant]), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Isaiah 53:1. Who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord
been revealed? 2. For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a
root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him,
there is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3. He is despised and rejected by
men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our
faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4. Surely He has
borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten
by God, and afflicted. 5. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was
bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by
His stripes we are healed. 6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned,
every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 7.
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led
as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He
opened not his mouth. 8. He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who
will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the
transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9. And they made His grave with
the wicked but with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor
was any deceit in His mouth. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has
put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His
seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His
hand. 11. He shall see the travail of His soul, and be satisfied. by His knowledge
My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. 12.
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil
with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was
numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors.
Revelation 20:4. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were cut off for the witness of
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither
his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5. But the rest of the
dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first

resurrection. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on
such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Obviously not every individual in this large group was beheaded for their witness of
Jesus and the Word of God in the past and I guarantee you that not all those being
murdered now are being beheaded. What will happen in the future remains to be seen
but the word cut off refers to being cut off from the land of the living. This group
contains every single individual who will reign with God and Christ for what is commonly
known in Christian circles as the millennium. Those who sit on the thrones whom
judgment is given to are the same whose souls were cut off and they reign with Christ
on his throne for 1000 years.
Revelation 3:21. "To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Revelation 1:5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved
us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6. And hath made us kings
and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:9. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the
book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10.
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the
earth.
1 Peter 2:5. you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ.
1 Peter 2:9. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you
out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10. who once were not a people but are
now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained
mercy.
Isaiah 61:1. "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has
anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison
to those who are bound; 2. to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the
day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, 3. to console those who

mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.'' 4. And they
shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they
shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. 5. Strangers
shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner shall be your
plowmen and your vinedressers. 6. But you shall be named the Priests of the
Lord, men shall call you the Servants of our God. you shall eat the riches of the
Gentiles, and in their glory you shall boast.
Isaiah 66:20. "Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the Lord
out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on
camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,'' says the Lord, "as the children of Israel
bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. 21. "And I will also
take some of them for priests and Levites,'' says the Lord. 22. "For as the new
heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me,'' says the
Lord, "So shall your descendants and your name remain. 23. And it shall come
to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all
flesh shall come to worship before Me,'' says the Lord. 24. "And they shall go
forth and look upon the corpses of the men who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm does not die, and their fire is not quenched. they shall be an
abhorrence to all flesh.''
John 16:33. "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world.''
Revelation 21:7. "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God
and he shall be My son.
Revelation 12:11. "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.