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locks and snares in the way, which will beremoved when the world is placed on trial. Butthough the trial of these two special companieshas been much more severe than the trial of theworld will be the rewards are correspondinglygreater."— A146.[And] after that he must be loosed a littleseason.— To see who are in heart harmony withthe Lord's will, and who are governed by othermotives. As evil will be bound by the promptinfliction of punishment upon the would-be evildoer,so we may presume it will be loosed byallowing evil deeds to go temporarilyunpunished.— Rev. 20:8.Revelation 20:4.And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them.—The thrones of present earthly kingdoms.—Z.'82-3-6.And judgment was given unto them.—Judicial sentence was passed upon them as unfitto longer continue. (Z.'823-6.) This word isrendered condemnation in Luke 23:40; Jag. 3:1;Jude 4.And I saw the souls.— Persons, beings.—Z.'82-3-6.Of them that were beheaded for the witness ofJesus.— "All constituting the Kingdom class arehere referred to as beheaded. The Apostle givesus the key, saying. "The Head of every man isChrist; the head of the woman is the man; andthe Head of Christ is God.' (1 Cor. 11:3.) As awoman who becomes a wife accepts her husbandas the head of the family (loses her name, herindividuality, to become his bride), so theChurch accepts Christ as her Head, and eachmember of the Church thus comes into.relationship with the Lord as a member of HisBody. It is required of every one who would becounted in as a member of the true Church, thathe should be not only beheaded (lose his selfwill),but that he shall be united to the true Headof the Church and recognize himself as amember of the true Body of Christ— 'the Church