The Two Witnesses .

The two witnesses


Revelation 11:3-13 (King James Version)

3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

(First half of Tribulation - First half of Daniel's Seventieth Week)

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth.

(antichrist/satan = god of this earth/world ; 2Cor. 4:4)

5 And if any man will hurt them,
fire proceedeth out of their mouth,
and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them,
he must in this manner be killed.

6 These have power to shut heaven,
that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:
and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with all plagues,
as often as they will.

Mid - Trib

7 And when they shall have finished their testimony,
the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall
make war against them,
and shall overcome them, and kill them.

(Mid Trib - When satan indwells antichrist) Rev.13
Abomination of Desolation - satan declares himself god

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street
of the great city, which spiritually is called
Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and
nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half,
and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over
them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another;
because these two prophets tormented them
that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half
the spirit of life from God entered into them,
and they stood upon their feet;
and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them,
Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven
in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell (earthly Jerusalem),
and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand:
and "the remnant" were affrighted,
and gave GLORY to the God of heaven.


God Bless His Word

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Did you ever try getting serious rather than cynical?

Because you lie.

You said over and over again that we would certainly know when the last 7 years would begin by the signing of the covenant, yet you persist in believing that the Messiah's return will be in 2017 and the cleansing will end in 2018 despite the hard fact that it is already the fourth month of 2012. Are you unable to do the math? Seven years from today take us to 2019, a year that is not on your "exact" timeline.

It is far past the time that you must admit that even if god is revealing secrets to his prophets, that you are obviously not one of them because everything you have proclaimed that should have already occurred did not happen. What does it take for you to understand this very simple fact?

This is being serious. You only see it as cynical. This is the truth whether you accept it or not.

Dear Perf. Calling me a liar, might help your low self esteem, but trying to understand prophecy is not an evil task but honourable even if you learn more and more as we go.

Apparrently you know nothing, which is hardly honorable.

But if you can prove that the covenant is the absolute starting date of the last 7 years, do post accordingly. Yes its the standard Christian theory, that I adopted as well... but see no absolute verses which state so.

The Death of the Two Witnesses:

At the end of their ministry, the two witnesses will be slain by the beast and false prophet (Revelation 11:7). God’s representatives will be slain by the two evil world leaders. Revelation 11:9 prophesies people from all “kindreds, tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies…” This event will undoubtedly be given “wall to wall” coverage on the world’s broadcast, satellite and cable TV networks and the internet. It is only possible to fulfill this prophecy literally if a global televised capacity is in place. That it does exist now is further evidence that our modern world has entered the “latter days” when these prophesies can be fulfilled literally, not allegorically. The two witnesses are aptly named: the word “witnesses” come from the same Greek root word for the word “martyr.”
Given the immense power that the two witnesses will wield, it is likely that they will die by choosing not to use their supernatural powers at the end of their ministry and by laying down their lives voluntarily in order to fulfill Revelation 9:7’s prophecy. Jesus Christ could have called twelve legions to his rescue with a single word and annihilated the Romans and all his enemies at Golgotha. He chose not to use his power in order to fulfill God’s Divine will and prophecies. I think the two witnesses will make a similar choice, because the satanic power in the beast and false prophet will never be capable of defeating the power of God flowing through the two witnesses.
Revelation 11:7-10 states the beast and false prophet will “make war” upon the two witnesses and kill them when the two witnesses 3 and ½ year ministry is over. This begs the question: How will people know when that time is approaching? Will their three and ½ year ministry begin when a temple is dedicated in Jerusalem, when they perform their first miracle or at some other time? The Bible doesn’t give us a specific statement to recognize the instant when their ministry begins. The Bible does prophecy they will wield awesome Divine powers, but will they do that from “day one” of their ministry or will the miracles start later on during their ministry? The beast and false prophet will have a very short and hollow “victory.” They will be executed by Jesus Christ when he returns and sentences them to be burnt alive (Revelation 19:11-20). Luke 19:11-27 contains a parable about how Jesus will reward the saints when he returns to the earth after a long absence. This parable also foretells in verse 27 that Jesus will also say: “those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before me.” The beast and false prophet will be the foremost ones so sentenced, but they will not be alone. Revelation 19:19-21 relates that the political leaders allied to the beast and false prophet and the armies they command will be killed and their corpses fed to the animals and birds. Ezekiel 39:1-21 parallels this same intervention of God, the slaying of mass numbers of those fighting God and the feeding of their fallen carcasses to the animals and birds.
Revelation 11:8 foretells the dead bodies of the two witnesses will not be buried, but will be displayed publicly for three and ½ days. It is apparent they will die in the city of Jerusalem as it is the city where “our Lord was crucified.” Since most people will not be aware of biblical prophecy, the beast and false prophet will surely proclaim the death of the two witnesses affirms that they, the beast and false prophet, now rule supreme on the earth. Revelation 11:9-11 indicates that almost everyone on earth will accept their sovereignty and rule. A few will refuse and they will be fiercely persecuted. The remaining believers in God will then either be martyred or Divinely protected as the very next chapter, Revelation 12 explains. Revelation 12:13-17 prophesies that Satan (who energizes the beast and false prophet) will seek to kill the “woman” (a type of God’s people); however, many of God’s people will be miraculously protected for “a time, times and half a time.” Some Christians see this as another three and1/2 year period, but I do not. The word translated “time” or “times” does not literally mean “years.” It simply means three and half segments of “a fixed [period of] time. By itself, this prophetic phrase could indicate three and ½ years, months, weeks or days. However, connecting it to the context of Revelation 11’s prophecy about the two witnesses indicates the correct meaning is “three and ½ days.”
During the three and ½ years of the two witnesses’ ministry, their superior divine power will be sufficient to protect God’s people on the earth. They can plague anyone who dares to harm God’s people during their ministry. At the end of their ministry, it will be abundantly evident whether people are with or against the two witnesses because those with them will not have been plagued and those resisting them will have been plagued. Those resisting the two witnesses will grow increasingly hateful toward those people not plagued by the two witnesses, and their desire for vengeance will be unleashed when the two witnesses die. Revelation 11:9 prophesies the two witnesses will remain dead for three and ½ days, and it would be in such a time when their power is removed from the world that God’s peoples will need Divine protection. Revelation 12:14 prophesies many will receive that protection for the three and ½ “times” (i.e. “days”) that the two witnesses are dead. Others will not be protected and will be martyred or persecuted by the beast and the false prophet’s followers during that three and ½ day period (Revelation 12:17).
The beast and false prophet will have to concoct some lies to explain why the two witnesses were able to wield such power for three and ½ years. The masses will gullibly swallow these lies and will celebrate the turn of events (Revelation 11:10). Since the two witnesses will be protected by Divine power from attack and will wield Divine powers for years, perhaps the masses will be deceived into believing a science fiction explanation for their supernatural powers. After all, many science fiction films are based on the common theme of the earth’s people uniting against an “invader from outer space.” Jesus, his saints and his angels will literally be an invading force from the heavens when they come (Matthew 24:27, 30-31, Revelation 19:11-16, compare Isaiah 34:1-4 with Revelation 6:12-14, etc.). It could be an “easy sell” to rationalize the two witnesses’ power by claiming it was provided by some alien intelligence. All nations will oppose Jesus Christ’s army when he returns with his heavenly army a short time later (Revelation 19:19) so the beast and false prophet will likely deceive the world into thinking that the death of the two witnesses indicates that the world can now successfully resist the “alien” power that energized the two witnesses. Whatever lies and deceptions are used, those who join the beast and false prophet in fighting Jesus Christ‘s Divine army when it arrives later will be slain (remember Zechariah 14:12-13, Revelation 19:11-20, Luke 19:27, Ezekiel 39).
Revelation 11:10 prophesies a great celebration will begin all over the earth after the two witnesses are killed. This global celebration is almost certainly the same time pictured in I Thessalonians 5:2-3 when just prior to the “the day of the Lord” the world is proclaiming the arrival of a time “of peace and safety.” I Thessalonians 5:3 reveals that the world’s expectation of a time of “peace of safety” is short-lived as “sudden destruction” comes upon the earth and they cannot “escape” it. Revelation 11, the prophecy about the two witnesses, agrees. The time of celebration which follows the death of the two witnesses swiftly segues into another “woe” which befalls the earth.

what is your take on the star being cast down? What is the grand deception? your take on the abomination which causeth desolation?

But all your marbles are on there being no design and no one knows anything because you know nothing.

Right about worldly Israel
Right about America
Right about the Rise of the evil three US, Britan and France
Right about rise of AC Surkov
Right about Putin and Moscow Prelate
Right about Churchies
Right about HAARP
Right about Creation and 4004 BC, 1004, 4 BC and 1997 B.C End
Right about Jacobs Trouble
Right about 70 Prophecy of Moses and David, birth timing of Jesus.
Right about evils of nationalism
Right about Jesus DIVINITY and POWER
Right about Nodding Disease
Right about upcoming Mid East War and cause
Right about damnable materialism

I reckon I can be right about the timing, seeing all the time frames mess in 2017 for His COMING and rule in 2018.

What have you been right about. What prophecy have you stated, what truth have you defended Perf.

All your hopes and dreams are tied up in denying that anyone knows more than your nothing. Post any thread you have started about prophecy ?

Do it now !

Hoping to see your first thread ever, so you can show some courage rather than the lack of it.

THE PARABLE OF PREPAREDNESS


by David Wilkerson | April 5, 2012





“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it" (Matthew 7:24-27).

Jesus is saying that only things established on a rock foundation will hold up in the coming storm. One man built his house upon a rock ". . . and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock" (verse 25).

The builders of these houses represent two classes of Christians in these last days—the wise and the foolish. They built two different kinds of houses which people were living in when the storm hit.

On one hand, it is encouraging to know there will be a body of believers who will not fall. They will be able to withstand every demonic onslaught that comes out of hell when the storms rage. Jesus wants us to know from this parable that a person who builds his house upon a rock will survive everything that is coming.

Yet, sadly, there will be another group of Christians—people of whom Jesus says, "Their fall will be great" (see verse 27). This means a total, complete, devastating collapse of everything.

At this point, you may be wondering: "What does it mean, exactly, to 'build a house'?" It is important to know that the house Jesus is talking about here is our walk with Him. We are building a foundation of getting to know Christ, of understanding His ways. We are building into our faith certain characteristics that will determine how we react under pressure.

You have never posted one thread on prophecy.

You mean not one...and you proclaim you know lies from truth.. and claim you know prophecy.

Give a hyperlink to any of your positive threads

I was right again, that you know no prophecy and have never posted a thread concerning its importance. And so try desperately to be judge and jury, so that others won;t learn the basics, and be like you, knowing nothing.

Thanks for the confirmation.