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THE TWO WITNESSES
The bible, in Revelation chapter 11,
says there are two witnesses. In
a closer
look at what is being said, it appears that it is more than the
two
prophets.
THE TWO
WITNESSES (Rev 11:)
I (GOD) WILL GIVE
POWER UNTO MY TWO WITNESSES,
THEY SHALL PROPHESY A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
AND THREESCORE DAYS
I. INFORMATION
A. WHO ARE THEY?
Rev 11:4 These are: 1. The Two Olive
Trees and
2.
The Two Candlesticks
B. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
Rev 11:4 These are standing before the god of the earth
(This is Satan, because God is the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob.)
II. WHO ARE THEY?
A. THE TWO OLIVE TREES
Zech 4:3, 11 the two olive trees are by the golden candlestick, one
on
the right
and one on the left
Zech 4:11-14 The two olive branches are the two anointed ones
that stand
by
the Lord of the whole earth
1. Heb 9:27 It is appointed unto men once to die, and then
the
judgment
(Two men didn’t die, they were raptured of sorts.)
a. ELIJAH
II K 2:1, 11 Elijah was taken to heaven by a
whirlwind in a
chariot of fire
II K 2:12 His companion, Elisha, witnessed it
II K 2:3, 5, 7 Fifty prophets of Beth-el and Jericho
knew of his
coming departure and watched
from a distance
Mt 17:11 Elijah will first come and restore
all things
Mt 17:12 Elijah has already come and they knew
him not
(Jesus spoke of John the Baptist)
Lk 4:24-27 The people of Elijah’s day rejected him
Mal 4:5 I will send Elijah before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of
the lord
b. ENOCH
Gen 5:24 Enoch walked with God and was raptured
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated, that he
should not see death
Jude 14 Enoch prophesied of the Lord’s coming
with ten thousands
of his saints
Gen 5:23 All the days of Enoch were 365 years
(note: Could verse 23 elude to the great
tribulation? At
certain
times in the
scripture, the words year and day are interchanged.
If one
does this here, we have
‘all the years of Enoch were 365 days’.
This is
of interest since the years to them of
that time were 360 days.)
Zech 4:2-3 these stand by seven lamps, by the
golden candlestick
B. THE TWO CANDLESTICKS
(see
RAPTURE to see that some in the church miss the rapture)
Rev 1:20 The seven golden
candlesticks are the seven
churches
1. FIVE OUT OF SEVEN ARE GOLDEN
a. EPHESUS
Rev 2:2 They labor, are patient, and can not bear
evil and can
discern between apostles and liars
Rev 2:3 They bare fruit, are patient, labor for the
name of the lord’s sake, and have
not fainted.
b. SMYRNA
Rev 2:9 They are rich in the middle of poverty
c. PERGAMOS
Rev 2:13 They hold fast the lord’s name, and
have not denied
his faith
d.
PHILIDELPHIA
Rev 3:8 The lord has set before them an open
door that no man
can shut
Rev 3:8 They have a little strength, have kept
the word, and have
not denied his name.
2. TWO ARE WEAK AND NOT GOLDEN
(THEY BECOME GOLDEN)
a. THYATIRA
Rev 2:19 Their last works are more than the first
(note: Most start out right, but; in time,
fall along the wayside like
those
in the sower of the seed. It speaks of the entire church here, but
there
are
individuals in
each of the aforementioned churches, which end
up in this
church.)
Rev 2:22 I will cast them that commit adultery
with Jezebel into
great tribulation, except
they repent.
Rev 2:26 He that overcometh and keepeth my
works unto the end,
to him will I give power
over the nations
(note: God gives his two witnesses power but
they must repent
and
return to God.)
Rev 2:27 He shall rule them with a rod of iron.
As the vessels of
a
potter shall they be
broken to shivers: even as I received of
my Father.
(note: They who repent in the tribulation
rather than before,
are
broken, even as Christ was, but receive power)
b.
SARDIS
Rev 3:1 They have a name that they live, but they
are dead.
Rev 3:4 There are few names that have not defiled
their garments,
and they shall walk with Christ
in white.
Rev 7:9, 14 These are they that have come out of
great tribulation
and have washed their robes.
(note: The ‘few names’ are transferred
to another church. The church
that one belongs to is determined by the
heart, not the location.)
3. THE NON CHURCH
a. LAODICEAN
Rev 3:15 They are neither cold nor hot
(note: Osama Bin Laden is cold; Billy Graham
is hot. Non-committed
is lukewarm.)
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If any man hear
my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will
sup with him, and he
with me.
(note: These are not even in the church.
Jesus is still outside trying
to get into their heart.)
C. THE BRANCH(ES)
1. OLIVE
Zech 3:8 My servant the branch
Zech 4:12-14 The branches of the olive tree are the two
anointed ones
(not the anointed one)
Zech 6:12 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts (Christ)
saying, “Behold
the man whose name is the Branch
and he shall grow up out of his
place and he shall build
the temple of the lord.”.
Zech 6:13 He (Elijah) shall build the temple of the lord and
he (the
lord)
shall bear the glory … priest upon his
(the lord’s) throne and the
counsel of peace shall be
between them (Elijah and Christ)
2. VINE
Jn 15:2-6 The church is the branch and Christ is the vine
Jer 23:5 I will raise unto David a righteous branch AND
a king shall
reign
Jer 33:15 I will cause the branch of righteousness to
grow up unto
David.
(note: Christ is a righteous vine. There
is also a king and a branch.)
III. WHAT ARE
THEY DOING?
A. STANDING BEFORE THE GOD OF THE EARTH Rev 11:4
1. The Setting
Rev 11:3 Christ is talking
Rev 11:3 Christ says they stand before the god of the earth
Rev 11:5 If any man will hurt them
(This shows them on the earth while standing
before this god)
Rev 11:13 Men who repent give glory to the God of heaven
(In the context of the paragraph, there is a
difference in the gods.)
2. The god
II Thes 2:3 That man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition
II Thes 2:4 Who opposes and exalteth himself above all
that is called God or is worshipped, so that he, as god,
sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he
is God
Dan 11:36 The king shall do according to his will, and
he shall exalt
himself, and magnify himself above every
god, and shall speak
against the God of gods.
Dan 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,
nor the desire
of women, nor any god: for he shall
magnify himself above all.
IV. EXAMPLES
A. ELIJAH AND ENOCH
Definitions:
Elijah:
God of Jehovah
Enoch:
Initiated; from a root word to disciple or initiate
Moses:
Drawing out, i.e. rescued
Aaron:
Unknown derivation, (the brother of Moses)
MOSES AND AARON STAND BEFORE PHARAOH, A GOD
Exodus: They bring plagues upon Egypt.
Rev 11:6 They have power to turn the waters to blood
They smite the earth with all plagues, as often as
they will
B. THE CHURCH
Types and shadows? (Replace originals in text)
King:
The Father or Christ as needed
Prince:
Christ
Eunuchs: The
144,000 sealed virgins of Revelation
Definitions:
Melzar:
officer in the Babylonian court
Daniel:
judge (umpire) of God
Hananiah Jah has favored
(Jah is God)
Mishael who is, what God is
Azariah Jah has helped
Jehoiakim Jehovah will
raise
pulse
something sown in plural
Babylon
confusion
THE FOUR CHILDREN OF JUDAH
TAKEN CAPTIVE
Dan 1:1 In the third year of the reign of (God will raise), king
of Judah, came
Nebuchadnezzar, king of (confusion), unto
Jerusalem,
and besieged it.
Dan 1:3 The Father spake unto the master of his 144,000 virgins
to bring
certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s
seed (the church),
and of the princes
Dan 1:4 children without blemish, well favored and skilful in all
wisdom,
cunning in knowledge, understanding science, and such as had
ability in them to stand in the Father’s palace, and whom they
(without blemish) might teach the learning and
the tongue; of the
Chaldeans (the whom).
Dan 1:5 The king appointed them a daily portion of the king’s meat (the
word), and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three
years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Dan 1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Dan 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the 144,000 virgins gave names
(note: Definitions of names just say of
foreign origin.)
Dan 1:8 Daniel purposed in his heart not to defile himself with (not by)
his portion of the kings meat, nor with the wine, etc.
(note: I Cor 11:27-29 He that eateth and drinketh unworthily,
eateth and drinketh damnation to himself.)
Dan 1:9 God brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince
of
the eunuchs.
Dan 1:12 Prove thy servants ten days with fasting.
Dan 1:13-14 They fast from meat and eat that sown, the milk, bread.
Dan 1:17 God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom.
Dan 1:18-19 The four commune with, and stand before, the king.
(I believe that there is a double meaning here.
It shows four children, two
olive
branches and two candles, which follow God and stand before the
king (Jesus) and the
king (the horn or god of the earth.)
V. THEIR PURPOSE
A. TO RULE WITH THE FIRST DOMINION
Rev 2:26 To him will I give power
over the nations.
Rev 2:27 He shall rule them with
a rod of iron
Rev 11:3 I will give power to my two witnesses.
Zech 4:6 Not by power nor by might but by my spirit saith the lord
(note: This is the oil of verse 12)
Jer 6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people
that
thou mayest know and
try their way.
Mic 4:8 Thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter
of
Zion, unto
thee shall it come, even the first dominion, the
kingdom shall come to the
daughter of Jerusalem
Mt 21:43 The kingdom of God
shall be taken from you, Israel,
and given to
a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Lk 12:32 It is the father’s good pleasure, little flock, to give the
kingdom unto you.
Rev 12:5 She, Jerusalem, brought forth a man child, who was to
rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up
unto God, and to his
throne
(note: This is not Christ because He ascended
on a cloud, and they
watched him go. The church is caught up.)
Rev 11:3 I will give power unto my two witnesses
Rev 11:5 Fire proceeds from their mouth to devour their enemies
if a
man.
Rev 11:6 They have power to smite the earth with all plagues.
B. TO TEACH ISRAEL
1. THROUGH LOSS OF DOMINION,
‘TRUST ONLY THE LORD’
Ezek 24:21 I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of
your strength
the desire of your eyes, and that which
your soul pitieth; and your sons and daughters whom ye
have left shall fall by the sword.
Ezek 24:23 Ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine
away
for your iniquities.
Ezek 24:24 When this comes, you’ll know that I am the
Lord God.
Ezek 24:25 In the day that I take from them their strength:
Ezek 24:27 In that day shall thy, Ezekiel’s, mouth be opened
to
him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no
more
dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they
shall
know that I am the Lord.
(note:
Israel’s been given a spirit of
slumber, chap. 11, that will be
removed in this day, and they will understand.)
Ezek 33:28 I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp
of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel
shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
Ezek 33:29 They shall know that I am the lord when I have
laid the land most desolate because of all their
abominations which they have
committed.
Ezek 33:32 Ezekiel is unto them as a lovely song, but they
do the words not.
Ezek 33:33 When this comes to pass, (lo, it will come), then
shall they know that a prophet has been among them
Dan 7:21 The horn makes war with the saints and prevails
against them
Dan 12:7 When he shall have accomplished to scatter the
power of the of
the holy people, all these things shall
be finished.
Rev 19:15 Out of the lord’s mouth goes a two edged sword,
that with it
he should smite the nations: and he should
rule them with a rod of
iron: and he treadeth the
winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
2. THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD
a. PROPHESY
Heb 11:40 They, without us, should not be made perfect
Ezek 14:22 A remnant shall be brought forth, both sons
and
daughters: behold they shall come forth unto
you, and ye
shall see their way and their doings: and
ye shall be
comported concerning the evil that I have
brought upon
Jerusalem, even concerning all that I
have brought upon it
Ezek 14:23 Ye shall know that I have not done it without
cause, all that I have done.
Is 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
disciples
Is 8:18 Behold, I and the children that the lord hath
given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel
from the
lord of hosts, which dwelleth in Mount
Zion
Is 8:20 Seek to the law and to the testimony: if they
speak
not according to this word, there is no light
in them
(note: The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophesy, and
Christ
is speaking.)
Zeph 1:12 In the day of the lord I will search Jerusalem
with candles
(note: #1 above is prophesy come to pass, as
well as being pressured
into trusting their God
rather than the world or it’s inhabitants,.: We depended
on Israel
for perfection because
that is where we got Jesus. They depend on
us, the church,
for
perfection because that is the plan of God We are God’s
family and Israel is
His people.)
b. JEALOUSY
Deu 32:21 I will move them to jealousy with those which
are not a
people; I will provoke them to anger with
a foolish nation.
Rom 10:17 faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God
Rom 10:18 Have they not heard? Yes, their sound went
into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the
world.
Rom 10:19 Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will
provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people,
and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Rom 10:20 Elijah is very bold, and saith, I was found of
them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto
them that asked not after me.
Rom 10:21 But to Israel he saith, all day long I have
stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and
gainsaying People.
Rom 11:;11 I say then, have they stumbled that they
should fall?
God forbid: but rather, through their fall
salvation is come
unto the Gentiles, for to provoke
them to jealousy.
Rom 11:13 I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am
the apostle of
the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
(note: Paul is chosen by God to go to the
Gentiles; but,
though he will
not
disobey
God, he has a heart for his own
people. Therefore he speaks so
that they
will see also, through jealousy. These may be some of the very
passages
that do
just that.)
Rom 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to
emulation them which are my flesh, and might save
some of them.
(note: Emulation means to excite to rivalry.)
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