John is given a measuring rod to count the number of
believers who are worshiping God in truth and in Spirit excluding everybody
else.
Jesus promises to give power to his two witnesses who
will prophesy for three and a half years without riches.
The two witnesses are the two olive trees (source of
anointing oil) and two lampstands (source of light/knowledge) who stand in
God’s presence.
Any attempt to harm these two witnesses is met by the
strength and power of their words which is the Word of God and thus whoever
tries to harm them is killed by that Word.
They have power over the weather and can shut or summon
rain during the time of their prophesying, they also have power over streams of
water and to power to plague the earth with anything they wish. (This means
that they have power of blessings and sources of prosperity and vice versa)
Rev 11: 7 When they finish proclaiming their message, the
beast that comes up out of the abyss (death=sin) will fight against them. He
will defeat them and kill (silence them),
and
their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, where their Lord was
crucified. The symbolic name of that city is Sodom, or Egypt. (bondage)
People from all over the world observe them in their
silence three and half days and will not allow them to be buried. (their names
will be current news)
Many people will be happy because of the death of these
two prophets and they will send each other gifts because the ones who had been
tormenting them will have died/silenced.
After three and a half days God will resurrect them and
everyone who sees them will be astonished.
Then the two prophets will hear a voice from heaven
calling them “Come up here” and they will rise up unto the heavens in a cloud
in front of their enemies. (Supernatural
blessings)
At that moment there was a powerful earthquake and seven
thousand people were killed and the rest of mankind feared and gave praise to
God Almighty. (great socio-economic shake up)
The second horror is passed but the third one is still
yet come.
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were
loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs
now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"
Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones in
front of God threw themselves face downward and worshiped God,
saying: "Lord God Almighty, the one who is and who
was! We thank you that you have taken your great power and have begun to rule!
The heathen were filled with rage, because the time for
your anger has come, the time for the dead to be judged. The time has come to
reward your servants, the prophets, and all your people, all who have reverence
for you, great and small alike. The time has come to destroy those who destroy
the earth!"
God's temple in heaven was opened (the blinding seal was
removed), and the Covenant Box was seen there. Then there were flashes of
lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
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