Coming soon, introducing the Two Witnesses!

Who are these two witnesses who testify for one thousand two hundred and sixty days during the great tribulation? 

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Revelation 11 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. 2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 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. 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. 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, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Why two witnesses?

Deuteronomy 19:15

[ The Law Concerning Witnesses ] “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

2 Corinthians 13:1

[ Coming with Authority ] This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

Who are the two witnesses? The Bible only names one and that is Elijah.

Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

Many believe the witnesses will be Elijah and Moses because of the powers they exhibit in bringing forth plagues. I don't think Moses will be one of them based on the following Scriptures.

Hebrews 9:26-28 King James Version (KJV)

26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 

In verse 27 we see:  'And as it is appointed unto men once to die'; Elijah has not died but Moses died at the age of 120 years and was buried.

Deuteronomy 34:4 And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

Christian are looking for Christ to return? In Hebrews 9:28 we are told He will appear only to those who are looking for His return unto salvation. Don't let the enemy distract you with all the current chaotic events.

Hebrews 9:27 caused me to ask a question, who else might have gone directly to heaven without dying? 

Elijah departed earth alive in a whirlwind to heaven.

2 Kings 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

2 Kings 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

2 Kings 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kings 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

My search of the Bible for a second person that went directly to heaven without dying, lead me to Enoch. Could Enoch be the second witness mentioned in Revelation 11? Yes, I think so.

Genesis 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

In summary I believe the two witnesses are Elijah and Enoch:

God tells us in His Word that He is sending Elijah before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord. Elijah was taken alive into heaven in a whirlwind and has not experienced physical death. As one of the two witnesses, he will experience death at the completion of his 1,260 days of testimony. Refer to Revelation 11:7

Moses died at the age of 120 years, as we are told in Deuteronomy 34:5-6, and was buried. For him to die a second time at the end of 1,260 days would be contrary to God's Word as it is related in Hebrews 9:27; men only die once then the judgment. Based on this observation, I do not believe Moses is one of the two witnesses.

Enoch was translated to heaven so he would not see death as we are told in Hebrews 11:5 and Genesis 5:23. Enoch will also die at the completion of his 1,260 days of testimony alongside of Elijah. Refer to Revelation 11:7 

Jesus said if He didn't shorten the days no flesh would be saved; why and when will this happen?

Matthew 24:22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

Mark 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

Beautiful isn't it from God's perspective

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I wonder if we'll see it from this perspective when we are home with Him? We'll find out sooner than most people think.

Days defined: according to Strong's in addition to a 24 hour day the word could also refer to an age or period of time such as the Great Tribulation. It's use would generally be clarified in the context of Scripture where used.

When will the days be shortened? During the Great Tribulation period of three and one half years. (Matthew 24:15-22)

How will we know for sure when the great tribulation starts? 

1. When you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place
2. Those in Judea will flee suddenly to the mountains taking nothing with them

The Great Tribulation

Matthew 24:15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

This departure will have to be done quickly and at a moments notice, taking nothing personal because time to escape will be extremely limited.

Why will He shorten the days? They will be shortened for the elect's sake. Conditions will be unimaginably worse than anything ever seen before or after.

Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

How close are we to the great tribulation? I don't have the answer and I'm not a date setter but I believe it will be soon based on what I see going on around us. How much worse can it get? 

If God was inclined to leave us to survive whats coming through our own resources I would have to say failure is eminent based on the result of mans management of our planet and resources. 

The following 4 areas of human accomplishment may come as a shock to many; for the nonbeliever the future is lost to life ending hopelessness. 

Here's why: Caution the following links from secular sources contain graphics. 

• Nuclear power with or without the bombs, oil spills, genetically modified food, and chemtrails:  Fukushima was and Is an ongoing Extinction Level Event. One third of the worlds water, the Pacific Ocean, will no longer support life. Everything on the planet and in the atmosphere has been nuked by Fukushima. (Read more) Folks this linked article was published 3 years ago and we are now 5 years into this life ending process!

1. Flying through nuclear fallout is killing people and compromising aircraft structural integrity. (Learn More - 2016 Fukushima Kill List and the Wigner Effect), Fukushima Kill List Alarm Bells
2. Genocide In the Gulf: Expected Lifespan of Children Reduced by 25%-Evacuate Now! 
3. USDA announces it will stop regulating all GMO crops altered with CRISPR gene editing technique... Frankenfood tidal wave about to be unleashed!
4. Climate engineering - we are being sprayed globally like insects. 

Seriously when you consider what is going on around us how long do you think we have? 

How can you avoid all of these serious life ending health threats? 

For those who believe we have a hiding place in Jesus and because of that we have hope in our future with Him! See Psalms 91 and 27

My Bible, the Living Word, (NKJV/KJV) tells me:

• Following the great tribulation and God's wrath we'll have a thousand years with Christ and the Earth will be restored from the current damage ... Believers have much to look forward too! We were born for such a time as this in line with God's plan for our lives.

The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded 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.                       

All Things Made New

Revelation 21 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Have you noticed how many people have no idea what is going on around them? When you mention something like Fukushima or chemtrails many have no idea what you are talking about. Satan uses distractions such as the current election process so you won't notice things you should be praying about.

Others have asked me how I can follow such awful events and their impact and be joyful and excited about the future at the same time?

My answer is simple. My focus is on Christ and His soon return. What the world does is of no consequence because we are not of this world, but He did tell me to watch and pray. 

1 Peter 4:7 [ Serving for God’s Glory ] But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

Luke 21:36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

If you aren't watching these events and how they might affect you and your loved ones your odds of escaping these events might drop to zero because you won't be praying about them and their impact on your family. He said watch therefore, and pray always!

1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.

Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

Did you catch that? ("Therefore if you will not watch") Don't allow yourself to be distracted by world events, don't be like Lot's wife, and don't miss the greatest event of all end time days!

Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

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Clay Vessels formed in the womb, shattered in the world, Redeemed and Reconciled by Christ

Isaiah 64:8 But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

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Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Do you realize and understand that before you were formed in the womb God knew you and sanctified your life in Him? This is why you by nature know the difference between right and wrong.

So what happened? Why did we end up in this state as broken vessels?

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Life in God’s Garden

Genesis 2:8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

In the garden the tree of life provided life eternal to Adam and Eve as long as they obeyed God and stayed away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The serpent introduces sin

The Temptation and Fall of Man

Genesis 3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Man knowing good and evil became like God

Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—
23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

Man's only hope to eat from the tree of life once again comes only through his creator Jesus Christ. Man through his own resources, that is the flesh, the sin nature introduced by the serpent, could not redeem himself to God. 

Man being like God, Jesus, in image and having the knowledge of good and evil can only return to God through God's reconciliation action.

Romans 5:10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Simplicity in Christ. This simplicity is often lost in man's doctrines regarding our faith. The Bible presents the simplicity, 'one body in Christ', man takes the simplicity and turns it into doctrines and creeds resulting in many denominations each following their own crafty determinations. Remember the serpent is crafty and very active in the church.

If you struggle with these crafty complexities regarding your faith take a break from them and sit down with your Bible and read the Gospel of John asking the Holy Spirit to guide you. Your faith will be restored and your belief simplified.  

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Faith also is a gift from God

Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity

1 Corinthians 12:4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, (Read More)

Be reconciled today