2 WITNESSES
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Rom. 2:29
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NEW- As we talk about God’s Word made flesh [incarnation] we
also see how we- the people of God- are also a type of God incarnate in the earth.
Meaning- we are the Body of Christ- and the Spirit lives in
us.
For
as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the
members of that one body, being many, are
one body: so also is Christ.
Now
ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.
In revelation chapter 11 we see these 2 prophets- they
proclaim the Word of God- they suffer- die- and are raised again after 3 and a
half days.
Revelation
11:7 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.Revelation 11:11 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.
After they are raised they ascend into heaven.
Revelation
11:12 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.
The New Testament teaches us that we- as followers of Christ-
have been joined to his death- burial- and resurrection.
Romans
6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death?Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
We proclaim Gods word in the earth- we identify with Jesus’
death- we walk in newness of life [raised] and we also ascend the ‘hill of the
Lord’.
Meaning we have access- and enter into- the heavenly realms
by the Spirit.
John- the revelator- was told to ‘come up’.
Revelation
4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the
first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.Paul the apostle teaches us that we too have ascended [now] with Christ and are seated with him in the heavenly places. Ephesians 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Jesus- in this book [revelation] says he shares his throne-
with us!
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in his throne
The prophets in revelation 11 preach in 'sackcloth’ for a
determined period of time.
Revelation
11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
The fact that they are in difficulty- and what seems to be a
continual mode of repentance and brokenness- gives authority to the words the
are speaking.
If you read of the ministry of John the Baptist- he seems to
have been on this continual crusade- you don’t get the 'feeling’ that he was
some mild mannered Pastor- going around and praying for the down and out.
But that was his calling- to be a radical prophet wearing camel’s
skin- and eating locusts and honey!
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild
honey.
The witnesses in revelation 11- after they are raised-
restored- those who heard their words were affected.
and great fear fell
upon them which saw them.-Rev.11:11
The bible says ‘fire proceeded out of their mouths and
killed their enemies’.
Revelation
11:5 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.
People were afraid when they saw them speak.
God’s Word has power- we live in a day where nations seek to
silence those who ‘speak’.
Whether it be those who ‘leak’ emails- that show corruption
in nations- or those who protest the building of a pipeline on sacred grounds.
People with no army- no state sponsorship- yet joined together
for a common cause- have tremendous power.
Their voices are heard.
And those who are being exposed thru their words- well- it’s
like 'fire coming out of their mouths’- and in ‘this manner’ they are judged.
Jesus truly was the greatest prophet of all- he indeed spoke
truth to power.
He stood at the court of Pilate- with the threat of death-
and told him that he had no power over him- only what God gave him.
At this time of the year- when we celebrate God among us-
thru the remembering of the birth of Christ-
We need to remember that God is still among the people of
the earth- he still cares for the outcast- the alien- the refugee.
We as the church have power- we have a voice- it comes in
power when we too embrace the Cross.
The witnesses were killed- mocked- but stood upon their feet
after 3 days in the grave- and ‘ascend’ into the presence of God.
That’s what scared those who saw them- they were from another
world -
John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him
not.
PAST POSTS [verses below]
I quote from these bible books on today’s video- below are
my studies-
NOTE-
The proclamation of John ‘Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the
world’- In Latin the term is Agnus Dei- as a boy we sung this hymn in Catholic
church ‘Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world- have mercy on us’.
[Agnus
Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.- this is the full phrase in the
Latin – taken from John’s declaration- where the Christian song/chant comes
from]
VERSES
Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and
the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar,
and them that worship therein.
Revelation 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave
out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city
shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and
they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth.
Revelation 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:5 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.
Revelation 11:6 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.
Revelation 11:7 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.
Revelation 11:8 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.
Revelation 11:9 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.
Revelation 11:10 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.
Revelation 11:11 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.
Revelation 11:12 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.
Revelation 11:13 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.
Revelation 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third
woe cometh quickly.
Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before
God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Revelation 11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty,
which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and hast reigned.
Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is
come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou
shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and
them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which
destroy the earth.
Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
That
thine alms may be in secret:
and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
But
thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
That
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall
reward thee openly.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matt. 1:23
I
know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know
the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Behold,
I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and
are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy
feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. Gal. 5:6
Philipians
3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice
in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
12 Giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom
we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is
the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by
him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible
and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is
before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is
the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it
pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And,
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all
things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things
in heaven.
21 And you,
that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now
hath he reconciled
22 In the
body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in his sight:
Col. 1
And he said
unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I
was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Lk 24:44
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, an house
not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2nd Cor. 5:1
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly
lusts, which war against the soul; Peter 2:1
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Matt. 7:29
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Is. 11:9
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Rom. 8:11
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