Two Witnesses in Jerusalem
Before Jesus returns to establish His Kingdom on earth, there will be a time of great Tribulation (Matthew 24). It is my understanding that the great Tribulation is the second half (3.5 years) of Daniel's 70th week (7 year period):
Daniel 9:27 KJV - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week (Strong's H7620 - 7 years): and in the midst (Strong's H2673 - half/middle) of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
A Day is as a Year
In the Book of Numbers, God YHVH sets a precedent that one day would be as a year:
Numbers 14:34 KJV - After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
This is reiterated later during the days of Israel's backsliding, where the Prophet Ezekiel was told to lay on his side for a certain number of days, shadowing the amount of years that Israel and Judah would have to suffer the seige:
Ezekiel 4:5-6 KJV - For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. [6] And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
This 7 year period (Daniel's 70th week) is tied into the prophesy spoken of by God in the flesh (Jesus) after his disciples asked Him what is the sign of His second coming, and of the end of the world:
Matthew 24:15-21 KJV - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) [16] Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: [17] Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: [18] Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. [19] And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: [21] For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
* This shows us that at the time of the abomination of desolation being set up until the end of the 70th week, there will be 3.5 years (reference Daniel 9:27):
Daniel 12:11 KJV - And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days (3.58 years).
Please see my blog post:
• Abomination of Desolation
• Translations Matter
To understand why Israel is the focal point of Last Days Bible prophecy, please see my blog post - Israel will be saved:
• Israel Will Be Saved
It is important to understand this 7 year period is for the reconciliation of Israel, as referenced in Daniel 9 and Zechariah 12-14, in the latter days just before Jesus returns in the clouds (Jude 1:14-15).
It is my understanding that the two witnesses will appear at the first half of the 7 year period in Jerusalem to save Jesus' elect from the lies of the antiChrist and speak of Jesus as the Messiah. We know it will be in Jerusalem according to this scripture:
Revelation 11:8-9 KJV - 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.
Also, if this was to happen at the latter half of Daniel's 70th week, during the greatest tribulation ever, they would be raised along with the rest of the dead at Christ's Second coming which happens immediately after the tribulation of those days:
Revelation 20:4 KJV - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Two Witnesses Talk
https://youtu.be/e9fLNKwJUtE
The notion that the ressurection of the two witnesses happens at the Second Coming does not match the order of events in the Book of Revelations. Why would the two witnesses (prophets) be placed in Jerusalem if it was already evacuated due to the abomination of desolation (Matthew 24:15-21)?
If the time of the two witnesses happened at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, which is at the second half of Daniel's 70th week, then why would the beast destroy them at the time of Jesus' appearing? Everything would be over at that point:
Revelation 11:7 KJV - 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.
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I believe the 7 year Tribulation, also known as Jacob's trouble or Daniel's 70th week, is going to start around the decree to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem and the covenant with many spoken of in Daniel 9:27:
Surprise Peace Deal
https://youtu.be/BAV2BRO_iww
8/4/18 - After a prayer meeting, a prophet told us that soon the third temple will be built suddenly, but it is not the Almighty who will sit on His throne, but the evil one (a counterfeit).
Temple Blueprints
http://www.templeinstitute.org/blueprints-for-the-holy-temple.htm
Netanyahu Announcement
https://youtu.be/WnCvoL3ChoI
Daniel 9:27/2 Thessalonians 2
https://youtu.be/xJiBu79Bids
For related articles, please see the following links:
• Third Temple Updates
• Hanukkah - Man of Sin
• Dividing Israel
• AntiChrist Rising
• Setting the Stage
According to Bible prophesy, there will be two witnesses in the Last Days who will appear in Israel, and it seems it will be around the time of the New Temple in Jerusalem:
Acts 2:17 - Prophetic Word
https://youtu.be/McMx5DL--Yo
Another reason why it appears the two witnesses will appear in the first half of Daniel's 70th week, is because the chapter speaks of the New Temple in Jerusalem being rebuilt. It will be rebuilt before the Abomination of Desolation occurs in the third temple in Jerusalem at the 3.5 year mark (Daniel 9:26, 2 Thessalonians 2).
Revelation 11:1-3 KJV - 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. [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. [3] And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (3.58 years), clothed in sackcloth.
The two olive trees are referenced in the old testament:
Zechariah 4:2-5,11-14 KJV - And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: [3] And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. [4] So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? [5] Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. [11] Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? [12] And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? [13] And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be ? And I said, No, my lord. [14] Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
It is true, the Bible refers to the Jewish people as an olive tree twice in scripture:
Jeremiah 11:16 KJV - The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Romans 11:24 KJV - For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches , be graffed into their own olive tree?
Therefore, Christians are grafted into the "olive tree" by faith in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. Yet, the Jewish people will be grafted back into their own olive tree, I believe they will be grafted back in during Daniel's 70th week as stated in Daniel 9:
Daniel 9:24 KJV - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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I speculate that during Daniel's 70th week, the two witnesses will be literally two people, as Jesus referred to people as being trees:
Luke 6:43-44 KJV - For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. [44] For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
It appears that John the Baptist also referred to men as trees:
Luke 3:9 KJV - And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Also, we know that not all Christians will be killed in Jerusalem, logically, thus working against the idea of the two witnesses being two corporate bodies of people as opposed to two literal people. Also, I don't believe the true and faithful Christians will be on earth suffering the wrath of God during Daniel's 70th week. I believe the pre-tribulation rapture (1 Corinthians 15:52) is alluded to in Revelations:
Revelation 3:10-11 KJV - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. [11] Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Also, we know that the Man of Sin will have power to persecute the saints, probably in the beginning 3.5 years of the 7 year tribulation:
Revelation 13:5-7 KJV - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things (Man of Sin/AntiChrist) and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months (3.5 years). [6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. [7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
For related articles, please see the following links:
• AntiChrist Rising
• Setting the Stage
This will be the time that the Mark of the Beast (most likely Covid Vaccine and RFID microchip) is mandated to the entire world by the Man of Sin/AntiChrist. Some prophets say Obama is the Man of Sin, and I'm inclined to believe it is so:
• Setting the Stage
• AntiChrist Propaganda
• Alien Deception
• Prince of this World
* I believe the Mark of the Beast is voluntary now but will be mandatory in the soon coming Beast System: (Revelation 13:16)
The Mark of the Beast I suppose could be a combination of things, we do not yet know what will be mandatory in order to buy or sell although it appears the mRNA vaccine or another Covid-19 Vaccine will soon be mandated to buy or sell. Revelation 13 says all men will have to receive a mark in their right hand or forehead, which could be literal, metaphorical, or spiritual mark. I believe these vaccines will change the DNA of a person and will be mandated soon as a false cure and may include an RFID microchip and or trackable nanobots. Also, I suppose the vaccine pill could also alter our DNA and include nanobots and Luciferase enzymes. In addition, the quantum dot tattoo may also be used and have similar functions as the other ones. I say stay away from it all and count it all as damnable and all potentially the Mark of the Beast! If you accept the mRNA vaccine it will most likely change your DNA and cause you to be a hybrid Nephilim which is no longer a creation of God and therefore I believe irredeemable. In addition, the other false solutions are equally as damning in my opinion and we should resist all COVID-19 solutions from the government and put our trust in Jesus Christ alone! All of these evil solutions and or any new solutions may all have the potential to be linked into the New World Order cloud system and allow for tracking, tracing, and digital payments, ID, and more!! Resist these abominations! Whoever receives the Mark of the Beast is forever damned to hell. For Biblical scripture related to the Mark of the Beast see Revelation Chapters 13-14 and 19-20.
• The Persecution
• War on Israel
Revelation 20:4 KJV - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
I further speculate that the truth of Jesus will be revealed to the Jewish people (Zechariah 12) in the first 3.5 years of Daniel's 70th week when the two witnesses are in Jerusalem and the 5 unwise vigrins (Wordly Christians - Matthew 25) are left behind:
Revelation 11:8 KJV - 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.
AOC Network Understanding
https://youtu.be/fE81HrKxHoo
Some people speculate that Elijah and Moses will be the two witnesses that come back because they appeared with Jesus at the transfiguration:
Matthew 17:1-8 KJV - And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, [2] And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. [3] And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. [4] Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. [5] While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. [6] And when the disciples heard it , they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. [7] And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. [8] And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
It is possible that the two witnesses are two bodies/groups of people, yet I believe the two witnesses are two literal people/prophets. I believe they will be revealed around the same time the Man of Sin will be revealed:
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 KJV - Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come , except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; [4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
The Remnant of Israel - Daniel's 70th Week
An interesting note is that Revelation 12 tells us the Woman, a representation of Israel the nation, will flee into the wilderness for three and a half years. This is supported by the verses in Matthew 24 after the Abomination of Desolation, which is the final half of Daniel's 70th week:
Revelation 12:13-14 KJV - And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. [14] And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
* It is commonly understood that a "time" is one year, and "times" is two years, and a "half a time" is half a year. This makes three and half years the same as 42 months.
In the Book of Zechariah, after the Holy Spirit is poured out in Jerusalem in Daniel's 70th week (Zechariah 12), a remnant will be saved and purified (Zechariah 13). It is said that one third of Israel will be spared, and it seems that thus verse in Micah 5:2 speaks of the remnant being delivered at the return of Jesus the Messiah:
Micah 2:12-13 KJV - I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. [13] The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
From a Christian source, it is proposed that Bozrah is a reference to Petra - the rock enclave in which the remnant of Israel will flee to (Matthew 24:15-21) after the Abomination of Desolation takes place in the Third Temple (2 Thessalonians 2). It seems they will wait there until Jesus returns to destroy the AntiChrist and False Prophet and break up the wolves surrounding Israel as shepherd with His rod (Revelation 19-20):
"Jesus is clearly teaching about the sheepcote and how the shepherd places himself in the only door opening to protect the sheep from the enemy. In Hebrew Bozrah means “the sheep of the fold” and describes the place the Jews will flee to in the days to come according the God’s Word. Today in wilderness of southern Jordan is a tock fortress surrounded by harsh rugged mountains called Petra, the Roman name for “The Rock.” The ancient Nabateans conquered the Edomites and created a treasure city with incredible temples and altars into the red rock to worship their pagan gods and goddesses. The only entrance into this great city hidden in the clefts of the rock is through a very narrow passage called the Siq, which is several long winding through a narrow passage with walls over 500 ft high….Petra is the perfect picture of a sheepcote!"
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