This is an iron sharpens iron group discussion. Thus, there will be no YouTube recording of this meeting. Scriptures and notes on the topic are provided below.
Q1
Who do you think the two witnesses are / will be?
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Elijah & Moses or Enoch?
Old & New Testament?
Jews & Gentiles?
Jewish & Christian Church?
Scripture Study 1 - One perspectinve on the identity of the two witnesses
Revelation 11:4 – Two olive trees and two lampstands
Revelation 11:10 – Two prophets
Revelation 11:11 The word lampstand = lychnia (Greek) = candlestick
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Matthew 5:15, Mark 4:21, Luke 8:16 – Jesus describes the people of God who have been “lit” as candlesticks
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Revelation 1:12-13 – There are seven lampstands
Revelation 1:20 – The angel defines lampstands as the seven churches
Revelation ch 2 - ch 3 – Jesus writes to the seven literal churches
Theologians agree that through prophetic parallels, these also describe the seven conditions of the church. Side note: There are many who also recognize these as seven different periods in church history during the current dispensation.
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Revelation 2:5 – An example of Jesus providing correction to the church of Ephesus.
“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”
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Only the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia do not receive correction from our Lord Jesus.
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Q2
What do you think about the various interpretations that were outlined?
Perspective A:
Two literal people
With literal power
For three and a half years
Perspective B:
Symbolic for the church (believers)
With symbolic power
Over a symbolic period of time
Perspective C:
Symbolic for the church (believers)
With literal power
For three and a half years
Q3
What are the two witnesses, witnessing?
Why are two witnesses required?
A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.
In the end times, God’s judgement will be against Satan.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Q4
What are the powers the two witnesses have, and how do they get them?
Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17 – And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
Acts 2:19 – And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
And I [God] will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.
Q5
How do you feel about having “powers” in the end times?
Q6
Do you believe God use His believers to send signs to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ Jesus?
Q7
What do you think about the Body of Christ fighting back in the spirit of Moses and Elijah?
Prophecy of the fight given to Daniel has the holy people of God fighting the Antichrist.
Daniel 7:21
NIV: As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them,
ESV: As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them,
Daniel 7:22
NIV: until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.
ESV: until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
Order of events:
The plagues will come
And the anger will set in
And the world will attack the witnesses of God
The world will be no match for God’s witnesses
So the Antichrist will make war on the believers
The bodies of the witnesses will lay in the streets in the Great City of Babylon, which is the whole world
They will be denied burial as a way to shame and disgrace them
When the Antichrist defeats the two witnesses the world will rejoice
The Antichrist will be the world’s savior, their messiah
Then God will show His power by resurrecting the believers
Because God always wins in the end
A few things going on in the world today:
Intersectionality – everyone is an oppressed group
Global warming
The great reset
Solution 21 – the UN power takeover
COVID 19, masks, and temperature checks
Rise of Godless Communism
Record first and floods
Locust plague in Kenya
Flocks of birds dropping dead
The blood moons
First AI police officers deployed in New Zealand
Chips in the hand – Sweden and now in Minneapolis
Microsoft chips in the forehead
All of your PII is digital – and protected, until it isn’t
To name a few…
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