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“Who are the two Witness in Revelation chapter 11”. we will reveal who they are. But first we need to understand the background on these two witness.
A.They are symbolic, and not the actual Moses, and Elijah, or Enoch.
B.These two witness are not eschatologically from our or John’s point of view.
C.These two witness are in the word today.
With that said let’s look at these two witness point by point, and then give an outline on each point
Point #1.
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”.
a thousand two hundred and threescore days is exactly 42 months or 3 1/2 years, the exact length, or measure of the Lord Jesus ministry, (time, and times, and half a time). And the POWER that fueled this ministry is God himself, the Holy Spirit, the OIL of Zechariah chapter 4. his two witness, meaning sent from God, meaning God's apostle. see men can be sent by men, who are apostles. but these two witness are "his/my" apostles. we know the Lord Jesus is "SENT" from God, but what about John the Baptist? let the record speak. Scripture, John 1:6 "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe". two things about John. A. he's an apostle of God. how do we know this. the word "sent" here in this verse is the Hebrew word,
G649 ἀποστέλλω apostello (a-po-stel'-lō) v.
1. to set apart.
2. (by implication) to send out.
3. (properly) to send out on a mission.
{literally or figuratively}
KJV: put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty)
Cognate: 652 apóstolos (from 649 /apostéllō, "to commission, send forth") – properly, someone sent (commissioned), focusing back on the authority (commissioning) of the sender. WHAT DO "COGNATE" means? (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root
my source on 652. apostolos is http://biblehub.com/greek/652.htm under HELPS Word-studies
So the Lord Jesus and John the Baptist are apostles of God. what a revelation.
their Cloths in sackcloth, meaning preaching repentance. sackcloth means penitence. and the definition of penitence is the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance. the first thing out of John the Baptist mouth, "REPENT". Scripture, Matthews 3:1 "In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight". now the Lord Jesus, Scripture, Matthews 4:16 "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand". so we have the two witness, John and the Lord Jesus. But lets go on.
Point#2
Revelation 11:4 "These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth”.
Zechariah 4:2 "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. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts". Here Jesus is confirm as one of the two witness, How?. not by his might, or power, but by, "MY spirit". wait a minute, I thought God is a Spirit. so who is this, "spirit"?. any time one sees small case spirit, it either a man or another spirit, an angel. Not by might, nor by power, (meaning not by dunamis power of a man), but by his spirit, small case spirit. meaning a man with God's authority, the exousia power, or his anointed. and it is two olive trees that is anointed with himself, THE HOLY SPIRIT. so clearly the man, Jesus, is one of the two witness. lets see if this anointing is with God.
Zechariah 4:11 "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". now from olive trees, to olive branches so clearly, God spirit, small case, is the man Jesus, who is God, his Intrinsic spatial, or the manifestation of God shared in flesh. you have heard of the word, spatial, if not look up the word, Intrinsic also. in order to get a full understanding of who this spirit, "of" God is. The "of", tell you who he is. the OBJECTIVE or the ARM of God. Now we know for a fact that the Lord Jesus the MAN, NOT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF, but , "OF" God, his (Intrinsic spatial with flesh/body), is that witness. now, with that knowledge, that just bring John into the picture even more. because he witness to that CANDLESTICK. I suggest a re-reading of Zechariah chapters 3, & 4 to get a good picture of the two witness.
Lets recap. The angel that spoke with Zechariah said that the two Olive trees are the two anointed ones. Let’s see who was anointed by God, and who God anoints with his Spirit. A. we know that the Lord Jesus, born as a man was anointed from birth. Was John born with the Spirit.B. Luke 1:13-15 "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb”. at that time the only two men who was Spiritually alive to God was John and the Lord Jesus. Both had the Spirit from birth.
next time verse 5 & 6 and then make the comparison of Moses and the Lord Jesus, Elijah and John the baptist.
be blessed.
“Who are the two Witness in Revelation chapter 11”. we will reveal who they are. But first we need to understand the background on these two witness.
A.They are symbolic, and not the actual Moses, and Elijah, or Enoch.
B.These two witness are not eschatologically from our or John’s point of view.
C.These two witness are in the word today.
With that said let’s look at these two witness point by point, and then give an outline on each point
Point #1.
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”.
a thousand two hundred and threescore days is exactly 42 months or 3 1/2 years, the exact length, or measure of the Lord Jesus ministry, (time, and times, and half a time). And the POWER that fueled this ministry is God himself, the Holy Spirit, the OIL of Zechariah chapter 4. his two witness, meaning sent from God, meaning God's apostle. see men can be sent by men, who are apostles. but these two witness are "his/my" apostles. we know the Lord Jesus is "SENT" from God, but what about John the Baptist? let the record speak. Scripture, John 1:6 "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe". two things about John. A. he's an apostle of God. how do we know this. the word "sent" here in this verse is the Hebrew word,
G649 ἀποστέλλω apostello (a-po-stel'-lō) v.
1. to set apart.
2. (by implication) to send out.
3. (properly) to send out on a mission.
{literally or figuratively}
KJV: put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty)
Cognate: 652 apóstolos (from 649 /apostéllō, "to commission, send forth") – properly, someone sent (commissioned), focusing back on the authority (commissioning) of the sender. WHAT DO "COGNATE" means? (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root
my source on 652. apostolos is http://biblehub.com/greek/652.htm under HELPS Word-studies
So the Lord Jesus and John the Baptist are apostles of God. what a revelation.
their Cloths in sackcloth, meaning preaching repentance. sackcloth means penitence. and the definition of penitence is the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance. the first thing out of John the Baptist mouth, "REPENT". Scripture, Matthews 3:1 "In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight". now the Lord Jesus, Scripture, Matthews 4:16 "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand". so we have the two witness, John and the Lord Jesus. But lets go on.
Point#2
Revelation 11:4 "These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth”.
Zechariah 4:2 "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. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts". Here Jesus is confirm as one of the two witness, How?. not by his might, or power, but by, "MY spirit". wait a minute, I thought God is a Spirit. so who is this, "spirit"?. any time one sees small case spirit, it either a man or another spirit, an angel. Not by might, nor by power, (meaning not by dunamis power of a man), but by his spirit, small case spirit. meaning a man with God's authority, the exousia power, or his anointed. and it is two olive trees that is anointed with himself, THE HOLY SPIRIT. so clearly the man, Jesus, is one of the two witness. lets see if this anointing is with God.
Zechariah 4:11 "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". now from olive trees, to olive branches so clearly, God spirit, small case, is the man Jesus, who is God, his Intrinsic spatial, or the manifestation of God shared in flesh. you have heard of the word, spatial, if not look up the word, Intrinsic also. in order to get a full understanding of who this spirit, "of" God is. The "of", tell you who he is. the OBJECTIVE or the ARM of God. Now we know for a fact that the Lord Jesus the MAN, NOT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF, but , "OF" God, his (Intrinsic spatial with flesh/body), is that witness. now, with that knowledge, that just bring John into the picture even more. because he witness to that CANDLESTICK. I suggest a re-reading of Zechariah chapters 3, & 4 to get a good picture of the two witness.
Lets recap. The angel that spoke with Zechariah said that the two Olive trees are the two anointed ones. Let’s see who was anointed by God, and who God anoints with his Spirit. A. we know that the Lord Jesus, born as a man was anointed from birth. Was John born with the Spirit.B. Luke 1:13-15 "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb”. at that time the only two men who was Spiritually alive to God was John and the Lord Jesus. Both had the Spirit from birth.
next time verse 5 & 6 and then make the comparison of Moses and the Lord Jesus, Elijah and John the baptist.
be blessed.