And to the world at large, who have rejected truth, or failed to recognize the times, when their attention formerly transfixed upon the ascension of those Two Witnesses…and when their attentions, their sights look back down, they will notice if still standing where they were prior, lesser numbers beside them, as the remanant of that city in which comes the great earthquake praise God, and the rest of the world who behold the host of Heaven approaching...THE EARTH, tremble, and run to their underground fortresses, and to the mountains to pray for the rocks to fall upon them and slay them.
So when the Rapture event occurs, “at the Last Trump”…the world will witness the event, and will see a minimum of TWO individuals ascend into the clouds…
Q) Now what of the details of these two indviduals who rise in the
air in sight of the entire world...?
A) Let's see...
REVELATION CHAPTER 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.
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, 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.
Now Granted there are the different interpretations of the 70 weeks prophecies of Daniel, which could explain one witness as occurring in one 3 and half day/year timeframe and another in a second, then doing the math to add up to Daniels 70th week.
But note the language of the very passage of scripture from which the mainstream derive this doctrine. Especially note verse 12
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,
Q) What same hour?
A) The same hour in which these two witnesses are resurrected and caught up to Heaven...RAPTURED in the sight of ALL MANKIND! THAT IS WHEN THE REST OF THE END TIME BELIEVERS OF TRUTH WILL BE RAPTURED! And when they are, once at his side, they are coming HERE! Not ascending elsewhere! And once here, they are going to go to that remnant left in that city who PRAISE GOD after surviving that Earthquake, and that will begin the ministry of the 144,000 to the GREAT MULTITUDE!
And to understand this further, what takes place next, you will have to understand the mystery of “THE TREE OF LIFE” in greater clarity, and to see that these 144,000 are sent into all the world to declare the arrival of the NEW JERUSALEM, to a world in FAMINE. And that truth of that timeframe can be seen in greater clarity in the Study to be posted next week, “A CITY COMING DOWN.”
Now while I am here, if will indluge me, at the peril of
going down a 'rabbit trail,' I would like to note that there is
as there was in the timeframe of William Miller, during the transition
to Ellen White, and Ellen White to the time of transistion of Victor
Houteff, likewise Houteff to Roden, an event occurring in which the
truth is being watered down.
You see these messengers came, and in the timeframe between
the arrival and establishment of a new messenger, there were those who embraced the message, but did not allow themselves time to fully learn the same, did not investigate nor make inquiries or merely lacked exposure to do so. And in this embracement, in effort to understand, they melded what little they knew of the truth of the former messenger into the belief set the formerly possessed, or were most likely exposed to, resulting in a 'essence' of the truth which was presented, but not "THE TRUTH' itself, and subsequently placing themselves in peril of missing or rejecting the next messenger who came along. HARMONIZING THE MESSAGE, any current or new message which presents itself as such, is of the utmost importance, for if it does not harmonize, not just with the former messenger, but all those who came prior, then such should be scrutinized with prayerful diligence.
Now, a 2nd point before continuing, but also calling into view,
recent History, as I have recently pointed out the possiblity of various perceptions of what could be considered "A GREAT QUAKE" in light of that which we have recently been exposed to...note in Revelations 11 and verse
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.
This earthquake called great...destroys a TENTH part of the city...and only 7000 die. Now by the math, if THE TENTH is applicable to population as well, this would be a city of about 70,000...even so, more recently just months ago, we witnessed what none would dispute as being a Great Earthquake SLAY 70,000 people! The equivalent of the possible entire projected population of the city of note in Revelations 11:13.
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