132 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 4 - Book 11 - Revelation 6, Continued

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 11 REVELATION 6, CONTINUED Let's turn to Revelation Chapter 11. You will find here in verse 3, where God says: Revelation 11:3 "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy (speak forth the Word. The word "prophesy" in Scripture can mean either one. To speak about the future or just speak forth the Word. They are His witnesses, and they are going to minister primarily to the Nation of Israel and the area of Jerusalem.) Revelation 11:12a "And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, `Come up hither.' And they ascended up to heaven..." And then in verse 13: Revelation 11:13a It is the appearance of the two witnesses. I think that it's very possible that one of these two witnesses will be Elijah, because Elijah was taken up without having died. It's the last book of your Old Testament. Malachi Chapter 4 and verse 5: Malachi 4:5 "Behold (the prophet writes. God is speaking through the prophet), I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:" That's plain English. Before the great and terrible day of the Lord, Elijah will come. Malachi 4:6 Alright, flip back if you will to Matthew Chapter 11. Starting with verse 11. Matthew 11:11,12 "For all the prophets and the law prophesied (of the coming kingdom) until John. Jews. He's talking to the Nation of Israel. The King and the Kingdom. Remember that it's an offer. John the Baptist. Jesus is offering the Kingdom to the Nation of Israel in fulfillment of those Old Testament Covenants. The Old Testament said, "that before the return of Christ or the setting up of the kingdom, Elijah had to come." But Jesus said, "If you accept the kingdom now, then what? John is the prophesied Elijah." Elijah has to come. Come back to Revelation Chapter 11. Revelation 11:4 "These (the two witnesses) are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth." In other words, they are God's messengers for that time. In the midst of the Tribulation darkness and wickedness and iniquity, in the great cataclysmic events that are taking place, these two men will still be like a spiritual lighthouse. Now verse 5: Revelation 11:5 "And if any man will hurt them (or try to), fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies (they're going to have a special power for their protection as they proclaim the Word of God): and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed." Revelation 11:6 Now verse 7: Revelation 11:7 Revelation 11:8 Jerusalem. Verse 9: Revelation 11:9 Revelation 11:10 Revelation 11:11 The whole world. How can the people of the world see two dead people lying on the streets of Jerusalem. Revelation 11:12 "And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, `Come up hither.' Alright let's go on to verse 13: Revelation 11:13a "And the same hour (remember this is the mid-point of the Tribulation) was there a great earthquake,..." You have to remember that Jerusalem and especially the valley of the Jordan, and the Dead Sea, and the Sea of Galilee, are setting right on a tremendous fault line. Because at times the fault has literally dropped the surface of the earth in that area. Remember the whole Jordan valley is below sea level. Even the Sea of Galilee is 600 feet below sea level. So when the Bible speaks of great earthquakes in that part of the world it is not unusual. So we know we are at the mid-point of the Tribulation. Remember I told you rather than go verse by verse chronologically, take Revelation by events. The beginning (the appearance of the Anti-christ and these two witnesses), and at the mid-point we have the end of these two witnesses and have a great earthquake. Now let's read it: Revelation 7:1 "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth (remember this is supernatural experiences in a supernatural time), holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." Revelation 7:2,3 "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt (or judgment on) the earth and the sea, Saying, `Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.'" Now look who they are in verse 4: Revelation 7:4 Remember, they moved up into the northern part of Israel, and what were the tribes guilty of? As a result of their sealing: Revelation 7:9 "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations (that indicates that the 144,000 will not limit their ministry to just the Nation of Israel), and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;" #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible