Western Wall in Jerusalem
(April 6, 2009 ) Today I visited a website that I had not been to in more than a year. As soon as I saw how dramatically their technology had improved I immediately thought of a prophecy in the Book of Revelation: “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 proceedethout 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 earthwith 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. 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.” (Revelation 11:1-14) God was showing His servant John what was going to take place in the future. In this passage John sees the third Jewish Temple standing in Jerusalem. He then sees two witnesses for God preaching near the Temple. These two witnesses have some sort of supernatural power which they use if someone tries to interfere with their prophesying. After 3 and 1/2 years the Antichrist or Satan through him is allowed to kill these two prophets of God. Their bodies are left in the street in Jerusalem. John says that the whole world will see them lying there dead. How could the whole world see them in Jerusalem?
This wasn’t possible until the last half of the 20th century. With the advent of television it is now possible for the entire earth to see a particular event or location anywhere in the world. The Internet adds another dimension to this phenomenon. The website that I visited used to have a camera focused on the Western Wall which is located at the base of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. You could see a relatively live camera shot of the wall and the people visiting it. The last time I saw this site the picture had to reload every few seconds and so the people’s movements were choppy. Today I saw the improvement they had made and now you can see and hear in actual real time the Wall and those visiting it. It is truly like looking out a window and seeing the wall as if you were standing there in person. You can see this site at: The Kotel.org
All John states is that the whole world sees this event take place. He does not describe how they can see it. Outside of God supernaturally flashing these scenes on the sky, this is the first time in history that such an event can take place and fulfill this prophecy. This prophetic passage along with others were not able to take place before now. The global economic system John sees in Revelation 13 is only possible in the modern electronic age with digital transactions. Most important of all, there would be no Jewish Temple in Jerusalem if the Jews never returned to Israel. The year 1948 changed that when God miraculously brought the Jews back to their land. The Jews have made all the utensils and priestly garments that they will use in the Temple services (see The Temple Institute website). All they are waiting for is someone who can help them rebuild it. We are truly living in a remarkable time.
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Tags: Antichrist, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Temple, Revelation 11, technology, Two Witnesses
Yeah, I tend to agree with you. Some say the two witnesses are the Old & New Testaments and had something to do with French history. While this theory may have symbolic parallels I think that’s close as they come to the real thing. The real thing being that these two are actual human beings, prophets. And what you’re saying is absolutely true. The French theory or whatever you wanna call it discounts the fact these two will be seen dead on the street by the whole world. But this theory cannot account for that slight inconvenient truth – well, prophecy.
Some preterists hold to the view that the Two Witnesses refer to the Old and New Testaments. However, in Revelation 1:19 Jesus tells John to “Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.” John did indeed write the things that he saw. In Revelation ch. 11 he states that these Two Witnesses are living beings because they can be hurt and that they will die. In ch. 10 he describes a little book or scroll that the angel told him to eat. In ch. 5 of Revelation he again sees a written scroll with seven seals on it. If the Two Witnesses were the Old and the New Testaments why didn’t he describe them as two books or scrolls? I agree with you that what John saw was two human beings prophesying in the End-Times.