“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:27
In 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. 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.
Pamela and Michael had enjoyed the Sabbath this clear, bright, spring day today. They had a chance to walk their dusty county road and watch the latest construction projects on the local prairie dog's field. They returned home, relaxed on their living room sofa and looked out the window to the hill bluffs in the sunset. Michael hugged Pamela, “I am all yours!” After sunset, Pamela wandered the web and found a site called
Beholdthebeast. She called out to Michael, “Honey, here is a site that explains about the Two Witnesses in a historical manner! Not the way Mainstream Christianity does, how they break the convention of a 'dayfora year' prophecy rule and turn what should be 1,260 years into 18 months or 3 and a half years?”
“Okay, who is the author?” asks Michael.
“I read a little about him. He was a Mainstream Christian Pastor and he taught his Congregation the standard 'Rapture, 3.5 or 7 year 'Tribulation' and all the Pagan Holiday stuff they teach. Until he read the Holy Bible as a literal/symbolic history/prophecy book, he began to form some 'new' ideas for himself! Take a look at his page on the Two Witnesses!
Pamela continues, “The author spends some time in the book of Daniel. He connects some dates for example, from Cyrus, King of Persia, 533 BC, and the 'a time, times, and an half.' He concludes that the time, times and a half are 2500 years, from the Apostle Peter's 'a day to God is 1000 years to us.' So Michael, do some quick mental mathematics, with BC as a negative number, what date to you come up with?”
Michael thinks a moment, “1967, the time of the 'Six Day War!” Israel got Jerusalem back!”
“Yes, Look at Daniel 12:7 'And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.' God's 'scattering' of the holy people is done. The time of the Gentiles is Kaput, and the time of Jesus' return is closer than ever!”
“Here are some more dates. Look up abomination of desolation in wikipedia. One item they say is: the building of the Dome of the Rock by the Umayyad Caliph Abd alMalik ibn Marwan in 691 AD. Now that 691 AD is when the Dome construction was done, but it started around 688. Take that 688 + 1260 and what do we get? “1948” said Pamela.
“Wow!” gasps Michael.
“But there is a prophecy doublewhammy here too! In Daniel 7:25 'And he hall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.' The 'he' in there is Belshazzar king of Babylon. The first year of his reign was 552 BC. Mathematics yields 2500 – 552 equals 1948 AGAIN!