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Revelation 11:1-14-The Two Witnesses Murdered and Then Raised from the Dead by God During the Tribulation Revelation 11:1-14-The Two Witnesses Murdered And Then Raised From The Dead By God During the Tribulation During Daniel’s Seventieth Week, which is also called by students of prophecy, “the Tribulation,” there will be two witnesses sent by God who will proclaim the Gospel but then will be murdered by Antichrist but then raised from the dead by God. Leading up to the appearance of these two individuals, there will be many cataclysmic events. First of all, there will be the rise of the Ten Nation Confederacy called the Revived Roman Empire at the beginning of Daniel’s 70th week (Dan. 2; 7). This will be followed by Antichrist ascension to power as the King of the Western Confederacy in Europe (Dan. 7:20, 24; 9:27; Rev. 13:1-10). Then, we have the rise of the revived form of the Roman Empire under Antichrist during the first three and a half years of Daniel’s Seventieth Week will be accompanied by the formulation of a false religious system under the false prophet (Rev. 13:11-18). Next, Antichrist’s peace treaty with the leadership of Israel will take place after the rapture of the church and actually begins Daniel’s Seventieth Week. Toward the middle of Daniel’s 70 th week, Michael the archangel and his legions of elect-angels will expel Satan and his legions from heaven (Rev. 12:7). Once Satan is thrown down permanently on the earth, he will inspire the leader of Russia and her allies to invade Israel during the midway point of Daniel’s Seventieth Week according to Ezekiel 38-39. Ezekiel chapters thirty eight and thirty nine reveals that the Lord Himself will destroy this invasion by Russia who will be accompanied by Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey, Iran, Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya. The next major event will be Antichrist breaking his treaty with the Israel. The Russian led invasion of Israel will cause the Antichrist to break his treaty with Israel and occupy Israel according to Daniel 11:41. As a result as a result of the power vacuum in the world caused by the destruction of Russia’s military, the Antichrist will become a world ruler (Rev. 6:1-2; 13:5, 7; 17:12-13). Antichrist will be worshipped world-wide (Daniel 11:36; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:14-15) and during this time Jerusalem will be occupied by Gentile armies. The occupation of Jerusalem during the last three and half years of Daniel’s Seventieth Week is predicted in Revelation 11:1-2. Accompanying this occupation of Israel and her capital Jerusalem will be a great world-wise persecution of the Jews inspired by Satan himself. Next, Revelation 11:1-14 predicts the appearance of two men who will be the Lord’s witnesses during the last three and a half years of Daniel’s Seventieth Week. They will prophesy but will be murdered by the Antichrist who will not permit their bodies to be buried and will be left in the streets of Jerusalem for three 2008 William E. Wenstrom, Jr. Bible Ministries 1 and a half days. But then suddenly, they will be raised from the dead by God and ascend into heaven in front of a world-wide television audience. The following is an outline of Revelation 11:3-14: (1) The character, time and length of the ministry of the two witnesses (3-5) (2) The character and conduct of the two witnesses (4-6) (3) The martyrdom of the two witnesses (7-10). (4) The resurrection of the two witnesses (11-13) (5) End of the second woe (14). Revelation 11:1-2, “Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, ‘Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.’” The measuring of the temple is symbolic of the fact that the temple is God’s possession since measuring something meant that you were claiming it for yourself. The fact that God tells John not to measure the court outside the temple because it would be given to the nations is a reference to the “times of the Gentiles.” “The times of the Gentiles” is prophesied in Daniel 2:31-45 and Daniel 7 and refers to an extended period of time when the Gentiles are the dominant world powers and Israel is subject to those powers and extends from the Babylonian capture of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar (586 B.C.) and continues through the Tribulation (Revelation 11:2). This period of history includes the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and the church age and the Tribulation period. This phrase does not rule out temporary Jewish control of Jerusalem as has occurred in the past during the Maccabean era (164-63 B.C), the first Jewish revolt against Rome (A.D. 66-70), the second Jewish revolt (A.D. 132-135) and now since 1967 and the Six-Day War. However, this control is only temporary because Revelation 11:1-2 predicts at least another three- and-one-half years of Gentile domination during the last half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week, also known as the Tribulation. Luke 21:23-24, “Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people; and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” Romans 11:25, “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery so that you will not be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.” Revelation 11:1-2, “Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, ‘Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and 2008 William E. Wenstrom, Jr. Bible Ministries 2 those who worship in it. Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.’” The “ forty-two months ” refers to the last three and a half years of Daniel’s Seventieth Week since it corresponds with the “ for a time ( one year ), times ( two years ), and a half time ( six months )” in Daniel 7:25 and the “ one thousand two hundred and sixty days ” in Revelation 12:6 and the “ forty-two months ” in Revelation 13:5. Revelation 11:3, “And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” The identity of these two witnesses is not revealed to us but some contend that they are Moses and Elijah and others Enoch and Elijah. However, this is an argument from silence meaning that the Scriptures do not identify that either Moses and Elijah or Enoch and Elijah will appear during the last three and a half years of Daniel’s Seventieth Week and prophecy. Dwight Pentecost commenting on the identity of the two witnesses in Revelation 11 writes: “An important consideration relative to Israel’s position in the tribulation is given in Revelation 11:3-12, where the ministry of the two witnesses is described. There is a wide divergence of opinion in the interpretation of this passage. A. The symbolic Interpretation. There are two principal views that result from a symbolic interpretation of the two witnesses. (1) The first is the view That these two witnesses represent the church, which will be raptured in the middle of the tribulation period. This rapture, according to this view, occurs in verse 12. Such is the position of the midtribulation rapturist, which has been examined previously. (2) The second is the view that the two witnesses represent the entire remnant of the tribulation period. This view is based on the observation that the number two is the number of witnesses and, since the 144,000 are witnesses during the period, they must be symbolically represented here. Both of these views depend on a non- literal method of interpretation. There are several objections to these views. (1) While it is recognized that Revelation does employ symbols, it seems a mistake to take all that is revealed there as symbolic. The word ‘signify’ in Revelation 1:1: does not primarily mean “to make known by symbols” but rather refers to an historical fact that has some spiritual significance to it. The seven ‘signs’ in John’s Gospel were not mere symbols, but actual historical events to which spiritual significance was attached. The use of ‘signify’ would not give warrant for a non-literal interpretation here. Consistency to the literal method demands that that which is revealed be understood literally unless the text clearly indicates otherwise as it does, for instance, in Revelation 12:3, 9. (2) Since the other numbers in this passage are 2008 William E. Wenstrom, Jr. Bible Ministries 3 taken literally, this number two must be taken literally also. The forty and two months (11:2), the thousand two hundred and threescore days (11:3), are taken in a literal manner so as to be understood to describe one-hall of the seventieth week period.
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