THE WITNESSES - PART 2

    So far, I established that the Great Tribulation is not for the church. I explained the seven year period and I established how it will begin. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He has set up principles in the spiritual to manage the physical. These are specific principles that guide us. There are two principles that make it necessary to have witnesses on the earth during the Great Tribulation. Here I discuss it in relation to this period:

• the principle of the spiritual order 
• the principle of law
• the left behind 

The two principles of law and spiritual order work together. They will explain how God is merciful to us. I have written on those left behind but here I give more detail and relate it more specifically to the Book of Revelations. 

THE PRINCIPLE OF SPIRITUAL ORDER

The principle is that any law from God or to be used by God has to start in the spiritual and then brought to the physical world. I will demonstrate this using:

• Moses
• Daniel
• Jesus

Moses. I think most of us know about the Ten Commandments. He communed with God and God gave him the Ten Commandments. God writes it on the tablets. No other witness was needed because God Himself wrote it. He came through the barrier or heavenly domains and entered the physical with His writing on physical tablets. hahah He wrote it on stone. Could not get more physical than that. 

Daniel. In Daniel 9, God sets up the Great Tribulation but Daniel who knew God so well was unaware of some aspects of this time to come. The message had to be brought to him. The Jews did not have a guarantee of eternal life with God by following the laws. A new way was being prophesied to Daniel. 

He had to understand it. He had to publish it and promote it to the Jews. Same with Jesus. It was a new way and it was not for Jews only. In the past it was a Jewish religion but now through the Messiah the message would include non-Jews. This is what Daniel is now learning through the angel's message. 

Jesus. When Jesus came, He came with a new way, He spoke it and the disciples both lived it and wrote it. Both the physical and the spiritual involved, Ephesians 2:14-18. Jesus brought a message. He came to teach and establish it on the earth. He spoke it into the earthly realm and He walked and lived in it. 

He was the example for all to follow. This message could only be given by Jesus. The Messianic Jews were teaching it but Jesus needed to expand on it, demonstrate it, and take it to the Gentiles. The disciples were the witnesses who would publish it. 

Through these three examples I can safely say that witnesses will be needed on the earth to bring the message of Christ and to prophecy of what is happening. They will bring it from the heavens, the spiritual realm to the earth the physical realm. The Great Tribulation refers to the earth.

THE PRINCIPLE OF LAW

Laws have been a part of us through the ages. To establish a rule or a law, it has to be decreed and published. It has to be promoted. There must be two witnesses or more. It is an extension of the spiritual order. Sin brings death. God warns us of this many times. Now that God has removed the church in His mercy to the Jews and the non-believers He gives a final opportunity during the seven years to turn away from sin. 

But to judge them He has to provide witnesses according to the principle of law He set up before.   

Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness. Deuteronomy 17:6

“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. Deuteronomy:15

But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ Matthew 18:16

Witnesses are needed to establish how they will be judged, by whom, and why. 

THE LEFT BEHIND

Often times I have written about how time works in the Bible. I can see this in Revelations. When John speaks he introduces something but gives details later on. I am trying to put it in some order for you. It is a time when things will happen very fast and furious. There will be a need for witnesses because of the two principles discussed earlier. The earth will be filled with lawlessness, anger and hostility. This will have to be judged. 

At first it may seem peaceful when the treaty is signed. But as the judgements of God are passed things start to get confusing. I want to point out that when something is specific to the non-Jews the period is checked in months. 

If you like you can look at it both ways. The Jewish year is 360 days using a lunar calendar. The rest of the world uses 365 days. Compare Revelations 12:6 with Revelations 13:5. There will be revival during the Great Tribulation. But what a terrible time to live in. There are a number of reasons why it will be difficult for the left behind to accept Jesus during the Great Tribulation.

You will feel the burden for the souls that are being lost. When you see others hunted, beheaded or suffering from food and amenities it will hurt you. You will see people being deceived and unable to understand you. You will find that you cannot trust because they will betray you. You will be anxious for loved ones. These are heavy burdens to bear while you are trying to hide from hunters. It will be easier to be angry than to forgive.

When the world witnesses the rapture they will feel rejected and left behind. They will not want to hear that they had time and opportunity. They will reject you who represents God to them. Even though they know that God can stop the tribulations, they will curse God. 

The true Bible will not exist. When the rapture happens, the Bibles will eventually be changed or destroyed. This will facilitate tolerance. One religion that says all gods are the same or there are different ways. No one way or one god will be allowed to be better than the other. 

I would recommend very little internet activity at this time. Tolerance of religions will be through a form of godliness, or a one religion. This will be done easily as already in some countries converting someone to Christianity is against the law. This will be the new way all over the world. 

When people continually reject Christ, God sends delusion. I want to stress that it starts with the lawless one deceiving the world. But the point of sin is when people prefer to believe in the deceptions and not in the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 says:

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. 

During the Great Tribulation, the people will not want to hear about judgement, sin, wrong doing, or truth. Already we can see this.

Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. Matthew 24:9-12

When the judgements are being passed on the earth, the people will get more angry with God. Anyone who believes in Jesus at that time will be persecuted. They will be hated. Jesus and his followers will be punished on the earth. They will blame God for the world being in tribulation. They will accuse God and His heavenly hosts for the woes or the troubles they have to face. Just like the devil, the dragon they will bring accusation.

It upsets God a lot to hear us say that He is not fair or that He is evil, verse 1. He wants us to understand his desire is that all men would have eternal life with Him. Ezekiel 18:32, For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. Therefore turn and live! But if this is not what we want, then the other option will lead to death. The opposite of life is death. 

When the devil, the dragon brings accusations against the believers, he is barred from heaven, Revelations 12:10. He is angry that the Jews will flee from him. God will stop him from hurting them. He will then become more hateful of the believers.

And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Revelations 12:17

Things will get worse when the anti-Christ declares He is God and puts a stop to the sacrificing to God in the Temple of Jerusalem. It will change from all gods being the same to the anti-Christ declaring he is God. If you do not receive the mark to show you identify with him, you will be killed. 

Do you understand how hostile it will be? It is truly better to believe in Jesus today. However, by doing what you have to for Jesus you bring judgement to the wicked and you give witness of sin on the earth. I do not know for sure what you have to do to truly show God you choose Him during this time. I can suggest three things:

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. You can win by accepting Jesus as Messiah and by your testimony of choosing to live and die for Christ. If it comes to choosing death when you are threatened for being a believer.

I use the proclamations by the angels as a guide because of the relationship between the physical and the spiritual:  

• read the Book of Revelations out loud, Revelations 1:3
• learn the true message of Christ and practise it, Revelations 14:6, 19:10
• know the purpose of the Great Tribulation is to teach us to fear God, Revelations 14:7
• stay away from the sin in the land; idolatry, worship of the beast or his image, Revelations 14:9-10
• speak out aloud or prophecy the fall of Babylon, the Second Coming of Christ, Revelations 14:8 

I am not saying risk your life or your children's. But if you have opportunity to lead someone to Christ do it. Never deny Jesus is the Messiah! Never curse Israel. However evil will be all over the world. 

The world will be filled with so much hate that they will celebrate the death of believers. They will celebrate the death of the two witnesses. The two witnesses will come with to testify of Jesus and to prophecy what will happen. 

You can prophecy by following the instructions of reading or speaking out loud what will happen during the seven year period and the fall of Babylon. I think that what the angels do and what the two witnesses do are about the same.

I pray God's mercy on you and your family. I rebuke every hindering spirit set to stop you from fulfilling God's purpose in your life in Jesus name.

 Dear Heavenly Father,

I ask you to forgive my sins in knowledge or ignorance. Please forgive me. I accept Jesus as my Saviour. I ask that Jesus comes into my life as I live to be a witness for Him. Please change my life and make me into the person you want me to be. Guide me in these times so I can be used by you to help others in Jesus name I pray. Thank you.

Thank you Behold Israel