Clay Cantrell (7 March 2012)
"Jonah, Joppa, the Resurrection & the Two Witnesses"


Readers -

The Lord Jesus was clear...

Matthew 12:39,40
"But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:  For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

The Lord tied His own resurrection directly to the famous

 Jonas (Jonah) event.

When he (Jonah) hears the voice and word of God telling him to go to Ninevah and cry against it, ....

Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down (descended) to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

Joppa (means Beautiful) is where Dorcas (gazelle) lived, died, and then lived again. raised from the dead in Acts 9:40. in Luke 7:15, the son of the widow of Nain is raised by the Lord. Nain means "Beautiful". (only instance of Strong's 339g being used. the dead folk "Sit Up" 339g anakathizo.

total gematria for the verse Jonah 1:3 =

    6528

the gematria for Jesus Christ = 2368 (888 + 1480)

note the Descending

    6528 - 2368 = 4160 (416 x 10)

Jared = Descend. greek gematria = 416

This is a match to the verse reference of 1 Thessalonians 4:16, "The Lord Himself shall DESCEND from heaven with a shout ..."

Dorcas greek gematria = 395, the same as the words EAST (rising of the sun), and EIGHT (the Lord's number). the Lord raised on the eighth day.

    6528 - (395 x 13) = 1393

Strong's greek number for DORCAS = 1393g !

note all verses that have a total verse gematria of 6528:

http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.asp?SearchBy_Gematria=6528

five verses, note the last verse !

Luke 9:30
"And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:"

My theoretical conclusions:

Jonah's "descending" to Joppa is tied to the Resurrection (of the dead).

As with Dorcas, the Resurrection of the dead is tied directly to the city of Joppa.

As with Joppa and Nain, and the "resurrected" lame beggar at the gate called Beautiful, the Resurrection that is coming is tied to the concept of Beautiful.

The two witnesses (Mose and Elijah) appear at, or right after, the Resurrection of the Dead (1 Thess 4:17).

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imho, Enoch is not one of the Two Witnesses, as he did not have a ministry to the House of Israel. Moses (dead) and Elijah (living) are the Law and the Prophets. Thus, in a sense, the Two Witnesses and the Law and the Prophets, a matched pair.