Reply to Garry B: “The 70th
week of Daniel has not yet begun because”
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2013/garryb628-1.htm
Hi Garry,
I must
disagree with your position. The Two Witnesses
ministry is for 1260 days in the last half
which starts with the Abomination of Desolation.
Rev 11:1-15 “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 (the last
half). 3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
[and] threescore days (the same exact
period of time as above, stated in 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 (power from God):
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 (not
indicative of first half). 7 And when they shall
have finished their testimony, the beast
that ascendeth out of the
bottomless pit (for me this
identifies the beast as the first beast, and is not
meant to indicate the timing of when the two witnesses
are killed. Every other timing indicator points to the
end of the last half) shall make war
against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them (only upon
the completion of their 1260 days). 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 (Jerusalem)
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. (The First
woe was announced in Rev 8:13 following the
Fourth Trumpet and included the Fifth Trumpet Judgment
in Rev 9:1-11. Rev 8:13 says “And I beheld, and heard
an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying
with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet
of the three angels, which are yet to sound!” The Second
woe was the Sixth Trumpet, and the Third
woe is the Seventh Trumpet out of which all
Seven Bowl Judgments proceed). 15 And the seventh
angel sounded (the Seventh
Trumpet); and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the
kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall
reign for ever and ever.” (The
Seventh Trumpet is sounded just after the Two
Witnesses are resurrected). A byproduct of your
position would put Six Trumpet Judgments prior
to the Abomination of Desolation. I just don’t believe
that the world is going to believe that the Antichrist
is God and receive his Mark of the Beast following all
the Seals and Six Trumpets. Remember at the Sixth
Seal, prior to any of the Trumpets, Christ
appears in the sky and openly (raptures) gathers
together the elect. The Unsaved hide in the dens and
caves and ask the rocks to fall on them. They are not
going to follow Antichrist willingly after the Sixth
Seal. It is only because they already have the Mark of
the Beast that they would continue to follow the
Antichrist after the Sixth Seal. Satan is not even
cast out of heaven, and the Antichrist is not yet the
Antichrist until he is indwelt by Satan at the
Abomination of Desolation. The Mark of the Beast is
only instigated by the False Prophet following the
Antichrist’s deadly wound being healed at the
Abomination of Desolation (Rev 13:11-18).
Rev 6:12-17 “And I beheld when he had opened
the Sixth Seal,
and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig
tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a
mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it
is rolled together; and every mountain and island were
moved out of their places. And the kings of
the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman,
and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in
the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains
and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come;
and who shall be able to stand?”
Please
review my previous post to you regarding rapture timing:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/may2013/billg522.htm
YBIC,
Bill Griese