First Seal: The Conqueror.
(1)Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” (2)And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
Second Seal: Conflict on Earth.
(3)When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” (4)Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth.
(5)When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. (6)And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth.
(7)When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” (8)So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs.
(9)When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. (10)And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Yahusha, Holy and True, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” (11)Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances.
(12)I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. (13)And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. (14)Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. (15)And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, (16)and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! (17)For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand.
This is from the New King James Version with Strong's numbers. I've used this Bible version as it includes Seal headings so the different sections can be clearly seen. Many people have tried to make out that these seals are all now in the very end of times or days. I'd like to put a suggestion they aren't. There also seems to be a particular emphasis that Europe is in general a part of it or is involved with most of them.
Seal 1 seems to have Constantine in mind. In 312 A.D. he claimed to have had a dream, vision or with his own eyes a cross in the sky with the inscription: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES or IN THIS SIGN CONQUER. He immediately had the Roman eagle replaced by the Cross on his battle standards. Emperor from 306 to 337 he came to power through wars with other emperors. He represents the beginning of the Roman Catholic Church also being linked to war so he's a man of war. The bow and arrow was an important weapon to the Romans. He did go out conquering and to conquer usually associated with riding a white horse. He also supposedly converted to Christianity but actually married Roman government with the religious system of Christianity. Yahuah is not in need of systems. He uses Ruach HaKodesh to touch human hearts with the need to repent.
Seal 2 looks like Charlemagne (742-814). He was a man of war too subduing Saxons & Bavarians pushing his frontiers into Spain. Instrumental in uniting Europe but doing so under guidance and authority of Roman Catholic Papacy - red is the colour of the Papacy. Gave rise to French & German monarchies from where came Protestantism. This did some good but (again) didn't really rely on Biblical faith of Yahuah to draw people to Him through work of Ruach HaKodesh. During Charlemagne's reign, in 755 AD, Pepin the Short invaded Lombard territory, resulting in the Pope's elevation from a subject of the Byzantine Empire to an independent head of state. The Donation of Pepin, which first occurred in 754 and again in 756 gave to the Pope temporal power of the Papal States. Adam Clarke writing in 1825 stated that the 1260-year period in Daniel 7:25 should commence with 755 AD. From this we obtain a viewpoint of what Yahuah is showing John heading towards our time. Rome, from within the European continent, is gradually building up strength and power - will continue to this day using war to gain prestige and wealth.
Seal 3: the Black Death peaked in Europe between 1348 & 1350. Food shortages and inflating prices were present for up too a century before the plague making people susceptible to the plague. At this time also, the Medieval Warm Period was giving way to the Little Ice Age resulting in harsher winters and reduced harvests.
Seal 4: the fourth or pale green horse seems to be Islam. This is the colour commonly associated with it through, for instance, flags. Greek word is the root of "chlorophyll" and "chlorine." The colour also reflects the sickly pallor of the dead. Its converts (top estimates) put it at 1.8 billion which is quarter of the world population of 7 billion. Vast majority of death by terrorism is from the teachings of Islam. The reference to hunger could be they would rather starve their own people than cooperate with other regions of the world especially Israel and realise their right to exist. "Beasts" could be referring to how they treat their own people. The Roman Papacy set up crusades, the first in 1095-99 through Pope Urban II and ninth in 1271-72 to get back land lost to Islam. The Roman love of war and Islamic love of death make interesting bed fellows going forward.
Seal 5: all the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse could be said to be still riding now in the end days which makes it interesting (to say the least) that a people in Heaven are crying out to Yahusha to avenge their blood and that no date or clue is given to say whether there's a specific date or continuous. Pretty obvious it's continuous. They are also a testimony to their witness. Whereas the deaths of those from the first four seals are depicted as unsaved these who died with them stand out. These ones died for the testimony about their beliefs.
Seal 6: the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake during the Ming dynasty stands out here. Mountains and rivers changed places and roads were destroyed. In some places, the ground suddenly rose up and formed new hills, or it sank abruptly and became new valleys. In other areas, a stream burst out in an instant, or the ground broke and new gullies appeared. Portuguese Dominican friar Gaspar da Cruz visited the area later in the year identifying the "Great Comet" of same year as a sign of the earthquake being a judgment from Yahuah. Verses 16 & 17 state: "They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” The astronomical anomalies mentioned in the prophecy could be explained by this comet of which was seen in the skies from late February. The tail resembled " the flame of a torch agitated by the wind," its colour resembled that of Mars and was half the size of the moon. It is what I refer to as Nibiru. This is the one seal which doesn't seem to bear any connection to Europe but it does in my estimation bear the biggest warning of the seven for the Trumpets which are to be signalled now by the seventh seal.
Next comes Chapter 7 and the mentioning of the 144,000. 144 or 144,000 isn't an actual literal figure. 12 x 12 is magnified governmental perfection and authority used here to describe this group. I will keep this short and sweet. Unlike the ones earlier in Seal 5 these two mentions of the 144,000 seem to possibly mean the Reformation, the chapter 7 being pre and chapter 14 post-Reformation. They seem to stand between the Seals which ended in 1556 and the Trumpets which started in the twentieth century but might be including a larger time frame. There's also a thought that as the earthquake above was in 1556 and the (Protestant) Reformation by Martin Luther was in 1517 these two groups as mentioned above are representative of these times. The chapter talks first of Jews/Israelis (verses 1-8) who have already ascended and Gentiles (verses 9-12) who likewise stand before El and sing songs of worship with the 24 Elders. AMaN. Verses 13-17 shows that probably they are all martyrs. Roman Catholic wars and Muslims will be, as ever, the ones perpetrating these martyrdoms. They stand to show, however, it is by the blood of the Lamb we are saved and not by theirs.
I should go forward now to chapter 14 quickly and put it in here as they are known to be related. It's broken into three sections: verses 1-5; 6-13 and 14-20. They represent a timeline and have been again martyred for their faith. Again, it is representative of an unknown number who have magnified governmental perfection and authority in divine harmony in Heaven (12 x 12). This is the highest glorification there is. It's the persecuted bunch in the Beatitudes. We will never see them only here about them in the news most likely in a Muslim Middle East country or of someone living locally. They won't be coming to Petra if that's where we go rather than the Rapture or a group of Jews & Israelis running from the Lawless one. They're dead! Let's look at the chapter.
Verses 1-5: Mount Zion stands for the true Gospel church not the physical mount in Israel. Yahusha is with them so not totally consumed. They are fully pardoned in Him. He is glorified in them.
Verses 6-13: the progress of the Reformation appears to be plainly put forward here. The three proclamations and the voice are obvious too. (1) The everlasting gospel; (2) the downfall of Babylon NOW; (3) the dreadful wrath of Yahuah (also now) and (4) blessedness of those who die in Yahusha.
Verses 14-20: there's two sections here: (14-16) Yahusha appears in the cloud with sickle ready to harvest. (17-20) a fully ripe crop , trodden in the wine-press of God’s wrath.
Seal 7: (Revelation 8:1-2,6.) "When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before Yahuah, and to them were given seven trumpets." (6) "So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound." The most important part of this seal for me isn't the silence in Heaven but the length of time between the earthquake seal to this and after the half hour silence that the Trumpets start.
Many, I have read, say this is the time of the Rapture. I've believed that too until recently but as the event would appear to have passed I'm more inclined now to think this (the Rapture) will happen towards the end of the Trumpets. Also, we are now in the 21st century. Just like in Scripture with a 400-year gap between the last writings of the Old Testament (Tanach) and the first events of the New Testament there appears to be a similar size gap between Seals and Trumpets.
Revelation 8:7 states: "The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up." This is World War I (1914-1918) or World War II (1939-1945). World War I included first use of chemical weapons, mass bombing of civilians and the century's first genocide. There was also a scorched earth policy deployed. Or World War II which also involved extensive bombing raids and a scorched earth policy by both Hitler & Stalin. Which one was it? For the record, I think it is showing World War I as this shows more clearly where the escalation started. The League of Nations part of the Elites plans was soon to arrive on the scene.
Revelation 8:8 states: "The second angel sounded his shofar (trumpet), and what looked like an enormous blazing mountain was hurled into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed..." Since the sixth seal we are moving ever so quietly (or not so quietly according to your world viewpoint) from the European scene to the world scene. Here we are now in Japan, in the sea, at the end of World War II in Hiroshima & Nagasaki. In John's vision, this is what the nuclear mushroom rising up would have looked like. Look at the figures of one third. At Hiroshima, the bomb killed around 110,000 people of around 330,000 people. One-third! The bomb on Nagasaki, killed around 80,000 people out of a population of 250,000. One-third again. Notice also that from seal two when Pepin the Short went out the Papacy has been served by war. 1066, crusades, creation of Islam, etc. they have been involved. By the start of the 20th century they have removed themselves from the news but are still calculating in the background pulling the strings. "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up." Daniel 8:23 speaks of League of Nations which they were behind to create Palestine until they the Jews were prepared to take it on. Then, in Daniel 8:25 we read: "And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." Is the United Nations and guess what Israel was "ready " by then so UN set it up. How kind of them, no! They're doing all this for their own purposes. They will place their man in power there. That is their intention. Look also at Ezekiel 35:10-11: “‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,” even though I, Yahusha was there, therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you." Rome has said. They will take possession of the Israelites and the Palestinians. They also come up strong with a small people (Palestinians) in Daniel 11:23. We're also ready for the last generation of this age. “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened" it says in Luke 21:32. That generation started with the UN declaration to create Israel in 1947 so although 70 years have passed (almost, since that day or is it from setting up of UN in 1945 it has passed) there are still some of them alive today.
Revelation 8:10-11 states: "The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter." Wormwood in the Ukrainian language means Chernobyl. Just like in Belshazzar's time when Daniel spoke his words travelled down the ages telling the Soviet Union: "El has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians” - or really it is closed down from this date. (Daniel 5:26-28.) Looking now at the writing it looks like something came down rather than blew up but what came down first went up (the 900 ton top/roof) and was strewn around or fell from the sky. The torch is the blaze which could be seen for many miles and the colourful or bright radiation which went straight up to the clouds and spread over many countries (even America and Japan in ten days) could be included in the torch and came down on many lands making them bitter. Chernobyl and the surrounding areas are still heavily radiated and will be out of commission for one hundred years or more. Just like in Belshazzar's time when he died at the hands of war that night the war of Chernobyl resulted in a tragic loss of life but thanks to the willing efforts of those in the clean up (who died quickly or slowly) the tragedy didn't escalate further. If the nuclear reactor fire had been left to corrode through the floor and into the water supply beneath all of Europe would have died eventually! Also, the disaster occurred on 26 April 1986. This was in the middle of Passover week that year showing it to be a judgment from Yahuah. Look at this: Genesis 12:1-3 which says: "Yahusha had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Hmmm.
Revelation 8:12 states: "The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night." No satisfactory event for me occurred between Trumpet 3 in April 1986 and Trumpet 5 in August 1990 to fit the description but maybe the mentioning of a third several times suggests a shortening of time. Was the rotation speed of the earth slowed down at this time? With that in mind, the Fall of the Berlin Wall in and around June 1990 starting in 1989 could be said to be a shortening of the days leading towards the end. The Soviet Union as already explained had been struck a blow and would depart the world in 1991. Politicians like Gorbachev and Putin or Reagan and Obama, of course, are only puppets to the New World Order and it was deemed suitable by the Elites at that time for Gorbachev to acquiesce to Reagan and start dismantling the Wall. Don't be fooled by this. The Russia v America war carried on and will happen soon. Keep prayers in your mind always, repent, do His will. Faithful is He who knows the number of hairs on our head.
Considering also the shortening of time, do we seem to have as much time now as when we were children? While the Trumpets are having world implications all still have European connections. Japan's trumpet was a part of a war fought in Europe. Now we have to decide whether the first two Trumpets in 40 or 70 years then the next three in four years (1986 to 1990) represents an escalation or an increasing of the speed towards the end scenes is being shown.
Revelation 9:1-11 states: "The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of Yahuah on their foreheads. They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer)." Who else but Saddam Hussein the Destroyer - that's what his first name means. Who better to conduct a five-month war in Kuwait than him? What better than helicopters which fire out of the tail to set 600 wells on fire looking like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air being darkened. So we're moving into the end now. The scene even though in 1990, 27 years back from today (2017) is moving to the region known as the Middle East.
(Revelation 9:13-19.) "The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before Yahuah. It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulphur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulphur. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulphur that came out of their mouths. The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury."
But before we discuss this we need to look first at the Mighty Angel and the Little Book. Here it is. (Revelation 10:1-7.) (The Angel and the Little Scroll.) "Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from Heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from Heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.” Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to Heaven. And he swore by Him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of Yahuah will be accomplished, just as He announced to His servants the prophets.”
So, we are at the banks of the Great River Euphrates, Iraq. The second part which started with Trumpet 5 is being set up. This is World War III but first we need to look at America! The Statue of Liberty also has a little book or scroll open in its hand - the book of the American constitution. America has a part to play in both Saddam Hussein's Trumpet (1991) and the continuation after 9/11 in 2001. It's George Bush 1 & 2 too. Let's first now, however, go back to Trumpet 6. A 200 million army is assembling with all nations on the earth there or with troops from other nations representing them. Remember also in the last months of Obama's presidency 70 nations gathered in Paris (a number standing for all the world) no doubt setting the guidelines for Israel and the Middle East re war and the outcome. Somebody is about to take power. We have a third killed. Is that third of the armies (66.6 million) or third of world population (2.3 billion)? The horses with riders which have heads like lions and shoot fire, smoke and sulphur are tanks. Of course, America was linked back to Iraq through the events of 9/11 which allowed Bush Junior to go back in and remove Saddam. The 200 million army battle hasn't started yet but it soon will.
Let's go back to the mighty angel with the book. With a little imagination you can see the rainbow as the spikes on top of the head or the bit where people look through with the lights on. The sun on his face? Must be John's impression of being white. Legs like fiery pillars are the lights they switch on. Left foot points towards New York City (land) and right foot towards the sea (Atlantic Ocean). The seven thunders might be the seven WTC buildings destroyed or damaged at 9/11. “THERE WILL BE NO MORE DELAY! BUT IN THE DAYS WHEN THE SEVENTH ANGEL IS ABOUT TO SOUND HIS TRUMPET, THE MYSTERY OF YAHUAH WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED, JUST AS HE ANNOUNCED TO HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS.”
If we now go back to Revolution 8:13 it reads: "As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!” The three as we are learning (5-7) are all related. We've been through Europe, Japan, now America and the scene for the end of time of which there will be no more delay in the Middle East are almost upon us.
So, the little book represents the U.S. constitution. It once stood for liberty, justice and protection. (Revelation 10:8-11.) "Then the voice that I had heard from Heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’” I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.” So when did it turn bitter? Bush Junior went back into Iraq with the opportunity to clear up what his father had failed to do. But the fiasco with WMD (weapons of mass destruction) not found, the main reason for going in, saw a rise in anti-American sentiment. Americans then tired of Bush and the Republicans. The Clinton sex scandals didn't help and deviancy became the norm. Everything was business as usual. We will survive. We will prosper. The warning signs to America and indeed the world was that a country without Yahuah is in deep danger.
We have a few things to clear up before going back to the 200 million army/armies with everything now set for something major to erupt.
We are ready to go to Daniel 2 and the dream of Nebuchadnezzar. The important part is verses 31-35 where the dream is described: “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendour was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." The important bit here is the "stone cut out without hands" and it "struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces." This is definitely a natural stone. An asteroid is probably the most appropriate word for it. It doesn't mean the Kingdom of El (Father or Yahuah) or at least I couldn't find enough detail in Strong's Bible to come to this conclusion. Basically, we're talking about an asteroid which ends the seventh of the seven heads, the fourth part of the Roman Empire, the feet of iron and clay known as the United Nations. This will be scattered just as it says above but will have enough strength to carry on for another three and a half years.
Are you ready for this? Is your heart ready before El? Nothing of the world's organising will remain for the Kingdom of El. This asteroid will be just the start. No supermarkets. No banks. No cash (as we know it). It's valueless anyway just has buying power. No 9-5 job or night shift either. None of the present buildings. None of the Roman Catholic Church based churches (including yours) within the World Council of Churches going into the world religion. There will be doing Yahuah's will, though. AMaN. No big brother control either through government, councils, etc. No fuel bills. Plenty more I could add but most important of all we will have our individual sovereignty returned to us. Welcome to the Kingdom of El. If we're here, of course. Might be in Heaven.
Okay. Everything is nearly ready and everyone gathering at the Euphrates is in the starting blocks but being held back by the four angels. According to the timeline we have TWO WITNESSES appearing now. Wow! Here they are. What can we glean from their Scripture passage? Here it is:
Revelation 11:1-6 (1-2 & 3-6). (The Two Witnesses.) I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the Temple of El and the altar, with its worshippers. But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. (3) And I will appoint my Two Witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before Yahusha of the earth.” If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want." The universal Gospel church is described by a Temple measured. It seems to be for the preservation of those who are committed. The ones in the outer court do so in a half hearted manner and will be among His enemies. The visible church is trodden under foot but those who are pure shall be delivered. Two Witnesses prophecy in sackcloth. While I've heard it spoken of this being two groups, one Jewish and one Gentile, they would have to have the most incredible faith to withstand what's coming at them so would soon become a small group. It could be talking of a time from when Israel came back into its land or it could be representative of the whole believing time from Pentecost. My suggestion, therefore, is it's Moses & Elijah. Their deeds and actions first time round line up with what's said here. Their slaying as shown later in the chapter is probably future and not at the time of the Rapture.
(Revelation 11:14, 15-19.) "The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon."
(The Seventh Trumpet.)
(15) "The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in Heaven, which said: “The Kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of Yahusha and of His Messiah, and He will reign for ever and ever.” And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before Yahuah, fell on their faces and worshipped Yahuah , saying: “We give thanks to you, El Shaddai,
the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding Your servants the prophets and Your people who revere Your Name, both great and small—and for destroying those who destroy the earth.” Then Yahuah's Temple in Heaven was opened, and within His Temple was seen the Ark of His Covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm." I think the clue to all this is in chapter 14:14-16 talking about: Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress. "I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. Then another angel came out of the Temple and called in a loud voice to Him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take Your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So He who was seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested." He comes down on a cloud; they go up on a cloud. (Revelation 11:12 - "Then they heard a loud voice from Heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to Heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.") The harvest of the world is indeed ripe! Time has come for the reign of El.
Where's the Rapture? For that matter when we look at it this way where is the running to Petra, Nibiru coming to bring pole shift or standing our ground and facing the Lawless one? We're missing one detail here to give it away. Maybe it's that bit in chapter 11:1. Thus: "I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, with its worshippers." This would be my guess. As the Two Witnesses come down we go up!! AMaN.
1 Peter 2:4-5.) "As you come to Him, the Living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by Yahuah and precious to Him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a Holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to Yahuah through Yahusha." Standing before Him offering your worship and praise. To receive what is rightly yours. He's increasing it right now. That's why those who are against are increasing too thereby increasing their guilt and hastening the end. They don't like to see it. So the devil working in them stirs up war. It's what he always does to prevent spread of the Gospel and those receiving what is rightly there's. If, however, you don't receive what is yours down here because the locust has eaten you'll have it in Heaven.
(Revelation 11:19.) "Then Yahuah’s Temple in Heaven was opened, and within His Temple was seen the Ark Of His Covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm." The Final Blessing!! Yay!