I'll need to read this a couple of times, just to confirm on this point, the two witnesses have there ministry at the same time as the time of authority of the beast, during the time between the AOD and the Jesus' coming in glory, is that right?
You can ask questions I welcome this, everything fits the right timelines. We aren't told specifically that the two timelines are parallel, we are only told that the Two-witnesses are called to have a 1260 day ministry on this earth. We are then told the same thing about the Anti-Christ/Little Horn who is the Man of Sin IMHO, but maybe Paul was referencing something he was not privy to in full, just like Daniel was not given the full understanding. I think there is a reason Daniel was not given the False Prophet angle but John was, this is one of the points I failed to make earlier, I am fasting today and got a little tired so I had to hurry my post up a bit and take a break. Why was Daniel only given a number (1260) but John was given the False Prophet? Daniel never mentions the False Prophet. But why did Jesus (Man in Linen) not tell him?
Because if Daniel had of been told that a coming False Prophet (Jewish High Priest) was going to betray his fellow nation Israel and his brothers, then for the next 500 years, from Daniel time until Jesus/70 AD, the Jewish leaders would have killed every other High Priest suspecting they were this evil False Prophet to come. But John could be told because by the time he wrote the book of Revelation, 70 AD had come and gone, Israel was basically no more until 1948. This is why Daniel was only told about it via a number, the 1290, and we only saw the Anti-Christ as a HE in Dan. 12 also, it pointed back to Dan. 12:36-45, whom Daniel foretold as a Little Horn in Dan. 7:7-8 and in Dan. 8:9. Back to the timelines.
By both of them having 1260 day timelines, we can juxtapose there timelines against each other and figure everything out. That is the only reason God (IMHO) allows the Two-witnesses to die, they (Elijah and Moses as I see it) already have glorious bodies, them dying at the 2nd Woe, tells us their 1260 day clock HAS TO START BEFORE the Beasts 1260 day timeline clock. They die at the 2nd Woe, the Anti-Christ dies at the 7th Vial, thus they MUST NEEDS show up as the coming Two-witnesses before the Anti-Christ becomes the Beast.
So, their ministry starts 75 days BEFORE the Anti-Christ Conquers Israel to become the Beast, and ends 75 days before the Beast gets killed at Jesus Second Coming via the 7th Via (Rev. 16:9)
And then also, that Elijah is one of these two witnesses? Is that correct?
Correct, Elijah and Moses was seen at the Transfiguration. Elijah will be sent back to turn Israel back unto Gid before the Day of the Lord. In Luke chapter 1 Gabriel tells us that John the Baptist came in the Spirit of Elijah (calling unto Repentance).
I think many equate "antichrist" with "man of sin". As far as designating end times players, I like to use the Biblical terminology. The man of sin sits in the temple, showing himself as God.
The Anti-Christ is a CATCH ALL in modern times that Christians use in place of the 30 to 40 names he us give in the bible, the Little Horn, The Wicked One, Man of Sin, The Vile man, The Lawless One, the Man of Perdition, etc.
Daniel 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of
his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
He will ultimately rule over all of the Mediterranean Sea Region, Israel and Jerusalem, and he will kill the Saints (general term for Jews) who do not repent and flee Judea, and anyone who becomes a Christian Saint of any race. But that doesn't mean he is THE ONE who takes away the Sacrifice nr places the AoD. As a matter of fact he can't be, the 1260 comes after the 1290. Both things can happen, the False Prophet can take away Jesus Worship, and place an Image of the coming Beast up in the Temple, and ten later AFTER the Anti-Christ Conquers he can sit in the temple, or wield power of it, or maybe Paul sees it as the Anti-Christ sitting in the temple, but Jesus describes it as an IMAGE in Matt. 24, and Paul, like Daniel was not given the full understanding. You see, I think the ASSUMPTIONS are just accepted as facts, instead of looking at other scriptures like I pointed out.
Matt. 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
So, Jesus refers tom WHAT HE TOLD Daniel (as the Man in Linen....SMILE) in Dan. 12 and thus the AoD is something that STANDS WHERE IT OUGHT NOT [STAND], thus I dnt see this as referring to a Man or Jesus would have stated it was a man, I think its a graven image. Now can we see this anywhere else in scriptures? Yes, in Rev. 13.
Rev. 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had
two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth(SEE Dan. 9:27) the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And
he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
What Miracles? Well, he places an IMAGE of this E.U. President/King/Anti-Christ up in the temple of God (that which stands where it OUGHT NOT STAND) and this False Prophet that comes out of the earth/land/Israel, then makes the Image come ALIVE (Don't ask me how, its a Miracle). But the point is, Jesus spoke of an IMAGE, not a man in the temple, Daniel was told about the 1290 but not told it would be a False Prophet from Israel. John was given the False Prophet, 2nd Beast from the earth (Israel) and told he would place an IMAGE of the fist Beast in te Temple and demand that all men worship the Beast.
Now, dies that sound like Jason?
Jason (High Priest) - Wikipedia
Bible Gateway passage: 2 Maccabees 4:7-10:9 - New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Maccabees 4:7-10:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jason as High Priest. 7 But Seleucus died, and when Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes succeeded him on the throne, Onias’ brother Jason obtained the high priesthood by corrupt means: 8 in an interview, he promised the king three hundred and sixty talents of silver, as well as eighty talents from another source of income. 9 Besides this he would undertake to pay a hundred and fifty more, if he was given authority to establish a gymnasium and a youth center for it and to enroll Jerusalemites as citizens of Antioch.
This is over six chapters via Jason, go read it. By the way, Gymnasium is a Greek word, it was a part of the Hellenistic Culture, men played sports and hung out in the buff (birthday suites) so it was a homosexual community. Jason encouraged this. This is an eye opening history lesson. Jason was indeed the TYPE False Prophet and he lived at the same time as the coming TYPE Anti-Christ Antiochus Epiphanes.
The coming False Prophet will be a sell out Jewish High Priest just like Jason was.
