Revelation 11 describes the ministry of the two witnesses. In reading this chapter it seems clear that they operate out of Jerusalem. In addition, the reference to them as the “two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth” give their ministry a distinctly Jewish flavour. Will their ministry specifically Read More…
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3.1 God’s patterns in scripture
Most of us growing up in Christian families or in a Christian environment will have come across the repeated occurrence of the numbers seven, twelve and forty. Who can forget Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream, the seven fat cows and the seven emaciated cows arising out from the Nile. How Joseph’s description of these cows, Read More…
3.7 Prophetic pattern of thirds
We have considered in the two previous sections the ‘time of the Gentiles” and the “time of Israel”, and that both biblical epochs are 2000 years. This is based on Jesus’s reference to the time of the Gentiles and the prophecy of Hosea 6:2. However, is there any further support for a theory of a Read More…
3.4 Daniel’s prophecies. (Dan 7,9,11)
Dan 7:22 “until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favour of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom. When speaking about end times, Daniel is one of the three foremost prophets in the Bible on this topic. The two other major Read More…
2.5 Jesus reigns from Jerusalem
Jerusalem now: Currently Jerusalem is the ‘home’ to three major works based religions. Judaism, Catholicism and Islam. All three believe Jerusalem is the ‘Holy City’. All three of the above religions also have the same error, all three believe that we need to work, earn and strive our way into heaven. Even though its ostensibly Read More…