7.1 The Witnesses

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…

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…

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…