- Woe #1 is triggered by the 5th Messenger sounding his Trumpet and the opening of the abyss followed by the five months of torment of those who have not the seal of Elohim upon their foreheads.
- Woe #2 is triggered by the 6th Messenger sounding his Trumpet and the attack of the two hundred million man army and the Two Witness events.
- Woe #3 follows quickly and the 7th Trumpet is sounded. The gathering of His people occurs at the return of His Son.
Revelation Chapter 11
In this part of the vision, instructions begin with John measuring the temple of Elohim, not unlike Ezekiel's temple vision of seeing it measured. Also mentioned is 42 months, the time the Gentiles (unbelievers) tread down Jerusalem, that Set Apart city. This is when we read about Yah's Two Witnesses who are clothed in sackcloth and will prophecy 1260 days = 42 months = 3-1/2 years - and then comes the end of the world as we know it.
When the abomination of desolation enters the Set Apart place and claims to be 'god' there will be 1290 days left. Of those remaining days, the 'lawless ones' will run amok in Jerusalem for 1260 days. The Two Witnesses will prophecy 1260 days.
Who are these two witnesses? They are described as the two olive trees and the two menorahs which stand before Master Yahweh. They have the power to stop the rain, to turn water to blood, and to produce all plagues as often as they please. They can send fire out of their mouths and consume who ever attacks them. And they will be giving testimony for 3-1/2 years = 42 months = 1260 days. Then the Beast that came up from the abyss will make war with them and overcome them. They will leave their bodies in the street for 3-1/2 days while folks celebrate their death. And then Yahweh will call them up - in that same hour an earthquake destroys part of the city and killed 7,000 people - the rest gave glory to Elohim.
Who are these two witnesses? They are described as the two olive trees and the two menorahs which stand before Master Yahweh. They have the power to stop the rain, to turn water to blood, and to produce all plagues as often as they please. They can send fire out of their mouths and consume who ever attacks them. And they will be giving testimony for 3-1/2 years = 42 months = 1260 days. Then the Beast that came up from the abyss will make war with them and overcome them. They will leave their bodies in the street for 3-1/2 days while folks celebrate their death. And then Yahweh will call them up - in that same hour an earthquake destroys part of the city and killed 7,000 people - the rest gave glory to Elohim.
Note: 1 Kings 19:18 I will leave in Israel only seven thousand- every knee that has not knelt to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him (aka worshipped the beast)
Who else is described as an olive tree? We read a description in Zechariah 4 of two olive trees on either side of a gold lamp stand. The angel who has been talking with Zechariah tells him these are the two anointed dignitaries who attend Yahweh of all the earth. And as we know Yah requires at least two in order to be a witness.
A dignitary is one who possesses exalted rank and we know that Yahweh's host in heaven have their ranks. Both Enoch and Elijah were taken up to Yahweh without physical death and seem the likely candidates for the end time witness scenario as the two witnesses will be killed at the end of their testimony yet resurrected 3-1/2 days later. From the writings found in the Book of Enoch one can see the importance or stature Enoch achieved in the heavenly realm. Elijah did not taste death, either. Would it stand to reason that he achieved the same status as Enoch? Yah had a purpose for them and this could very well be it.
I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of Yahweh. He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with utter destruction.
1 Kings 17
Elijah the Tishbite who lives in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh Lives, the Elohim of Israel whom I serve, there will be no dew or rain except at my bidding.
Here we read that Elijah has the power to hold back the rain as he sees fits. This is one of the powers the two end times witnesses have.And here is the biggie! Malachi ends with:
I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of Yahweh. He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with utter destruction.
This sounds akin to the command to paint the doorposts and lintels with the blood of the lamb so that the messenger of death would pass over those places.
Pure olive oil represents the Set Apart Spirit of Yahweh. It is the anointing oil for kings and for ritual use. This is also the oil used in the menorah. It is the oil seen in Zechariah's vision indicating the two dignitaries are full of the Ruach haKodesh. We may try to figure out who these two are, but we most certainly will recognize them when that day comes, because we have read the words in Revelation.
Revelation 1:3 - Blessed is he that reads, and they who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it; for the time is near.
