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Rev 11 [§174] Rev 11:7: The Death of the Two Witnesses at Jerusalem
This podcast explains the events and symbolism found in Revelation 11:7 associated with the death and martyrdom of the Two Witnesses who will minister in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation or last 3 ½ years before the Second Coming. Even though they possess the sealing power to control the physical elements, the Lord will give the gentile armies power to kill the Two Witnesses when their testimony is complete as the physical battle of Armageddon comes to an end. In symbolic terms, John states that "when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.” (Revelation 11:7) The testimony of the Two Witnesses will be finished only when the 3½ years of their ministry is complete, when they have accomplished their mission of warning the Jews and a wicked world of their destruction if they fail to repent, when the Two Witnesses seal their testimony with their blood.
The beast referred to in this verse is frequently referred to as the antichrist. The beast is a symbol to Satan's power exercised through persons of spirit, as well as mortal people that act as his earthly agents though any number of false churches, political institutions, evil governments and wicked rulers, whom Paul described when he said that there is spiritual wickedness in high places. This podcast explains the ancient origin of the beast in Revelation 11:7. The prophet Danial provides this history in his vision of the four beasts in Daniel 7. John also gives the history of the beast in Revelation 13, where he describes a First Beast that had Satan's power from 70 AD to 1830 and a Second Beast that evolved from the First Beast after the restoration of the gospel in 1830 until the Second Coming.
John describes the Second Beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. This refers to the First Woe in Revelation 9:1-3, when unembodied and disembodied spirits are loosed from the abyss with great power on earth to influence wicked people to engage in the battle of Armageddon and to ultimately kill the Two Witnesses as that battle nears its end at the Second Coming. The Two Witnesses will die in a very public display and then their unburied bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for 3½ days.
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By John CassinatThis podcast explains the events and symbolism found in Revelation 11:7 associated with the death and martyrdom of the Two Witnesses who will minister in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation or last 3 ½ years before the Second Coming. Even though they possess the sealing power to control the physical elements, the Lord will give the gentile armies power to kill the Two Witnesses when their testimony is complete as the physical battle of Armageddon comes to an end. In symbolic terms, John states that "when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.” (Revelation 11:7) The testimony of the Two Witnesses will be finished only when the 3½ years of their ministry is complete, when they have accomplished their mission of warning the Jews and a wicked world of their destruction if they fail to repent, when the Two Witnesses seal their testimony with their blood.
The beast referred to in this verse is frequently referred to as the antichrist. The beast is a symbol to Satan's power exercised through persons of spirit, as well as mortal people that act as his earthly agents though any number of false churches, political institutions, evil governments and wicked rulers, whom Paul described when he said that there is spiritual wickedness in high places. This podcast explains the ancient origin of the beast in Revelation 11:7. The prophet Danial provides this history in his vision of the four beasts in Daniel 7. John also gives the history of the beast in Revelation 13, where he describes a First Beast that had Satan's power from 70 AD to 1830 and a Second Beast that evolved from the First Beast after the restoration of the gospel in 1830 until the Second Coming.
John describes the Second Beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. This refers to the First Woe in Revelation 9:1-3, when unembodied and disembodied spirits are loosed from the abyss with great power on earth to influence wicked people to engage in the battle of Armageddon and to ultimately kill the Two Witnesses as that battle nears its end at the Second Coming. The Two Witnesses will die in a very public display and then their unburied bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for 3½ days.