The letters from Jesus to the seven churches not only described conditions among those bodies of believers at the end of the 1st century AD, they also outline the history of the Christian church from the Resurrection through today.

Also: Why the temple of Apollo on the island of Patmos is significant.

Moses and Elijah were present at the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Hermon. We explain why that’s significant and how it relates to the role of the Two Witnesses in Revelation 11.

A number of Hebrew prophets foretold destruction for the Philistines. We briefly discuss several of those prophecies and explain why the one in Isaiah 14 is unique.

We also discuss the possibility that the events in Israel and Gaza since the end of Ramadan could be a precursor to a wider regional war—possibly the Psalm 83 war described by prophecy teacher Bill Salus.

The battle of Armageddon will be fought at, and for, Jerusalem.

We explain how a mistake in transliterating led to the belief that Armageddon would be at Megiddo, why Jerusalem makes more sense than Megiddo, and why the “serpent” in Eden was not a talking snake.

Research for other projects leads us into unexpected territory this week: We discuss the strange connections between St. George, the patron saint of England, and mythical/supernatural characters “Green George,” the Green Man, Osiris, Kronos, and al-Khidr (or al-Khadir), a revered figure in Islam who is sometimes equated with the prophet Elijah, who we believe will be one of the two witnesses of Revelation 11.

This week, we explain why we think Moses and Elijah are the prophesied Two Witnesses of Revelation 11.

We dig a little deeper into the Balaam Inscription that we discussed last week, and we highlight the connections between the Plains of Moab, Mount Hermon, and ancient Sodom, along with a prophecy from the Book of Malachi, that point to Elijah and Moses as the two dynamic prophets of the end times.

The king of Moab hired Balaam son of Beor to curse Israel. Instead, he blessed the Israelites, foretold the coming of Messiah, and spoke a cryptic prophecy of the ultimate death of the sons of the Titans.

We also discuss the Balaam Inscription, a text found in 1967 at Deir Alla, Jordan that confirms Balaam as a historical character.

Several of the Old Testament prophets had harsh words for Israel’s cousins and next door neighbors, Edom. We look at Ezekiel 35 and the Book of Obadiah as more examples of “already but not yet” prophecies, fulfilled in the 6th century BC by Babylon and again during the end times.

Ezekiel 37:1–14 prophesies the return of Israel to the land, but it’s much more than that. We explain why this is a prophecy of God’s ultimate victory over the giants of the pre-Flood world, and why Ezekiel’s Valley of Dry Bones was probably the area between Mount Hermon and the Sea of Galilee.

A close examination of Ezekiel 31 reveals that it’s not just about Assyria, the nation, but Ashur, the chief god of the Assyrian pantheon, an entity connected to the Watchers of Genesis 6 and the things from the Abyss in Revelation 9.