Definitive Proof of WHO the 2 Witnesses Are ... NOT

 

Most people believe they are two Super Old Biblical Dudes in rags with HORRIBLE Personal Hygiene.

Let's see what the Bible actually says about these 2 men, which is located in Revelation 11 and verses 1 to 13.

REVELATION 11:1-13 Description of the Two Revelation Witnesses ❗️

Now everybody (and their dog) have their Pet Theories as to WHO these 2 Men are. I personally thought it would be really cool if it is Daniel and John finally getting to see lived out the Visions from God they faithfully recorded. I mean, that would be practical too because THEY are the people most familiar with their visions. Right? 🤷‍♀️

WRONG❗️

 I have recently concluded, while reading Revelation 11 for the "umpteenth" time, that they cannot be anyone already mentioned in the Bible for one main reason found in Revelation 11:7-9.

"Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and KILL THEM.

 8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.[Jerusalem]

9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and REFUSE THEM BURIAL"

(Emphasis mine)

They get KILLED and lay DEAD in the Streets of Jerusalem for 3 1/2 Days. Then get RESURRECTED and brought up to Heaven.

Let's use basic common sense. 

Anybody from the Bible will already  be Resurrected at that point in time.  

So would God UN Resurrect them, send them out of Heaven and back to Earth again, make them MORTAL again, to have them DIE again (and lay in the streets), and then Resurrected again.

I mean, God can do that if He wants to. He can do whatever He deems best to do.

However, it seems more likely according to the Bible, that just like John the Baptist (who was a YOUNG GUY. BTW) came with the same purpose and Spirit as Elijah, but wasn't actually Elijah, 

these men will be real, mortal men already here, but saying and doing these amazing things because GOD is WITH THEM.

And. whatever age they are, and whatever their SACKCLOTH clothing may  look like, I'm sure they will smell beautiful. ☺️

"For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 

16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. "

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

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I will say it AGAIN,

 You need to stop listening to all these OPINIONS about Bible Prophecy and get your nose into the Bible and 

READ IT FOR YOURSELVES❗️

Start with the book of

 🔴Matthew, chapter 24

🔴 Luke, chapter 21

🔴 Book of Daniel

🔴 Book of Revelation ...

then just keep going.

(Remember the Bible is 66 smaller books put into one big book). 

Jesus WANTS you to know these things. He will direct you and you can leave the confusing (and often conflicting) speculation to others.

Hope this helps.

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

My previous post "The Bible for Newbies"

Mathematical Proof of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture

 

My  END  TIMES Chart  (Simplified)

When I was a teenager somebody gave me a jigsaw puzzle but they had lost the box and the pieces were just in a bag. I  did the 500 piece Puzzle anyway, but there were about 30 pieces I couldn't figure out. The lady found the box and once I saw the picture I was able to fit in the remaining pieces.

When I became a Born-Again Christian I was told that knowing Jesus personally would give me a life filled with kittens and rainbows. I had only lived twelve years but I knew Life didn't work that way. (I was right.) So when I was told Jesus would scoop up the Christians to go to Heaven before any of the seven year Tribulation happened, I didn't believe it. I spent thirty years believing the Rapture would happen at the Second Coming of Jesus to the Earth. However, there were several pieces of the Puzzle of Bible Prophecy that wouldn't fit into place. I suspected it was because I was somehow missing the big picture.

I had heard many Believers say why they believed in a Pre-Trib Rapture.

The Church is not present in Revelation after the fourth chapter,

THEREFORE we have been Raptured.

 “For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.” ( 2 Thessalonians 2:7)

The HE refers to the Holy Spirit being taken away and He wouldn't leave without us. THEREFORE we have been Raptured.

And on and on the “evidence” goes but all of it involves an ASSUMPTION. A VERY dangerous thing when interpreting the Bible. I needed hardcore proof! So I did what I should have done DECADES sooner. 

I asked Jesus for proof positive one way or the other.

His first response was to tell me to “Not be afraid”. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that I was afraid that the Pre-Tribulation Christians got it wrong, we would find ourselves living through the entire Tribulation and feared an “Oops. Sorry. I guess we got it wrong.”  would leave me  unprepared during the hardest days in human history. So I've spent the majority of my life preparing for some VERY harsh times.

But Jesus wanted me to put my Fears aside and dive into Bible Prophecy without my fears or belief biases. It didn’t take long. He led me directly to the book of Daniel and Revelation where there is a Timeline given of the Tribulation, by the Jewish, Lunar Calendar of 360 days a year.

3 ½ (1,260 Days) years until the “Abomination that causes Desolation” (the Anti-Christ enters the Jewish Temple and declares himself God) 

then another 3 ½ (1,260 Days) years til Jesus's Second Coming to the Earth to set up HIS Millennial Kingdom. An accurate Timeline to the day (beginning with the 7 Year Peace Treaty).

BUT  if we know the DAY Jesus will return then why does He say, “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. “ (Matthew 24:36)

AND

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” (Matthew 24:42)

Because … we are dealing with TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. 

This was my hardcore evidence. My bigger picture, just like on the Puzzle box. From that point on all the Prophecy puzzle pieces fit into place. (And Bible Prophecy is almost ⅓ of the Bible and found throughout the Old and New Testaments.)

Since then I have spent the past 17 years reading Bible Prophecy and being able to determine whether to fit it into the Rapture  or the Second Coming. 

But I wasn't completely off track when believing the End Times was going to be much, MUCH harder than had been spoken of, which we are ALL aware of now! So while people are freaking out and wondering why Jesus doesn't come for us, I am much more prepared because I've been expecting the worst. 

Keeping that in mind, I might be able to be both Spiritual and Practical help to you. At least, I hope so.

Thank you for reading all of this and we will continue on this topic more in the future. For now, I will leave you to your own Bible Study and time talking to Jesus.

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

The Bible for Newbies (my brief introduction to the Bible to get you started)

Are We There Yet? (Signs of the End Times)

 

America is not a superpower 

Hollywood is obsolete 

McDonalds is bankrupt

Mickey Mouse is Gay

Artificial Intelligence runs the planet

Human Beings are “hackable animals”

Male and Female is irrelevant

Pulpits are silent

You tell me if we are in the End Times

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee

"We are NOT 'In the Days of Noah'!" - Ken Ham

 

JESUS Reveals End Times Signs to Watch For

This comes DIRECTLY from JESUS'S mouth while sitting on the Mount of Olives looking over Jerusalem. His Disciples asked Him to tell them the signs we are in the End Times. 

Jesus responded,

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Matthew 25:37-37-3

It's obvious from the context and JESUS'S  explanation that He is making the point that people in Noah’s day were carrying on as usual and probably thinking Noah was a KOOK. Then suddenly the Flood happened. ❗️But at that point it was TOO LATE to get into the Ark and be saved.

Ken Ham and Martyn Iles from Answers in Genesis (proprietors of the "world famous" Ark Encounter) were asked in the Q&A at their Living in Babylon Tour, currently going on in Australia,

"Do you believe we are currently in 'the Days of Noah'?"

They BOTH responded absolutely NOT because BOTH of them completely ignore the 90% of the Bible that has anything to do with End Times Bible Prophecy (Eschatology) and ANYTHING to do with ISRAEL as a nation or the history of the Jewish People.

Ken offered this as his explanation.

We are not in the Days of Noah because only eight people were saved on the ark and there are a LOT more Christians around than just eight people.

WHAT KIND of RIDICULOUS, MUDDLED thinking is that❓️🥴😵‍💫

Does that mean Jesus won't return until everyone is so evil there will only be eight Christians left on the planet?❓️

(Well, Ken, people also didn't eat meat "In the days of Noah", does that mean Jesus won't return until we are all VEGANS❓️❗️)

And Martyn, who apparently has been put on this earth to "Teach us all how to think", sat there in complete and utter agreement.

UN-BEE-LEEVABLE 😮❗️

They think it could be another ONE THOUSAND years before Jesus comes back because people have been expecting His return for so long and He hasn't returned so far, so how can any of us know for certain.🤷‍♀️

THIS kind of stupid, lame-brain reasoning is what happens when you refuse to get past the first eleven chapters of the Bible and allow yourself to be completely isolated from the REAL world.

We ARE in the End Times!

 Even NON-Christians, who have never read the Bible nor have stepped foot in a church, see that we are living in unprecedented days and want to know what the Bible says about it. But they are not going to find THOSE "Answers in Genesis" but by reading ALL of the Bible.

The signs that the Bible says will take place just before Jesus comes back (and that I have watching for for FORTY YEARS) are converging around me so much and so quickly that, even with the aid of dozens of people from around the globe, I can't keep track of them all.

You need to know these things too so you will be prepared and not scared.🫣

START with ALL that Jesus said while talking to His followers while sitting on the Mount of Olives. He lays down all the basics of what is coming.

Here's the LINK.

LINK Matthew 24. Signs of the End Times

And for goodness sake, STOP listening to the Answers in Genesis "experts"❗️ They are clueless and brain-dead.

The Truth with Love, 

 Always Laura-Lee 

You can't hide from "The Truth of It" forever. 

"Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

(2 Peter 3:3-4)

LINK Answers in Genesis REBUILDING TOWER of BABEL

LINK to MY Post, "The Bible for Newbies" 😃

Final Days Watch: Week Beginning October 26

 

This one may surprise you considering these days of chaos and urgency we are living in. But next to watching for the imminent return of Jesus we should be watching out for ... ourselves.

I was looking into false prophets and false Christs and ended up viewing a documentary on Jim Jones and his almost 1,000 followers who took their own lives and the lives of their innocent children in 1978. It was the first time I had ever heard of someone claiming they were Jesus. (Unfortunately, it wasn't the last time I would hear of such a thing). I was wondering how intelligent people, many of them who had previously been church-goers and Bible readers, could be led to such extremes.

I think a major clue is found in the statement of one survivor. "At one point I was so tired and so lacking in sleep that I would have willingly fallen to my knees in front of Reverend Jones and given him anything if he would have just let me sleep."

Being overworked, with lack of sleep, isolated from loved ones, no free time, no quiet time, and not allowed to read the Bible on their own allowed Jim Jones to completely control them. And in most cases, they were not just physically controlled, but mentally and emotionally too. People watched their spouses and children being whipped and tortured and "disciplined" and thought it was the "right thing for them".

Jesus warns us in places in the Bible like Matthew 24 and Luke 21 that in these " last days" many will come proclaiming to be the Christ and will "deceive many". That's part of the reason I urge and encourage you each week to follow the fourth commandment and take a day of quiet and rest. When we lack sleep we simply cannot make good decisions and many times will distort the basic facts of a situation. When I am faced with any major decision I always "sleep on it" if at all possible. Haven't you ever faced what you think is a major problem that you can't think of a solution to at the end of a long and tiring day only to wake up the next morning and suddenly be able to see the answer so clearly?

Right now we are facing unprecedented times where our decisions are many, confusing, life-threatening, and daily. What a recipe for disaster! I believe God's goal with the fourth commandment (and ultimately all of them) is not to get extra attention and glory for Himself, but because He so deeply loves us and knows what is best for us. During these "final days" of life on earth with Jesus literally ready to come back for those who love Him at any moment, day or night, it can be a hugely stressful time to be living (to say the least).  But we simply CANNOT go into the fetal position, rock ourselves, and chant "Jesus is coming. Jesus is coming."

"Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." (Exodus 20:9-11)

We must make sure to:

Eat right.

Get plenty of rest and sleep.

MAKE the time to be completely alone and quiet. No TV, internet, music or people.

Do not completely isolate yourself either.

 You may need to make an extra effort if you live alone but you need more than emails, tweets, and text messages. You need to hear a human voice and interact with them. Pick up the phone, do a conference call, Skype someone, participate in a webinar, or Zoom meeting. But find a way where you are personally interacting with someone.

Find a wholesome, creative diversion. 

I don't mean just "vegging" in front of the TV. Do something you enjoy. 

Draw, color, or paint. Take up photography. Learn a new language or skill. Participate in an online course on a topic that interests you. Host a Zoom meeting to read a book out loud (the free version allows you up to 100 people for 40 minutes). Cook or bake something. Try wood carving. Jewelry making. Needle crafts (embroidery, crocheting, knitting, sewing). Write a song.

 The list is endless. As long as it's something you love to do and there is no pressure involved (ie. You aren't doing it to make money or have to get it done quickly).

And take time DAILY to get alone with God. Jesus did this too. And if He thought it was necessary to do it at His time and place I guarantee it is for us too. Allow the Holy Spirit to encourage you, boost you, and love you directly, and through His word the Bible. 

When you take the time to care for yourselves properly you will be able to weather any storm, will make good and sound decisions, and have nothing to fear no matter what comes your way. The stakes have never been higher but these times are not only fearsome but exciting too.

My love and prayers for you.

Speaking the truth, with love,

Always, Laura-Lee

The same chart I was given in grade 5 in 1976 which has been the foundation of my diet choices ever since. (Oops! I did it again. 🙆🏻‍♀️)

YOUTUBE LINK "Deceived - the Jonestown Tragedy"