Two witnesses

 

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” - Revelation 11:1-3

 

We see glimpses of grace all through the book of Revelation. Over and over God steps in and offers salvation through Christ.

 

Here, at the very midpoint, God sends two witnesses to preach the gospel in Jerusalem.

 

They stand in Jerusalem, somehow seen be the whole world, and preach the gospel for 3 ½ years.  Nothing can stop them and anybody tries to stop them is destroyed. Three and a half years of solid gospel preaching – and it makes a lot of folks angry. People are saved though their preaching. Every day the world hears the same message.

 

Finally, toward the very end, God a!lows them to be killed and their bodies lie in the street for three and a half days.

 

And the world throws the greatest party ever seen. It is a world wide celebration. They really think they have won.

 

But 3 days later they wise from the dead and are carried into heaven. The world had to know that there were in deep, deep trouble unless they heeded the words of the witnesses.

 

God does all He can to draw men to Him, but they have to decide, and still, even after this, few are going to accept His gift.