THE WOES THE WITNESSES REVELATION 9 11 2

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES REVELATION 9 -11; 2 KINGS 13: 14 -20

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE FIRST WOE (9) 1 AND THE FIFTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET, ANDI SAW A STAR FALLEN FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH, AND HE WAS GIVEN THE KEY TO THE SHAFT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT. 2 HE OPENED THE SHAFT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND FROM THE SHAFT ROSE SMOKE LIKE THE SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE, AND THE SUN AND THE AIR WERE DARKENED WITH THE SMOKE FROM THE SHAFT. 3 THEN FROM THE SMOKE CAME LOCUSTS ON THE EARTH, AND THEY WERE GIVEN POWER LIKE THE POWER OF SCORPIONS OF THE EARTH.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE FIRST WOE 4 THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO HARM THE GRASS OF THE EARTH OR ANY GREEN PLANT OR ANY TREE, BUT ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE SEAL OFGOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS. 5 THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TORMENT THEM FOR FIVE MONTHS, BUT NOT TO KILL THEM, AND THEIR TORMENT WAS LIKE THE TORMENT OF A SCORPION WHEN IT STINGS SOMEONE. 6 AND IN THOSE DAYS PEOPLE WILL SEEK DEATH AND WILL NOT FIND IT. THEY WILL LONG TO DIE, BUT DEATH WILL FLEE FROM THEM.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE FIRST WOE 7 IN APPEARANCE THE LOCUSTS WERE LIKE HORSES PREPARED FOR BATTLE: ON THEIR HEADS WERE WHAT LOOKED LIKE CROWNS OF GOLD; THEIR FACES WERE LIKE HUMAN FACES, 8 THEIR HAIR LIKE WOMEN’S HAIR, AND THEIR TEETH LIKE LIONS’ TEETH; 9 THEY HAD BREASTPLATES LIKE BREASTPLATES OF IRON, AND THE NOISE OF THEIR WINGS WAS LIKE THE NOISE OF MANY CHARIOTS WITH HORSES RUSHING INTO BATTLE.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE FIRST WOE 10 THEY HAVE TAILS AND STINGS LIKE SCORPIONS, AND THEIR POWER TO HURT PEOPLE FOR FIVE MONTHS IS IN THEIR TAILS. 11 THEY HAVE AS KING OVER THEM THE ANGEL OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT. HIS NAME IN HEBREW IS ABADDON, AND IN GREEK HE IS CALLED APOLLYON. 12 THE FIRST WOE HAS PASSED; BEHOLD, TWO WOES ARE STILL TO COME.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 13 THEN THE SIXTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET, AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM THE FOUR HORNS OF THE GOLDEN ALTAR BEFORE GOD, 14 SAYING TO THE SIXTH ANGEL WHO HAD THE TRUMPET, “RELEASE THE FOUR ANGELS WHO ARE BOUND AT THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES. ” 15 SO THE FOUR ANGELS, WHO HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR THE HOUR, THE DAY, THE MONTH, AND THE YEAR, WERE RELEASED TO KILL A THIRD OF MANKIND.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 16 THE NUMBER OF MOUNTED TROOPS WAS TWICE TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND; I HEARD THEIR NUMBER. 17 AND THIS IS HOW I SAW THE HORSES IN MY VISION AND THOSE WHO RODE THEM: THEY WORE BREASTPLATES THE COLOR OF FIRE AND OF SAPPHIRE AND OF SULFUR, AND THE HEADS OF THE HORSES WERE LIKE LIONS’ HEADS, AND FIRE AND SMOKE AND SULFUR CAME OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 18 BY THESE THREE PLAGUES A THIRD OF MANKIND WAS KILLED, BY THE FIRE AND SMOKE AND SULFUR COMING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS. 19 FOR THE POWER OF THE HORSES IS IN THEIR MOUTHS AND IN THEIR TAILS, FOR THEIR TAILS ARE LIKE SERPENTS WITH HEADS, AND BY MEANS OF THEM THEY WOUND.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 20 THE REST OF MANKIND, WHO WERE NOT KILLED BY THESE PLAGUES, DID NOT REPENT OF THE WORKS OF THEIR HANDS NOR GIVE UP WORSHIPING DEMONS AND IDOLS OF GOLD AND SILVER AND BRONZE AND STONE AND WOOD, WHICH CANNOT SEE OR HEAR OR WALK, 21 NOR DID THEY REPENT OF THEIR MURDERS OR THEIR SORCERIES OR THEIR SEXUAL IMMORALITY OR THEIR THEFTS. – REVELATION 9: 1 -21

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE (10) CHAPTER 10 –THE ANGEL & THESMALL SCROLL

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE (10) CHAPTER 10 –THE ANGEL & THESMALL SCROLL • WORLD GIVEN AN “INTERVAL OF TIME” BETWEEN WHAT WAS ANNOUNCED AND IT’S COMMENCEMENT (V. 6 -7) • TIME TO RESPOND TO GOD IN REPENTANCE OR RECEIVE JUDGMENT

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE (11: 1 -14) 1 THEN I WAS GIVEN A MEASURING ROD LIKE A STAFF, AND I WAS TOLD, “RISE AND MEASURE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE ALTAR AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP THERE, 2 BUT DO NOT MEASURE THE COURT OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE; LEAVE THAT OUT, FOR IT IS GIVEN OVER TO THE NATIONS, AND THEY WILL TRAMPLE THE HOLY CITY FORTY-TWO MONTHS. 3 AND I WILL GRANT AUTHORITY TO MY TWO WITNESSES, AND THEY WILL PROPHESY FOR 1, 260 DAYS, CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH. ”

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 4 THESE ARE THE TWO OLIVE TREES AND THE TWO LAMPSTANDS THAT STAND BEFORE THELORD OF THE EARTH. 5 AND IF ANYONE WOULD HARM THEM, FIRE POURS FROM THEIR MOUTH AND CONSUMES THEIR FOES. IF ANYONE WOULD HARM THEM, THIS IS HOW HE IS DOOMED TO BE KILLED. 6 THEY HAVE THE POWER TO SHUT THE SKY, THAT NO RAIN MAY FALL DURING THE DAYS OF THEIR PROPHESYING, AND THEY HAVE POWER OVER THE WATERS TO TURN THEM INTO BLOOD AND TO STRIKE THE EARTH WITH EVERY KIND OF PLAGUE, AS OFTEN AS THEY DESIRE.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 7 AND WHEN THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR TESTIMONY, THE BEAST THAT RISES FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PIT WILL MAKE WAR ON THEM AND CONQUER THEM AND KILL THEM, 8 AND THEIR DEAD BODIES WILL LIE IN THE STREET OF THE GREAT CITY THAT SYMBOLICALLY IS CALLEDSODOM AND EGYPT, WHERE THEIR LORD WAS CRUCIFIED. 9 FOR THREE AND A HALF DAYS SOME FROM THE PEOPLES AND TRIBES AND LANGUAGES AND NATIONS WILL GAZE AT THEIR DEAD BODIES AND REFUSE TO LET THEM BE PLACED IN A TOMB,

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 10 AND THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH WILL REJOICE OVER THEM AND MAKE MERRY AND EXCHANGE PRESENTS, BECAUSE THESE TWO PROPHETS HAD BEEN A TORMENT TO THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH. 11 BUT AFTER THE THREE AND A HALF DAYS A BREATH OF LIFE FROMGOD ENTERED THEM, AND THEY STOOD UP ON THEIR FEET, AND GREAT FEAR FELL ON THOSE WHO SAW THEM. 12 THEN THEY HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING TO THEM, “COME UP HERE!”AND THEY WENT UP TO HEAVEN IN A CLOUD, AND THEIR ENEMIES WATCHED THEM.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE SECOND WOE 13 AND AT THAT HOUR THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE, AND A TENTH OF THE CITY FELLS. EVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE EARTHQUAKE, AND THE REST WERE TERRIFIED AND GAVE GLORY TO THEGOD OF HEAVEN. 14 THE SECOND WOE HAS PASSED; BEHOLD, THE THIRD WOE IS SOON TO COME.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE THIRD WOE (11: 15 -19) 15 THEN THE SEVENTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET, AND THERE WERE LOUD VOICES IN HEAVEN, SAYING, T “HE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST, AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. ” 16 AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS WHO SIT ON THEIR THRONES BEFOREGOD FELL ON THEIR FACES AND WORSHIPED GOD, 17 SAYING, W “ E GIVE THANKS TO YOU, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHO IS AND WHO WAS, FOR YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR GREAT POWER AND BEGUN TO REIGN.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES – THE THIRD WOE 18 THE NATIONS RAGED, BUT YOUR WRATH CAME, AND THE TIME FOR THE DEAD TO BE JUDGED, AND FOR REWARDING YOUR SERVANTS, THE PROPHETS AND SAINTS, AND THOSE WHO FEAR YOUR NAME, BOTH SMALL AND GREAT, AND FOR DESTROYING THE DESTROYERS OF THE EARTH. ” 19 THEN GOD’S TEMPLE IN HEAVEN WAS OPENED, AND THE ARK OF HIS COVENANT WAS SEEN WITHIN HIS TEMPLE. THERE WERE FLASHES OF LIGHTNING, RUMBLINGS, PEALS OF THUNDER, AN EARTHQUAKE, AND HEAVY HAIL. REVELATION 11: 1 -19 –

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • “TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS” –V. 4 • BELIEF MOSES AND ELIJAH

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • “TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS” –V. 4 • BELIEF MOSES AND ELIJAH “THESE MEN HAVE THE POWER TO CLOSE THE SKY SO THAT IT DOES NOT RAIN DURING THE DAYS OF THEIR PROPHECY. THEY ALSO HAVE POWER OVER THE WATERS TO TURN THEM INTO BLOOD, AND TO STRIKE THE EARTH WITH ANY PLAGUE WHENEVER THEY WANT. ” R – EV. 11: 6

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • “TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS” –V. 4 • REFERENCE FROM ZECHARIAH 4: 14 ”TWO ANOINTED ONES, WHO STAND BESIDE THE LORD OF THE WHOLE EARTH” –ZECH 4: 14

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • “TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS” –V. 4 • REFERENCE FROM ZECHARIAH 4: 14 ”TWO ANOINTED ONES, WHO STAND BESIDE THE LORD OF THE WHOLE EARTH” –ZECH 4: 14 • PROMINENT MEN OF FAITH: HIGH PRIESTJOSHUA & GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM ZERUBBABEL – REBUILT JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? ”TWO ANOINTED ONES, WHO STAND BESIDE THE LORD OF THE WHOLE EARTH” –ZECH 4: 14 ”SO HE ANSWERED ME, “THIS IS THE WORD OF THELORD TO ZERUBBABEL: ‘NOT BY STRENGTH OR BY MIGHT, BUT BY MY SPIRIT, ’ SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. ”” –ZECH. 4: 6

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN OF GOD, EMPOWERED BY THESPIRIT OF GOD, TO CALL MEN TO REPENTANCE AND PROPHECY, WARNING WHAT IS TO COME (REV. 11: 3) • TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS (V. 4)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN OF GOD, EMPOWERED BY THESPIRIT OF GOD, TO CALL MEN TO REPENTANCE AND PROPHECY, WARNING WHAT IS TO COME (REV. 11: 3). • TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS (V. 4) • MEN PROTECTED BY GOD FROM HARM (V. 5)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN OF GOD, EMPOWERED BY THESPIRIT OF GOD, TO CALL MEN TO REPENTANCE AND PROPHECY, WARNING WHAT IS TO COME (REV. 11: 3). • TWO OLIVE TREES & TWO LAMPSTANDS (V. 4) • MEN PROTECTED BY GOD FROM HARM (V. 5) • MEN WHO HAVE THE POWER OF THESPIRIT TO DO THE MIRACULOUS – CLOSE THE SKY, TURN WATER TO BLOOD, STRIKE THE EARTH WITH PLAGUE (V. 6)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN WHO FACE WAR, PERSECUTION AND DEATH (V. 7)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN WHO FACE WAR, PERSECUTION, DERISION AND DEATH (V. 7, 10) • MEN WHO DIE (V. 7 -8)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN WHO FACE WAR, PERSECUTION, DERISION AND DEATH (V. 7, 10) • MEN WHO DIE (V. 7 -8) • MEN WHO ARE RESURRECTED TO LIFE AND HEAVEN (V. 1112)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN WHO FACE WAR, PERSECUTION, DERISION AND DEATH (V. 7, 10) • MEN WHO DIE (V. 7 -8) • MEN WHO ARE RESURRECTED TO LIFE AND HEAVEN (V. 1112) • MEN WHO BRING DESTRUCTION (V. 13)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? • MEN WHO FACE WAR, PERSECUTION, DERISION AND DEATH (V. 7, 10) • MEN WHO DIE (V. 7 -8) • MEN WHO ARE RESURRECTED TO LIFE AND HEAVEN (V. 1112) • MEN WHO BRING DESTRUCTION (V. 13) • MEN WHO BRING AND CAUSE GLORY TO BE GIVEN TO GOD (V. 13)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHO ARE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN WHO STRUCK THEIR ARROWS

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FOR GOD

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FOR GOD • ELISHA &JEHOASH (2 KINGS 13: 14 -20)

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FOR GOD • ELISHA &JEHOASH (2 KINGS 13: 14 -20) • WILL WE STAND STRIKE OUR ARROWS FORGOD? UNTIL HE SAYS STOP?

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FOR GOD • ELISHA &JEHOASH (2 KINGS 13: 14 -20) • WILL WE STAND STRIKE OUR ARROWS FORGOD? UNTIL HE SAYS STOP? • AN ARROW ONLY HAS VALUE UNLESS IT IS SHOT!

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FORGOD • ELISHA &JEHOASH (2 KINGS 13: 14 -20) • WILL WE STAND STRIKE OUR ARROWS FORGOD? UNTIL HE SAYS STOP? • AN ARROW ONLY HAS VALUE UNLESS IT IS SHOT! • WE ARE NOT MEANT TO HAVE FULL QUIVERS AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE FULL!

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FORGOD ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH ALLOWINGSATAN TO KEEP JESUS IN THE MANGER?

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FORGOD ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH ALLOWINGSATAN TO KEEP JESUS IN THE MANGER? WHY IS THEIR SEEMINGLY A LACK OFHOLY SPIRIT ANOINTING IN THE CHURCH?

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WHY ARE THESE TWO CHOSEN TO BE THE TWO WITNESSES? MEN OF GOD WHO CHOOSE TO STRIKE THEIR ARROWS FORGOD ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH ALLOWINGSATAN TO KEEP JESUS IN THE MANGER? WHY IS THEIR SEEMINGLY A LACK OFHOLY SPIRIT ANOINTING IN THE CHURCH? WHY DO WE NEED THEHOLY SPIRIT ANOINTING IF WE ARE NOT WILLING TO DO THE WORK OFCHRIST?

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WOULD YOU AND I BE COMFORTABLE FACINGJESUS AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST WITH A FULL QUIVER?

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WOULD YOU AND I BE COMFORTABLE FACINGJESUS AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST WITH A FULL QUIVER? A FULL QUIVER BEFORE CHRIST WILL BE A QUIVER FULL OF REGRET.

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WOULD YOU AND I BE COMFORTABLE FACINGJESUS AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST WITH A FULL QUIVER? A FULL QUIVER BEFORE CHRIST WILL BE A QUIVER FULL OF REGRET. ELISHA – 1 KINGS 19: 19 -21

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES WOULD YOU AND I BE COMFORTABLE FACINGJESUS AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST WITH A FULL QUIVER? A FULL QUIVER BEFORE CHRIST WILL BE A QUIVER FULL OF REGRET. ELISHA – 1 KINGS 19: 19 -21 YOU AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FACE THIS WORLD AND THE JUDGMENT TO COME WITHOUT WALKING IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT. AM I LIVING AND WALKING IN THE POWER OF THESPIRIT? SHOOT YOUR ARROWS, LEAVE NOTHING FOR THEJOURNEY BACK

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES GATTACA -ANTON AND VINCENT-

THE WOES & THE WITNESSES SHOOT YOUR ARROWS, LEAVE NOTHING FOR THEJOURNEY BACK!