3-6 “Meanwhile, I’ll provide my two Witnesses. Dressed in sackcloth, they’ll prophesy for 1,260 days.
This number keeps coming up. I guess it equates to 3.5 years.....isn't that the same amount of time that Jesus was teaching? hmmm
11 “Then, after three and a half days, the Living Spirit of God will enter them—they’re on their feet!—and all those gloating spectators will be scared to death.”
Then this....again, 3 1/2.
Lots of scary stuff here. I find myself wondering if what he saw was from the future, therefore he didn't really understand what he was looking at? Maybe that's why there is so much descriptive craziness. I don't know. Wild chapters.
4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a] 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
ReplyDeleteIn earlier chapters the lampstands were clearly the church. It made me wonder if that is still the case in this writing. I did some research and still don't know although others made the same point. if you have time below is someone else's take on this chapter which they also tie back to Zechariah which is always interesting to me. After all this I don't have much of a a take though. :( knut
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http://www.bibleinsight.com/1260p4.html
it was too long to post--above is the link