Come Up Here!

Ezekiel 29; Ezekiel 30; Ezekiel 31; Ezekiel 32; Revelation 11
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Revelation 11

The Two Witnesses

1 Then I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. 2 But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.”

4 These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth. 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die. 6 They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

7 When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them. 8 And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified. 9 And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. 10 All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.

11 But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them. 12 Then a loud voice from heaven called to the two prophets, “Come up here!” And they rose to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched.

Observation

I had a very good friend at the first church that I pastured while I was in Seminary. She was like a grandmother to Kathy and me. When we would go to visit here she would shout as we walked up to her front door, “Get in this house”. With her big smile and huge heart it was the neatest welcome anyone could ever want to hear.
One day those two special prophets will hear God say to them, “Come up here” interpreted by me, “Get in this house!”

One day He will welcome me into his house. How about you? He has a mansion prepared for me. How about you?

Application

Even in these troubled days I look forward to the future because my Heavenly Father has big eternal plans for me.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, all the stuff that is happening today and even the bad stuff that is sure to happen in our future will be nothing compared to what You have in store for us. I am not worried because my future is in Your Hands.

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