1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,960 Watch carefully because no one can agree on who the two 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,200 witnesses are, but I think it's obvious once you see this number 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,080 1 John the Baptist. In case you've never heard of 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,120 the two witnesses in the Bible, there's an end times prophecy 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,920 that God will appoint 2 of his witnesses in the very last days 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,960 to warn the people to turn back to their living God. 7 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:24,600 This will be one of the last ever opportunities for mankind 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,280 to finally repent and put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,200 And these two witnesses will be given special powers. 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,880 They'll be able to perform great miracles, and there they will 11 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,360 stand for 3 1/2 years preaching on the streets of Jerusalem. 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,800 But the prophecy goes like this. The Antichrist at that time will 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,040 rise up and he will take out both of these two witnesses. 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,880 And there the two witnesses will lie dead in the public square. 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,440 And the whole world will actually rejoice at this. 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,800 They will be so happy that these two witnesses are finally gone. 17 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,640 Then there will be those from the peoples, the tribes, the 18 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,960 tongues and nations of the world, and they will see the 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,760 their dead bodies there. They will see them for 3 1/2 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,000 days and they will not allow these dead bodies of these two 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,360 witnesses to be put into graves. All right, let's just stop there 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,480 for a moment. Come back with me in time. 23 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,920 Imagine that you and I have gone back 500 years and together we 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,800 read that verse. We'd be very puzzled. 25 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,840 And we think, how could this possibly turn out? 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,560 How can all the people in the world see these dead bodies in 27 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,920 Jerusalem? And yet today, in the year we 28 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,160 live right now, suddenly the Book of Revelation, it doesn't 29 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,120 seem that far fetched at all, does it? 30 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,040 Why? Because because right now we 31 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,320 have iPhones, we have computers, we have televisions and one 32 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:37,560 video, just one piece of footage can go viral all around the 33 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,520 world in a matter of seconds. Now on that note, as a YouTube, 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,280 I often get asked how much money do I make when I put one of my 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,240 videos out there and it goes viral? 36 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,440 Well, the answer is actually 0. Because 10 years ago when I 37 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,600 started this channel, I made a difficult decision not to run 38 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,080 any adverts on my channel. And the reason was this. 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,400 I didn't want to present God's word before you with any 40 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,400 distractions. So if you're not a game seeing 41 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,560 ad free content and you are enjoying this video, please do 42 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,160 subscribe for more. OK, check this out because 43 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,080 what's even more interesting is it actually says in the 44 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,240 scripture that these two witnesses God will raise them 45 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,600 back to life again. Have you ever heard people say 46 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,440 this? Why didn't people just have 47 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,880 smartphones back in the days of Jesus? 48 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,760 Why didn't someone just film Jesus dead on the cross and then 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,880 risen from the grave? Wouldn't that make it a whole 50 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,000 lot easier for everyone to believe the gospel? 51 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,960 Well, when these two witnesses rise from the dead, I'll tell 52 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,360 you, every single news station in the world, every single 53 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,440 social media platform will have it plastered in front of 54 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,680 everyone's faces so that no one can deny that God is real and no 55 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,160 one can deny that he moves in the Spirit. 56 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,640 So come on Joe, talk to us. Why John the Baptist? 57 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,960 Well, Jesus Christ himself said assuredly. 58 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,560 I say to you, among those born of women, there has not risen 59 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,720 one greater than John the Baptist. 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,160 Did you catch that? So in other words, Jesus Christ 61 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,760 is saying out of all the men in the world, out of all the women 62 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,800 in the world, there is no one greater than John the Baptist. 63 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,000 And so thus would it not make sense that he would be one of 64 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,480 the two witnesses and also friends, did you know this John 65 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,240 the Baptist only had a six month ministry. 66 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,840 He was only able to preach for just six months and then he was 67 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,480 beheaded. And again, would it not be 68 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,280 possible that God might say to John, you've got another 69 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,800 opportunity to preach, here's another chance to preach 70 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,160 repentance, I'm going to unleash you again on the whole world, 71 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,600 that the message of faith might go out and the others might turn 72 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,000 to my son the Lord Jesus Christ again. 73 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,440 But hey, now, did you know this revelation tells us that these 74 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,720 two witnesses will be wearing sackcloth? 75 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,800 And why will they be wearing sackcloth? 76 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,360 Well, in the Bible, whenever a prophet was clothed in sackcloth 77 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,960 or when the people wore it, it was a sign that they were 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,360 grieving over sin, that they were broken. 79 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,280 It was also a sign of God's judgement, God's doom. 80 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,560 It was a sign that the wrath of God was coming. 81 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,200 And so when the Old Testament prophets would wear it, it was a 82 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,280 way of saying, repent, turn of your ways. 83 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,960 And yet, what do we know about John's message? 84 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,760 It was a message of repentance. But I do wonder now if there's 85 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,360 anyone watching this video who's thinking, do you know what? 86 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,520 I would actually really like to be one of those two witnesses 87 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,360 for that for me would be one of the highest privileges in all 88 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,440 the world to preach the gospel to prophecy in the end times, to 89 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,120 tell people to turn back to the Lord Jesus Christ. 90 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,959 And so I really do want to emphasize this. 91 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:24,200 There is no reason why an ordinary believer like you or 92 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,400 me, there's no reason why we couldn't do it. 93 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,480 I mean, after all, God can raise up stones to witness, to cry out 94 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,080 for him. So why couldn't you use an 95 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,240 ordinary believer like you and I to do the same job? 96 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:36,720 But one thing you must remember is this. 97 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,680 These two witnesses will be put to death, and whoever steps up 98 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,680 to the mark must be willing to die. 99 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,760 And what did we just say about John the Baptist? 100 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,760 John the Baptist, He was bold as a lion. 101 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,960 He called out the public figure of the day, Herod. 102 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,800 And he says you must turn from that sin. 103 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,360 It is not lawful for you to have that woman as your wife. 104 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,920 Repent. And what happened? 105 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,520 He lost his head for the Lord Jesus Christ. 106 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,240 So, my dear friend, if you do want to be a witness for the 107 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,920 Lord Jesus Christ, whether it's one of the two witnesses or 108 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,920 whether it's to witness for Christ right now in this life, 109 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,920 every single one of us must ask ourselves this very big 110 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,960 question. Am I willing to lose my head for 111 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,000 the Lord Jesus Christ? It sounds radical, guys, but I 112 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,600 do believe those days might just come for all of us, even those 113 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,160 of us who live in the West. I do believe, though, that the 114 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,920 strongest argument that John the Baptist could be one of these 115 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,480 two witnesses is found in the last page of the Old Testament. 116 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,200 The final prophecy of the Old Testament says that this behold, 117 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,520 I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the 118 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,320 great and dreadful day of the Lord. 119 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,280 So God has promised that just before the final judgment, just 120 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:42,080 before he pours out all of his wrath on the earth, just before 121 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,640 all of that happened, the prophet Elijah will appear and 122 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,200 Jesus our Lord and Savior. How did Jesus refer to John the 123 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,800 Baptist? He said, if you are willing to 124 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,400 accept it, John himself is Elijah who has come. 125 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,200 But OK, we actually have a little problem here because John 126 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,920 the Baptist himself said I am not Elijah. 127 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,440 So why did Jesus say he was? Well, could it be that when 128 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,480 Jesus was saying if you accepted John the Baptist as Elijah, 129 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,640 well, he would have been Elijah for you? 130 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,480 But that didn't happen, did it? The Jewish people refused to 131 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,240 accept John the Baptist, the vast majority at least. 132 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,160 So could it be that God, in his infinite wisdom, is going to 133 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,160 engineer another situation where the real Elijah will appear in 134 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,440 the last days? Or maybe another reason why 135 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,600 Jesus said John the Baptist was Elijah is because, as the Angel 136 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,640 of the Lord said, John the Baptist would be operating in 137 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,000 the same spirit, in the same power as Elijah, or whatever the 138 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,360 reason was. There's one thing I'm sure of, 139 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,400 and it's this. I believe that that prophecy in 140 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Malachi has not yet been fulfilled, and one day the real 141 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,880 Elijah, not the likeness of Elijah, but the real Elijah, 142 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,320 will turn up and preach the judgement of the Lord God. 143 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,920 So surprise, surprise, you can probably guess who our number 2 144 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,200 is. It's Elijah. 145 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,320 Now, before I present to you the evidence of why I believe Elijah 146 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,480 will be one of the two witnesses, let me first ask you 147 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,280 this. Do you believe that John the 148 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:09,520 Baptist is going to be one of these mysterious prophets who 149 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,800 turns up in the tribulation? Well, we're going to look at 150 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,600 that answer very shortly. All right, Apart from this 151 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,040 incredible prophecy that Elijah is one day going to return, is 152 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,680 there any other evidence that he could be one of the two 153 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,440 witnesses? What about this one? 154 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,080 Did you know that one of the signs for these two witnesses is 155 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,160 this? Anyone who tries to lay their 156 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,240 hands on the two witnesses, anyone who tries to harm them, 157 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,520 It is said about these two prophets that fire will come out 158 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,480 of their mouth and will devour them. 159 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,760 OK, So take that into your mind and then remember this. 160 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,920 What is one of the miracles that Elijah is very famous for? 161 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,840 He was able to command and fire to come out of heaven. 162 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,600 Do you remember those fifty men who were sent by the king who 163 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,040 said, Elijah, you must come now before the king. 164 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,880 And what did Elijah do? He commanded fire to come down 165 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,920 from heaven, and they were totally consumed. 166 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,720 And do you remember when Elijah stood before the people of 167 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,960 Israel and cried out? How long will you waver between 168 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,880 two opinions? If Baal is God, well then serve 169 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,840 him. But if the Lord is God, well 170 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,640 then serve him. After Elijah pleaded with the 171 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,080 people of Israel to give all to the Lord God, he then challenged 172 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,200 the prophets of Baal and said, if you're God, if Baal is real, 173 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,640 why not tell him to send fire down and command this sacrifice, 174 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,720 this bull sacrifice in front of us to be lit with fire. 175 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,080 And so the Scripture says, the prophets of Baal all morning, it 176 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,840 says all morning until noon, they were crying out, Baal, 177 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,160 Baal, please answer us, light this fire. 178 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,799 But no fire was ever lit. And then the prophets of Baal 179 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,520 looked at Elijah. It was his turn now. 180 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,280 So Elijah told the people of Israel to make a sacrifice, to 181 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,480 put a bull on the top of it. He then said, pile the wood up 182 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,560 and then I want you to take 12 jars of water. 183 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,280 So they poured 12 jars of water all over this sacrifice. 184 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,280 It was soaking wet. And now if there was ever a time 185 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,200 that Elijah needed the Lord God to turn up, it was right now you 186 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,880 could cut the tension with a knife. 187 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,600 And so Elijah, he looked up to heaven and he said, Lord, send 188 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,400 the fire. And what happened? 189 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,800 God sent fire from heaven and showed everyone who the true and 190 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,600 living God is. But another powerful clue that 191 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,800 Elijah is one of these two witnesses is that Elijah never 192 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,480 died. You see in the Bible there are 193 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,000 only two people who never died. One was Elijah and who was the 194 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:23,280 other? It was Enoch. 195 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,120 And that's why some people say that Enoch, maybe Enoch could 196 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,240 even be one of these two witnesses. 197 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,040 For me personally, here is the most convincing piece of 198 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,320 evidence the Bible says and I will appoint my 2 witnesses and 199 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,600 they will prophecy for 1260 days. 200 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,240 Now just remember that number, keep it in your because it then 201 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,520 says that these two witnesses will have the power to shut up 202 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,520 the heavens, and there will be no rain that will fall during 203 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,280 that time when they are prophesying. 204 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,080 So Elijah was known for fire, but he is also known as the 205 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,200 prophet who stopped the rain. But how long did Elijah stop the 206 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,200 rain for? Well James 5 verse 17 gives us 207 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,040 the answer. Elijah was a man with a nature 208 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,920 like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not 209 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,880 rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six 210 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,360 months. Now, do you remember for that 211 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,160 number 1260 days? If you take all of those days 212 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,440 and you add them all up together, guess how many years 213 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,320 you get? You get 3 1/2 years. 214 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,960 Are you going to now tell me that that's just a coincidence? 215 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,320 Come on, guys. OK, before I give you the third 216 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,320 candidate, I do want to hear from you. 217 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,960 Do you think that Elijah could be one of those two witnesses? 218 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,240 Well, in a moment's time, I'm going to give you my answer of 219 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,240 who I believe these two witnesses are. 220 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,480 But first, number three, Moses, guys, when I first saw this, it 221 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,120 blew my mind. In the Book of Revelation, we 222 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,400 read that these two witnesses will have the power to turn the 223 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,760 water into blood and they will also have the power to command 224 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,160 every kind of plague to fall on the earth. 225 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,000 What do we know about Moses? Well, through the power of God, 226 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,360 he was able to turn the river Nile, the huge waters of that 227 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,240 huge river into blood. And he was also, through the 228 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,960 power of God, known to be the one who commanded 10 plagues to 229 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,040 fall down on the people of Egypt. 230 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,600 Why did Moses perform these great miracles? 231 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,680 It was to wake the people up and say you need to obey the living 232 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:16,280 God. And my dear friends, that's the 233 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,360 exact same reason why the two witnesses will use these 234 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,760 miraculous signs. The reason they'll do it is to 235 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,640 show the whole world that you need to wake up. 236 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,520 You need to realize that God is real, and one day you will stand 237 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,560 before him. And if you reject the Lord Jesus 238 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,160 Christ, you'll be trapped in hell forever. 239 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,440 But if you receive Him, you will have eternal life. 240 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,560 You will live in his Kingdom forever and you will enjoy total 241 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:40,480 joy and happiness for all of eternity worshipping the Lamb of 242 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,040 God who takes away the sins of the world. 243 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,160 All right, but here's the part that really got to me. 244 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:50,520 To this day, no one knows where Moses is buried, but the devil 245 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,040 himself seems to have a particular fascination, a 246 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,720 particular obsession with the body of Moses. 247 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,000 The book of Jude says yet Michael the Archangel in 248 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,120 contending with the devil when he disputed him about the body 249 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,360 of Moses dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but 250 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,720 said the Lord rebuke you. You see, there is something I 251 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,000 find quite peculiar and it's this. 252 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,560 Why was the devil so concerned about the body of Moses? 253 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,960 Why was he not arguing about the body of Noah, the body of 254 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,320 Samson, the body of Jonah? Why was it Moses? 255 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,920 Could it be that the devil who knows the Scriptures better than 256 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,320 any Christian watching this video right now, better than any 257 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,360 theologian in any Bible college? Could it be that the devil knew 258 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,280 that one day Moses is going to be resurrected and he is going 259 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,760 to be one of those two witnesses who is going to bring many sons, 260 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,240 many daughters back to the Most High God? 261 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,120 I mean, think about this. Could there be anything more 262 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,800 convincing for the people of Israel than when they see Moses, 263 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,880 their forefather, the one who brought them the law, the one 264 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,400 who brought them the 10 commandments, When they see 265 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,920 Moses living and breathing amongst them, preaching in the 266 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,480 streets of Jerusalem and saying I am telling you the truth, 267 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,320 Jesus Christ is our Messiah. There is not another coming. 268 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,360 Christ is our Messiah, turn to him. 269 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,560 Do you not think that the people of Israel are going to have 270 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:06,120 their eyes opened and there's going to be this huge big 271 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,720 revival of Jewish people like the book of Romans talks about 272 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,680 where all of these Jewish people are going to turn back to the 273 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,520 living God and put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ? 274 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,680 Hey, now the wait is nearly over before I reveal to you. 275 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,000 I think these two witnesses are. There's one final piece of the 276 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,280 puzzle that we need to think about and it's this. 277 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,920 The prophet Zechariah, he talked about these two witnesses 278 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,800 thousands of years earlier, but he called them two lampstands, 2 279 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,200 olive trees. And you know this in the Book of 280 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,040 Revelation Chapter 11, those exact words are echoed. 281 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,240 But why are there only two witnesses? 282 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,280 Well, all the way through the Bible there seems to be an 283 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,000 emphasis on on the power of 2 witnesses. 284 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,000 In Deuteronomy it says through two witnesses or two or three 285 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,640 witnesses, a word shall be established. 286 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,960 Do you remember how many angels sat on the tomb to witness that 287 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,400 the Lord Jesus Christ was alive? He was risen from the grave. 288 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:59,720 How many? There was 2. 289 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,800 Do you remember when Joshua sent spies out? 290 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,160 To how many did he send? He sent out two. 291 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,880 Do you remember when Noah was in the ark? 292 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,160 How many birds did he send out? There was 2. 293 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,080 And then finished the sentence for me. 294 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,040 The Lord sent the disciples out in twos. 295 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,800 OK, OK, OK, who do I believe these two witnesses are? 296 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,800 Well, I could be totally wrong about this, but I believe the 297 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,680 answer lies in the Mount of Transfiguration. 298 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,920 Come with me. Let's go up that mountain and 299 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,640 let's stand there with Peter, James, and John. 300 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,440 And let's notice that God himself paired up two men to 301 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,240 stand with the Lord Jesus Christ. 302 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,640 Who were those two men? Moses and Elijah. 303 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,920 And I personally believe that God is going to use the exact 304 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,440 same pair during the Tribulation and that Moses and Elijah are 305 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,120 going to be these two witnesses. Moses will represent every 306 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,000 believer who has died in the Lord and was resurrected and 307 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,480 brought back to life, whilst Elijah will represent every 308 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,360 single believer who has been preserved from the grave because 309 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,360 the Lord Jesus Christ has come again. 310 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,240 Moses will represent the Law, whilst Elijah will represent the 311 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,480 prophets. This might shock some of you, 312 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,400 but if you only remember one thing from this video, let it be 313 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,200 this. You might never live to see who 314 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,200 these two witnesses are, but I want to tell you right now you 315 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,080 are alive and there is a man stood in front of you who is 316 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,040 witnessing to you, and I'm pleading with you right now to 317 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,200 put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 318 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,040 Do you remember a couple of minutes ago when I showed you 319 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,760 the prophecy in Malachi about how Elijah will one day return? 320 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,320 Do you know what the very last word in that prophecy is? 321 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,240 Do you know what the very last word in the entire Old Testament 322 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,240 is? It's this word, the word curse. 323 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,200 But did you know this in the Book of Revelation, the book 324 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,560 that we've just been studying? Do you know what one of the very 325 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,480 last words in the entire Bible is? 326 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,160 Do you know what it is? It is, it's the word grace. 327 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,480 And my dear friend, there is one thing I've just got to ask you 328 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,640 and it's this. Are you under the curse or are 329 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,760 you under grace? If you're under the curse, it 330 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:55,960 looks like this. You've rejected the Lord Jesus 331 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,320 Christ and right now you stand before the Lord God Bear and the 332 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,720 law is in front of you. All of the laws that you have 333 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,560 broken, all of those skeletons in your closet, they're there. 334 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,160 We all have them. Let's be honest, we've all 335 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,280 sinned and we as sinners stand before the Lord God and every 336 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,360 single one of us will be judged and will be cast until lake of 337 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,360 fire for all of eternity if we reject the Lord Jesus Christ. 338 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,880 But again, I want to remind you, if you've got breath in your 339 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,360 lungs right now, if your heart is beating right now, you have 340 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,440 an opportunity to fall under the grace of God and is all you have 341 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,120 to do is just come. Come as you are to the Lord 342 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,000 Jesus Christ. Come to the one who died on the 343 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,760 cross, come to the one who was punished for your sin, the one 344 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,320 who was crucified, who was crushed, who was bruised, who 345 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,640 was beaten, who suffered there at Calvary for you. 346 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,920 His blood was poured out so that your sins can be scrubbed away, 347 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,720 so that your sins can be washed away, and so that you can have a 348 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,440 new beginning. You see this same God, this same 349 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,160 Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, he died, He was buried, and on 350 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,280 that third day, he rose from the dead. 351 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,400 And that's why if we put our trust in him, because he is the 352 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,960 living God, he is prepared to save any Sinner who will humbly 353 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,000 say, Lord God, have mercy on me, a Sinner. 354 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:07,760 And so I've got to ask you, will you receive this grace? 355 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,040 Will you receive this free gift? Being a Christian isn't about 356 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,160 being a good boy or a good girl. It's not about trying to Curry 357 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,480 up the favour of God. Now the Bible says that our 358 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,800 righteousnesses are as filthy rag. 359 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,520 There is nothing good in US. None of us are good enough to 360 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,800 save ourselves. And that's what grace is all 361 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,040 about. It's about receiving everything 362 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:30,200 that Jesus Christ has done. Grace stands for God's riches at 363 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,400 Christ's expense. And God today will give you all 364 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,840 of his spiritual riches, all of his righteousness as a gift. 365 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,680 And it's all at Christ's expense because he died there for you so 366 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,440 you could be forgiven. I've actually remembered 367 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,000 something else I've forgot to tell you. 368 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:47,320 It actually says that when these two witnesses are taken out, 369 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,600 people will make themselves merry. 370 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,560 They'll start sending gifts to each other to rejoice that these 371 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,840 two men of God, these two prophets who tormented them, are 372 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,200 now dead. Why would people say that 373 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,600 they've been tormented by prophets of God? 374 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,960 I'll tell you why. It's because these prophets will 375 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,000 be a reminder that they need to turn from their sins and put 376 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,880 their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 377 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,960 And these people, these people of the world, they love their 378 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,680 sins so much and it's painful to even have the thought of giving 379 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,640 it up. One more thing, you're not going 380 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,800 to believe this, but I've not just made one video, not 2, not 381 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,240 3, but four entire videos all about Moses. 382 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,440 And one of them in particular caused a real stir amongst my 383 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,520 subscribers. If you want to see what all the 384 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,520 commotion was about, click here.