 Okay, good morning everyone welcome to our class today on this course PC 213 on the end times. Thank you for connecting to the class Let's take a moment to pray together and we'll get started could somebody Please lead us in prayer and then we will get started anybody could unmute your mic and Please pray with us Pastor God have been asked God, please Okay, let's pray Our grace is heavenly father We thank you for this beautiful time and moment that you have given us Lord Jesus this morning father Good, we choose to praise you we choose to worship you Jesus that who you are and what you does Lord Jesus Yes, father God as we are moving forward this day Lord Jesus and whatever we are going to learn father God help us to understand father God help us to learn and Recognize the deeper things father God and we ask you holistically to lead us and to guide us and to teach us We submit pastor us is into your mighty hand and we submit all the students into your mighty hand and we ask this pray in Jesus mighty name Amen, thank you Okay, welcome everybody once again we are In the course we are Currently Going through or doing a panoramic view of the sequence of events and We Kind of transitioned from our notes PDF document we kind of transition into the book of Revelation. So we're basically using the book of Revelation as an outline To give us the chronology of events that will take place So what we have established thus far is Subsequent to the rapture of the church We as we entered into the book of Revelation we said Chapters four and five which we looked at last week are giving us a Picture of what is happening in heaven Right after the rapture of the church We said that as we see these 24 elders Seated around the throne of God We see the the Lamb of God. We see the Holy Spirit In the throne room We see the 24 elders we see the angelic beings and they all Worshiping the worshipping God the angelic beings the 24 elders and then We see the Lamb of God coming forth to open the seals. He starts We takes a scroll to open the seals that means from now on these things are going to start being fulfilled So that is the beginning of Revelation chapter 6 Which we said is the starting point of The seven year tribulation here on earth so revelation 6 1 the opening of the first sea is Indicating the beginning of the tribulation and just to quickly review Revelation chapter 6 It begins with four horses Indicating now Like we said some of these things are literal some of these things are figurative or symbolic These four horses are symbolic they are Depicting to us things that move with strength or things that happen with strength and speed So in Revelation 6 1 when the first seal is open there is the white horse and The person on it goes out conquering and conquer so This so this is talking to us about the anti Christ It's not Christ Christ comes riding on a white horse in Revelation 19 But this is a copy an anti Christ. He's not the real Christ He comes pretending like that and he gains power over the nations Revelation 6 was was one And then we are seeing that as these each seal is being opened We see all kinds of calamities happening on earth The second this is Revelation 6 3. There's war That's a second seal the third seal talks about famine The fourth seal talks about that death Destroying a fourth of the earth 25 percent of the earth's population is destroyed Fifth seal is talking to us about martyrs those who have been slain During the tribulation for the word of God that is Revelation chapter 6 and verse 9 So there are a lot a lot of people are going to be dying right from the beginning of the tribulation for their faith in Christ For the word of God and for the testimony which they held and Then the sixth seal our relation chapter 6 was 12 It's talking about these Cosmic events and The Sun becoming black the moon becoming like blood There are stars of heaven falling to the earth. This could be that meet meet yours and others things It's just dropping on the earth And so that's that's great calamity. That's the sixth seal so We stopped them last week at the end of Revelation chapter 6 We just see looking at the sequence of events at the beginning of the tribulation Here are the things that are happening on earth As the seals are being opened So they're going to move forward from there any Questions up until this point. That is end of Revelation Chapter 6 so we just getting an overview. So we're moving very fast. We're not going into every verse That we will do next year, but Yeah, right now. We're just getting an overview of the sequence of events Any questions at this point? Okay, so Let's begin today with revelation chapter 7, right? so the seals The seven seals which are seven judgments being all poured out. I've started happening here on the earth and At that time in Revelation chapter 7 What we see is that God? marks out a hundred and forty four Thousand Jews They've been marked now the seal That is put when you look at the New Testament context the seal Represents the the presence of the Holy Spirit the mark of the Holy Spirit and Also the name of God put upon our lives. So we as believers are sealed By the Holy Spirit and by the name of God that we carry be named the name of Christ so in Revelation 7 There are hundred and forty four thousand Jews 12,000 from each tribe who are marked out by God now it doesn't tell us that all these hundred forty four thousand Jews are in Israel It says they're Jews, but they could be scattered all over the world So It doesn't Necessarily have to be That these hundred forty four thousand Jews are living in Israel. They could be anywhere like we know that the Jews are Dispursed and very spotless, but primarily if you look at it, of course the majority of the Jewish people are in Israel, but then a great number are in North America And and then you have a few Around Europe and maybe some other parts of the world, but the majority are in Israel or in not North America Canada and US So they are dispersed in different places a hundred forty four thousand of these people are marked by God and What we know When we look at it later that is when we look at Revelation 14 is that these people have been Faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ and there have been their servants of the Lord. They may say proclaiming Jesus Christ so You may hear These hundred forty four thousand People who are marked Jews were marked by God. They are sometimes referred to as the Jewish evangelists And so they are marked by God to bear tests to many to the Lord Jesus Christ and you will You will see I mean if you want to skip ahead You know if you go into Revelation 14 you will find that They were Revelation 14 1 2 For you'll find that I want to find you'll find that they follow the Lamb of God these were people who follow the Lamb of God and Revelation 14 1 2 4 and there was no deceit found in their mouth So in some way they are giving testimony to the Lord Jesus Christ as they follow him So they refer to as the hundred forty four Jewish evangelists. So that's the first spot First time you see in Revelation chapter 7 then The second part of Revelation 7 gives us a glimpse of a great multitude of people Standing before the throne of God and worshiping That's Revelation 7 9 to 17 As you said this great multitude people and they're all clothed in white robes and They're worshiping God and so John Is asked by one of the elders as a revelation 7 13 says, you know, do you know who these people are and The Apostle John says, sir, you know You would know I don't know and then the elder tells him revelation chapter 7 verse 14 These are the ones who've come out of the great tribulation and wash the robes and made them white in the blood of the lamp So there's a big question here saying How did these people this great multitude people from every nation tribe and tongue or you know a standing before the throne? How do they get there to heaven? We know It says here in verse 14 of relations and 14 they they have come out of the great tribulation. That means during the tribulation these people have come into heaven and And when we said these people meaning their spiritual bodies not the physical bodies We don't know that physically they're there, but we know spiritually they are there and They are dressed in white robes They're in heaven We don't know it doesn't tell us here How did all of these people come to heaven? They came out of the tribulation. How do they come to heaven? And here's what I want to you know, I want you to I want to put before you That in the book of Revelation there are three passages there are three passages that Give us a picture of heaven where There are people Worshiping before the throne of God one of them one of those passages is right here Revelation 7 9 to 17 you this there's one You know look into heaven and you see this great multitude of people Worshiping before God the other one is what we just mentioned Revelation 14 one to five and in that Section of scripture we find the 144,000 Jews are Worshiping before the throne of God the other Singing the song Singing before the throne of God worshipping the Lamb of God in the third picture that we that's passage of scripture It's in Revelation 15 one to four But again, you know you see a Sea of glass version 15 one to four and there are people for standing there Who have refused to take the mark of the beast? Refused to get his name Take his number and they are standing and worshipping God. So what did we say? In the book of Revelation as we're joining through the seven year tribulation That is between Revelation chapter 6 and Revelation chapter 19, right? That's the tribulation period We are given three glimpses into heaven Where we are seeing multitudes of people standing before the throne of God and worshipping Revelation 7 which we just are considering now There's a great multitude and we are told they have come out of the tribulation there before the throne Revelation 14 it's the 144,000 Jews I mean these these 144,000 people who have been sealed by the Holy Spirit in Revelation 7 They are there before the throne of God And then Revelation 15 Be against you more more people standing before the throne of God And these are people who refuse to take the mark of the beast and they are there in heaven worshipping God So the question is how did all these people, you know, how do they come? How do they get there? What I also want to point out is That During the tribulation period There is between Revelation 6 to Revelation 19 There are at least three passages that are telling us that people are being killed for their faith. So one is Revelation chapter 6 verse 9 Which we just saw a little earlier These are people who have been slain for the word of God and for the testimony Which they held then again in Revelation 13 and Revelation 13 and verse 15 It's Telling us that as many as would not worship the image of the beast were killed Revelation 13 15 so people are being killed who refused to worship Then again in Revelation 14 and verse 13. It says blessed are those other dead who die in the Lord from now on So there are people during the tribulation or dying in the Lord So It is most likely that these three pictures of great multitudes or the hundred forty four thousand or The other great multitude in Revelation 15 who are standing with the throne of God and white robes worshipping God It's most likely I'm not saying we can state this conclusively, but we are stating it based on the fact that Repeatedly we are saying people are being killed for their faith during the tribulation We're refusing to take the mark of the beast So what we are saying is or what we can infer or conclude very logically Yes that These people that we're seeing up in heaven worshipping are people we can refer to as a tribulation martyrs people who are Killed during the tribulation. They're dying. They're dead But we are seeing that they are their spirits are up in heaven Worshipping God most likely that's what it is Now When we come to Revelation 14 There is the possibility Because of the text used in the in Revelation 14 That the hundred forty four thousand just could be here could have been resurrected Could be because there it specifically says they were redeemed from the earth and Were the first fruits so the word first fruits is usually used in the New Testament to refer to physical resurrection or to being born again spiritually and So because of that and again, we cannot prove say it can closely because of that We think that perhaps the hundred forty four thousand Jews were resurrected In the you know after they were killed they were resurrected and they were taken up into heaven Perhaps because it says they were the first fruits Resurrection but I just want us to understand that During the tribulation, Revelation 6 to Revelation 19 We are three visions of heaven where there are people who have come out of the tribulation worshipping God and There are at least three mentions here or not that people are being killed For their faith in Christ and therefore we are saying that these multitudes we are seeing come up into heaven our base our people who Have been killed during the tribulation, so I see a question here From bet the Asking about the hundred forty four thousand Jews Are they all male based on Revelation 14 for and the answer is yes I think so for for whatever reason God has chosen them and They are the ones who are not defiled with women, so Revelation 14 for says that so Did we say that these hundred forty four thousand Jews are men Based on what we see in Revelation 14 for okay, so Just recap a quick recap Revelation 6 the tribulation has begun those seals have been opened After the sixth seal you're seeing that there are hundred forty four thousand Jews But who are marked by the Holy Spirit and then we're also seeing a vision into heaven There there's so many people have come out of the tribulation and they are worshipping God and What we are saying is it's very likely. These are the people who have died During the who have been killed for their faith During the tribulation and they are there's the spirits are coming up before the throne of God worshipping God We come into the seventh chapter eight revelation, so we're kind of progressing chronologically What do we say next? This is the seventh seal and the seventh seal is open their silence in heaven and It is the it is the sign to start off the seven trumpets, so it's like the seven seals at The seventh seal is the beginning for the next set of seven judgments, which are the seven trumpets The seventh trumpet is the beginning of the last, you know, it's the big it says okay now They got to start the last set which is our seven bowls of judgment, right? So they kind of connect with each other like that. So when we Come into chapter eight Did they're getting the angels are getting ready to Blow the seven trumpets But what we are seeing this is revelation eight versus one to five ears there is Prayer incense rising up before the throne of God. It's revelation eight versus one to five and so we can say that at this point in time There's a lot of prayer happening It's almost like a prayer revival from earth. That means Things are bad Things are very bad Unlike what has though others ever witnessed before Great numbers of people are dying for the faith in Christ being killed for the faith in Christ, but it's also giving rise to I'm just using the word prayer revival because we're seeing There's much incense. It's the prayers of the saints that are sending before the throne of God So people are praying This the turning, you know, there is a good There is a huge turning towards God people are crying out to God There's prayers ascending before the throne of God and the angel of God is taking a censored and throwing it from the altar on to the earth Symbolizing that God himself is You know Increasing the fire of this prayer revival you know God is accepting this prayers that are coming forth from the earth and And and adding fire to this prayers that are sending so there are people who are Crying out to God turning to God So that's something to make note of as a prayer revival Happening from the earth during the tribulation Which is also very logical. That is there will be people who after seeing all this and then coming to understand that hey This is what you know, these Christians have been talking to us about all along and here it is happening There will be a turning to God and the crying out to God and a praying She you know to God which is which is also very very logical Revelation chapter 8 onwards We see The seven trumpets so each angel is blowing a trumpet and when a trumpet is blown something happens and If you just follow with me the list nature seven and the first angel sounds a There is hail and fire and a third of the vegetation one third or 30% of earth's vegetation is destroyed There has to and it's through hail and fire so that means it's this There must be huge Fire forest fires blazing fires that are resulting in the destruction of earth's vegetation second trumpet revelation eight eight it says You see something like a great great mountain burning with fire and being thrown into the sea and One third of the sea became blood now back in the time of John He probably didn't I don't know for sure but When you see a great mountain burning with fire, what do you think of? A mountain burning with fire Things that have been thrown into the sea What what do you think of? Yeah, you think of a volcano, right? Yeah, see there be a text and I said there so It's most likely revelation eight eight maybe John is saying that you know this like a mountain throwing stuff off with fire throwing it into the sea and a third of the sea became blood so You look with most likely that's what he is saying and the living creatures and ships on the sea are destroyed so it could be organic eruptions of huge magnitude scale that is causing devastation of sea creatures and and ships and other things on the sea verse 10 Says he sees a great star fall from a heaven burning like a torch And it destroys the rivers and the water and the waters become affected and It becomes bitter and people die So verse 10 and 11 so something falls from the heavens onto the earth We don't know Yeah, you know some planetary body whether it's asteroid or something is something strikes the earth and it affects the waters and Many people die For the ancient this is verse 12 the sun Revelation eight twelve the sun is struck and moon and the stars and they become dark and the third third of the day did not shine and likewise the night so You know one third Of the day is darkened so instead of what typical You know say for lots of light and for lots of darkness Yo, you're having Maybe 16 hours or more when the earth is darkened and and At third of the day and did not shine so If that happens and we don't know how long this is held like that it's going to really affect weather And perhaps even on a long term the climate But it's talking about the sun and the moon becoming dark and lone light coming through And it of course is going to affect life on earth chapter nine when the fifth angel sounds there is released Onto the earth And and and john sees it like this. He sees like Locusts and scorpions coming on the earth that's Revelation nine verse three And they are affecting people Except for these 144,000 Jews the people who have the seal of God or the seal of God on their foreheads So it's affecting all people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads and people are being tormented by these Locusts and scorpions for five months And says in verse six of lesion nine six that men will seek death. They will desire to die And they will You know and and they will they will desire to die They want to die because of the way they are being afflicted and uh, but they you know that evades them And Uh, we don't know what what these locusts are but he describes them in verse seven. They're like horses They have crowns of something like coal on the head and the face of the face of man. They have hair. They have teeth and uh, they had Iron and the sound of the being the sound of chariots And the tail like scorpions and the power was to hurt men for five months right And uh says then verse 11. They had a king over them the angel the bottomless pit Whose name in ebru it was abaddon and in the greek was Apollon so it's most likely that There is an unleash of demonic spirits That are affecting Man so you look at revelation nine versus read the whole passage versus one to eleven Then the swift angel sounds like Literally all hell broke loose That means there are these Spirits coming out of the bottomless pit They're a flicking man For a period of five months The torment is so great. It says men Want to die They are so afflicted but they cannot die and they're hurting people for these five months Um, it could be possibly but all kinds of physical maladies or because it talks about their Their sting that sting in their tails so on So we don't know, you know, literally literally how this is going to play out, but most likely people are going to be so affected This is the fifth angel sounding the trumpet Then the sixth one revelations after nine the sixth angel And he says yeah the there are four angels that are released from the river ephrates and they are killing a third of mankind revelation nine was fifteen and a third of mankind are killed and then he sees an army of horsemen 200 million who um who it says that was seventeen I see them had their breastplates of fiery red high synth blue sulfur yellow the heads of the horses with the heads of lions out of their mouths came fire smoke and brimstone he says and by these three plagues a third of mankind was killed This is verse 18 WC 9 18 a third of mankind was killed by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths for the power was in their mouth and in their tails and um smoke and brimstone so this the sixth angel is talking about and we don't exactly what it is John is saying there's army of people army that's moving in first of all the angels are killing a third of mankind's and then there's this strange army that's moving in and that's releasing fire smoke and brimstone it could be you know and I I'm just using my imagination. Yeah, this is not you know scriptural or anything but it could be he could be seeing you know an army of tanks and a military moving across but releasing smoke and brimstone it could be fire and all kinds of destruction being released it could be you know missiles that are flying across because he's talking about power in the mouth and the tails tails like serpents and and having heads with which they do harm and there is smoke and brimstone fire smoke and brimstone and a red and yellow like sulphur so it could be I'm not saying it is but it could be because if we think in modern terms you know and an army with tanks and missiles and all those kinds of destructive things if those things are released on the earth, you know, that's what you look at you see smoke and brimstone fire and great destruction but lots of people are being killed saying 30 one third of mankind is killed again another one third of mankind is killed by what this destructive army causes right so I'm just imagining it could be a destructive army and it could be just something else but there's a loss of a huge number of human lives this is the sixth angel that is sounding so what we are seeing is in the seven trumpets there are catastrophic weather conditions there are demonic spirits and then what could have could be a military conflict invasion people fighting could be all resulting the loss of human life that means things are bad the judge God's judgment is being poured out on the earth but what is very strange in revelation nine the way it ends is this in revelation nine versus 20 and 21 so revelation eight you saw there's a lot of prayer rising but revelation nine 2021 we are seeing the people still don't repent you look at this in revelation nine 2021 it says but the rest of the mankind who are not killed by these plagues did not repent and they continued worshiping demons and idols and they verse 21 they did not repent of their murders sorceries immorality and so on so it's very strange that on the one hand there will be prayer rising that's revelation eight first part revelation nine there's also people who are just rejecting and saying no I don't want God I don't want you know I don't want to turn to God so you've got both happening during the tribulation you've got people turning to God crying out to God you also have people who refuse to repent and say I will not I will continue in my own ways I'm not turning to the God of the Bible you have that also happening is everyone with me so far anybody you got left somewhere in the tribulation that's just okay okay y'all with me till revelation chapter nine okay we're just looking at the sequence of events okay okay so revelation chapter 10 is like a parenthetical chapter that means it's just telling us a little it's like a side note so revelation 10 mighty angel appears to John and he makes him eat a book yeah so let's take a little book I'm just summarizing chapter 10 I'm not going into all the details but he tells me you need to eat this book because you have to prophesy some more so it's kind of a a parenthetical chapter John has this personal experience he sees this big angel and he's got this book and he tells John to eat it now this is very much similar to you know what Ezekiel experienced when God told him to eat a scroll so that he can prophesy it's it's just figurative it's just what to say it's a prophetic image meaning there's more that you have to that I want to speak through you I'm going to give you more words and you have to speak more so revelation 10 is a little chapter like that and the angel tells John you know eat this book and it's interesting it says in revelation 10 10 when John ate it initially to sweet as honey but then it became bitter in his stomach because he is going to prophesy not sweet things sorry verse 11 he says revelation 10 11 you must prophesy about many people's nations tongues and kings I mean there's more things you're going to be unveiling or speaking about and in this chapter revelation 10 and verse 7 the angel says look there's one more trumpet to be sounded so you know we've gone through six trumpets things have happened already on the earth there's still one more to be sounded and when that sounds that's telling you time has come to wrap things up I'm just paraphrasing revelation 10 verse 7 that means all the things that God has spoken through his prophets all along it's it's all being brought together so and there's one more trumpet to be sounded and so when the seventh trumpet sounds it's the beginning of the last set of woes the seven bows and with that everything's going to be wrapped up so this angel tells John these two things mainly seven trumpet it's the finale it's the final thing that's going to it's going to fulfill whatever the prophets have spoken things are going to get wrapped up and also here eat this book that's more that you're going to unveil more you're going to prophesy so it's a parenthetical chapter that John has this experience revelation 10 so he's getting ready to prophesy more so we've come along all this way and then revelation 11 and very interestingly revelation 11 now gives us the timeline where we are in the seven years we started in revelation 6 verse 1 we've gone through the seven seals of judgment we've gone through six of the trumpets and we're wondering okay how far into the tribulation are we revelation 11 gives us the answer because in revelation 11 he says there are 42 months left 42 months so that tells us revelation 11 is the midpoint of the tribulation and it's logical because from revelation 11 sorry revelation 11 onwards we see details about the antichrist changing as a person revelation 6 1 introduced him as the man on a white horse he's just extending his influence over the nations so means he's coming as a man of peace and he's getting influence from revelation 11 onwards we will see you know when we come to revolution 13 we'll see this man is completely changed he's now demanding to be worshiped very different and so we understand okay revelation 11 in the midpoint of the tribulation so it says revelation 1 you know it says okay it starts over the temple of god the angel is measuring the temple so this is why revelation 11 1 is why one of the main reason why we say there has to be a third temple there has to be a third temple built where at the moment there is no temple because it is in this temple that sacrifices would be offered initially during the first three and a half years and then in the next three and a half years or 42 months it's going to be desecrated and Gentiles are going to desecrate it and they're going to trample it underfoot and the antichrist is going to set himself up in that temple so that's why we are saying there has to be a physical temple and not just you know a spiritual thing so revelation 1 says you know revelation 1 and 2 says okay you measure the temple I mean this is god's holy place god's personally interested in it and but leave out the temple or you know the court outside the temple because the Gentiles are going to tread this place for 42 months 42 months and then verse 3 is it tells us something suddenly it introduces us to two witnesses and they are going to be on the earth 1260 days that means that three and a half year period or that 42 months they are going to be here on the earth so again it gives us a timeline on when the two witnesses are coming in on the scene in the middle of the tribulation now it doesn't tell us who these two witnesses are so we have to you know consider other portions of the bible and what we do know is in Malachi 4 God said I will send Elijah before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord so it's okay so one of them is Elijah and then we have to think about who could be the other person and so there is obviously a different what to say possibilities it could be Enoch and one reasoning is because Enoch was taken up into heaven without dying or it could be Moses and the reasoning for that is because what Elijah and Moses were seeing on the mount of transfiguration so we don't know for sure if I were to take a guess I would think maybe it's Enoch but again it's only a guess we don't know for sure but we do know Elijah for sure because his name has been mentioned so there are these two witnesses and revelation 11 takes us from the middle of the tribulation till the end of the tribulation and just tells us from the middle till the end this is what the two witnesses would be doing so it tells us that they're going to do uh so you know when they speak they're very it's like fire proceeding there's a revelation 11-5 they speak it's like fire coming to their mouth they have the power to stop the rain that happens and that's very much like what Elijah did in his ministry they are able to strike the earth and so on and then it tells us here that the beast uh that is so now it introduces the term the beast and we will find later that the beast refers to the antichrist but revelation 11-7 just introduces that term the beast so the antichrist was empowered by Satan he makes war with them and kills them so that means he comes out against them and he kills these two witnesses when uh towards the end of the second half of the tribulation and they will they will be there and verse 8 says their dead bodies will lie in the great city that is the city of Jerusalem and spiritually it's called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified so it's very interesting you know in revelation 11-8 that the city of Jerusalem is referred to spiritually as Sodom and Egypt why? because by this time the city spiritually has gone away from God it's in a bad state spiritually so this great city where our Lord was crucified Revelation 11-8 that is of course the city of Jerusalem spiritually it's referred to as Sodom and Egypt it's gone away from God worshipping of the wrong gods Egypt talks about idolatry Sodom talks about the morality and so the spiritually the city has departed away from God and these men these two witnesses with their bodies will be lying in the street in Jerusalem and verse 9 says people from tribes, tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days and their bodies will not be put in the grave now you think about it some of the things and this is something I want to just point out here is that some of the things that we see mentioned in the book of Revelation could only be fulfilled the time that we are living in if you go back in time say 30 or 40 years Revelation 11-9 it could not be could not be fulfilled but the time we are living in it says people, tribes, tongues and nations will see their dead bodies for three and a half days and the times that we are living in of course it can happen because of you know in the internet and the technology we have you know what is happening there in the city of Jerusalem two people lying dead on the street in the city of Jerusalem immediately can be viewed from everywhere in the world it says tribes, tongues and nations will see their dead bodies so if we go back in time you know just I'm just saying okay just I mean maybe even 20 years ago but definitely 30 years ago before the internet came in that you know how are you going to see it I mean maybe through some television but television at that time was not necessarily covering the whole earth but here we are today the whole world or almost the whole world is fully connected you know maybe some remote places may not but otherwise for the better part the whole world is connected and Revelation 11 9 can literally be fulfilled but John wrote now when John was writing it was an impossibility it was nowhere close that the whole world could see the dead bodies of two people who were lying in Jerusalem that just wasn't possible but he wrote it down those from the people, tribes, tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days and they will not put them in the grave I mean they want this or not let them suffer you know like as though their bodies be there right and and verse 10 says those who dwell on the earth will rejoice they'll be celebrating that these two prophets have been killed but then it says verse 11 after three and a half days they're going to rise up they'll stand on their feet and great fear will fall on them and there'll be this voice loud voice from heaven come up here and they will ascend into the clouds and their enemies will see them so this will be a very powerful sign to the whole world whole world is watching and this is going to happen so so this is going from middle of tribulation to end of tribulation okay so to these two witnesses for 42 months 1260 days from Revelation 11 till the end of the tribulation they're going to be you know bearing witness towards the end of the tribulation the beast the Antichrist is going to kill them the world is going to see all of this and before their eyes they're going to after three and a half days they're going to be raised up and they're going to ascend to heaven the whole world's going to see that's at the end of that 1260 days that means three and a half years or 42 months end of the tribulation okay I quickly answer Elisha's question and then we go for a break question from Elisha are the two witnesses going to come in the spirit of Elijah or as Elijah from what we know we know we know that Elijah will come why because Malachi 4 says I will send you Elijah the prophet when John the Baptist came and we know John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah the Lord Jesus said in Matthew 17 Elijah has come and indeed will come in Matthew 17 so what Jesus was recognizing there in Matthew let me give you the exact words Matthew 17 11 and 12 right so Matthew 17 11 and 12 so Elijah will come is coming I said to you Elijah has already come in what sense so it was John the Baptist who came in the spirit and power of Elijah but the actual man Elijah will come to Jesus Elijah is coming that's the Elijah we're going to see in Revelation 11 right oh so hello pastor can I ask a follow up question on that please yeah go ahead and does that mean that then we should believe in reincarnation because if Elijah is going to come the person Elijah is going to come then it's possible reincarnation is something that Christians must believe in is that a case case not needed because reincarnation means a person lives dies and is born again born physically again into the earth in the case of Elijah and Enoch they did not die right so sweet reincarnation doesn't apply they lived on the earth and they were taken up into heaven bodily these are the only two people who were taken up bodily without dying into heaven directly transported so these two people they haven't died so reincarnation does not apply and they could be bodily dropped back on the earth you know so it's not that they're going to be born back into the earth as babies but they could be dropped back into the earth just as they were bodily taken up into heaven they could be bodily released back on the earth all right thank you very much pastor yeah it's good okay say you had a question yeah go ahead say yeah it was kind of related to what he just asked but I was just wondering that for Elijah yes he was bodily translated to heaven but Moses died so I'm still trying to reconcile where it says that it's appointed for every man to die once and after that there will be judgment so I don't know where does Moses now come if he's going to be showing up with Elijah in the trip yeah so yeah so so that's the reason you know again this is only my my opinion is okay it's going to be Enoch and Elijah for this very reason that Enoch didn't die physically that he was the only two people who didn't die physically both of them were taken up bodily into heaven but then there are some who I mean as you listen to different people they would somewhat say well it's Moses because he was in the model transfiguration but then you know you could have this argument saying like Moses died so why would God send him back you know so we could so but the thing is we don't want to fight over it because you know whoever God sends he's going to send there'll be two witnesses yeah okay and you don't think sir it can be the possibility of someone coming in the spirit of Elijah if if John Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah wouldn't it also be no but okay I think I get what you're saying now okay no worries I think I get what you're saying they weren't born just came like that right that's what we're saying they weren't born into they only just came physically into the earth so okay okay I think I understand what you're saying yeah thank you because of God yeah if God could take them physically up into heaven he can drop them back physically to the earth right I mean that's true yeah right so okay okay so what will this will take a break and they will come back and we will pick up the other two questions I see two more questions in the chat but let's take a break and we'll be right back we'll be back in 10 minutes we'll pick up these questions and then move forward okay thank you