The Bible In Paintings ✝️ Revelation, Chapter 11 — THE TWO WITNESSES, AND THE SEVENTH TRUMPET ✝️

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[etabeta]

Good morning!
Tissot at #4 and the beautifully painted olive trees of Larson at #6.
Stained glass windows, always!

[Red Badger]

Much speculation as to who the two ‘witnesses’ are.

Enoch and Elijah are usually the candidates mentioned.............

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Tissots post-Ascension are extremely rare.

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Because they were both caught up to heaven, rather than dying like all others.

[Red Badger]

Yes, But Jesus said that Elijah had already came back in the form of John the Baptist, who was beheaded by Herod.

Maybe there is another person who we don’t think of, who was caught up to Heaven..................Mohammed?..............

[Bob434]

I heard once that “it is appointed unto man” to die- and since the two you mentioned did not die, that they will do so as the two witnesses in the end times. Not sure if this is true, but it seems plausible.

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Have another cup of coffee, Red, and shake out the cobwebs.........................

[Red Badger]

But if Elijah came back as John The Baptist, he did die when Herod had him beheaded.

The only other person I can think of that supposedly did not ‘die’ is Mohammed.........................

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Hebrews 9:27: “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment...”

[Red Badger]

Just throwing it out there, for speculation sake.

Wherever he is, Mohammed knows who Jesus is now..................

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In my view, Jesus was speaking figuratively on that occasion.

[Bob434]

True. I suppose someone else in the bible times could have been escorted to heaven alive and not recorded in the word, but it seems unlikely

[Red Badger]

Hebrews 9:27

“It is appointed unto men ONCE to die, but after this the judgment.”...............

[Bob434]

Yeah, I had heard the argument many years ago, and forget the specifics as to why they thunk the two are John and Elijah, but that had something to do with it, but as pointed out, John did die. So who knows.

I had also heard that since it is appointed unto man “once to die” that the ruptured will die on the way to heaven, and be made alive in heaven, all in the twinkling of an eye. Not sure if that is true or not either, but heard it in a message once

[Bob434]

Xheesh- spell check strikes again! The RAPTURED, not the RUPTURED lol

[Red Badger]

I’ll have to ask Him one day................

[cowboyusa]

Yep

[InkStone]

Hello Dan, and much appreciate the speculation and ideas. Many viewpoints...