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

Posted on 05/23/2023 6:39:46 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6










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THE TWO
WITNESSES




֎ Featuring 17 Paintings, 3 Photographs,
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REVELATION
«Chapter 11»

I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers there. But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.




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JEAN DE BANDOL
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And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.




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SANDRA BELL
"Two Witnesses"




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JAMES TISSOT
"The Two Witnesses"




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TED LARSON
"Fifth Vision of Zechariah--
The Lampstand and Olive Trees
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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. These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.




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Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.




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Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.




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But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.




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ANDREAS OF CAESAREA
"The Ascension of the Two Witnesses"




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JOHN THORNTON
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At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

The SECOND WOE has passed; the THIRD WOE is coming soon.

THE SEVENTH ANGEL sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying:

“We give thanks to you,
Lord God Almighty,
the One who is and who was,
because you have taken
your great power
and have begun to reign.
The nations were angry;
and your wrath has come.
The time has come for
judging the dead,
and for rewarding your
servants the prophets
and your saints and those
who reverence your name,
both small and great—
and for destroying those
who destroy the earth.”




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"The Adoration of the Elders"




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JEAN DE BONDOL
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Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.




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"The Temple in Heaven Opened"




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JOHN THORNTON
"The Temple of God and the Ark of his Testament"




New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
Masthead Painting: “GUEST” by Andrey Mironov





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1 posted on 05/23/2023 6:39:46 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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2 posted on 05/23/2023 6:41:27 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…the LORD searches every heart and understands EVERY MOTIVE BEHIND THE THOUGHTS." 1Chron.28:9)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

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


3 posted on 05/23/2023 6:56:27 AM PDT by etabeta
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To: Hebrews 11:6

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

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


4 posted on 05/23/2023 7:00:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: etabeta; doubled

Tissots post-Ascension are extremely rare.


5 posted on 05/23/2023 7:02:36 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…the LORD searches every heart and understands EVERY MOTIVE BEHIND THE THOUGHTS." 1Chron.28:9)
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To: Red Badger

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


6 posted on 05/23/2023 7:04:12 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…the LORD searches every heart and understands EVERY MOTIVE BEHIND THE THOUGHTS." 1Chron.28:9)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

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?..............


7 posted on 05/23/2023 7:09:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

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.


8 posted on 05/23/2023 7:11:45 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Red Badger

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


9 posted on 05/23/2023 7:12:32 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…the LORD searches every heart and understands EVERY MOTIVE BEHIND THE THOUGHTS." 1Chron.28:9)
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To: Bob434

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.........................


10 posted on 05/23/2023 7:14:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Bob434

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


11 posted on 05/23/2023 7:16:30 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…the LORD searches every heart and understands EVERY MOTIVE BEHIND THE THOUGHTS." 1Chron.28:9)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Just throwing it out there, for speculation sake.

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


12 posted on 05/23/2023 7:17:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

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


13 posted on 05/23/2023 7:17:49 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…the LORD searches every heart and understands EVERY MOTIVE BEHIND THE THOUGHTS." 1Chron.28:9)
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To: Red Badger

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


14 posted on 05/23/2023 7:20:13 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Bob434

Hebrews 9:27

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


15 posted on 05/23/2023 7:23:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

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


16 posted on 05/23/2023 7:28:46 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Bob434

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


17 posted on 05/23/2023 7:30:19 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Hebrews 11:6

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


18 posted on 05/23/2023 7:31:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Yep


19 posted on 05/23/2023 11:46:07 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

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


20 posted on 05/23/2023 3:25:02 PM PDT by InkStone (ONLY returning to Faith in God, thru Jesus Yeshua, will save America)
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