"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;" (2 Thess:2:3).
The falling away one hears of, experiences and sees today was already predicted.
Here is a sign to look for in the very near future -
(Revelation 11:3-13) introduces two witnesses, two evangelist-prophets, who will preach with supernatural signs during the Great Tribulation for 3 and half years.
People will have opportunity to hear the gospel from these two men who will have a worldwide ministry. The period of their prophetic ministry - 1,260 days, 42 months, 3 & 1/2 years, (Revelation 11:3; 12:6; 13:5; Daniel 7:25; 12:7) - is the period of the second half of the Tribulation, the period of the great Tribulation.
Throughout the period of their ministry they will be “clothed in sackcloth” - garments for mourning, indicating a time of lamentation, grief and woe on earth.
“And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.” These two witnesses cannot be killed until their testimony is finished, until God gives His permission.
Though they are hated by the entire world they are invincible until they have finished their ministry.
In the purposes and in the sovereignty of God every minister is invincible until his work on earth is finished. According to the Word of God, our lives are kept in the secure, omnipotent hands of God until our work is done and our task is finished.
“These two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth” (verse 10) during the period of their ministry; “if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed” (verse 5).
When they were eventually killed, their dead bodies were not buried; they were put on public display. Their dead bodies will lie in the street of Jerusalem for three and one-half days.
Yet they are preserved by God and while the focus of world attention is on their dead bodies, “the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet.”
“And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.” Powerful men, prophetic ministry, peculiar manifestations!
Their resurrection and their ascension will be seen by all the people on earth!
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