There are two great witnesses that the Lord wants to raise up to help the church endure the chastisements of the end times; we see this in Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation. In this episode, Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan continues to explain details about the two witnesses. The two great witnesses have an enemy and it is the beast from the abyss.
They do God’s will and they use God’s power to carry out what God wants; they remain faithful to God and His word regardless of the opposition and they have a deep prayer life. Their death is public and shameful and the world gloats over it but they rise from the dead in public. Their ministry is in the heart of the capital, Rome. Here St. John refers to Rome as Sodom and Egypt.
Sodom is proverbial for sin and is ripe for judgment; Egypt means something that is enslaving people spiritually. Both cities experienced the judgment of God; Sodom in Genesis and Egypt in Exodus. We can expect the same with “Rome” in the Book of Revelation - Babylon.
When the seventh trumpet blows, it is the announcement of God’s moment of intervention in human history. The Lamb has begun His reign and the ark of the covenant has appeared. The ark of the covenant contained the stone tablets with the 10 commandments, the jar of Manna, and the sign of priesthood - the Word, the Bread, and the Priest.
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Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan takes you to the world of the Apocalypse of John shown to us in the Book of Revelation written from the Greek island of Patmos. Through this podcast, we will try to understand the Book of Revelation through St. John’s warnings, the punishment that awaits, and the consolation the Lord offers to the faithful.
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