The two witnesses and their effect upon the Gentile Church?
I mean, the Gentile Church will be here and go through the Time of Jacob's Trouble along with Israel.
When that happens has anyone ever though about what effect these two Jewish prophets will have upon the Gentile Church?
again, addressing the OP. no Israel will be along side the Gentiles during the Church age .... which we're in now. the Gentiles was only to wait for the Gospel to come, which it did.
Revelation 11:2 "But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months."
42 month is 3 1/2 years the lifetime of the ministry of the TWO witnesses. the Lord Jesus and John the Baptist.
for 3 1/2 years the Gentiles is to be without word of God, Matthew 10:5 "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,
Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: Matthew 10:6 "But go rather to
the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
the Gentiles was to wait for the Gospel for the Jews rejected the Messiah, but God already knew it. Isaiah 42:1-4 and Isaiah 51:5 Isaiah 42:1 "Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him:
he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles." Isaiah 42:2 "He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street." Isaiah 42:3 "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth." Isaiah 42:4 "He shall not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law."
Isaiah 51:4 "Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation:
for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people." Isaiah 51:5 "My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people;
the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust."
and as for the holy city, (which is directed at the religious elders/Leaders, who sit in Moses set, shall they, (the two witness),
tread under foot forty and two months. here tread is the Greek word
G3961 πατέω pateo (pa-te'-ō) v.
to trample.
{literally or figuratively}
[from a derivative probably of G3817 (meaning a “path”)]
KJV: tread (down, under foot)
another word for "trample" when used as a verb, "To conquer or be victorious over",
is put an end to. again Daniel 9:27 "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation
to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." this word "
to cease" means "
put an end to", or "
bring to an end" and this is what the Lord Jesus did. put or brought and end to the sacrifice and the oblation. THIS HAS THE TWO WITNESSES WRITTEN ALL OVER IT. not only did the Lord Jesus brought an end to sacrifice, he overturned the moneychangers' tables, healed on the sabbath, ect.... he just as "trample" states, "
put an end to".
this no doubt what Daniel was speaking about in the 42 months or three and a half weeks. Daniel 9:26 "
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood,
and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
Daniel 9:27 "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
what did Daniel say?
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
the Street is called straight, and the pathway is holiness. Isaiah 35:8 "And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein."
what did God say? Isaiah 51:5a "
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people"
the two witnesses, John the Baptist, (the Elijah to come), and the Lord Jesus, (the LAW GIVER as was with Moses).
101G.