Last 5 Days
Remaining Pure in God
1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7 And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
This portion of the scriptures is presented just before the 7th, and the final, trumpet is blown. It describes what will take place just before the final judgement. Apparently, God will hide His people within the temple for 3½ years, away from all the troubles and the people of this earth. The people on earth will trample the temple (righteousness) of God. During which 2 witnesses of God will appear with great power to rebuke the people on earth. At the end of the 3½ years, the beast would wage war against the 2 witnesses and kill them. The world would rejoice over the death of the two witnesses.
The scripture prophesies what would happen during the final period. People will have no regard for right or wrong. So much so that all the Christians have to be hidden so that they may be protected from the assault. Yet, God continues to send two witnesses with great power to preach to the world despite their sinfulness. God is still giving chances to the world. God’s love and mercy are beyond our comprehension.
Unfortunately, the world does not repay mercy with gratitude. Instead, they hated the 2 witnesses for telling them the truth. Thus, when the 2 witnesses are killed, they rejoiced.
Do you wonder how men can be so evil? If you are, you are not opening your eyes to observe. The Russians attacked Ukraine and mass killed their civilians for no apparent reason. The genocide of the Uyghurs and Rohingya in militant countries. The promiscuous way of living in Western countries. The worship of money, which they call ‘success’ even in Churches. The broken-down marriages all over the world. These are all indications of the deterioration of human value. One day, we shall only think in terms of “success or failure” and not “right or wrong”. What is successful is always “right”. It does not matter how you achieve your success.
We might not be able to eradicate such deterioration, but we must not be contaminated. Pray that God keeps us pure in Him.