Prophecy of light.
It is my belief that the ships of Chittim are the two witnesses who are Moses and Elijah.
Daniel 11:30-31 KJVS
“For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. [31] And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.”
As we can see here in Daniel Chapter 11, these two witnesses will come against Satan who is the Dragon right before he appears as the false Christ, the abomination of desolation, in the middle of Daniels seventieth week at the Sixth Trumpet.
Our Lord Jesus Christ prophesied about Satan’s appearance as the abomination of desolation in Matthew Chapter 24
Matthew 24:15 KJVS
“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)”
How long will Satan stand in the holy place and darken the sanctuary? I believe the question was asked in Daniel Chapter 8.
Daniel 8:13-14 KJVS
“Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, how long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? [14] And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”
In Daniel Chapter 8 verse 14 it says 2300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
The daily sacrifice will be taken away in the middle of Daniel’s seventieth week as it is written in Daniel Chapter 9 verse 27. Daniels Seventieth Week was seven years, but it has been shortened to a five month period as stated within the timeframe of the Locust in Revelation Chapter 9. This five-month period is known as the Hour of Temptation and was shortened from seven years to five months for the elect’s sake as it is written in Mark Chapter 13 Verse 20.
The daily sacrifice and oblation of a Christian is symbolic of the love, time and energy that one can give to our Heavenly Father through our Lord Jesus Christ. However, in the middle of Daniel’s seventeenth week most of Christianity will stop giving their love, time and energy to our Heavenly Father through the true Christ and will give it to Satan as the false Christ by being fully engulfed in his deception.
When Satan makes his appearance as the antichrist at the sixth trumpet, he will trample upon the sanctuary of truth within the inner core of most Christians thus leaving them completely desolate. That vision is for 2300 days, until the true Christ returns, and cleans the sanctuary at the Seventh Trumpet.
The 2300 days consist of evenings, and mornings. We must separate the light from the darkness.
John 11:9-10 KJVS
“Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. [10] But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.”
We start by dividing the 2300 days in half, and that will give you 1150 evenings and 1150 mornings.
Now we go to Daniel Chapter 12 verse 11.
Daniel 12:11 KJVS
“And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”
Daniel’s prophecy is given in days so from the time the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up there shall be 1290 days.
Now we subtract the above 1150 evenings from 1290 days, and now we are left with 140 days.
140 days are approximately five lunar cycles.
With that understanding, let’s now split the 140 days in half because the time has been shortened from seven years to a five- month period for the elect sake. With this split, minus the days, you are now left with seventy evenings which is approximately two and a half lunar cycles, the latter half of the five-month long hour of temptation: the time span of Satan’s darkness.
This is the time of darkness that the abomination of desolation will bring into the sanctuary during the sixth seal, sixth trumpet and sixth vial before it is cleansed.
Daniel 12:7 KJVS
“And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”
Time, times, and a half which is equal to three and a half years, is how long Satan is given through his appearance as the antichrist to scatter and tread on the holy people, and we know that time has been shortened.
What did Jesus say in Matthew Chapter 24?
Matthew 24:22 KJVS
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.”
Now we are going to look at the light.
During that time when Satan’s darkness scatters the power of the holy people, they are going to need light (1st Thessalonians Chapter 5 verses 4 through 7).
We see this light in Revelation Chapter 11.
Revelation 11:1-3 KJVS
“And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. [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. [3] And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Moses and Elijah, who I believe will be the two witnesses will prophesy for 1,260 days. These 1,260 days represent solar time which is the opposite of Satan’s darkness that is lunar
Let’s jump back over to Daniel Chapter 12 after the earlier vision given of the 1290 days.
Daniel 12:12 KJVS
[12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Now to get the true solar time because the time has been shortened, we must
subtract 1,260 days of the two witnesses prophecy of Revelation Chapter 11 from 1335 days of Daniel Chapter 12 verse 12 and you come up with 75 days.
The final break down.
We know that Daniel’s Seventieth Week which was originally seven years, was shortened to a five- month period (Revelation Chapter 9 verse 5).
What was originally seven years, you would split in half into two, 3 and a half year periods which 3 and a half years is a time times and a half.
With the hour of temptation shortened to a five-month period, you now have to split the five-months into two, 2 and a half month periods.
The last 2 and a half months which is the shortened time times and a half will be in total spiritual darkness which are seventy evenings. This is the last half hour of the hour of temptation otherwise known as the Sixth Trumpet.
During this time the prophecy of light of the two witnesses will have to help shine God’s light into the darkness the antichrist will create.
The two witnesses will die 3 and a half days before the night which represents Satan’s darkness is over, in other words 3 and a half days before the ending of the sixth trumpet.
We see this in the following verses of Revelation Chapter 11.
Revelation 11:7-10 KJVS
“And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. [8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. [9] And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. [10] And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.”
The two witnesses will have 75 days of prophecy, which will overlap the 70 evenings of Satan’s deception during that dark time of the sixth trumpet.
The two witnesses will have to begin their prophecy eight and a half days before Satan’s darkness spills fully over into many in the midst of Daniel’s seventieth week. We find out about this eight and a half days by going to the time frame of the two witnesses’ death which will transpire three and an half days before the Lord returns at the seventh trumpet and back 75 days away from that time. When you back 75 days of the two witnesses’ prophecy from their death you can see the two witnesses will appear eight and a half days before the sounding of the sixth trumpet.
These seventy evenings of Satan’s reign as the antichrist will begin at the sixth trumpet, and the two ships of Chittim will begin their prophesying just prior to Satan’s darkness. The oil of the two olive trees will ignite the light of their candlesticks to shine into the darkness of Satan’s deception.
I believe the two witnesses who are most likely Moses and Elijah will be here as the two olive trees of Zechariah Chapter 4 for eight and a half days, before total spiritual darkness sets in at the last half of the hour of temptation.
Gods light will shine from Moses and Elijah because after being the two olive trees for eight and a half days, they will become the two candlesticks of Zechariah Chapter 4 when the seventy evenings which represents Satan’s darkness begins. They will be used for a testimony, a prophecy of light to assist our Lord Jesus Christ in putting an end to that darkness.
As darkness plagues truth, the truth of their testimony will plague the darkness.
This study specifically has been about the arrival and the duration of the two witnesses.
The end.
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