SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 07/21/2005
My Worship Time Focus: Two Witnesses
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 11:3-4
Message of the verse: “3 And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days,
clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two
olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”
Starting in
verse three and going to verse thirteen of this chapter John describes the two
witnesses of the book of Revelations.
Verse three gives the length of their ministry and that is twelve
hundred and sixty days which is by the way the first half of the tribulation
period is spoken of in the Scriptures.
These two men will begin their witness at the beginning of the
tribulation period and perhaps it will be them that will be a witness to the
144,000 Jewish evangelists. They are
described as two olive trees and two candlesticks that stand before the God of
the earth. There is an interesting
reference to two olive trees in the book of Zec. 4:2-3, 11-14 which may or may
not refer to these two witinesses. The olive tree is certainly a symbol of the
nation of Israel and the nation of Israel is suppose to give light unto the
rest of the nations and that is what these two will be doing when they come to
the earth.
More
details will be given about these two men as I go through the rest of this
section in Revelations 11.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I believe that God has given each believer a
ministry to accomplish as Ephesians 2:10 describes: “For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand so that we would walk in them.” God will give these two witinesses a ministry
and some of it is described in this chapter of Revelations, and God has also
given me a ministry to accomplish, which was prepared for me before the
foundations of the earth and I certainly want to be open to the Lord so that I
can discover what that ministry is. I am
sure that part of that ministry is to give out the good news of the Gospel as
Jesus spoke of when He said that “you are the light of the world.” Taking light into a dark place is what these
two witinesses will do and it is what I should be doing too.
The Word of God has been very challenging to my heart as I
read it this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To trust the Lord to show me
the things that He has prepared for me to do and to ask the Lord for the grace,
mercy, and strength to accomplish them.
Memory verses for the week:
1Thes. 4:3-4
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is,
that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess
his own vessel in sanctification and honor.
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