The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Revelation 11:3-11, “And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty 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 wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
6 These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not 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 plague, as often as they desire.
7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
9 Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them.”

“Now wash your hands and face and put on some cleaner clothes; we’re having company and they should be her not long from now.” I can still hear my mother’s voice, as she prepared me for the visitors who were coming. But who were these visitors? “Who are they, Mom?” I can hear myself asking; but my mother replied, “You’ll see when they get here. Just do like I told you and be ready.”

It is probably much the same as when we read about the “two witnesses” in verse three. I will not mimic my mother; I will simply share with you that the two witnesses are Enoch and Elijah and will have responsibility to witness to the lost still living on earth, following the Rapture of all believers.

The two witnesses are Enoch, who did not die (Gen. 5:24), and Elijah, who prayed that there be no rain, and rain was withheld from the earth for three and one-half years (Jas. 5:17).

After the Rapture, in which all saved (born-again) will be raised to meet the LORD in the air, these two witnesses (Moses and Elijah) will testify throughout the world that Jesus was and is the Christ, the Son of God. Some will be saved through their witness. Others will mock and ultimately kill the two witnesses. They will lie dead in the streets
of Jerusalem; and multitudes will rejoice over their demise. Then, suddenly the witnesses will be raised from the dead, and fear will grip all who rejoiced over their deaths.

Today we have a vibrant signal to be ready! The lost world’s population, then residing in the Tribulation, will have “two witnesses” (Enoch and Elijah) that will again urge them to accept and believe in Jesus for salvation. How patient our blessed LORD is!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom