Sermon Tone Analysis

*01~/11~/2009*

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*TWO WITNESSES TO THE EARTH DWELLERS*

*REVELATION 11:1-3; 7-8; 10-12*

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*I.                  **PROVISION** IS MADE FOR WORSHIP*

*A.    *The *TEMPLE* will be *REBUILT!*

*11:1 *. . .

and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it

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**DANIEL* said there would be a literal Temple

*Daniel 9:27 *And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate . . .

*2.      **JESUS* believed there would be a literal Temple

*Mt 24:15 *Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand) *16 *then those are in Judea must flee to the mountains . . .

*3.      **PAUL* believed there would be a literal Temple

*2 Thess 2:3 *. . .

and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction *4 *who opposes and exalts himself above every so called god or object of worship so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God

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*B.     *The *TREATY* will be *REVOKED!*

*11:2 *Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under-foot the holy city for forty-two months!

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*C.    *The *TRUTH* will be *REVEALED!*

*11:3 *And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days . . .

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*II.

**PERSECUTION** IS MADE OF WITNESSES*

*A.    *Their *MESSAGE* will be *AUTHENTIC!*

*11:3 *And I will grant authority to My two witnesses . .

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*B.     *Their *MINISTRY *will be *ANOINTED!*

*11:4 *These are the two olive trees and the two lamp-stands that stand before the Lord of the earth

 

*C.

*Their *MARTYRDOM* will be *APPOINTED!*

*11:7 *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 . . .

*1.      *The *RESURRECTION *will be *MIRACULOUS!*

*11:11 *. . .

But after 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!

 

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*The *RAPTURE* will be *MARVELOUS!*

*11:12 *. . .

And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “COME UP HERE.”

Then they went up into heaven in the cloud and their enemies watched them!

 

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*The *RESPONSE* will be *MYSTERIOUS!*

*11:13 *And in 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 is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly!

*~*I remember the time and place when I was born again by grace through faith.

I have been baptized AFTER I was born again by grace through faith!*

*~*Today I choose to be born again by grace through faith.*

*~*I need to be baptized and today I choose to become accountable for being baptized!*