Sermon Tone Analysis

Review

Eating the Small Scroll

The Times of the Gentiles

The Two Witnesses

The Timing of the Two Witnesses

The Measuring of the Millennial Kingdom Temple, Revelation 11:1

Between the First and Second Woe

First Woe, Revelation 9:12

Demons are release from the abyss, Revelation 9:2

Allowed to Torment Unbelievers for Five Months, Revelation 9:10

During the Great Tribulation - Second Half of the Tribulation, Revelation 7:14

After the Fourth Trumpet , Revelation 8:12-13

Revelation 8:12–13 (NASB95)

And the fourth angel sounded and the third of the sun, and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars was struck, in order that a third of them should be darkened and a third of the day not shine and likewise the night

And I discerned and heard one of an eagle while flying in [the] midst of heaven, saying with a great voice, “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants upon the earth, out from the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels about to sound.”

Trumpet Judgments are in the Great Tribulation

The Witnesses are not Tied to the Timing of the Trumpets

Their Time is Given in Revelation 11:3 , which puts them at the Beginning of the Great Tribulation

Revelation 11:3

And I will give to My two witnesses, and they will prophecy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, while clothed in sackcloth.

The Beast Overcomes the Two Witnesses, Revelation 11:7

The Beast that Comes from the Abyss, Revelation 17:8

The Abyss is the Holding Cell for Fallen Spirit Beings, Luke 8:31

Satan will be Bound to the Side of the Pit within the Abyss, Revelation 20:1-3

Jerusalem is Specifically Identified as the City, Revelation 11:8

Revelation 11:8

And their bodies upon the street of the great city, which is called spiritual Sodom and Egypt, where also the Lord was crucified.

Sodom

Impious, 2 Peter 2:6

Perversion, Jude 7

Egypt

They did not believe, Jude 5

They did not continue in God’s covenant, Hebrews 8:9

Enslavement, Genesis 15:13-14

Idolaters, Exodus 12:12; Acts 7:40-43

Their Bodies will Not Be Allowed to be Buried, Revelation 11:9

Revelation 11:9

And they will see, out from the people and the tribes and the tongues and the nations, their bodies three and a half days.

And they will not permit their bodies to be set in a tomb.

Their bodies will be seen (glance at) by all

The People - Those in the city

Typically Referring to the Jews, Romans 11:1 ; 1 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 14:21

Can Refer to Those Who are Saved, Hebrews 10:29; Hebrews 13:12

The Tribes - Israel

Tongues - Those among the nations speaking in other languages

Nations - Gentiles

The Times We Live in Show This Statement to be More True Than Anyone Expected

The Earth Dwellers Will Give Gifts To Each Other, Revelation 11:10

Revelation 11:10

And the ones dwelling upon the earth will rejoice over them and they will be caused to have a good frame of mind and give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented the ones dwelling upon the earth.

Earth Dweller is a Specific Term Used for Unsaved Dwelling upon the Earth

Used specifically in Revelation

Those who will face testing, Revelation 3:10

They are Involved in Killing the Tribulation Saints, Revelation 6:10

The Three Woes are Directed at Them, Revelation 8:13

They will Worship the Beast, Revelation 13:7-8

The Man of Lawlessness Deceived the Earth Dwellers, Revelation 13:14

His Resuscitation will Cause Them to Wonder, Revelation 17:8

The Earth Dwellers (Followers of the beast) Will Have A Good Frame of Mind

This is Nearing the End of the Tribulation

The Judgments upon the Earth have been Nearly all Poured Out

The Sun has been Darkened and is about to go out

Famine has Ravished the Earth

Plagues, Trumpets, Bowls of Judgment, Releasing of Demons from the Abyss

The Resurrection of the Two Witnesses, Revelation 11:11

Revelation 11:11–12 (NASB95)

And after the three and a half days, a breath of life out from God entered into them and they stood upon their feet and great fear fell upon the ones watching them.

And they heard a great voice out from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”

and they ascended into the heaven in the cloud and their enemies watched them.

A Breath of Life

There are Two Passages that Use Spirit and Life together, but not in the same way, Romans 8:6; Romans 8:10

Spirit is often used for breath, Luke 23:46; 2 Thessalonians 2:8

Entered Into

There is a textual issue here that is solved by examining the normal use of the Greek Language

Most translations interpret this correctly even with the textual issue

By Ignoring it

ἐν is never used with entering into something.

It always refers to among

είς is the normal way to express entering into, Acts 14:20

Acts 14:20 (NASB95)

But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered (εἰσῆλθεν εἰς) the city.

The next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

They are Resurrected

First from the Saints Outside of the Church

Those Who are Watching Them

Different than those who see them

Great Fear Comes Upon Them

Their Enemies Watch Them Rise

Cloud

It is singular

It is referring to a cloud of glory, 1 Corinthians 10:2

The Timing of the Two Witnesses

The Beast Overcomes the Two Witnesses

Their Bodies will Not Be Allowed to be Buried

The Earth Dwellers Will Give Gifts To Each Other

The Resurrection of the Two Witnesses