Revelation 11:. 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.
6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
These two witnesses walk in the fullness of humility, brokenness, and meekness. They do not promote or exalt themselves. In one sense they know the time is not yet fully come but in another sense they know it is eminent and critical for them to come forth “in the midst” of this time. They are standing before GOD of the earth and Jesus referenced them in His Sermon on the Mount:
Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
The Sons are the inheritors and they represent the two witnesses to the point they are becoming the two witnesses. They desire no reputation for the locusts have been driven out of the bottomless pit of their hearts. They are at the point of the seventh and final trumpet being sounded denoting their perfecting. Their citizenship is now being accepted in Heaven and they are no longer of the world.
Fire proceeding out of their mouth refers to the fiery WORD, not some literal weapon of mass destruction. This is actually a “weapon of mass conversion”. The fire’s job is to burn away the wood, hay, and stubble in men’s lives in order that they might be purged and purified ultimately to become inhabitants of the holy city. They will soon give up their citizenship to Mystery Babylon. Their trust and reliance on this house of cards will soon be revealed.
The one witness refers to the Spiritual gifts and calling of Elijah, not Elijah himself for he was simply another vessel. He called down the fire from Heaven as directed by FATHER. He could do nothing of his own accord but saw and heard in the SPIRT and operated as a witness to the power and authority from Above. What Elijah started, Elisha continued with a double portion of the miracles of Elijah’s ministry, sixteen in all and the number of Love.
A lack of rain brings forth a dearth in the land. No rain, no food. A famine ensues and the people move their focus to simply sustaining life. Oh how it differs from the abundance found in Heaven. Jesus never had an issue with a lack of supply. The issue is the access to the supply. This one witness could cut off the supply of rain as directed by FATHER. He could also turn water into blood (death in this sense) and bring forth plagues as forms of judgments against the carnal flesh.
I would submit that there has been a dearth in the land since the time of the latter rain movement. Yes there have been movements of the SPIRIT and revivals but those who were in the midst of that time of ministry are gone or discredited. There has been a time of “strange fire” trying to whip up some true anointing but it has been done by men without the full support of the Living Word and SPIRIT. During this time though, the Sons have been moving out of childhood into full maturity just as the children in the wilderness waited 40 years to enter into the Promised Land led by Joshua, not Moses.
Peter spoke on the Day of Pentecost, at the beginning of the age, and quoted a passage from the book of Joel:
Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. 15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
This is the “former” rain at the beginning of the Age of Pentecost. Men were given a measure of the Holy Spirit and operated in diverse gifts but not in the fullness as Jesus displayed. This former rain changed many lives and set the stage for the latter rain to come forth. Hosea prophesied of this time in chapter 6:
1 Come, and let us return to the LORD;
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
2 After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
3 Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
“The third day” is reckoned to be now. Now is the time for us to fulfill this true “latter rain” of HIS Presence and live in HIS SiGHT. We are to become HIS Presence manifested on earth. We are to be the embodiment of the Living Word and HIS SPIRIT to all mankind. The “latter rain” movement of the 40’s and early 50’s had to die in order to be resurrected later. The seed was planted then but needed to die that we might live. Two days, or two thousand years, have passed since the former rain. September 11th, 1999, was reckoned to be Jesus’ two thousandth birthday. Some of us marked it with a celebration at Port Austin, Michigan. A full page ad was taken out in the international version of the USA Today newspaper. All the earth was put on notice that the third day was at hand.
John 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast (of Tabernacles), Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Jesus prophesied of the former rain of Living Water to be given on the Day of Pentecost. The SPIRT is the Living Water, the latter rain preparing to come forth in its fullness. This latter rain is specifically tied to the Feast of Tabernacles, the final feast of the year. In the book of Zechariah chapter 14, he prophesies of this time and eludes to the ministry of the two witnesses of Revelation 11:
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain.
18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
The ministry of these two witnesses is the final notice before the sounding of the seventh trumpet announcing the perfection of the Sons has been completed. When the fullness of Love has manifested, prophecies will cease for they will no longer need to announce the coming of the manifestation of the Sons as the mature Body of Christ. The earth has groaned in travail for this day to come. The ministry of the two witnesses have completed their testimony. The seventh trumpet will soon be raised. But just before this seventh trumpet, “the beast” must be dealt with. It is all part of the plan.