Can I Get a Witness?
There’s a moment coming in human history when the world will think it has finally silenced the voice of God. It will be wrong. God always has a witness.
In Revelation 11, John is handed a measuring rod and told to measure the temple of God. The altar, the worshippers, everything inside. But he’s told to leave the outer court alone, because it has been given over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
The line is drawn. There is sacred ground, and God knows exactly where it is.
Then He does something remarkable. In the middle of the darkest chapter in human history, God sends two witnesses.
Who are they? Scholars have debated this for centuries, and the top candidates are Moses, Elijah, and Enoch. Moses turned water to blood. Elijah called down fire from heaven and shut up the sky so it wouldn’t rain. Enoch never tasted death. God simply took him.
The two witnesses in Revelation 11 carry those same signatures. They breathe fire on their enemies. They stop the rain. They strike the earth with plagues. For 1,260 days, they preach, they prophesy, and nobody on earth can stop them.
Until God says it’s time.
The beast rises from the abyss and kills them. Their bodies lie in the streets for three and a half days while the whole world watches and celebrates. People send gifts to each other — a twisted holiday because the voices that convicted them have finally gone quiet.
But then, and this is the part that changes everything, the breath of God enters them. They stand up. And a loud voice from heaven says, “Come up here.” Their enemies watch as they ascend in a cloud. A violent earthquake follows. Seven thousand people die. And the rest? The Bible says they were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven (Revelation 11:13).
Then the seventh trumpet sounds. And the declaration rings out across eternity: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15).
Here’s what I want you to carry with you today. God has never lost a witness. He’s never been without a voice on the earth. Even in the worst of times, even when it looks like evil has won. God always has the final word.
The world cannot silence those two witnesses. And it can’t silence yours.
Keep Looking Up!
May God bless your day.
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