“And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” -Revelation 11:19

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The conclusion of the “distillation” of the judgments of the Book of Revelation, tied into the saga of the multitude, serpents, and scorpions which have been long detailed in the Third day studies. Again, the outcome is to break more of the traditional thinking off, and become acquainted with HOW the prophetic views are being presented.

Traditional prophecy writers and teachers have plotted out time lines, broken out elaborate sequences for each element in John’s vision, and presented what is, truly,a breathless cinematic portrayal of God’s final deliverance…as a flat lifeless “Power Point” slide show. Revelation is about VISION:

apocalypse a pok a lyp sis [Greek=uncovering], genre represented in early Jewish and in Christian literature in which the secrets of the heavenly world or of the world to come are revealed by angelic mediation within a narrative framework.

When one grasps the expanse of this work in the spiritual, symbolic, and cinematic scope…it opens up entirely new and powerful concepts in prophetic interpretation.

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
-Revelation 6:1

This, ninth, synopsis series combines over 20 hours of the trumpet judgments studies presented in the original Third Day studies. Compressed into this study are the seals and vials of Revelation, because they intertwine each other and are, each, a view of the  scriptural vision given to John on the island of Patmos.

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“And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.” -Revelation 11:9

We conclude the study of the Two Witnesses by tying together the details of the great holocaust that looms ahead…details of WHO, WHAT, and WHEN. A release occurred as we recorded the show…a sense that we have distilled this vision with great clarity. Seek, study, and decide.

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The full “Two Witnesses Series” series

“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” -Revelation 16:14

The Two witnesses study moves into the realm of the  judgments of Revelation, specifically what are called the vial judgments. This show details some of the landmarks related to specific events, and the key actors on the stage of the great tribulation.

The Book of Revelation is loaded with cryptic  imagery that has been interpreted without a coherent anchoring to the whole writ of scripture. The Bible gives us an interpretive system which aids us in decoding these prophecies based upon the historical patterns of judgment, the identifications of spiritual entities, and the language of metaphor found in the root tongues.

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“These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.” -Revelation 11:6

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Threading the allegorical needle by connecting the tribe of Manasseh to the  five daughters of Zelophehad, who represent in allegory, the drama of the multitude…the two witnesses. It all connects the critical identification and events arrayed against the backdrop of the tribulation in great detail.

This show is the lead-in to the teachings of the vial judgments and some timing aspects.

Sue Patterson notes the following:

“The 1st Vial is describing the marking of the Serpents and the Scorpions which sets them on their path. The devil enters into them and they go to do what they are to do. They have passed the point of no return.”

“Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. [27] And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.”- John 13:26, 27

“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”- Romans 16:17

“Ephraim and Manasseh”

The prophetic scriptures often rely on communicating concepts at a symbolic, metaphoric, or allegorical level in order to connect key identifications. The two witnesses have remained enigmatic largely because most scholars were unaware of crucial blocks of data encoded in the living allegories of the people of the Hebrews.

This show begins one of the most dramatic turns in interpreting the last days events and actors, by reaching back into the early history of the tribes of Israel and connecting linkages and types to identify the spiritual roots of the two witnesses.

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And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.-Revelation 11:3,4

The two witnesses of Revelation 11 have long been enigmatic figures of prophecy. Many interpretations have been offered as to the identity of the witnesses; in modern times they have been caricatured as two reincarnated Hebrew prophets such as Moses and Elijah.

These interpretations are riddled with the conflicts and inconsistencies which spring from doctrines of men and the failure to harmonize the metaphorical language of prophetic scripture with the events they portray.

This, eighth, installment of the synoptic studies condenses over twenty hours of the original “Third Day” study into a concise survey of scripture and clearly identifies these two witnesses, and the events they portray in the final chapters of human history.

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“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.“- Hebrews 12:16

The Esau Effect is another of the prophetic “ripples” that appear in the metaphorical prophetic studies of the Third Day. It is a spiritual dynamic which occurs repeatedly, and it is given to us as an example:

Mount Seir was the mountain that Esau occupied; its inhabitants were the Edomites, and it was completely destroyed by the children of Ammon and Moab.   We can find confirmation of this in Malachi 1:3

“And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. “

This verse speaks about both the past and the future in the same passage. The dragons of the wilderness are the Serpents (the second third of the apostate). The dragons of the wilderness inherit the mountains and heritage of Esau. The giving away of the spiritual birthright of the modern daybeliever is being handed to the physical state of Israel by the Christians. But—they are not Christians, they are spiritual Edomites destined for the pit. The Abomination of Desolation is well on its way.

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Related links:

The Esau Effect - Modern Day Rejection of Heritage by Randy Maugans

They traded Messiah for Barabbas—their birthright for a bowl of cold soup. This is the “Esau Effect” which moved the ministry of the Gospel from a racial/religious construct called Israel into a broader movement that would include all “peoples, nations, tongues, and tribes.”

Banquet of the Captives: CUFI Emerges

Staging the Abomination by Randy Maugans
The Hagee Hersey
The Noahide Laws, The LORD’s Calendar, and The Killing of the Multitude
The Third Day “Synopsis Series”

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.- Matthew 24:9-10

The Judas Cycle is the prophetic picture of the tribulation of the saints—specifically, the multitiude, who come to the truth and are then spoiled and killed by the government (the scorpions) and the apostate churches (the serpents).

This cycle is a replay of the betrayal and murder of Jesus Christ on a grand scale. The multitude are those who wash their garments in the Blood of Christ. They are ministered to by the 144,000 for preparation, and do indeed “love not their lives unto death…” This show reviews the key scriptures which predict this event, as it recasts the betrayal, trial,  and cold-blooded execution of Messiah onto a global holocaust.

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Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. - Revelation 13:18

We conclude the study of the language of metaphor with some insights into the operation of interpreting scripture from a fresh perspective…not the stale cartoon prophetic images of doom and destruction, but a concise and highly focused view of the meanings of the cryptograms and images which veil one of the most debated verses in prophecy:

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.- Revelation 13:18

The number of the beast is broken down into two numbers:

660 which refers to the Serpents and 6 which refers to the Scorpions. This number for each one is the number of a man, that man would be James Strong. It is the numbers which he assigned to each one of those definitions. He gave the number 660 to the definition for the Serpents; and he gave the number 6 to the Scorpions.

We already know that the beast is made up of the Serpents and the Scorpions. This verse tells us that the beast has the numbers 660 and 6 assigned to it, the definitions being Serpents and Scorpions. You can’t get any more literal than that. Numbers are to be taken literally.

And while the apostate church looks for the chip with 666 in it and looking for an antichrist whose name adds up to 666 in the Greek or the Hebrew, or any other methodology they can conjure up, it is right before their eyes but they cannot see it. Why, because they are blind and deaf. But we, who are wise and understand these things look to the Metaphorical language to interpret the Word of God as He meant it to be interpreted by His people for we are the children of God.

Article: Synopsis-5-The Metaphorical Language.pdf

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