Genesis 40:9-13

Well, at this rate I will never start cleaning my house. Ha! Ha!

Open that Bible! Blow the dust off! And turn to Genesis 40.

What we gonna read is verse 9-13.

Genesis 40:9
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him,In my dream, behold,a vine was before me;

Genesis 40:10
And in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

Genesis 40:11
And Pharoah's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharoah's cup, and I gave the cup unto Pharoah's hand.

Genesis 40:12
And Joseph said unto him,this is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

Genesis 40:13
Yet within three days shall Pharoah lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and though shalt deliver Pharoah's cup into his hand,and after the former manner when though wast his butler.

Now, there are a few things I see here. “The vine was before me.”  Look back up at Genesis 40:9. I usually understand that meaning Jesus in scriptures. No! No! Do not go carnal minded with this. Do you honestly think Jesus is a vine that grows on a tree? Silly! He is represented in scriptures as a vine. One day, I will explain it to you. Not now!

And in the vine were three (3) branches. I believe that is also explained in scriptures. Look up the word “branches” in a concordance. And do your study about it. It, could mean churches. I do not know right now, unless I study it out.

Genesis 40:13. Shows God putting Jesus Christ on the throne. And that cup that he puts in Pharoah’s hand is the blood of Jesus. Jesus, put the cup of salvation into God’s hand.

If anyone wants to discuss this, please do so.

Love Tweety

GEN 47:15

Genesis 47:15
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said,Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence?for the money faileth.

When money fails, it has no value. You can not trade because your money is worth nothing. How can you today apply what Gen 47:15 says above to today in 2024? Has the US dollar failed today? I say yes, it has. The US dollar has been decreasing in value for some time now.  The US dollar has fallen all over the world. And since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent almost all of the US dollars by giving it away to other countries, there will be none left to take care of America and its people. FEMA is one example of this. When the hurricanes hit Florida and North Carolina and both of those states applied to AID to rebuild and give its citizens basic necessities. No! Harris cut a $750.00 check for each individual that applied.

A new currency was created not long ago to bring down the value of the US dollar. Certain countries do not buy or sell in US currency.

Now, if our dollar value falls to zero? What do you have? Nothing! You will not be able to buy or sell anything. And that, fulfills what Jesus said:

Matthew 23:38
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Everything you own will have no value. Your banks will fail and close. Your businesses will close and the people will leave. Your city will become desolate. Empty!

Your grocery stores will board up. Leaving you hungry for food. And with no food, people will die. People will flee before they die of hunger. Again, leaving your cities desolate.

“Your House” that Jesus was speaking about in Matthew 23:38 is your city or country. And from the looks of it. Our country will become desolate.

Now, there are a lot of verses that you can look up in scriptures about the word”desolate“. So, you can go study it out for yourselves.

And while you have your bibles open, turn over to Acts 1:20. What do you think that means?

Stop! Do not close your Bible yet! Go to Galatians 4:27. What do you think that means?

What you must do is trust in God when you are made desolate like the widow did in 1Tim. 5:5. Is your faith strong enough to do that?

Stop! Keep that Bible open! We not done yet! Do not flee this lesson!

Look over at Revelation 17:16. What do you think that means?

Revelation 18:19 Sums it all up for this current generation all over the world.

Now, I am finished with my lesson for today. Go outside and play! Or, you can sit in front of your TV and be brainwashed by what it is telling you.

Be Blessed.

Tweety

thinking of you

Thinking of you

When all the business of this day is over and I stop to rest

I will be thinking of you.

When the sun sets in the west

I will be thinking of you.

When the stars are shining bright and you have no light

I will be thinking of you.

The birds go to sleep;  the rabbits go to their hole

They know not that I have no one to hold.

But I am still thinking of you.

You gave me great joy;  you gave me your best.

The times we had together will be enough for me

Until I also enter into eternal rest.

All the time my life is in my breast

I am still thinking of you.

When at last we stand together again in the glorious land

All of life’s hurt and sadness will no longer matter.

We will gladly leave it all behind and listen to the children chatter.

We will all be there enjoying the heavenly band.

The short space spent here alone

Will seem nothing as we are given our new birthstone.

I will sing  you a lovely song

For I spent my waiting time here

Thinking of you. 

By:  Jo Smith … November 8, 2024 … [On the 48th anniversary of your departure from this life.]

antiChrist

[there is so much error conserning the antichrist; why? Scripture is clear about this.. so where did all that misinformation come from? why does almost everyone accept those lies, proclaim them and yet refuse this simple truth?]

Antichrist

These are the only four times that the word, antiChrist, is mentioned is all of God’s word:

1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Now the above is the only time that ‘antichrist’ is mentioned in Scripture. So, someone please tell me where all the other ‘junk’ concerning this word comes from?
Where did you learn that one big man who is THE ANTICHRIST, is coming at the very end of days, and will do this and that? Where did all of this mess come from?
The above verses were written by John, the disciple. He said, in his time, that many antichrist were already in the world, deceiving folks into thinking that there is no Father AND Son.
That there is no fleshly Jesus or Christ.
You who claim that Jesus is the father are proven right here to be antichrist, because you are denying the true Father.
You are also denying the Son by saying that he is God. God is nobody’s son. God is an eternal Spirit, without father or mother, without beginning or ending of days, yet you claim that Mary gave birth to this god and man killed this god.
You are antichrist who say such words. 

Now you who claim this other BIG ANTICHRIST, THE ANTICHRIST, show me where that is found in Scripture.
Jo Smith.

Abaddon

Who is Abaddon

Who is Abbadon

~~ Who is Abaddon ~~

Now we have people telling us Abaddon is Satan or some other evil being. I ask them to bring forth some Scripture showing this to be true.

First you must see that the trumpets of Revelation are the wrath of the Lamb. So who is the Lamb bringing his wrath upon? The servants of Satan of course, the children of the wicked one.

If you read Jer. 50 and 51 you will find that God said His people are his weapons of war. With his people he destroys the wicked.

Now with that established, let’s go into Revelation for proof of who this mighty angel is who binds Satan and cast him into the pit and shuts his up.

I have already proven by the Word that the locusts under the fifth trumpet are those horses in Joel two which is the powerful army of God going out to destroy the evil ones off this earth. Also go to Isa. 33 for more proof.

I have also proven that the bottomless pit is the whore church. Jer. 50 told God’s people to OPEN HER UP. The purpose of opening her up is to bring the wrath of the Lamb upon her.

Look at Rev. 9:1–a star fell from heaven unto the earth and the key of the bottomless pit was given to HIM. Keep this in mind — this Being who came upon earth to do a work for God, now possess the key of the pit.

He used this mysterious ’key’ to OPEN HER UP. He fulfilled the command given in Jer. 50 to open her up.

Right now, I am not dealing with the work of these mighty ones likened unto locusts. I am dealing with this one who has this KEY. This KEY is the answer and clue as to who this mighty Being is.

We haven’t really discussed the horses under the 6th trumpet; but I can assure you it is only more of these two witnesses job of bringing the wrath of the Lamb upon Babylon.

The king over them is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name is Abaddon or Apollyon.

Remember, Jesus has a new name which no man knows.

Rev. 19:11–And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth JUDGE AND MAKE WAR.

Now, I ask you , who is this? Is this an evil being?  Who is THIS ONE?

You seem to think that because Abaddon is a destroyer, it proves Him to be Satan —- then how bout this one? It said it is righteousness that this one is JUDGING AND MAKING WAR.

v15–And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with is he should smite — What? — SMITE–the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and HE TREADETH the winepress of the FIERCENESS AND WRATH of Almighty God.

v16–And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Now is there any question as to who this one is? It is the same one who is making war and smiting the nations. It is Jesus.

v17–An angel calls the fowls to come and eat the flesh of kings, captains, men and horses, and men both small and great.

WHAT?

 EAT THEM UP. Wow. This is an angel of God calling them to come and EAT THESE PEOPLE.

Now, watch this next verse:

Rev. 20:1–And I saw an angel come down from heaven, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT and a great chain in his hand.

Now, If this is not the same angel of trumpet 5, to whom was given the key of the bottomless pit, I ask you how and when did the key be taken away from Abaddon and given to this one? Got any Scripture for it?

Don’t come trying to tell me, unless you have the Word of God saying it.

You can bring forth tons of twisted words and deceive the hearts of those who do not know the Word; but you cannot deceive those to whom God has given the truth.

Go back to Rev. 9:1—this angel who fell to the earth FROM HEAVEN –was given the key of the bottomless pit. With this key he opened up the pit—— so this makes him the angel of the pit– right?

v11–these horses going to battle as scorpions against Satan’s army has this mighty angel as their KING. He is the angel of the pit; he is KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Now back to chapter 20. This angel comes down from Heaven — showing he still had access to Heaven – he had not fallen down as one who is away from God — he had fallen upon evil ones to bring them to judgment.

He comes down from Heaven and has the KEY of the bottomless pit and a great chain and he lays hold on the devil, satan, dragon, serpent, all the same being ( it is really a whole kingdom)–and bounds him (Satan) a thousand years.

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and SHUTS HIM UP. WOW!! HE SHUT SATAN UP. He closed his lying, deceiving mouth up. That is some more power, to shut up Satan’s lying mouth. All over this whole earth, Satan has been shut up. Isn’t that marvelous — we will not hear his lying mouths for a thousand years. No more deception.

But who did this?  The angel who had the KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, ABADDON.

And you say this is Satan himself? MY, my. such deception and darkness.

Anyone here care to cast your vote as to who this mighty angel who shuts up Satan is?

By:  Jo Smith

Revelation 9

~~ The Locusts of Revelation Nine ~~

Hello everyone. Let’s study this in Rev. 9 for a minute.

Proverbs tells us that a WHORE is a deep PIT. Where is a Scripture telling us that HELL is the pit? Remember that we must go by the written Word.

Pro. 22:14–The mouth of strange women is a deep PIT: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

They fell because they were caught in the trap of the lies of this strange ‘woman’ — does not mean a natural woman = a church– so men are also this strange woman. Any man who teaches lies is a part of this strange woman.

These lying men are to God, WOMEN — so they cannot teach the Word. All of us who have truth are a MAN to God = we are the NEW MAN IN CHRIST JESUS (has not one thing to do with what we are in the flesh.)

Pro. 23:27—For a WHORE (whore church, not a female harlot)-is a DEEP DITCH (or pit)-and a strange woman is a narrow PIT.

Now, there are you two required two witnesses proving that this whore church is the bottomless pit.

Smoke is a symbol in the Word. It sometimes represents the glory of God. At other times it represents the clouding of false words.

The sun represents grace and Jesus.

Now go back to verse one: a ‘star’ (star represents an angel)–came and opened this bottomless pit. See, the fact that it was ‘bottomless’ shows it was not on the true foundation; it had no foundation or truth.

So this ‘smoke’ or cloud of words (same thing as the water which came out of the mouth of the dragon) did

WHAT?  This ‘smoke’ out of this whore church DARKENED the sun and the air. Air represents where the spirits work; Satan is the prince of the power of the AIR.

So, these false words, or smoke, darkened the truth to people. They could not see or understand the truth.

Now Back to Rev. 9:3—and there CAME OUT of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given POWER, AS the scorpions of the earth have power.

Let’s examine this verse closely.

God said, come OUT of HER my people. See? This is where they (his people) obeyed this call = they CAME OUT OF HER —— THEY CAME OUT OF HER SMOKE = HER FALSE TEACHINGS.

They were given POWER AS the Scorpions of the earth have power. Jesus called the Pharisees and hypocrites – SCORPIONS – and SERPENTS.

They had the power of destruction. So, those who came out of her false teachings will be given the same kind of power that those earthly SCORPIONS had been having. He will give to His witnesses the POWER to destroy THEM. Do unto HER as she has done.

Is this not in the Word?

Look at Rev. 11:3–I will give POWER unto my two witnesses,………

V5–And if any man will hurt them, FIRE proceedeth OUT OF THEIR MOUTH, and devoureth their enemies….

Here God’s people will be doing to her as she has done; and double it to her.

Go back to Rev. 6:16–And said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the WRATH OF THE LAMB:

V17–For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

The next thing following is the sealing of his witnesses — then the Trumpets, which is the Wrath of the Lamb.

So this is under the 5th Trumpet — this is the Wrath of the LAMB — not the working of Satan against God’s people.

Now look at Rev. 9:4– who are these locusts told to hurt?

Here is your clue —

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but ONLY THOSE MEN WHICH HAVE NOT THE SEAL OF GOD in their foreheads.

V5–…..Their torment was AS the torment of a SCORPION, when he striketh a man.

Notice it did not say these WERE scorpions —– it said they were like scorpions – in other words, doing as they had been done — doing to Babylon as she had done.

V3–here it also said they had power AS the scorpions had power — it did not say they were scorpions — it said they now had the power to hurt people. Go back to cp. 11- they have been commanded to hurt their enemies.

V7–The shapes of the ‘locusts’ were like unto HORSES prepared unto battle;

Here go to Joel 2:1–Blow ye the TRUMPET (wrath of the Lamb)–in Zion, (the true church)–and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let everyone tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh —-

This is the day of wrath.  For those of you not familiar with Joel 2, you really should get into this and study it. It is very important for the true people of God. This chapter is telling about the wrath of the Lamb which the witness of God will do. It is the same as Rev. 9.

V2 shows the dark day- a day of CLOUDS and of thick darkness – that in Rev. 9— it tells that this group of people are the greatest and strongest people who have ever been — so I ask you — is it Satan’s people — or God’s people?

v3–A fire devoureth before them — this is Rev. 11—the fire coming out of their mouth and DEVOURING their enemies.

Now to identify those hoses in Rev. 9–

Joel 2:4–The appearance of them is as the appearance of HORSES; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

V5…like the noise of a FLAME of FIRE that devoureth the STUBBLE, (WHAT?) — DEVOURETH WHAT? STUBBLE.

V7–they are like men of war. Did not Rev. say horses prepared unto battle?

O.K. Let’s show what STUBBLE is.  We know Paul said the works which will be BURNED up are — wood–hay— and STUBBLE.

Isa. 5:24–Therefore as the fire DEVOURETH the STUBBLE, (see this is speaking of the same thing as Joel)-……so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as DUST: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the WORD of the Holy One of Israel.

This shows that the STUBBLE are the ones who despise the Word of God. So why would false teachers devour them?

Isa. 47 speaks of Babylon— all her witchcrafts —- v14—Behold, they shall be as STUBBLE; the FIRE shall burn them….. this goes on to show Rev. 18-the destruction of Babylon.

Now for the clincher —- Obad. 18-And the house of Jacob shall be a FIRE, and house of Joseph a FLAME, and the house of Esau for STUBBLE, and they shall kindle in them, and DEVOUR them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.   So, there is proof that the STUBBLE is Satan’s kingdom.

It is also proof that it is God’s people destroying them; burning them up. This is the work of those LOCUSTS in Rev. 9.

Back to Joel 2:10–The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the SUN AND THE MOON shall be DARK, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:   v11—The LORD shall utter his voice before his ARMY;

They are like horses prepared unto BATTLE = God’s ARMY.

Jere. said God’s people are his weapons of war and destruction.

Joel 2:9–They shall run TO AND FRO in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a THIEF. (HERE IS YOUR COMING LIKE A THIEF — IT IS THESE WITNESSES OR LOCUSTS).

Now another Scripture for this event when the witnesses of Jesus destroy Satan’s kingdom.

Isa. 33:3–At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of THYSELF the nations were scattered.

v4– and your (speaking to Jesus)- spoil shall be gathered LIKE the gathering of the caterpillar: as the RUNNING TO AND FRO OF THE LOCUSTS SHALL HE (JESUS) RUN UPON THEM.

Now who was the caterpillar? Those destroyers of God’s vine in Joel one- which was the whore church – that bottomless pit.  So again it is showing that Jesus turns and does LIKE them and destroys them.

See v 4 said that HE (Jesus) runs upon them AS the running to and fro of LOCUSTS— just exactly what Joel 2 said— and just exactly what Rev. 9 said.

It is confirmed in Psalms 149 that it is the saints of God doing this.

Now back to Rev. 9:7–and the shapes of the LOCUSTS were like unto horses prepared unto battle; (already explained)–and on their heads were as it were crowns like GOLD,

Now Gold in the Word represents the glory of God and the truth. Paul said the works which will remain are gold, silver, and precious stones. So this gold is good; it is the knowledge of Truth. It crowns the HEAD or leaders of this group of God’s people.

I ask you, where would FALSE TEACHERS be crowned with GOLD?

AND THEIR FACES WERE AS THE FACES OF MEN.

V8–AND THEY HAD HAIR AS THE HAIR OF WOMEN, AND THEIR TEETH WERE AS THE TEETH OF LIONS.

Now God spoke directly to me years ago and told me these locusts are God’s people. It scared me so bad I jumped up into the air off my chair. I had always heard the lie , that these were demon spirits or false teachers.

I said out loud, God was that You? If so, show me in the word. He brought all the forgoing Scriptures together and many more to me and proved it to me.

Then God told me this is describing the entire group; not an individual. He said the face like men showed that men are in this judgment ministry ; and that the hair like women showed that WOMEN are also in this ministry.

Now anyone who wants to dispute this with God; he told it to me. He has proven it by the Word. The teeth like lions show them now into a destroying ministry as the scorpions of the earth have been doing all these years to God’s people.

v 9–They had breastplate as iron — this is that rod of iron we will rule with.

The sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Go back to Joel – he said they were as chariots, as horses running to battle — very same words.

The next trumpet is also this group of witnesses; just more about their work of pouring out the wrath of the Lamb on the ungodly.

Now to anyone who doubts the truth of this message and says otherwise, I challenge you to bring forth Scripture proving your standpoint as I have here.

By:  Jo Smith

Revelation 16

Revelation 16

In the last two days God has been revealing this chapter to me.  I can tell you, it is astounding to me, as it is so different from anything I have ever heard, or thought.  But then, this is the way it always is when God reveals his Word to me.  It is totally different from what the carnal mind thinks.  Only in the spiritual mind, given by God, can one get HIS truth.

So now, I will try with God’s leadership, to write what God is showing me.

Verse 1, A great voice out of the temple; (the temple is the body of Christ, with Jesus as its head;  so this is the voice of the people of Jesus speaking).  It is told to the seven angels to pour out the wrath of God upon the earth.

To understand Scripture one must know the secret language of the Word.  Sea, earth, heaven, sun, moon, stars, and such, all have a hidden spiritual meaning.  It is not the English words as we know them.

Due to the fact that Scripture says that in the eternity, after time is no more, the sea will be no more; but heaven and earth will always be, I see that ‘sea’ represents the OT law system, to be totally abolished.

So the sea time extends from Adam till Jesus; and then picks up again in the false church, which is also the earth group or the false prophet.  Unless you can see this, the rest of this chapter will never open up to you and you will always believe the lies of the three unclean spirits ruling this world.

This earth group, or false church, is the IMAGE of the old beast of the OT.  It picked right back up the law, lies, trinity, holidays, living in sin and calling it saved, ruling over the people. This is the false prophet or the earth.  The image is in chp 13, the beast coming up out of the earth.  It exercises all the power of that first beast, of the OT law system, and is given this power by Satan.

So this great voice tells the angels to pour out the wrath of God upon the earth.  This is the time that God brings this false church system to its judgment.  You should study Rev 11, first and see the ministry of the two witnesses, the anointed Church with the baptism of Fire.  Then read Psalm 149, for more on this judgment ministry.  This group with the fire coming out of the MOUTHS is the ones doing this pouring out of the judgment on this wicked church. The first witness, or the early church, with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, poured out the wrath on that OT law group.  The last anointed church with the baptism of Fire will pour out this wrath on this wicked church group.

Verse 2.  The first angel pours out his vial upon the earth.  This hits the people who have the mark of the beast and worship his image.  So it is the false church.  This false church includes all who believe the lie of trinity, Jesus-only incarnate god, and the Jehovah witnesses, as they are denying the name of Jesus as our one and only power.

Due to the fact that I must show some meanings from the strongs here, this message will be long.  Here is what it says about ‘noisome’.  There fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and those who worship his image.

Here is the meaning of ‘noisome’:

AV – evil 40, evil things 3, harm 2, that which is evil +   3458  2,

wicked 1, ill 1, bad 1, noisome 1; 51

1) of a bad nature

1a) not such as it ought to be

2) of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting

2a) base, wrong, wicked

3) troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful 

Here is the strongs meaning for ‘grievous’:AV – evil 51, wicked 10, wicked one 6, evil things 2, misc 7; 76

1) full of labours, annoyances, hardships

1a) pressed and harassed by labours

1b) bringing toils, annoyances, perils; of a time full of

peril to Christian faith and steadfastness; causing pain and

trouble

2) bad, of a bad nature or condition

2a) in a physical sense: diseased or blind ..3) troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful

AV – sore 3; 3

1) a wound, esp. a wound producing a discharge pus

2) a sore, an ulcer

So we see from the above that the time of separation of God’s people and the beast people shows up their true nature, and what they had done to them by the beast.  They had become harmed by evil, a bad nature and way of thinking. They were harassed by labours, which means that the wicked one, Satan/ Adam, had brought them into the blinded bondage of LAW, instead of Grace.   Thus they had received the  three unclean spirits from the mouth of the dragon, the beast and false prophet, all speaking the same old lies, of a trinity or incarnate god.  This is their mark and what caused them to take up all the other bad things of this beast church or spirit, of paying a man to lead them, teach them, and the works of the law.   This caused them to be blind as God shows the Laodicean church to be.  This is their last stage and their condition when the judgment of God comes upon them.

Now verse 3.  This one is a shocker.  The revelation of this is awesome to say the least.  The second angel poured out his vial upon the sea.  Now this backs up, (as Scripture does in many cases),  to the time God poured out his wrath on that OT law system, at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus.  The sea became as the blood of a DEAD MAN.  I know this is going to be hard for anyone to see.  Unless God reveals this to you, you will say I am crazy.  Say whatever you wish.  I know that God gave this to me.  Certainly I have never heard any of this message, and I most certainly could not have gotten it from my own little mind.

At the time of the judgment of the OT law group, God poured out his wrath upon ONE MAN, for the sins of the rest of them.  Even their high priest had prophesied of this, saying that one MAN should die for the nation and not that they all die.  This is Scripture, not something I made up.  God said the sins of the whole world was placed upon JESUS CHRIST ON THAT CROSS.  Even Paul later said God took the righteousness of Jesus and put it on us and took our sins and put it on Jesus.

So in order to save those who would come to  Christ, God had to let one man die for the sins of this world.  Since by MAN came sin, and death by sin, Life had to come by one MAN.  So says God’s word in Romans 5.

6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Now that is enough Scripture to prove to anyone what I am saying here;  that Jesus died for the sins of that old sea group.  Hebrews says his sacrifice was for the sins that are past.

So this ‘sea’ or OT law group, became as the blood of this ONE DEAD MAN.  God transferred this death to them all, so he could have mercy on all who would come to this sacrifice and be cleansed from their sins.

Romans 6 shows that we are baptized into the death of Jesus by our water baptism in his Name.  This is why those who refuse this baptism, (due to listening to the three unclean spirits), will never be delivered from their sins;  they are not baptized into the death of Jesus.  This is the only way we can be raised to walk in newness of life; in the likeness of his resurrection.

So by this water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, we are partakers of his death, then his resurrection, to new life.

Now another error that blinds people: they think that from Adam down, everyone was a living soul.  Not so.  Jesus said you are DEAD in trespasses and sins.  You are DEAD.  We are DEAD and our life is hid in Christ Jesus.  Either way, we are dead. We are not made into a live soul until we obey the right kind of water baptism and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.  Without this spirit of Christ, you are dead.  You are not a living soul.  You are a dead soul with the wounds of that old beast on you.

So every LIVING soul in the sea died. Now what?  It simply means that everyone from that OT law group, who had the life seed of God in them, died to self, via this water baptism/Holy Ghost baptism and became a new creation in Christ Jesus.  The old man is dead.  The new man now lives.  So everyone who had the life of God, from that OT law or sea group, died, this death of Jesus Christ and rose in the likeness of his resurrection.  Paul said you must crucify the old man, die to the old man, so the new man can live.  It is crystal clear in Scripture.  I wonder how could anyone read this and doubt it?  I guess those unclean spirits have them so blind no light can enter them.

Verse 4. The third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

So what is ‘rivers and fountains of waters’?  God shows the ones who speak to be the fountains of waters;  peoples are rivers.  So how did they become blood? Just as I showed you above, by partaking of the death of Jesus and being cleansed by his BLOOD.  Then they, the Apostolic Church, began preaching the blood atonement of Jesus Christ.  Their words are blood to the people.  Holy Blood that one must DRINK to have LIFE.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Now this seems contrary to us;  but after all, this is why God poured out his wrath on Jesus, instead of the whole world.  Jesus died in order to give us LIFE.  Is that not right?

See the carnal mind, ruled by the three unclean spirits from the mouth of that dragon and his ministers, has blinded us all to the real truth of God.  Only God can open these blinded eyes.

They, (the OT law group) shed the blood of saints and prophets.  In Mat 23, Jesus clearly said this was the guilt of old Jerusalem; they killed all the saints and prophets.  So in order to save them, He had to give them BLOOD TO DRINK for the blood they had shed.

John 6, Jesus said, unless you EAT my FLESH, (or his spiritual food) and DRINK MY BLOOD, ( again his spiritual life or food; his word),  ye have no LIFE IN YOU.

(I Want to show you something here.  Just imagine the horrible reproach which came on Jesus for this saying, “You must eat my flesh and DRINK my BLOOD.  See, those Jews Knew that God had pronounced DEATH on any who drank blood.  It was strictly forbidden to them by God himself, in the OT.  So when Jesus told them they had to drink his blood, naturally they were shocked and saw him as a lunatic; probably how you see me right now.  So in horror, they walked away from Jesus.  Drink your blood?  Not for one minute, for they saw it carnally, just as people still do today, claiming that the Word of God became human flesh, or a baby, whom we must eat.  See, the same old lies of the unclean spirits.)

  So in order for this guilty, blood-shedding group of sinners, to obtain salvation, they had to come and DRINK THE BLOOD OF THIS DEAD MAN.  It fulfilled the old law they had lived by = an eye for an eye and blood for blood.  Thus, since they had shed blood, they had to drink blood to be cleansed.  The only way to do this is to obey the plan of salvation, revealed by Peter, in Acts 2,10, and 19 (by Paul).  There is no other way.  If you refuse to repent of your sins, be water baptized in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, (thus being baptized into his death,) and receive his spirit in the baptism of the Holy Ghost, to replace that old wicked spirit of trinity, you will never have eternal life.  This is the only way the blood of this dead man, Jesus, can cleanse you.  This is how you DRINK HIS BLOOD, and you MUST. (When the Holy Ghost comes into one, this is the LIFE OR BLOOD of Jesus entering.  The life is in the blood.  So thus we receive the life, or blood, of Jesus into ourselves.  See how important receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost is?  Yet almost all churches today deny this.  So they are your enemies and will destroy you eternally.)

 Every trinity believing church out there and the Jehovah hall thinks they can bypass this and pretend to obey Jesus, to be baptized in the name of the father, son and holy ghost.  Then why did not Peter, Paul and the rest do that?  They knew how to receive the blood of this man who died for us.  God the Father did not die for us, so we cannot receive salvation in his name.  It must be the name of Jesus Christ, alone.  It had to come by another MAN, not God.

Now it says they are worthy.  This would certainly seem contrary, if they killed the prophets and saints.  I had trouble with this till God showed me how it is.  See, it is only those who came and DRANK this BLOOD, that was worthy.  He GAVE THEM THIS BLOOD..thus they who drank, and received this blood atonement were worthy, because they repented and obeyed What God said.

See it said God’s judgments are righteous as he judged that they had shed blood, they would be redeemed by blood. The blood of one righteous man, redeemed all those who would come and drink HIS BLOOD and obey his word on how to be saved.  If you refuse, then you do reject the blood of this man, who gave his life for you.

8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Now it goes back to those who refused to obey and drink the blood of that dead man. It returns to the judgment ministry of those witnesses of God, who have the baptism of FIRE.  Fire coming out of their mouths to devour their enemies.

Rev 12 shows that the ‘woman’ who bore the manchild, was clothed with the SUN.  So this sun represents Jesus and his cleansed empowered people, or witnesses. So this vial gives these witnesses the power to go into the ministry recorded in Ps 149 and Rev 11.  It is also those ‘locusts’ in Rev 9.

Rev 11 says these have fire coming out their mouths; in other words, they are SPEAKING words of judgment and condemnation to those who refused to obey the call into water baptism for the remission of sins.  They refused to drink the blood of Jesus.

So now they receive the wrath of God on them, because of their trampling the blood of Jesus and the spirit of grace.  The being scorched with fire and great heat signifies the wrath of God being poured out on them.  It is coming from the word of these witnesses, not the sun up in the sky.  See, it shows that no matter what God puts on them, they refuse to repent and give him glory.  Instead they blasphemed the name of God.  I think we see and hear a lot of that today.

10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

What is the seat of the beast? Rev 2 v13, I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s SEAT is.  ...WHERE SATAN DWELIETH.

So this makes it clear that satan’s seat is in the church.  Yes, it is as I told you, satan dwells in those churches.  That is why they will not receive any truth from God; they are bound and wounded by those three unclean spirits this dragon speaks all the time. So this false church, (which included them all), is the kingdom of satan.  They are full of darkness, which means total lies.  This is why there is no in-between ground; no part truth and part lies.  It is either all truth, or all lies.

Now why are they gnawing their tongues?  Simple, they flat refused to allow God to speak through their tongues.  They mocked the tongues which the Holy Ghost utters when He comes into a soul and flat hated it, denied it and refused it.  So now, they finally see, too late, that they have missed it with God and now their tongues are full of pain and they see the sores satan put on them.  But still they do not repent.  It is too late for them. Their tongues speak lies of the unclean spirits and are thus their own fate or eternal death, for they refused to allow their tongue to be used by God.

12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 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.

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. (Walking naked shows they do not have the covering of Jesus or his truth;  this is the same nakedness of Adam and the last church).

Now I have already written a message on this part, for this is where I started receiving this revelation.  But for the sake of those who do not read that, let’s just put in some of this here.  Euphrates is that OT law system. (Remember, Euphrates is the river the frogs of Egypt came from and returned to.)  It is dried up at the time of the dead man, when Jesus was crucified and the way for the ministers or kings from the East is made. They are the apostles and the Pentecostal church.  They must battle the three unclean spirits of devils, coming from the mouth of that dragon and his false church.  This unclean spirit is the false doctrine of trinity and its offspring, the incarnate god and Jesus-only and Jehovah only doctrines.   These two groups are coming together to battle.  It is going on now; has been going on since Jesus rose from the dead.  Each day we are all battling to either get into the kingdom of Christ or remain in the kingdom of satan. There is no middle ground.  This is that great day of God Almighty, as Christ is battling for the souls of man, whom he died for. 

 The miracles these three unclean spirits work is being able to deceive this whole world into rejecting this blood atonement of Jesus via the baptism of the Holy Ghost; declaring all it takes is just ‘believing’.

16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.(The air is where the principalities of satanic spirits dwell and work. They worked to kill Jesus.)

The kings of the earth, false religion group, was gathered together against Jesus when he was crucified.  Regardless of how many false teaches try to place that down here, it is lies.  This happened when Jesus was crucified.  Our Armageddon is our own lives, deciding to either repent and follow Jesus, or remain a sinner and follow Satan.

So when they all gathered against Jesus, that seventh angel poured out his vial into the air.  There came a great voice out of the temple (Christ Jesus), saying IT IS DONE.  Now where is that revealed in Scripture?  Surely you know it was when Jesus gave up the ghost and died?  He cried out, IT IS FINISHED.  Doesn’t that mean it is done?  Sure it does.  He meant the entire plan of God was now finished.  All that is left is this battle of individuals to either repent and come to Jesus, or remain a sinner and lose your soul.  When God is finished waiting he will then end the NT age of Church and time shall be no more.

18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

The voices, thunders, lightnings and earthquakes happened when Jesus died.  Everyone seems to think this is something way down beyond us.  Not so.  This is total misinterpreting Scripture, due to those lying spirits.

 So don’t you see that all of this has already happened?  This mighty earthquake happened when Jesus died and then rose from the dead. Not only the natural earthquakes but the spiritual ones as the people so greatly feared watching these things. Fear in Scripture, is likened to earthquakes. The voices, thunders and lightnings, is the preaching of the gospel which followed his death.  The thunder is the voice of God commanding these things to be done). 

The great city being divided and the islands and mountains fleeing away, shows the changing from the OT era to the NT era.  All of that OT way of life disappeared, as shown in Lamentations, and a new way of life began.  Thus Jesus started the new heavens and new earth.  We do not have  the kind of life they had in the OT.  We must not offer blood of animals up to God and we must not smite those who smite us.  We must not stone offenders to death.  We are under a command to love and forgive, else we will not be forgiven.  Those old mountains fell and new mountains took their place. 

The great city, (Adam’s kingdom), being divided into three parts is this:  the first part was that world before the flood.  The second part is the OT law system.  The third part is this church age.  [just now saw that].)

Verse 21, I love this: This great hail falling on men was the message which Peter, Paul, James and John and all the rest of that anointed witness church preached. That message torments all who are not born of God.

God clearly shows that hail is his words.  These were heavy words:  you either drink the blood of this man you killed, or you end up in hell fire.  You either be water baptized in the name of this MAN for the remissions of your sins (not offer up dead animals), and receive his SPIRIT, THE HOLY GHOST, letting him speak through your tongue, or end up in hell fire.  You either stop your sins and live Holy and Godly in this PRESENT world, or end up in hell fire.  Yes, this is the tormenting hail stones that we still cast upon you.  He said the hail was the weight of a TALENT.  This is that one talent God gives to every man.  Those apostles used their talent and increased, to remain with Jesus, when He comes to judge us by our works. That is why you hate all who speak the truth of God.  Sure men still blaspheme this great message and the true God that gives it.  Soon that fire will be coming out our mouths to devour our enemies.

By: Jo Smith**Jan 28, 2014

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Fourth Thunder
THUNDER FOUR:

Re 11: 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 

17 saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

19 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.

Ok here we have that FOURTH THUNDER.

I have taken a long way in getting here. But this will be a very late STUDY. It is really more than a message. This is a study. So if you want to get into this truth, you will have to really do some studying of this. But so what…… I have been studying for more years than I can remember to get to this. I have had no one to show me even one step of the way. At least, you now have the fruit of my long years of studying. But don’t get me wrong, I am glad that it came to me this way. I am glad I have studied to get this. I am thankful that my God has blessed me with this great truth.

See that the seventh trumpet angel has now sounded and it proved that it was truth, that the resurrection would happen at the last trump, as Paul said in both his books. At this seventh trumpet, the dead are raised and rewarded for their works. Jesus has taken his power and hast reigned. This made the nations angry, and so now his wrath has come. He will now destroy those who destroyed the earth. It is under this thunder that those dead witnesses were raised back to life. They were again given the power from on high to do the mighty works of God…… so they were caught up to heaven. Does not mean they left this earth. It means they are back into the heavenly power of God, his world. So the raising to life of those ‘dead’ witnesses, means that anointing of that second witness, with the Baptism of Fire. This equips them to bring the wrath of the Lamb on this world, and to possess the Kingdom. Thus the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ. We are His Christ, or his ANOINTED ONES.

Under this seventh trumpet, that fourth THUNDER sounds. It again brings voices, (many people speaking out the message of God), the lightings and the earthquakes. It announces the wrath of Almighty God coming. The temple of God is Christ, his Body or Church. It is now open and will bring forth the works of Christ. This has been happening since Jesus began his ministry. ALL OF THESE THUNDERS SOUND UNDER THAT FIRST ONE.

Notice verse 18, it mentions the WRATH is come, and the TIME OF THE DEAD, and giving the rewards to the saints of God, proving that this is fitting with what was already shown, that the second witness, at the end of time, brings the WRATH and also in their time, the resurrection occurs. So this is proof that this is the right interpretation. It also proves that the second witness is anointed under this fourth thunder.

It just takes a lot of time to tell it all, but it all happened simultaneously down through time. It is not a ’sequence’ of events, one after another, etc. It may look that way, as you read it. But it is not that way. He speaks of one event, then another one, sometimes swings back to the first one, telling different parts of it as he goes along. It just cannot be all told in one sentence, story-book fashion.

Chapter twelve, as I have already explained, goes back to the beginning, with the birth of the man child. Jesus was the beginning of that ‘woman’ in travail. He is the one who births children into the kingdom of God. So it is really all about him. he is upon MANY WATERS. He is upon each true Christian, so we are all included in this woman-manchild. Chapter 13tells about the beasts kingdom of Satan. it is from the beginning of time to the end. It is all covered there, and I am not going to go into that in this study. It would be too much.

fourth thunder

Fourth Thunder

THUNDER FOUR:

Re 11: 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 

17 saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

 19 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.

Ok here we have that FOURTH THUNDER.

I have taken a long way in getting here. But this will be a very late STUDY.  It is really more than a message.  This is a study.  So if you want to get into this truth, you will have to really do some studying of this.  But so what……  I have been studying for more years than I can remember to get to this.  I have had no one to show me even one step of the way.  At least, you now have the fruit of my long years of studying.  But don’t get me wrong, I am glad that it came to me this way.  I am glad I have studied to get this.  I am thankful that my  God has blessed me with this great truth.

See that the seventh trumpet angel has now sounded and it proved that it was truth, that the resurrection would happen at the last trump, as Paul said in both his books.  At this seventh trumpet, the dead are raised and rewarded for their works.  Jesus has taken his power and hast reigned.  This made the nations angry, and so now his wrath has come.  He will now destroy those who destroyed the earth.  It is under this thunder that those dead witnesses were raised back to life.  They were again given the power from on high to do the mighty works of God…… so they were caught up to heaven.  Does not mean they left this earth.  It means they are back into the heavenly power of God, his world.  So the raising to life of those ‘dead’ witnesses, means that anointing of that second witness, with the Baptism of Fire.  This equips them to bring the wrath of the Lamb on this world, and to possess the Kingdom.  Thus the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ.  We are His Christ, or his ANOINTED ONES.

Under this seventh trumpet, that fourth THUNDER sounds.  It again brings voices, (many people speaking out the message of God), the lightings and the earthquakes.  It announces the wrath of Almighty God coming.  The temple of God is Christ, his Body or Church.  It is now open and will bring forth the works of Christ.  This has been happening since Jesus began his ministry.  ALL OF THESE THUNDERS SOUND UNDER THAT FIRST ONE.

Notice verse 18, it mentions the WRATH is come, and the TIME OF THE DEAD, and giving the rewards to the saints of God, proving that this is fitting with what was already shown, that the second witness, at the end of time, brings the WRATH and also in their time, the resurrection occurs.  So this is proof that this is the right interpretation.  It also proves that the second witness is anointed under this fourth thunder.

It just takes a lot of time to tell it all, but it all happened simultaneously down through time.  It is not a ’sequence’ of events, one after another, etc.  It may look that way, as you read it.  But it is not that way.  He speaks of one event, then another one, sometimes swings back to the first one, telling different parts of it as he goes along.  It just cannot be all told in one sentence, story-book fashion.

Chapter twelve, as I have already explained, goes back to the beginning, with the birth of the man child.  Jesus was the beginning of that ‘woman’ in travail.  He is the one who births children into the kingdom of God.  So it is really all about him.  he is upon MANY WATERS.  He is upon each true Christian, so we are all included in this woman-manchild.  Chapter 13tells about the beasts kingdom of Satan.  it is from the beginning of time to the end.  It is all covered there, and I am not going to go into that in this study.  It would be too much. 

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Ecclesiastes 5: 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Very great mystery Here… who is higher than the highest and then those higher than they? ? ?

Benjamin

Benjamin 

I am going to show you a bit at a time what or who Benjamin represents in Scripture.

You will need to know about his life and who the two witnesses in Revelation are.

Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob.  HIs mother was the beloved Rachel.  Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel at first sight.  He had worked seven years for her Daddy in order to be given Rachel in marriage.  Instead he had been tricked into marrying Leah, the oldest daughter.

Jacob never loved Leah. He hated her.

Leah began having children right away, but Rachel was barren. 

After they gave their handmaidens  to Jacob to have children with he then had ten sons, but Rachel had none.  Then God blessed her with the great Joseph.  Later she had Benjamin but died giving birth.

You know the story of how Jacob loved Joseph more than the others, because he was the son of his beloved Rachel.  The jealous brothers sold Joseph and he eventually became a great prince in Egypt. The brothers had told Jacob that Joseph was dead.  Jacob had grieved all those years for Joseph and his life was now wrapped up in Benjamin, the other son of Rachel.

When the bad famine hit the brothers went to Egypt to buy corn.  They had no idea that the powerful prince was Joseph.  He told them he would sell them no more corn until they brought their youngest brother to him.

Joseph would not reveal his identity unto them before he saw his brother. 

Jacob did not want them to take Benjamin for he was afraid something bad would happen to him.  But they finally convinced Jacob that the prince would not sell them any more corn without Benjamin being with them.

So, in this part of Benjamin’s story, he is showing the manifested sons of God. The reason I say this is because Jesus is not going to show his glory to this world until the Sons of God, [those who overcome sin and obey God until the end], are manifested.   We saw the sons of God manifested in the powerful Church in the Book of Acts. Then the bad famine set in.

  But there has to be a restoring of that power that came on the Day of Pentecost;  another manifesting the sons of God.  Hence, the two witnesses. 

 [more to come]

Jo Smith.  . . Oct. 15, 2024

Part 2:

The OT law system under Moses is shown by Leah.  God said to them, I am married to you;  yet God came to hate them.  He always hated that law system.  Isa 1.

They had more children than the beloved Grace system.  This Grace system in the NT brought in the beloved wife or bride of Christ Jesus.

Thus Rachel is showing this beloved Grace wife.  She bore two witnesses of Jesus Christ.  This is the two sons Joseph and Benjamin.

In this type, Joseph is showing the first witness, the powerful Church in the Book of Acts. Then that old jewish system of law rose up again and took this Church into a famine of hearing the Word of God.  They then lost the truth and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with those gifts of the spirit.  Hence, a dead church or still born group, 

In order to understand those two witnesses you need this:

Zechariah 4

 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Verse 6 and 7 prove this is speaking of John the Baptist.  He was a Prophet and also shows the first witness, with Jesus being the other witness in this part of it.  BUT.

Look at those two olive trees on either side of the seven lamps.

Revelation says that a candlestick is a church.  So those two olive trees on either side of the candlestick shows two other powerful groups;  one coming before the seven churches in Revelation and the other coming after those seven.

Those are the two witnesses.  Proven by this:

11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

Rev. 11:  3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

See that?  Those two witnesses are the same as those two olive trees in Zeck. 4.

Who did God anoint with power?  First, John and Jesus.  But then the powerful group in Acts 2, and then another powerful group in Psalm 149.  Those two powerful groups of anointed ones were those two olives Trees or Candlesticks, so they are two churches separate from those seven.

It was the group in Acts and that group yet to be in Psalm 149.

So I conclude that Joseph shows this first witness and Benjamin shows the second witness.

Part 3:

Now to show you how Benjamin shows the birthing of Christ, the true Church and the restoring of the glory of God to his people.

First, His mother died giving him birth.  Thus it is showing that Jesus, our spiritual mother and father, had to die to give us birth.

There was a time when the tribe of Benjamin had almost been killed out due to a quarrel  between them and the other tribes.  The other tribes were so angry at the Benjamites that they had taken an oath that none of them would give their daughters to them for wives.

Later when they saw that their brother tribe stood in danger of ceasing they repented and told the men of Benjamin to go catch a wife of the daughters of some foreigners when the women went out to dance.  Thus Benjamin shows that there is no such thing as a ‘pure-blood’ Israelite.  See, those women were not of the Isrealites but the men married them and had children with them.

You know also that Rahab the harlot is in the ancestry of Jesus and so is Ruth the Moabite.  So the idea that they are a special ‘brand’ of folks is totally false.

This thing that Benjamin went through at that time shows how the Christians were almost killed out by the Catholics and others who hated them.  But then Christ opened the door to salvation to the entire world.  See, Benjamin was saved by those foreign women and the Christian nation was saved by the people of the world coming to Christ.

The taking of Benjamin to see his brother, Joseph, is all that saved Jacob’s family from starving.  So here he is again showing that Jesus being shown to the world is all that has saved us from death, eternal death.

When ten tribes broke away from the house of David and became the ten tribe nation of Israel, Benjamin stayed with Judah.  This is powerful.  Thus Benjamin is one of the two horns on that beast out of the earth, Judah.  So here again it shows that Benjamin types one of the two witnesses of Jesus Christ. 

Part 4

One of the most beautiful things that Benjamin shows is the double portion. Yes.  Without Benjamin the family of Jacob would have starved to death.  Joseph would not sell them any more corn unless they brought Benjamin there.  He longed to see his brother who was also his Mother’s son.

When the brothers came into Joseph’s house He had prepared a big meal for them.  He seated them according to the way they were born, eldest to youngest.  This amazed the brothers for they could not understand how this royal prince could know that.

He then had the servants serve each brother a portion of the food.  But he sent Benjamin A DOUBLE PORTION.

WHEN Elijah was to be taken up to heaven he asked Elisha what do you want from me before I go.  Elisha said I want a DOUBLE PORTION of your spirit.  Elijah said you have ASKED A hard thing BUT IF YOU SEE ME WHEN I GO YOU MAY HAVE IT.

The Apostles saw Jesus when he went up to heaven.  They then received a double portion.  The glory of this latter house will be greater than the former house.

The former house was Adam in the Garden of Eden.

But now we will have more glory due to Jesus.  As Elijah went up his mantle fell upon Elisha and he had a double portion of Elijah’s spirit.

Now think how great Benjamin was…. He received that DOUBLE PORTION.

So thankful for this study.  I truly never saw all of this about Benjamin before.

Jo Smith… Oct 15, 2024.