ML - The way the world works - analyzing how things work Bible imagery the two prophets
May 15, 2022
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Revelation 11
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Elijah had power to call down fire from heaven to burn up the altar of Baal.
6 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.
Moses had power to bring plagues against pharaoh.
The Jews know Moses and Elijah. Christ, in the feeding of the 5000, was connecting to the miracle of Elijah. He was saying I am the Messiah that Elijah represented in his miracles.
Moses likewise connects to Christ. Moses, like Christ, was tempted by Satan to worship him. The parting of the Red Sea was like Christ in that He provide a way for man to escape death and sin on dry land. The dry land represented the stability and sureness of God—the path of safety through a wicked world. Christ’s atonement creates the barrier against the wicked allowing man to journey through life unscathed by sin.
Who is your oppressor? The Lord is strong enough to preserve the righteous from sin. The wicked will eventually die like the cycle of grass. Pharaoh and his men perished in the Red Sea as they sought to pursue and destroy the people of God. The Lord will fight the battles of His people. His people are to trust the Lord will preserve them.
With both Moses and Elijah defending the people, they are being prepared to be saved by Christ. The arch enemy is about to deliver the death blow having killed the two prophets, letting their bodies remain in the streets for three days, when Christ descends and touches the Mount of Olives and it cleaves in half, and the people escape through the golden pass through the mountain. The path is straight like the path through the Red Sea. Christ then shows the people his five spike wounds. Then, and only then, do the people realize that Christ is the Messiah, the Holy One of Israel.