Are the Two Witnesses Standing By?

By Val Jean Barnes and Arthur A. Barnes

The four prophets of old (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel) reveal the two witnesses living at end-time. Could it be Michael and Gabriel? (Daniel 8:1617, 10:21)

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: May 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781489704344

Val Jean Barnes

Doctor Art Barnes has been preaching for fifty-five years, fifty of which in the pastoral branch of the ministry. He and his wife, Val Barnes, have produced two other books: Did God Break His Promise? and Does the Bible Contradict Itself? They live in Paulden, Arizona.

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LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 06/08/2015

Contents

Acknowledgments and Author Notes

The One Speaking is an Angel

Chapter 1: Understanding Revelation

Chapter 2: The Word of God

Chapter 3: Father

Chapter 4: Daniels 70th Week

Chapter 5: Symbolist

Chapter 6: The Day of the Lord

Chapter 7: Seven is God’s Number

Chapter 8: The Seven Churches of Asia

Chapter 9: The Rapture

Chapter 10: The Sealed Book

Chapter 11: The Seven Seals

Chapter 12: The Seventh Seal

Chapter 13: The Two Witnesses

Chapter 14: A Remnant

Chapter 15: New World Order

Chapter 16: The Regathering of the Jews

Chapter 17: Satan’s Fall and Demise

Chapter 18: The Beast Out of the Earth

Chapter 19: Review

Chapter 20: Angelic Warfare

Chapter 21: The Beast Out of the Sea

Chapter 22: The Second Mark

Chapter 23: The Holy Ghost

Chapter 24: The Counterfeit Messiah

Chapter 25: Israel’s Visitation From God

Chapter 26: The Seven Seals Contain the Seven Trumpets

Chapter 27: The Three Angels

Chapter 28: Coming Vial Judgments

Chapter 29: Babylon the Great

Chapter 30: Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Chapter 31: Second Coming of Christ to Earth

Chapter 32: The Saints Reign for 1,000 Years

Chapter 33: Satan is Loosed

Chapter 34: New Jerusalem Descends

Chapter 35: The Fallen Angels

Chapter 36: God Rebukes Israel

Chapter 37: Jesus Returns

Chapter 38: The Apostate Church

Chapter 39: Conclusion of the End Time Prophecy

Acknowledgments and Author Notes

I wish to give thanks to my wife, Val Jean Barnes, for being faithful in my ministry and for her help on my three books, Did God Break His Promise?, Does the Bible Contradict Itself?, and Are the Two Witnesses Standing By?.

I wish to give appreciation to my daughter, Melody James, for her email and computer work on this book.

I wish to award my granddaughter, Jayde Baker, for her initial work on this book.

I wish to express my thanks to Ray Scott for his work on the illustrations that are contained in this book, they are outstanding!

Please note that all scriptures were taken from the King James version of the Bible.

The One Speaking is an Angel

The one speaking is an angel giving the message to John. The author of Revelation is John, the son of Zebedee. Thank God, with God and with Jesus there is no partiality, no iniquity, God makes it to rain on the just and unjust. Jesus says in Matthew 20:26-28, … Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto … but … to give his life a ransom for many.

In old times a man would have a son, a nephew, a cousin named John, and the oldest John would be called Elder. I was named after my father, so he became Senior; I was called and named Junior, only most of the time it was Hey boy, or Hey son, or Hey you, or SON boy.

John was on the Isle of Patmos off the coast of Asia. The Book is addressed to all people, but namely to the seven churches. The Book was written about AD 96. We cannot pinpoint The Day of the Lord, but mark my word, Jesus is coming back soon (THIS generation).

Some say a generation is 20 years, some say 40 years, some say 42 2/3 years. These are all confusion and speculation, mostly a way to write a book and get rich off the foolish. Psalms 90:10 is speculation and guess work that we have 70 years, and maybe 80. This was the life expectancy of that day. If we understand this, we can eliminate the word speculation, and say expecting, few reach 80 and beyond, fewer pass 90 years, and scarcely few live past 100; we have even heard of people reaching 112 and 115 years.

In Genesis 6:3, God gives us 120 years, except those days be shortened. We shorten our lives by too much play, too much television, too much food, too much loss of sleep, and too much worry. God gave us 120 years to live for Him, not for ourselves! We cannot out-figure God. I have seen those that lived right, careful in everything and die early in a car wreck, heart attack, or otherwise. Hebrews 9:27, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die …" So we see that we have an appointed time!

REMEMBER THE SPEAKER IS AN ANGEL!

The Beloved Disciple

I believe that John, whom Jesus loved, did not intend to be held with any more special favor than the other 11 disciples were held.

Not a single time did John stick out his chest and say anything to the effect that I was more beloved than anybody; I was favored more than even Jesus’ mother! I think not! It is a phrase that people have immortalized through the ages, and will be with us for a while.

John, to keep from being puffed up, would use the phrase that other disciple or anything to keep himself humble.

John was a son of Zebedee and did not flatter Jesus with words (as Judas might have), but kept his distance. John could have been encouraged by his mother to get on the good side of Jesus and obtain a special favor or two, one for you and one for James. But he did not take this type of flattery.

Daniel was greatly beloved, Daniel 9:23. You and I, as was John, are greatly beloved. John’s mother went unto Jesus and asked Jesus for a special favor for John. She evidently knew that John would not ask for a special favor. She asked, Jesus, let John be seated on one side of you and let James be seated on the other. Jesus replied in Matthew 20:23 that he was not able to do that.

I included this parable to let us realize how we have symbolized and spiritualized the word; for instance, John, the beloved disciple. Let us keep ourselves from being entrapped by such trivial, nonsensical untruths of the Bible that others are teaching. Examples: Luke was the beloved physician, Lazarus, whom Jesus loved (Beloved?). Paul said in Galatians 2:20, the son of God loved me. All in Rome are beloved of