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"These [in Berea] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." - Acts 17:11
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Zechariah 4:11-14

(11) And I answer and say unto him, `What `are' these two olive-trees, on the right of the candlestick, and on its left?' (12) And I answer a second time, and say unto him, `What `are' the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?' (13) And he speaketh unto me, saying, `Hast thou not known what these `are'?' And I say, `No, my lord.' (14) And he saith, `These `are' the two sons of the oil, who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.'


When these verses are combined with the information regarding the Two Witnesses in Revelation 11, it is clear the olive trees feeding the lampstand with oil, empowering it to give light, are the Two Witnesses feeding the entire church. If we are indeed nearing the time for God to raise up the Two Witnesses, then we should expect first one, then the other to come to the attention of the church. A spiritual unity will develop as church members voluntarily submit themselves to be fed and led by the Two Witnesses.

If we know what to look for, because we are familiar with the patterns God has revealed to us, it will put us into the position to see God regathering and reforming the church from the destructive calamity that He put it in for its good. He is actively creating whatever it takes to save His people from their sins.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

To learn more, see:
God's Sovereignty and the Church's Condition (Part Two)



 

Topics:

God's Patterns

Spiritual Unity

Two Witnesses

Voluntary Submission




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