The Two Witnesses
©copyright 2005 Bonita M Quesinberry
He was a high prince in the King's court;
but before long, his lies were revealed,
so the King sent him to foreign lands:
each of his deceits tightly concealed.
Cunningly, he would claim that domain,
making his own its castle and throne;
yet, he would rule from behind the scenes,
through secret sons and daughters: his own.
His first few sons did deeds hard and cruel,
spreading his lies in blood far and wide.
"It won't be long," he wickedly mused,
"Before all believe that old King's died!"
Then, he recalled those two witnesses;
having heard they still were in hiding.
He would have to do something quickly
to stop, once and for all, their chiding.
He ordered his sons to change their ways:
to seem gentle, kind, even loving;
bidding the world obey his new laws—
the King's altered— in useless giving.
Yet, those two still might cause his queen's fall;
so, he set about to slay each one
by the blatant acts of other men.
Found in France, the job was quickly done.
They lay dead for three years and a half,
amidst loud rejoicing and vile deeds;
then, they arose, much to his chagrin:
for they would tell of his corrupt seeds.
Shrewdly, he had daughters in the world;
and, his queen would bear a son in guise,
a future prince of love and world peace:
his father's son of the greatest lie.
A universal leader, this prince;
known ev'rywhere when his health faded.
While sitting upon a stolen throne,
the world bowed when his life abated.
Now Jehovah's ire was greatly stirred,
His Son on the way: His to reclaim—
the Old and New witnesses did teach—
and to wipe out even Satan's name.
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Scripture References:
Stanza One — Revelation 12:7-9,12
Stanza Two — Daniel 7:23-24; 11:36
Stanza Three — Isaiah 14:7-18; Revelation 2:12-13
Stanza Four — Revelation 11:3-6; 12:13-18; 14:12;
Two Witnesses: Old Testament- John 5:39;
New Testament- Matthew 24:14
Old and New Testaments- Matthew 13:52
Stanza Five — Daniel 7:25
Stanza Six — Revelation 11:7; 14:7-11
Stanza Seven — Revelation 11:8-14; 18:2-3; Luke 8:11
Stanza Eight — Revelation 17:1-6,18; Hosea 2:1-8; 8:1,4;
Ezekiel 16:29-33,44-45
Stanza Nine — Isaiah 14:13-14; Revelation 13:16-18;
II Corinthians 11:13-15
Stanza Ten — Isaiah 14:19-24,26-27; Nahum 1:2-13;
Revelation 18:4-7; Mark 13:14-20
Author notes
Contest Host said, "The more about God it is, the better I will like it."
Contest Option #3)One on God's side is a majority.
Prior to 1611, the Holy Bible was not available to laymen and said to be chained to the monastery walls, with only a few of the very wealthy even owning a copy. King James, through divine inspiration perhaps unbeknownst to him, caused the Bible to not only be translated but also to make it available to every human wanting a Bible of their own. This was the only translation in fulfillment of prophecy directing that God's Truth be taught again before it died out altogether amidst the lies being taught in God's name.
By 1793, the Bible had become widely distributed, a glaring sign to Satan and His ministers that their mystery might easily be exposed; thus, it was time to kill those two witnesses. France would be Satan's henchman, one of the ten horns of the Holy Roman Empire, which would fall spiritually at the resurrection of God's two witnesses. The world's nations, however, simply stood by without a word, doing nothing to prevent France's actions: which signified that, if France succeeded in defeating God's Word, or God as it were, the rest of the world would follow suit.
On the 1st day of November 1793, the French Assembly, by decree, renounced Christianity in her nation as well as forbidding even ownership of Bibles. All Bibles were confiscated and burned in heaping bonfires in the streets of France. Cathedrals were desecrated and renamed Temples of Reason. In the Cathedral of Notre Dame's center, a pyramid was erected and inscribed, "To Philosophy;" followed with a Grand Festival dedicated to a goddess of Reason and Truth, designed as a vile woman and publicly worshiped. Many synagogues were turned into brothels. Every tenth Sunday was designated for mirth and profanity. France had become a spiritual Sodom and Gomorrah filled with Egyptian atheism.
The utter wickedness and blood running in their streets were like a great earthquake of God's wrath poured out upon France for three and a half years. The people's behaviour and death tolls could not have horrified the government any more than if a deadly earthquake had destroyed the country.
By early 1797, the French government had had enough. On 17 June 1797, Camille Jourdan's request for a "Revision of the laws relative to religious worship" was approved. Exactly 3-1/2 years following their death, God's two witnesses were resurrected and placed in honor, openly available: the Bible's greatness so much more than ever that their success reached even to heaven and the host rejoiced. So prominent now was the Bible that it was as if God's enemies could see it in the very heavens, meaning worldwide.
This occurred during the Thyatira Church age, a chance for the great whore and her harlot daughters to repent. Alas, they did not and took a spiritual fall between 1798 to 1844, the Sardis Church age, their identities discovered when God loosed the seals both Daniel and John had placed upon specific prophecies: metaphorically opening the door to rediscover God's Truths hidden in the wilderness and which would bring about the teaching again— Revelation 10:11— that which was about to die— Revelation 3:2. Thus ended Sardis and began the Philadelphia Church age— 1844 to 1991—teaching again (Revelation 3:7-8).
By 1804, the Bible had been printed and circulated in fifty languages and by the end of 1942, it had been translated into 1058 languages and dialects: the whole world could see God's witnesses alive and well! And, by 1991 everyone had heard God's doctrine, a few accepting it while the majority opted for man's doctrine taught for God. Alas, we now are in the last church era of Laodicea. Repent now or perish forever: it is here that Jesus said He would return "quickly." Therefore, the time is at hand and it is short.
In Mark 13:14-20, Jesus warned that when the "abomination of desolation, the universal prince, is seen standing where he should not be, as spoken of by Daniel 11:31, then know the end is near; and, for the elects' sake, those days will be shortened. This universal leader, recognized as Pope John Paul II, was filmed standing at the Wailing Wall in the holy city of Jerusalem in 1993: a sight never seen before. Apostle Paul describes this unholy prince in II Corinthians 11:13-15.
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A contest entry
- creative theology! by Momma Goose.
550 points, ended July 28, 8 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Jesus told us who are His two Witnesses of Revelation; thus, do not be easily deceived
Comments
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love it!
I really enjoyed the history and theology behind this. Great job in bringing in the scriptures into you poetry. I think you did really well with your format and information! Thanks for the entry!
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Thank YOU, dear one, for accepting this poem into your contest. And, since I know there are a lot of true poets here at All Poetry-- which I am not
-- I know that your task of judging will be a difficult one. May God's grace rain upon you.
Much love & hugs, BonnieQ
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