10. ISIS would threaten to kill anyone that professed faith in the One the two witnesses proclaim (oh wait, that’s already happening).
9. Headline News would try (and fail) interrupting their broadcast to talk about the latest Kardashian scandal.
8. Hal Lindsey would claim he predicted it (let’s see how many people are old enough to get that one).
7. Miley Cyrus would wear sackcloth in honor of them next time she straddled a wrecking ball (never thought I’d write about that in a Christian Blog!).
6. One side of the political spectrum would claim it was just a ‘scare tactic’ from “the Donald”.
5. The other side would claim it was a ploy created by Hillary to distract us from the 'real issue' around her email.
4. Dan Rather would produce (false) documents showing that the two witnesses are not actually Jewish.
3. The Bible might finally be considered more credible than the New York Times.
2. Muslims would riot in the Middle East (in other words, same stuff/different day).
1. The Cubs would win the World Series.
Okay, that was clearly not serious, but when they really do come it will be very serious!
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. (Rev 11:5-6)
These guys won’t be playing! Nothing will stop them from completing their testimony…
Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. (Rev 11:7)
Notice it’s not until their mission is complete that the beast is allowed to do anything – as in all things, God’s Will shall be done!
For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. (Rev 11:9-10)
These verses tell you just what type of world it will be when these two witnesses appear – the people actually celebrate and treat it like Christmas, while the witnesses slaughtered bodies lay there…. But again as always, God gets the final say:
But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. (Rev 11:11-12)
This right here is the only reason I would want to be around to see this. Can you imagine how freaked out people are going to be? One minute they are doing the “Macarena” (or for you young’uns, the “Nae Nae” – check off one more thing I never thought I would write about) around the dead bodies, and the next minute they are paralyzed with fear as these two dudes stand up, a booming voice from the sky yells, and they just start flying up into the air and disappear!
So while CNN is trying to block the signal, and Miley is swinging in her sackcloth, God will be conducting His business and spreading His Word – down to the very end of time (a.k.a. the beginning of forever)! Talk about "Must-See TV"!!