Chapter Twenty-Five/Reviving the Two Witnesses -The Two Witnesses - Conclusion

 John goes on to say of the two witnesses: "And they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every sort of plague as often as they wish." (Revelation 11:6b) In order to persuade Pharoah to let Israel god free, Jehovah used Moses in striking oppressive Egypt with plagues, including the turning of water into blood. Centuries later, the Philistine enemies of Israel well remembered Jehovah's acts against Egypt, causing them to cry: "Who will save us from the hand of the majestic God that was the smiter of Egypt with every sort of slaughter ["plague, Revised Standard Version] in the wilderness." (1 Samuel 4:8; Psalm 105:29) Moses portrayed Jesus, who had authority to pronounce God's judgments on the religious leaders of his day. (Matthew 23:13; 28:28; Acts 3:22) And during the first world war Christ's brothers, the two witnesses, expose the death-dealing quality of "the waters" that Christendom was serving to her flocks. 

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