Imagine a world without God, and you get the picture of the world described in much of the book of Revelation. As John tells this story, we read about two witnesses—two prophets—speaking out for God in a world gone crazy. To say they’re unpopular would be an understatement. Nearly everyone hates them, but nobody can touch them. Anyone who tries to arrest them or kill them ends up destroyed.
Enter the beast—a world ruler possessed with evil. He manages to do what no one else could do. The #1 evil man on earth kills God’s two witnesses and refuses them burial. The whole world celebrates, but nobody counts on the power of God.
We pick up the story in Revelation 11:11: “But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them [the two witnesses], and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.”
God makes it abundantly clear that life and death belong to God, not to the beast.
God could have let them lie and resurrected them along with everyone else later on. But He doesn’t. He sends a clear message: Even though the world has gone mad, God is still in control.
Sometimes nothing in our world makes sense, and it seems that evil really has triumphed. But God still knows how to bring life where it is needed, hope where it is lacking, and power to those who have no strength.
Be encouraged!
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