Zechariah 4
1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick (
CHRIST) all of gold, with a bowl (
GOD's anointing) upon the top of it, and his (
CHRIST's) seven lamps (
APOSTOLIC CHURCHES) thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees (
TWO WITNESSES) by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these (
THE TWO WITNESSES), my lord?
5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these (
TWO WITNESSES) be? And I said, No, my lord.
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word (
LOGOS) of the Lord (
CHRIST) unto Zerubbabel (
GOD THE FATHER), saying, Not by
HUMAN might, nor by
HUMAN power, but by my
HOLY spirit, saith the Lord (
CHRIST) of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain (
APOSTOLIC CONGREGATION)? before Zerubbabel (
GOD THE FATHER)thou shalt become a plain (
ACCESS HIGHWAY): and he (
GOD THE FATHER) shall bring forth the headstone thereof with
shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
(GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY CHRIST)
8 Moreover the word (
LOGOS) of the Lord (
CHRIST) came unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel (
GOD THE FATHER) have laid the foundation of this house (
APOSTOLIC CHURCH); his hands (
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT THE TEMPLE BUILDER) shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they (
THE WORLD) shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet (
CHRIST) in the hand of Zerubbabel (
GOD THE FATHER) with those
seven; they are the
eyes of the Lord,
which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees (
TWO WITNESSES) upon the right side of the candlestick (
CHRIST) and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches (
TWO WITNESSES) which
through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these (
TWO WITNESSES) be? And I said, No, my lord.
14 Then said he, These (
TWO WITNESSES) are the
two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Now here comes the fulfilment of this Old Testament Prophecy:
Revelation 1:12-13
I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Revelation 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches:and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Gold is a symbol of
DEVINE AUTHORITY and this was passed from the Old Testament prophets
ELIJAH AND MOSES that appeared on the
MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION where Jesus charged his disciples to tell no man until the transfer is complete when Christ arose and breathed on them the
HOLY GHOST empowering them in the GREAT COMMISSION.
HOLY GHOST ANOINTING IS THE SEVEN SPIRITS AND SEVEN EYES OF THE LORD THAT GO TO AND FRO THROUGH THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE GREAT COMMISSION DIRECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND TO BAPTIZE BY WATER INTO CHRIST, as mentioned in
ZECHARIAH 4:10.
Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;
Basically the verse below reveals the two symbolic witnesses that are the Holy Ghost authored and empowered priestly authority who are empowered to speak words with the power of the Holy Ghost, so that if they condemn their enemies, their enemies will be spiritually devoured and killed after they physically die to face judgement. They are empowered to condemn the enemies of Christ and this condemnation will be used against them in the heavenly court before Christ.
Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy (PREACH THE GOSPEL) a thousand two hundred and threescore days (APOSTOLIC AGE), clothed in sackcloth (GREAT COMMISSION PRIESTLY CLOTHING).
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire (HOLY SPIRIT) proceedeth out of their mouth (SPOKEN CONDEMNATION), and devoureth their enemies:and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
The heavenly resurrected Old Testament court being seated with Christ in Heaven. The Heavenly court is described in the verse below as the
TEMPLE OF GOD, AND THE ALTAR, and THE RESURRECTED OLD COVENANT SAINTS THAT WORSHIP THEREIN.
The
EARTHLY COURT is without the
TEMPLE, where the
TEMPLE IS THE CHRIST SEATED IN HEAVEN WITH HIS HEAVENLY COURT. This
EARTHLY COURT is not yet redeemed as the
MEASURED HEAVENLY COURT with the already
INVITED OLD COVENANT SAINTS, so this court is without Christ and is left unmeasured unto the GENTILES which symbolises the unbelieving WORLD that are yet to be redeemed by the blood of the lamb of God, because they have not yet been brought to Christ by FAITH in the GREAT COMMISSION DIRECTIVE.
Revelation 11:1-3
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod:and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles:and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
We now know that the two symbolic witnesses are part and parcel of the Great Commission of the Apostolic priestly authority, to preach the gospel and to BAPTIZE by water into Christ as they spread the message that contains the GOLDEN OIL OF SALVATION to the whole world.
If you will note the 42 months equate to the 1260 symbolic days that represents the Apostolic Church age. As the number 42 is used to convey persecution by the world that these Great Commission priestly authority are trying to spread the salvation message to and the 1260 days represent the TIME, TIME AND HALF A TIME of Daniel's Prophecy that these witnesses are given to spread the message.
Both the number 42 and 1260 provide the same Apostolic Age whilst providing a different contextual meaning to each applied sentence.
42 applied to persecution
1260 applied to witnessing
So the number 42 in context to the persecution at the hands of the GENTILES symbolises Apostolic Church being oppressed and its witnesses martyrd for the sake of preaching the gospel and this has happened all over the world since the advent of preaching the gospel and continues to happen today.
So the number 1260 in context to witnessing represents a race against time (TIME, TIME AND HALF A TIME) to preach the gospel in all the world whilst being empowered by DEVINE COMPLETENESS AND AUTHORITY of GOD's GLORY to a stiff neck and prideful people of the WORLD AT LARGE.
THEREFORE THE TWO WITNESSES ARE A SYMBOL OF THE APOSTOLIC PRIESTLY COMMISSION THAT WAS AUTHORED AND EMPOWERED BYBTHE HOLY GHOST BREATH OF CHRIST AFTER HE HAD SHOWN HIS DISCIPLES THE POWER TRANSFERAL OF MOSES (representing the law) AND ELIJAH (representing the prophets).
Remembering that the TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY (REVELATION 19:10)