Father Mike Schmitz

And even after some of these plagues and after some of these devastating things happening upon the earth, there are those who will continue to choose themselves.

They'll continue to choose anything but God.

In chapter 11, we have these two witnesses.

And in these two witnesses, it's very, very...

the mysterious, who they are.

They could simply be, you know, two Christian prophets in this context.

But at the same time, it talks about how they have power, and this is chapter 11, verse 6, says that they have power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of the prophesying, and they have power over the water to turn them into blood.

And to afflict the earth with every plague as often as they desire.

That kind of sounds a little bit like two people we encountered in the Old Testament.

Who was an Old Testament person who had power to shut the sky so that no rain fell for, I think it was three years.

His name was Elijah.

Who was the prophet who turned waters into blood and had every plague afflict the earth?

Well, that was Moses.

So it could be possible in some ways that this is...

Moses and Elijah reappearing, or this is prophets who kind of symbolize Moses and Elijah.

Um, regardless what it is, is here is a clear sign that God is present.

God is active.

God is real.

And what it happens, the nations of the world team up and kill them.

And then they congratulate each other over having killed these two prophets.