Good morning,
The whole world watched
Last week people all over the world were focused on the fate of 12 young boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep in a mountain cave in the country of Thailand that was filling up with water. When the boys bikes were discovered outside the cave, the government did everything they could do to find them that included the divers from their navy as well as specialists from all over the world. For 10 days the divers were not able to get through the miles of water to look for them. Everyone was afraid they were dead, but that day two British divers found them 3 miles deep in the cave and they were all still alive. Only one of the boys knew English. None of them could swim and the cave itself was full of dangerous narrow places all covered in water. People all over the world were praying that somehow these boys and their coach would be able to escape. The world class specialists as well as the navy people had never had a problem like this before. The news station from all over the world had cameras and reporters to keep people updated on everything going on. On the 9th day the hard rains stopped. On the 10th day the divers found them. On the 11th day they were doing everything they could to find a way to get them out. On the 12th day they were able to bring the first 4 boys out. On the 13th day they brought 4 more boys out. On the 14th day they brought the last 5 out and the divers deep in the cave came with them. That day the rains had returned, the main water pumps that were keeping the water down failed and the last people coming out of the cave after the rescue was finished had to run out so that they would not get caught themselves. A question: With people all over the world praying for these boys, which of the god’s that they were praying to actually rescued them?
The fact that the media was so intense in covering all the details of this wonderful outcome and kept showing a wide range of the religious outpouring for their freedom reminded me of a miraculous rescue written about 2,000 years ago in the book of Revelation. In what I understand will happen in the first part of the tribulation, God will have two prophetic witnesses serving him in Jerusalem for three and a half years. These are very special prophets because, If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies.(Rev.11:4,5) It goes on to say that, They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.(v.6) It then tells us that a powerful beast from the bottomless pit will be allowed to kill them and insist that their bodies would lie in the main street in Jerusalem. The next part of this prophecy didn’t make sense until very recently. It said, And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.(vs.9,10) What seemed impossible for the last 2,000 years suddenly makes sense. At that point God brings the prophets back to life, they stand up and the party will be over. The people are terrified.(v.12) Another question: Which God will be in charge of that rescue?
Revelation 11:9 And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. 10 All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate . .
Roy Wisner
