Life & Freedom

Scripture:
Revelation 11:1-3 (ESV)

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Devotional:

Two witnesses to prophesy for over twelve hundred days.  That is three and half years these two will prophesy about God.  No one will be able to harm them in anyway.  But when it is done they will be killed and left dead in the street.  There will be people that will mock their bodies and rejoice at their deaths.  Imagine their shock when they all of a sudden just stand up.  “But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them” Revelation 11:11 ESV. 

As I ponder these verses I wonder about Jesus’s time.  Imagine how the Pharisees and the others might have felt when Jesus rose from the dead after three days.  I wonder at the fear they might have felt.  I wonder how many became believers after seeing Jesus.  There were over five hundred who witnessed Jesus being alive after the crucifixion.  “Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep” 1 Corinthians 15:6 ESV.  The fact is Jesus is alive.  He will not be victorious.  He is victorious.  Jesus already won the war.  He conquered death and sin.  Through Him we have life and freedom.