Both Daniel and John specialized in The Mark of the Beast, the Beast and Babylon.
So, God locked up prophecies of the Mark, the Beast and Babylon. Why?
One reason was for you to recognize God's Two Witnesses, to whom God would give the key of prophetic understanding, which is the true identity of the Mark of the Beast.
God's Two Witnesses are also called the "Two Prophets" because they are the first humans to UNSEAL prophecies of two real prophets, Daniel and John.
Although God's Two Witnesses are not prophets, they are allowed to unseal and understand prophecies in Daniel and Revelation using the key that God gave only to them, which is the true identity of the Mark of the Beast.
GETTING RICH WITH PROPHECY SPOOK BOOKS
Some people are rich from their sells of books about prophecy, which actually do not unseal prophecy.
Many people sell exciting theories about prophecy that are based on the numbers 666. Those theories are not dependable because the numbers 666 make up a false key that have never been able to open chapters of prophecy about the Beast and Babylon.
You remember hearing ghost stories as a child. We all loved to be scared by spook stories, and we still do.
We love prophecy spook books. Some authors get rich by writing spook books about prophecy that are guesswork because the authors never received the key from God that unlocked prophecy.
What would authors of prophecy spook books do when God's Two Witnesses actually do explain chapters of Daniel and Revelation?
They would be very angry because their fame and income would be threatened. Their natural instinct would be to discredit and belittle God's Two Witnesses, because God's Two Witnesses would be seen as competitors. We read in Revelation 11 that such people will murder God's Two Witnesses, and now you can see one of the motives for murder.
If spook writers actually believed in God, they would get the key from God's Two Witnesses, rather condone the murder of them. We could only conclude that many authors of books about prophecy do not actually believe in God, and that they write books about Daniel and Revelation because their motive is to get rich.
We could accurately predict that spook writers would deny the identities of God's Two Witnesses, and that the fans of those spook writers would be kept out of the Resurrection. Christians who hate God's Two Witnesses would not be given eternal life.
HOW DID GOD LOCK UP PROPHECY & SEAL US OUT?
Simply stated, God sealed mankind out of prophecy by changing the identity of the Mark of the Beast to the numbers 666.
Ever since that change, the door of prophecy was locked. People have not had the true identity of the Mark, which serves as a key with which to unlock prophecy.
WHY DID GOD HIDE THE KEY?
God designed the books of Daniel and Revelation to be locked up with one essential piece of information, which is the true identity of the Mark of the Beast. It is the missing KEY.
When God told Daniel and John that their books would be SEALED, God intended to switch the real Mark of the Beast for the numbers 666.
The real Mark of the Beast was hidden until the time of God's Two Witnesses. On a predetermined day, God handed the key to His Two Witnesses. With the key, they were able to unlock chapters of prophecy and to have a comprehensive understanding of the Beast and Babylon.
The day that the Book of Revelation was unlocked is described in Revelation 5. Christ took the book out of the right hand of God the Father. Christ then unsealed the meanings one by one.
And he [Jesus] came and took the book [of prophecy] out of the right hand of him [God] that sat upon the throne. -Revelation 5:4-7 [my inserts]
The book traveled to earth by a chain of command. It was passed from God to Jesus to Gabriel and then to the Two Witnesses of God.
After God's Two Witnesses received divine understanding from Gabriel; they began to teach it to others. Their method of teaching would be by a book that finally unlocks Daniel and Revelation for the first time in human history.
The books of Daniel and Revelation are parallel accounts of Babylonian history, past and present. Both prophets dealt with the Mark of the Beast, the Beast and Babylon.
Daniel and John were like twin prophets. God even called them by the same nickname, which was "BELOVED OF GOD." They are the real Two Prophets of Revelation 11 because God said that they would prophecy again in the end-time.
And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. -Revelation 10:11
Yet, neither Daniel nor John was resurrected to complete his prophetic ministry.
God's Two Witnesses would be the ones to do the prophetic ministries of Daniel and John. Daniel and John would prophesy through God's Two Witnesses, and Daniel and John would finally understand their own prophecies. In reality, God's Two Witnesses are not prophets at all. They are only two witnesses who appear in the court of public opinion to testify that prophecy of God through Daniel and John are indeed true.
It makes sense that the book/s of God's Two Witnesses would be ignored and despised by the end-time religious establishment. Their books would OVERTURN THE MONEYCHANGERS in the Temple. The moneychangers include people who write prophecy spook books.
Modern-day Scribes and Pharisees would eventually plan the deaths of God's Two Witnesses. So, we would see a repetition of the ministry of Jesus Christ in some ways. Revelation 11 describes the ministry of God's Two Witnesses as a duplication of the ministry of Jesus Christ in some ways.
(This could be hard to understand at this point in your studies of prophecy, but there were actually TWO Passover days each year. When God's Two Witnesses are murdered, the Second Passover will be fulfilled. Metaphorically speaking, Jesus would be crucified a second time by the end-time religious establishment. (Hebrew 6:6))
HOW DO YOU GET RESURRECTED?
Jesus explained how essential His Two Witnesses would be for your Resurrection.
Their importance can be understood by the TWO ways Jesus said that He would return. One way would be for Jesus to appear in the sky so that all eyes would see Him. But, another way comes before that. He would quietly come to your home and knock on your door. This quiet way is almost like a thief. Remember that Jesus said he would come like a thief?
The silent way that Jesus would first return would be for Him to appear to you as His Two Witnesses. If you were prepared for the return of Jesus, you would be up and awake. You would have your oil lamp burning brightly. You would open your door for Jesus and He would share a meal with you. But, it would not be with Jesus Himself at your door, because He would not yet have returned in the sky at that point. Your meal would be quietly shared with the Two Witnesses of Jesus, rather than with Jesus.
This would be the most important meal that you would ever eat. John ate the same meal that you would eat.
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. -Revelation 10:10
This meal is a book of unsealed prophecy that is provided by God's Two Witnesses, and it is so provocative, that many people will become bitter about the things that God says through it.
Their book has the truth of prophecy because it is the only book based on the real Mark of the Beast.
With this meal, you could shine with the light of prophetic understanding and use your new light to light the way to the Resurrection for your loved ones.
Jesus will be present in the bodies of His Two Witnesses. He would supp with you as you read the book that He took out of the right hand of God the Father.
The meal is not literal; it is allegorical. It is the olive oil from the Two Olive Trees who are God's Two Witnesses.
Remember that God's Two Witnesses are the Two Olive Trees? When God designed the Temple of Solomon, he illustrated that nobody was getting to Heaven except they go through His Two Witnesses.
The Two Doors to the Holy-Holy room were made of olive wood in order to represent the Two Witnesses of God. Those Two Doors locked mankind out of prophetic understanding, which could open the way to Heaven. You cannot get to God unless you get through His Two Witnesses and use the key of prophecy that they have. (Of course, Jesus went through the doorway already as the FIRST OF MANY BRETHREN. But, mankind has not yet passed through those doors.)
In a sense, God's Two Witnesses have the key to Heaven, which is the real Mark of the Beast. And, they would happily hand the key to you so that you could understand prophecy that could get you into Heaven. There is NO OTHER WAY for the end-time generation that presently, and unknowingly, "follows the Beast" of Revelation.
WILL SOME CHRISTIANS REFUSE TO PASS THROUGH THE DOORS OF HEAVEN?
Many Christians do not want the key of prophecy or God's Two Witnesses. They would not buy the oil of understanding from God’s Two Olive Trees. This is a Day of Judgment and everyone is to judge for himself whether he wants eternal life. It is better to buy the golden olive oil in good times than to wait to buy gold in the fire of the tribulation (Revelation 3:18).
Remember that Jesus said that He was the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE? God works through His Two Witnesses to reveal the TRUE way that would get Christians into Heaven. That way is through the two doors of the Holy-Holy Room.
Everyone in this generation follows the Beast and is therefore going the WRONG way. The book of God's Two Witnesses is the only book of TRUTH that shows people the RIGHT way.
Also, remember that God's Two Witnesses are the Olive Trees of prophecy who provide oil to the Menorah. The Menorah symbolized the Church. Olive oil from God's Two Witnesses is the TRUTH of prophecy for the Church. There are good people in the religious establishment and they will supp with Jesus despite the persecution that they would suffer. Remember that Jesus said that those who do not love him more than their brothers and sisters would not be worthy of Him?
Today, every lukewarm Christian claims that he already has all the information that he needs to get to Heaven. That is for God to decide, rather than a lukewarm Christian to decide. But, it is safe to say that lukewarm Christians, who are happy to see God's Two Witnesses murdered, will not be going to Heaven.
Would you be happy to see the murders of God's Two Witnesses? The Bible says that these Two Prophets will torment THE WHOLE WORLD. If we humbly submit to God’s chastisement, we would not be tormented. But, lukewarm and rebellious people of the end-time would indeed be tormented.
DO YOU WORSHIP THE BEAST?
What is it about people who hate God's Two Witnesses that would keep them out of Heaven? The deep answer is that such people "follow the Beast" in ways that they do not want to face. Nobody who is like the Beast will be in Heaven.
Are you like the Beast? There is only one way to tell. You have to first identify the Beast. Then, you must compare your beliefs and behavior to his. You would also need to examine the predatory world of Babylon and to compare it to the world that you created for your family, friends and coworkers.
According to words in Revelation, EVERYONE follows the Beast to one extent or another. We were all born under sin and we all continue to sin despite our best efforts. Since Bible says that The WHOLE WORLD followed after the Beast, nobody should deceive himself or herself by claiming that he, of all the people of the world, does not follow the Beast. Even so, God's Two Witnesses have a way out for you.
That way is for you to learn who the Beast is and to examine his mind and behavior. Then, you could examine yourself and know for sure if you are like the Beast. You could then make the necessary changes. After those changes, you would no longer follow of the Beast. You could then be ready for the Resurrection and for eternal life.
Your first step in knowing about the Beast is to get the key to his identity, which is the real Mark of the Beast. God's Two Witnesses have that key. Ask them for it.
BE PREPARED FOR JUDGMENT DAY
Judgment Day would not see a never-ending line of people whom God would personally sentence to life or death. Instead, God has a way for each individual of the end-time to decide his own fate- during his lifetime.
This is where God's Two Witnesses come in. If a person rejects God's Two Witnesses, he will never know what it means to follow the Beast. As a result, he would not have the understanding whereby he could stop following the Beast. He could not make the necessary changes required to go to Heaven. So, he would go to Hell instead. His fate would in his own hands.
On the other hand, a person who opens his door in order to supp with God's Two Witnesses would receive the olive oil of prophetic understanding which could result in repentance and change. During the meal, a humble Christian could receive the golden key that unlocks the understanding of the "worship of the Beast." With that oil of understanding, he could see the way to make the changes that would be necessary to be given eternal life at the Return of Jesus the Christ.
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Partial Diagram from Forefather's Prophecy Calendar