False Prophets vs the Two Witnesses

These articles, including this one, are pure opinion that will change with new understanding.

Newsletter, #2b Part b, written by Edward McKinney 5-10-2008

Dear Prophecy Student:

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Continued from previous newsletter . . .

A Satirical Look At the Prophecy Industry -Part 2 of 2
Why Do Some Ministers Claim They Understand Prophecy?

"How dare you know more than I know!"

Prophecy ministers are in a constant struggle to validate their special standing with God. They make a living off the claim that God opened prophecy ONLY to them. Or, they tell followers that prophecy is open to anyone who studies the Bible.

This is not so. God only reveals prophecy through prophets.

The most learned of scholars have been sealed out of prophecies. So, it is for sure that every other Bible reader is sealed out. God would ask people, "What part of 'no' don't you understand?" People are vain and they think that they are equal to prophets and great scholars. They are not equal to either prophets or scholars.

For example, would a high school student walk into an advanced physics class filled with people with Master's Degrees and claim that he knows as much as they do? Would a high school student pass the same test that was given to people with doctorates? He could not pass such a test.

The thing about prophecy is that anyone can claim anything. If a person impersonating Klem Kadiddlehopper claimed he went to Heaven, who can prove otherwise?

In this lawless environment charlatans have prospered. Prophecy ministers are in a constant state of competition with other fakes. Nobody wants anyone else to have more revelation than they do.

Many prophecy ministers become angry when they think that new revelations have come along. Their only defense is to discredit the new information UNTIL they can safely claim that it is their own! We can see that the Two Witnesses will be hated UNTIL prophecy ministers are able to plagiarize their material. The objective of false prophets is to make money, so they will not stick with their claim that their previous understanding was the truth. They will change anything for a buck.

MAI: Mutually Assured Ignorance

When prophecy ministers don't understand some prophecy, they say, "Nobody knows that!" What they mean is that they are making a living with the claim that they are so special and so close to God that God revealed things ONLY to them. This illusion is burst when someone else actually does have understanding.

Prophecy ministers have a belief I call the MAI (Mutually Assured Ignorance) whereby ministers claim that nobody knows more than they know about prophecy.

Again, we can see why prophecy ministers will despise the Two Witnesses. And most religions are run by or were founded by people who claimed to have been so special that God revealed understanding ONLY to them.

Thwarting the Work of Two Witnesses- Competitors

"But I said, "I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn't accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the LORD's hands, and my reward is with my God."’ Isaiah 49:4

Consider the plight of the Two Witnesses, who actually do have unsealed understanding to share with true believers. Isaiah took on the identity of the Two Witnesses and expressed their frustration in the above verse.

Each leader of a Church will instruct his followers to ignore the fresh new understanding presented by the Two Witnesses. This will be done because the minister has built his reputation on "revelations" he claimed to have received from God- and his "revelations" contradict the new revelations of the Two Witnesses.

And, of course, the minister claims that his "revelations" were given ONLY to him because he is so special to God.

Also, the minister is afraid of losing his following and their financial support. After all, people would rather follow the Two Witnesses than their minister, wouldn't they?

Internet Competition- Mimics

What happens when the Two Witnesses put up a web site? If they post their revelations, a hundred other web site owners would cut and paste that information onto their own web sites. Many would claim that the information was their own. Or, they would leave the information without an author's name in the hope readers would attribute it to the web owner.

This very situation was prophesied when Joshua's identity was blended with the Two Witnesses. Joshua was a type of the Two Witnesses in that he was preparing the Temple for the Coming of Jesus. Satan tried every way possible to prevent Joshua from building the Temple. And of course, Satan stands right beside the Two Witnesses in order to thwart their every work effort.

"And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary." Zechariah 3:1

Or: "and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him." Zechariah 3:1

Or: "and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him." Zechariah 3:1

A few web owners would actually make an effort to rewrite the material and then put their names on it.

Let's say you are an earnest believer seeking the Two Witnesses. The only way you would recognize the real Two Witnesses is by their understanding of prophecy. But, if every prophecy site on the Internet steals their material, you could not distinguish them from the mimics. Plus, you would stand a good chance of believing in a truly unethical person. This would be the type of person to steal prophetic understanding from the Real Two Witnesses.

You will Recognize the Two Witness Only if God Opens Your Eyes

You say to yourself, "Why don't the Two Witnesses just come out and admit who they are?" If they did that on the Internet, a hundred other sites would cut and paste the same words into their web sites. This frustrating dilemma illustrates the chess game between Jesus and Satan. Every time Jesus makes a move, Satan checks the move.

All the prophecy ministers and web site owners that plagiarize information are Satan's chess pieces. Web site owners of prophecy are almost insane with an obsession to be ahead in search engines. They do unscrupulous things to get clicks. For example, they cut key words from other sites and paste them onto their own sites. Yet, they have nothing to offer that relates to those key words. Web site owners are like babies screaming, "Mamma, Mamma! Look at me, look at me!" And when you look at the babies, they have nothing to say. They just want to be looked at. This is unethical conduct for web owners peddling religion. But, it goes to show why God will kill off the Laodicean Church era during Armageddon. And, the painful events of Armageddon are the birth pains of the kingdom of God.

"and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child." Rev. 12:4

The Two Witnesses prepare God's chosen people to enter into the Kingdom of God. Satan stands beside these two to murder them and those who are with them. We see a repeat of Joshua's experience in building the Temple.

"And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary." Zechariah 3:1

The point is that Satan's children are making it impossible for you to link up with the real Two Witnesses.

So, how will you eventually be linked up with the Two Witnesses? I think the answer is in the example of Peter. It seems amazing to us but nobody realized that Jesus was the Christ even though He did astonishing miracles that made His identity obvious.

Even so, nobody was to recognize Jesus as the Christ unless God personally chose him/her. The same goes for the Two Witnesses. It will be a wonderful day for you if God opens your understanding and you say, "I know who you are. You are the Two Witnesses!" That will mean that your name is in the Book of Life and you are soon to have eternal life.

It also means that you are called to be part of the Ministry of the Two Witnesses. For some, it might mean death when the Two Witnesses are murdered. So, your celebration ought to be tempered with solemnity.

Why Didn't Jesus Reveal His Identity?

Why didn't Jesus reveal His identity? One reason was that God blinded everyone except the chosen. A more practical reason was that Jesus would have violated the law against blasphemy as religious leaders saw it. Jesus could not have publicly stated, "I am the Christ." Jesus would have been arrested and His ministry would have ended sooner than it was to have.

Project that situation onto the Two Witnesses. Jealous prophecy ministers would sue the Two Witnesses for receiving donations under false pretense. In a court of law, they would tell the judge that people were tricked into sending donations to imposters. The judge might then require that the Two Witnesses cease and desist from accepting donations until such time they could prove their identities. In the chess game between Jesus and Satan, the Two Witnesses cannot admit their identities to the world. It is left to believers to say, "I know who you are!" But, the Two Witnesses must leave it to individuals to believe what they will.

This is actually how God wants it to be because He wants to decide whom to call to eternal life and whom to be part of the ministry of the Two Witnesses.

Where Does This Leave You?

This leaves you in God's hands. The Two Witnesses are doing a work like Joshua and Zerubbabel. They are preparing the Temple for Jesus' Second Coming. I do not know if you are one of the people who are to help them. I do not know if you are one of the fellows of whom Zechariah's prophecy spoke.

"Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH." Zechariah 3:8

Instead of an earnest seeker, you might be one of Satan's children. You might be a web site plagiarist or a prophecy minister looking to steal information. If you are one of these, Isaiah spoke of you. You have to steal information because God does not reveal information to you. He does not have anything to do with thieves like you. So, you have to steal understanding if you are to successfully pass yourself off as a prophet or real minister of Jesus. God has made prophecy confusing to you. The theories that you put forth as "revelations" from God are as false as you are.

"And so the word of the LORD is unto them precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." Isaiah 28:13

-Edward D. McKinney

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