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It is just false to claim the Branch is the Two Witnesses of Rev. 11.3. The Branch, Man child and 144,000 are all the refering to the same group of hearts/souls. I am going to put together something to post either tomorrow or the next day.
I am very motivated to tell people what has been shown to me as truth (in accordance with Scripture) to possibly help them along their journey.
RockyMtnLady
Quoting: rockymtnlady The two witnesses die and are raised again after 3.5 days like Jesus was because the 2 witnesses will be testators of the testament of the
levitic priesthood and
davidic kingship on earth just as Jesus was risen again after 3 days days to be the testator of the melchelzedek KINGSHIP AND PRIESTHOOD in Heaven which is the greater kingship and priesthood because we know from Hebrews that the testament has no strength until the death of the testator:
Hebrews 9:16-17
King James Version (KJV)
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
There would be no purpose of the two witnesses raising again after 3.5 days later unless they were the testators of the levitic and davidic priesthood and kingship as Jeremiah states are to be eternal..and these 2 witnesses will be the shadow of the greater kingship and priesthood held by Jesus in heaven. Jesus is both king and priest and the two witnesses on earth divide the kingship and priesthood because otherwise it would be considered melchelzedek if held by one person and the promise of the eternal levitic and davidic would not be fullfilled.
On earth priesthood and kingship are to always be separate offices as one is from the tribe of Judah and the other from the tribe of Levi
I am aware of what you believe about the levitic and davidic priesthoods, and to be honest with you, I don't have any clue what you talk about. I am not going to pretend I know about something I don't. I do know they have nothing to do w/ the Two Witnesses of Rev. 11.3. I have seen a couple posts of yours, and please don't take this the wrong way, but they are confusing to me and don't resonate at all with truth in my heart or w/ Holy Scripture.
I do wish you well, though.
RockyMtnLady
Here is the eternal promise of the davidic kingship and levitic preisthood in Jeremiah 33 which is speaking of the Branch:
Jeremiah 33:
15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.
17 For thus saith the Lord;
David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;18 Neither shall
the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
25 Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
This shows you have little understanding of historical Israel. In order to understand, we must consult
Dan 9:24-27:
"Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
This is PJ's comment: These seventy weeks are 70 x 7 prophetic years, which make up 490 years. The last week of the 70 weeks consists of 7 years in the midst of which Jesus was crucified. That happened in 33 AD, for the last week started in 29 and ended in 36 AD. The important point is that during the last week God did anoint the most Holy and thereby put an end to the Levitical priesthood (
Heb 7:11), so with that priesthood ended the historical office of the Levites was no longer needed. This fact came visibly true to the Jews when their temple was destroyed, and there is no temple anywhere for any so-called Levites to do their work. Therefore, their Levitical work at the literal temple ended for ever!
You say that the true two witnesses will "both be Levites for they will stand before the Lord", which is mere stupidity of you to say, for the two cherubim that were one piece with the mercy-seat, as we can read in
Exo 25:19, are the ones who symbolize the two witnesses in Rev 11:3 and not any Levites, who were not allowed to enter the Most Holy.
And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.
Quoting: The Bible
The high priest was the only one allowed to enter the Most Holy once a year, symbolizing Jesus Christ.
When we also consider the biblical fact that the time period of the sixth angel, which is now, when the true two witnesses will do their work, is still the time period of the Gentiles, being the seventh thousand year period, while the Jews' time period will be the eighth thousand year period, that of the seventh angel, as foreshadowed by
Leviticus 12:3, we see how stupid and ignorant you are of Scripture:
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised."
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Hopefully, that information helps you get a clearer picture of historical Israel, which I myself am just beginning to grasp.
Therefore, through Scripture, we see that the Branch couldn't possibly be these priesthoods.
RockyMtnLady
