1 chronicles 5:2:

King James 2000 Bible
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

Joseph:









Judah





Joseph/Ephraim and Judah represent two nations, two kingdoms and two faimilies. The relationship between these two is described as Isaiah 11:13:

Jubilee Bible 2000
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

The division of the families, nations and peoples of Joseph/Ephraim(northern kingdom) and Judah(southern kingdom) are going to be brought together by God through two people(two witnesses) with the same personality and demeanor of their kingdom(northern or southern kingdom). These two individuals will be at odds with the other as they represent nations separated until God unites them and then God will use them to unite the two kingdoms so that Israel will be whole again

Judah and his companions and Joseph and his companions
Ezekiel 37:

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:

17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.




When Judah and Joseph finish their mission they will die so they will be able to be testators of their testament as we know from Hebrews no testament is of any strength while the testator is still alive Hebrews 9:16-17:
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.




This is why the two witnesses lie dead in street for 3.5 days and then are raised to life to become two testators. One of the kingship and the other of the priesthood in the millennial kingdom while Jesus rules from heaven at the right hand of the father. As we know Jesus said his kingdom is not of this world and will allow the two witnesses to rule for the 1000 years plus the season satan is loosed until the new heaven and new earth are created and at that time Jesus will dwell with us as is stated in Revelation 21:

Revelation 21:

The New Jerusalem
Revelation 21:2
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Rev 21:22:
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

After the two witnesses Joseph and Judah have finished their reign in the 1000 year millennium and the season satan is loosed they will sit on the left and right of Jesus. Joseph(prince of priests) and David(prince of kings) and Jesus KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS being both PRIEST AND KING AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHELZEDEK!!!