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1 Kings 18:40

What Elijah does in I Kings 18:40 is reminscent of the Two Witnesses—with the power of life and death over any who would go against the true God and against them. Evidently, it was probably on the false prophets' minds all along to kill Elijah. They had killed all the other prophets of God, so that only Elijah was left. And, considering how human beings normally think, they probably thought they would allow Elijah to perform his little act, and after he failed, they would show the people of Israel that he was a "false prophet" and kill him.

This may be very similar to what will happen in the end time. The powers that be will give the Two Witnesses audience to "perform" before the world, they will give them leave to do their "little tricks," and as in Elijah's day, it will come back to bite them because our God is the true God.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
The Two Witnesses (Part Six)

Related Topics: Elijah | Identity of Two Witnesses | Spirit and Power of Elijah | Two Witnesses | Two Witnesses as Anointed Ones

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Kings 18:40:

1 Kings 18:40
Jeremiah 14:22
Mark 7:8
Revelation 11:5-6

 

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