John ties this prophecy directly to the fourth chapter of Zechariah! They lived at the same time, and both were instruments in the work and service of God. Written during the COVID-19 pandemic, the novel considers "what constitutes reality, how time flows, and what memory is in the context of perception" by pondering the simulation hypothesis and time travel. Finally, when you see the three crosses on Good Friday remember that on either side of Jesus are two men who have to choose. It means things will go on and on. For some reason I always saw that verse as the olive trees and candlesticks being the same thing. During this time, the holy city will be trodden under foot by Gentile rulers for 42 months (1260 days or a literal 3 years). two olive. It was an emblem of sovereignty, and was used to anoint kings to office (I Sam.10:1, I Kings 1:39; II Kings 9:1, 6). Revelation 11:4 states that these two witnesses are "the two olive trees and the two menorahs [or lampstands] that stand before the Lord of the earth." It never ceases to puzzle me why many learned Bible scholars cling to the misconception that God's Two Witnesses are . Hashem is the foundation of these two churches, and both olive trees are in harmony with Yeshua. Revelation 10:1-11. What does till means? The natural olive tree here pictures Israel, and the wild olive trees picture Gentiles. Pure beaten olive oil was the best in quality. Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? The olive tree, the domesticated Olea Europaea, is a hearty evergreen with silver-green leaves that thrives in the mild winters and long hot summers of the Mediterranean and does well in dry, arid climates. The log of oil used in the ceremony cleansing the leper was the largest amount of oil called for in any religious rite. And I'm currently working as a writer/editor in a news and entertainment organization called "campusDigest.". The Jewish people, in the book of Acts, on that first Pentecost of the New Testament Church, heard the preaching of the apostle Peter, and they were cut to the heart (Acts 2:37). oil and the olive tree symbolize? Peter and John returned to Jerusalem. In addition, when the priests were separated for their priestly service, one young bull and two rams were taken, without blemish, and unleavened bread,, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, were used in the ceremony of sanctification (Exodus 29:1-2). They exclaimed in alarm, Men and brethren, what shall we do? They did not take the message lightly. People think that Jesus came fulfilling the law and the prophets and He has finished it all but that is not all for that verse says, For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. So heaven and earth is the boundary of the law and the prophets. And he shall bring forth thee capstone with shouts of Grace, grace to it! (Zech.4:6-7). Seven years ago, Frank was the charismatic older boy that Maya was in love with, until she suspected he was interested in her childhood best friend Aubrey, too. Two-Hour Religion & Spirituality Short Reads. . They have passed from death unto life (John 5:24). May 28th, 1972. In the end of time, the ministry of the two witnesses appeared again to deal with two cities, Sodom and Egypt. This was to be a great, tremendous time of joy overflowing and running over! Even so, for any of us to become truly converted, at first we must be shaken up. For God hath concluded them [Israel] all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all [Jews and Gentiles]. In Ancient Hebrew trees are used to symbolize both elders & families perhaps because the elder is the head of the family. When their operation started on the earth, the system changed. I'm the author of Four books currently selling on Amazon stores Which includes: PRACTICAL AMAZON KINDLE PUBLISHING GUIDE. Change). And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes; if anyone would harm them, thus he is doomed to be killed. That these two olive trees in Revelation were killed after 3-1/2 days, ie. 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. When Israel conquered Canaan, the olive tree was a prominent feature among the flora of the land. Interestingly, if the trunk is cut down, the shoots from its roots continue to grow, ensuring its continued existence. Nevertheless, as a whole they describe the church of God, the church the Messiah built (Matt.16:18), down through the ages, and in this modern time we live in, today! Oriental people regarded the olive as a symbol of beauty, strength, divine blessing and prosperity. But, Paul points out, they, too, stand by the grace of God. The olives were then transported in baskets on the back of donkeys to processing locations. The leaders of Israel offered to God in addition to rams and lambs and goats, fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering (Numbers 7:19, 25, etc.). Another reference to the tree of life in the Garden as an olive tree may be found in 4th Edras: The tree of life shall give them fragrant perfume (2:12, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, p.527). For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. And this was the proper place for such a thing, at the foot of the mount of Olives. We always know that olive oil is used for anointing ceremonies in church but the information you shared just opened a better understanding of the wide use of olive oil throughout the Scripture. The Hebrew word for "olive tree" is es shemen, which literally means 'tree of oil." It is from a primitive root meaning "to shine." It means "richness, anointing, fat, fruitful, oil, ointment, olive." It is related to the word shemesh, "to be brilliant," and which also is the Hebrew word for the "sun," that brightly shining orb in the sky. God declares, Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways. According to Robertson's Word Pictures, Gethsemane 'means oil-press in the Hebrew, or olive vat. Our salvation is up to us! Once the impurities were removed, the oil was ready for use. They meet on Sundays but they still kept the Sabbath on Saturday because there was a strict law and instruction from the law about the Sabbath yet instruction on Sabbath were given to the children of Israel while the Spirit of Sabbath was given to all of humanity. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Archaeological and scientific evidence indicates that the olive tree ( Olea europaea) was most likely first cultivated on the border between Turkey and Syria, spreading from there throughout the. And they said to the olive tree, Reign over us! But the olive tree said to them, Should I cease giving my oil, with which they honor God and men, and go to sway over trees? (Judges 9:8-9). King Solomon traded this type of oil with Hiram of Tyre in exchange for cedar and cypress wood (I Kings 5:10-11). The shaking pictures each one of us, who must literally be shaken up in order for us to repent of our sins, become converted, and to change our way of life to conform to Gods standard of living. The Two Olive Trees has refocused it's writing on the exact message preached by the Lord Jesus Christ while He was on earth. For who has despised the day of small things? I have worked on ghostwriting services for different Authors with good results. And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof." - Zechariah 4:3 These are also described in Verses 11 to 14. Revelation 11.4 - "These are symbolized by the two olive trees and the two lampstands and are standing before the Lord of the earth" V.3 "I will cause my two witnesses to prophesy" Who are these two witnesses? Oil, therefore, is a type of the Holy Spirit as are water (John 7:37-39) and the wind (John 3:8; Acts 2:1-4). They had to be continually refilled with oil . David wrote of the Messiah, You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God,, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions (Psalm 45:7). Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. The menorah in the Tabernacle with its seven lamps was lit with oil for the light (Exo.25:6). There was a problem loading your book clubs. In Revelation, Jesus Christ explains the meaning of the seven lamps of the lampstand. When he put his belief in Jesus, Philip baptized him, Acts 8:26-38. To save ourselves! However, there is much more to the olive tree than almost anybody imagines. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon (Hosea 14:4-6); and, Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God (Jeremiah 32:37-38). That is why there was the sending of two witnesses in the book of Revelation (Rev 11). In it, the resurrected Jesus Christ replaces the central pole, and the seven lampstands are arrayed around Him, much like the seven lamps. Many have noticed that the book of Zechariah seems to be a type or forerunner of the book of Revelation, the last book in the New Testament. When lepers were cleansed, a special sacrifice was made, together with fine flour mixed with [olive] oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil (Lev.14:10). When the Messiah returns, He will give the people the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified (Isaiah 61:3). The flour of a sin offering also was to be free from both oil and frankincense (Lev.5:11). The symbolism of the two olive trees and two lampstands is encountered in a slightly different arrangement in the book of Zechariah. "And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophecy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. A sign of peaceThe first mention of olive in the Holy Bible is when the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Genesis 8:11), Oil for the lightIn the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness (1Chronicles 21:29) pure oil olive [was] beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. (Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2) The lamp which burned olive oil always in the tabernacle is an allegory of the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (2Corinthians 4:3-4), how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: (1Corinthians 15:3-4) When the Lord Jesus told the Jews, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it uphe spake of the temple of his body. (John 2:18-21; Matthew 26:61), It is a great tragedy that the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. In a similar passage in the Life of Adam the oil is referred to as the tree of mercy from which the oil of life flows.. Solomon wrote, For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light (Prov.6:23). And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes; if anyone would harm them, thus he is doomed to be killed. According to Robertsons Word Pictures, Gethsemane means oil-press in the Hebrew, or olive vat. ?What do you know about "THE TWO WITNESSES AND THE TWO WITNESSES"?? Odysseus responds bitterly with a story about how he had built the chamber around a living olive tree whose trunk formed one of the bed's legs ( Odyssey 23.183-207). For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2Corinthians 4:4-6), The olive pressGethsemane was the location of a garden in the mount of Olives. But Gods Spirit opens His Word and His Law to our understanding, so we can grasp and obey them! Why the number thirteen? Regardless of your own RELIGIONKindly WATCH this VIDEO PREVIEW on how the 'TWO WITNESSING' ( '2' is the minimum number of WITNESSES required to establish the TRUTH- Mark 6: 7, Rev. What is this symbolism? Revelation 11. THE TWO OLIVE TREES TWO WITNESSES OF GOD When Zechariah saw the two olive trees standing on the right and left sides of the golden candlestick, he asked the angel, " What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? When David was chosen to be king of Israel, God said to Samuel the prophet, Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse, the Bethlehemite. "And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophecy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. An objection to this interpretation is that those blessed departed servants of God would have to submit to death ( Revelation 11:7 Revelation 11:8), and this in Moses' case a second time, which Hebrews 9:27 denies. They can still be grafted back onto the good tree, if they will only come to their senses, repent of their sins, and accept the Messiah Yeshua of Nazareth who was proved to be the true Messiah by many proofs, as the New Testament record reveals. Exposure: Full sun Size: You can have the new creation realities and confess we are gods, we are His righteousness but you need help to walk into those sayings even if they are already evident in the Spirit. Leaves, twigs and dirt having been removed, the olives were beaten to pieces, crushed, and put into a basket, and the oil was allowed to flow out by itself. The Prophet Zechariah had a vision of the lampstands and the olive trees. In the Song of Solomon, the Shulamite a type of Gods Church, or Israel says of her Betrothed, the Messiah For your love is better than wine. . (Rev.1:12-16). At least two young women have inexplicably died while in the company of one man, Frank. 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