The Chariot and the Horse - Part 4 - Two Witnesses by Hendrik Vorster

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The Chariot and the Horse

Part 4 Two Witnesses 8 Bring forth the blind people who have eyes and the deaf who have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them could predict this and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear and acknowledge, It is the truth. 10 You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know Me, believe Me and remain steadfast to Me, and understand that I am He. (Isa 43:8-10) Ampl Not by power, nor by mightâ&#x20AC;Ś The Prophet Haggai Israel was 70 years in captivity and had even returned to their own home land, but God could not bless them, for as the prophet Haggai prophesied: 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say, The time is not yet come that the Lord's house should be rebuilt although Cyrus had ordered it done eighteen years before. 3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house of the Lord lies in ruins? (Hag 1:2-4) Ampl The prophet showed the people that returned from captivity that they were not blessed as The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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God desired for them, saying: 6 You have sown much, but you have reaped little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages has earned them to put them in a bag with holes in it. (Hag 1:6) Ampl Then the prophet reveals the real reason why they still could not get the breakthrough, saying: 9 You looked for much harvest, and behold, it came to little; and even when you brought that home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of My house, which lies waste while you yourselves run each man to his own house eager to build and adorn it. 10 Therefore the heavens above you for your sake withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its produce. 11 And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hill country, upon the grain, the fresh wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all the wearisome toil of men's hands. (Hag 1:9-11) Ampl It was not as though the people were not working, but their work produced very little effect. They have wished for more, but nothing worked out the way they desired. The prophet Zechariah During this same time God rose up another prophet – Zechariah, showing him many prophetic things, for just knowing Yeshua, is the Spirit of prophecy. God also rose up this prophet for the same purpose as the prophet Haggai, saying to Him, through the angel: 6 Then he said to me, This addition of the bowl to the candlestick, causing it to yield a ceaseless supply of oil from the olive trees is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying: “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit of Whom the oil is a symbol, says the Lord of hosts. 7 For who are you, O great mountain of human obstacles? Before Zerubbabel, who with Joshua had led the return of the exiles from Babylon and was undertaking the rebuilding of the temple, before him, you shall become a plain, a mere molehill! And he shall bring forth the finishing gable stone of the new temple with loud shoutings of the people, crying: “Grace, grace to it!” 8 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house; his hands shall also finish it. Then you shall know, recognize and understand that the Lord of hosts has sent me, His messenger to you. (Zech 4:6-9) Ampl God desired to see the Temple being rebuilt, before He could bless Israel, thus he sent the prophets Zechariah and Haggai to both Zerubbabel and Joshua, the governor and high priest, encouraging them to restart and complete the building of the temple. The people of Israel heeded the word of the Lord from the mouths of the two prophets as was written: 12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people who had returned from captivity, listened to and obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, not vaguely or partly, but completely, according to the words of Haggai the prophet, since the Lord their God had sent him, and the people reverently feared and worshipfully turned to the Lord. 13 Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's message to the people saying, I am with you, says the Lord. 14 And the Lord aroused the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they came and labored on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 15 On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. (Hag 1:12-15) Ampl God wanted to bless His people. God is very consequent and even persistent to bless His people. As God said to the prophet Jeremiah, He also say to us: “11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. 12 Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. 13 Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me as a vital necessity and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jer 29:11-13) Ampl Why did God sent two prophets to the governor and to the high priest? The scripture says, that at the mouth of at least two witnesses God will establish His word. The Prophets and the Elders must build the House of the Lord together… 2 Years ago, the Lord called me to leave my work, and to start preparing His people for His coming. During that same time the word of the Lord came to me, saying as David said to King Solomon his son, encouraging Him to build the temple or the house of the Lord, saying: 20b Be strong and courageous, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail or forsake you until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. (1 Ch 28:20) Ampl On that day, God confirmed that He would be with me in the calling, which He had given me to complete, preparing His people for His coming, just as He had said on the 9th of May 2001. A few years after God called us, before joining a deliverance ministry, the Lord Yeshua gave a word to the leaders of that ministry, in confirmation of all that He had called us to accomplish in this generation, saying: 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, heir to the throne of Judah and Joshua son of Jozadak and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, Haggai and Zechariah, helping them. (Ezra 5:2) Ampl Prophets as signs… These things, once again, are another prophetic shadow picture, which referred to another time in a future generation, who will see the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ on the clouds of Glory. The prophet Zechariah asked about the meaning of a vision, which he saw, as was written: 11 Then I said to him the angel who talked with me, What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it? 12 And a second time I said to him, What are these The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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two olive branches, which are beside the two golden tubes or spouts by which the golden oil is emptied out? 13 And he answered me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he: “These are the two sons of oil, the two anointed ones, who stand before the Lord of the whole earth as His anointed instruments.” (Zech 4:11-14) Ampl It was revealed to the prophet that two olive branches, from which oil dripped from golden pipes into the lampstand, was two anointed instruments of God. The two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, had to bring the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel and to Joshua, so that the temple could be built, encouraging the people to do God’s will. The prophets were God’s mouth piece through whom He spoke to the leaders and the people. Prophets are also signs to the people, as the prophet Hosea learnt, when YHWH said: 10 I have also spoken to you by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions for you and have appealed to you through parables acted out by the prophets. (Hos 12:10) Ampl Even to the prophet Ezekiel YHWH said: “You shall be a sign to them and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord.” (Ezek 24:27) Ampl God has often used prophets to live or demonstrate a prophetic event or principle so as to warn or teach His people. Yeshua was the ‘Prophet’ that Moses referred to when He said: 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from the midst of your brethren like me, Moses; to him you shall listen. (Deut 18:15) Ampl Yeshua’s life was the very fulfillment of scripture, fulfilling every yod and tittle of the law and the prophets. The specific seasons, which Yeshua had to fulfill, which was determined by God, as was revealed to the prophet Daniel, saying: 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the coming of the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks of years and sixty-two weeks of years; it shall be built again with city square and moat, but in troublous times. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks of years shall the Anointed One be cut off or killed and shall have nothing and no one belonging to and defending Him. (Dan 9:25-26) Ampl This is an awesome prophecy, and pin points the very day when Yeshua was killed for our sins, showing that He is the Messiah. Thus, Yeshua is the prefect, set apart Messiah, who became the Lamb of God. Yeshua’s ministry begun precisely after 7 weeks and 62 weeks, which was 69 weeks of years or 483 years. His ministry lasted exactly 3.5 years, when He was cut off, but not for Himself, on the very day of Passover, when the sun was darkened at the 6th hour. 3.5 Days later, just as Jesus said: “Break down this temple and I will rebuild it again in three days,” He was resurrected on the day of First fruits, with many other saints, who were resurrected by His resurrection power, which was released on that day. They truly were a kind of first fruit onto God. The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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Yeshua the prophet, through the mouth of the prophet Isaiah says this about himself and many other who would follow in his footsteps as apostles and prophets: “18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and wonders that are to take place in Israel from the Lord of hosts, Who dwells on Mount Zion.” (Isa 8:18) Ampl The two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, were a sign of prophetic things to come. It was revealed to Zechariah, that just like they, like two branches, through whom God could pour His oil of revelation were, so in the future, another two prophets or anointed instruments would come. And just like they were sent with a purpose to help complete the work of God, so these two prophets would be sent by God to help complete the work of God in their time. Cyrus - My Anointed During this same, God moved in a powerful way to get the work to the temple completed. The prophet Jeremiah prophesied 100 years before, that a king would arise, with the name of Cyrus. During the same time God rose up the two prophets, Zechariah and Haggai, He also moved the heart of King Cyrus to rebuild the temple, as was written: 21 To fulfill the Lord's word by Jeremiah, till the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths; for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath to fulfill seventy years. [Lev. 25:4; 26:43; Jer. 25:11; 29:10.] 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given me, and He has charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem. (2 Ch 36:21-23) Ampl God had a plan to restore His glory back to His people. God is in control. He is the one who have the hearts of kings in His hand, as the king of Babylon discovered, saying: 36 Now at the same time my reason and understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me, and my counselors and my lords sought me out; I was reestablished in my kingdom, and still more greatness than before was added to me. 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, Whose works are all faithful and right and Whose ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to abase and humble. (Dan 4:36-37) Ampl God has a destiny for South Africa and will not let go of the works of His hands, but the zeal of the Lord will accomplish all that He has predestined for South Africa. On the 24th of June 2009, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “I make President Jacob Zuma My Cyrus!” Yeshua is beginning a work in South Africa that will not be stopped anymore, but will come to pass just as Yeshua had planned it before time begun. God is going to us the President to complete this work which He has for this country in its time in destiny. See the prophecy: King Cyrus - Part 1 - God's king Cyrus The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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The Two Anointed Ones The angel Gabriel revealed to Zechariah that the two branches coming from the two olives trees, with oil dripping into the lampstand are two anointed instruments of God. The prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, were a prophetic sign of two prophets who will be raised up by YHWH in the days just before Yeshua is revealed, as was prophesied about them: 3 And I will grant the power of prophecy to My two witnesses for 1,260, 42 months; three and one-half years, dressed in sackcloth. 4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, which stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone attempts to injure them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their enemies; if anyone should attempt to harm them, thus he is doomed to be slain. 6 These two witnesses have power to shut up the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, their prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph; and they also have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite and scourge the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they choose. (Rev 11:3-6) Ampl These prophets will be able to do all the signs and the wonders that YHWH had wrought through Moses and Elijah, as a witness and a testimony of Yeshua – Jesus Christ. After the 40 day fast, on the 27th of April 2002, YHWH gave us sign that appeared to both of us at the same time. In the sign we saw two horses and Elijah sitting in a Chariot, having a machine gun with a telescope mounted infront of the chariot. This prophetic sign God has shown His people so that they would understand what He is doing in this generation and to prepare us for His coming. The prophet Malachi prophesied, saying: 1 BEHOLD, I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. (Mal 3:1) Ampl Before Yeshua will be revealed a second time, He will send another messenger, just like John the Baptist, before His face. Many time we expect something very different than what God intends. Just after Yeshua’s resurrection, His disciples said to Him: 6 So when they were assembled, they asked Him: “Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel?” (Act 1:6) Ampl They expected that Yeshua would set up His kingdom on the earth at that time, because they did not understand the scriptures. We too, like that generation will not be made ready unless we understand that which YHWH is doing in the earth in this generation. We expect ‘Elijah’ to come, before Yeshua comes the second time, but the prophet said: 4 Earnestly remember the law of Moses, My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on Mount Horeb to give to all Israel. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. (Mal 4:4-5) Ampl The prophet not only tell us that Elijah is coming, but also reminds us of all that God did in the time of the The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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giving of the Torah, during the time of the prophet Moses. Thus, the prophet reminds us of two prophets: Moses and Elijah. Revealing the Chariot and the Horse The Scriptures says: “Who bring forth Chariot and Horse” and then the prophets says: “Army and Power” These are two different type of vehicles or modes of travelling. The Chariot cannot go without the horse, but the horse can go without the chariot, but would not have its full strength in war if it fights alone. The Chariot is pulled by a horse or horses. As a combination, they become a mighty weapon of warfare, with which Yeshua can break the strongholds of the earth. This is why the prophet Isaiah says about the weapon of YHWH: 20 You are My battle-ax or maul and weapon of war, for with you I break nations in pieces, with you I destroy kingdoms, 21 With you I break in pieces the horse and his rider, with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer, 22 With you I break in pieces man and woman, with you I break in pieces old man and youth, with you I break in pieces young man and maiden, 23 With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, with you I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen, and with you I break in pieces governors and commanders. (Jer 51:20-23) Ampl YHWH is going to send the Breaker, the Anointing, before them to break all that was opposed to and contrary to the Spirit of Yeshua – Jesus Christ. They, together, will do the same work as YHWH had told the prophet Jeremiah, saying: 7 But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Be not afraid of them or their faces, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. 9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 See, I have this day appointed you to the oversight of the nations and of the kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant. (Jer 1:7-10) Ampl This is why the prophet says: 15 For, behold, the LORD will come in fire, and His chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire will the LORD contend, and by His sword with all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be many. (Isa 66:15-16) Ampl God, Himself will at that time come to save His Bride, but will punish His enemies with the rebuke of fire. Even the prophet Malachi prophecy about those days, saying: 1 FOR BEHOLD, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal 4:1) Ampl This is the day that will test the works of each man with fire, as Paul says: 13 The work of each one will become plainly, openly known, shown for what it is; for the day of Christ will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done. 14 If the work which any person has built on this Foundation, any product of his efforts, whatever survives this test, he will get his reward. 15 But if any person's work is burned up under the test, he will suffer the loss of it all, losing his reward, though he himself will be saved, but only as one who has passed through fire. (1 Cor 3:13-15) Ampl We must watch ourselves and test ourselves, comparing ourselves with the word of God consistently, so that we are not caught like a thief in the night, so that Master will come upon us at an hour we do not expect Him. The Chariot or Army: The Hebrew word for Chariot is ‘‫ ‘רכב‬- reh'-keb. This is from the root word to ride; a vehicle; by implication a team; by extension cavalry; that is, the upper millstone: chariot, upper millstone, multitude from the margin, wagon. This word had the most awesome connection with intercession and with the prophet Elijah… On the 10th of October 2002, we saw in the heavens a sign of something looking like a large cone or a millstone. The Lord indicated that this cone or millstone was turning by a circle surrounding it on the top. What does this sign resemble? What is the Lord Yeshua revealing through this sign in the heavens? I used to be an engineer before the Lord called me to be a prophet to the nations. This millstone is a large and heavy stone, that was used to grind the wheat and then separate the wheat from the chaff by winnowing the wheat from the chaff by wind. A few months before Yeshua appeared to both of us the same time, the Lord send a devout old lady, to both us at the same time, giving me this word, by the prophet Isaiah, saying: 15 Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff. 16 You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest or whirlwind shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa 41:15-16) Ampl The Threshing Sledge… Anderson’s (1997) work on the history of the threshing sled provides support for this contention. According to a Wikipedia article, [Fig.] Threshing sledge of the Near East, artist unknown

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“Patricia C. Anderson … discovered archaeological remains that demonstrate the existence of threshing-boards at least 8 6,000 years old in the Near East and Balkans. The artefacts are lithic flakes and, above all obsidian or flint blades, recognizable through the type of microscopic wear that it has.” A threshing board is a type of sled or sledge made of a heavy board or boards turned up at the front end and studded on the underside with sharp bits of obsidian or metal. Pulled in circles over harvested cereal crops spread on a threshing floor, the device will separate the grain from its husks and straw. Although a threshing board could be weighted with stones and pulled by humans, the earliest depictions show it being pulled by draft animals. To add weight to the sled, the driver often would ride on it while it was in use. Traditional threshing sledges were made with flint chips and used in Corsica into the 20th Century. In Latin a threshing sledge is a tribulum, from which comes the English word tribulation, often used in the King James Bible. Threshing boards or sledges appear on sandstone tablets from the mid-4th Millenium BC in Kish, and in cuneiform clay tablets from around 3000 BC. A pre-Sargonic text from southern Mesopotamia, DP 75, records a list of material goods presented by Lugalanda, governor of Lugash, to his son Ur-tarsirsira, when the latter’s wife, Ninenishe, was buried, according to Steinkeller, quoted by Potts (1997), the valued items interred with Ninenishe included a boxwood threshing sledge, a team of she-mules, and a slave girl, along with many personal and household items. [Fig.] Impression found in Turkey, made with a cylinder seal. At Arslantepe-Malatya in central Turkey, in an archaeological layer dated by dendochronology to 3374 BC, an impression of a cylinder seal showing a threshing sledge was found. The main figure is seated on a chair or throne on the sled under a shade made of cloth, while a walking person drives the donkey or mule pulling the sled. A wall painting at the same site shows a similar scene, where a seated figure rides on a sledge The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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drawn by a pair of oxen.The Wikipedia article states, “In that era, the threshing-board was a sophisticated and expensive implement, built by specialized artisans, using pieces of flint or obsidian; in the case of Lower Mesopotamia, these were imported from far away: in the alluvial plateau of Sumer, as in all south of Mesopotamia, it was impossible to find stone, not even a pebble.” God has raised up a threshing instrument to separate the wheat from the chaff. He will send His whirlwind to scatter them and the wind will blow them away. Does not even the prophet John say this about the One who will come to judge His people: 17 His winnowing shovel or fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear and cleanse His threshing floor and to gather the wheat and store it in His granary, but the chaff He will burn with fire that cannot be extinguished. (Luke 3:17) Ampl Therefore says John the Baptist: 9 Even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees, so that every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. (Luke 3:9) Ampl The millstone was also used to separate the wheat from the chaff and was pulled by a bull in order to build momentum and break the wheat off from the chaff. But without the Spirit of God, the wind, they would have no power to do this work. The prophet Elijah understood this spiritual mystery or secret, for the scriptures says this about Elijah: “The earnest, heartfelt, continued prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available, dynamic in its working. 17 Elijah was a human being with a nature such as we have with feelings, affections, and a constitution like ours; and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And then he prayed again and the heavens supplied rain and the land produced its crops as usual. (James 5:16b – 18) Ampl The scripture says that this prophet did not give in, but prayed earnestly, as was written: “And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees. 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said: “There is nothing.” Elijah said: “Go again!” Seven times. 44 And at the seventh time the servant said: “A cloud as small as a man's hand is arising out of the sea.” And Elijah said: “Go up, say to Ahab, Hitch your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you. 45 In a little while, the heavens were black with wind-swept clouds, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went to Jezreel. 46 The hand of the Lord was on Elijah. He girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel nearly twenty miles. (1 Kings 42b-46) Ampl Did not Yeshua say to me: When you go and tell South Africa that the rain is coming, then the Spirit of Yeshua will come upon you and you will run out before the Chariot? God desires this generation to see the rain coming, but it cannot come until Elijah prays for the latter rain to fall, just like it did on the day of Pentecost. On the 29th of October 2008, a sign appeared to both us at the same, after 4 years of not seeing any more signs in the heavens together. I knew in my spirit what I saw, but not understand what it was, until I discovered a picture of a The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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threshing sledge, having two horses, pulling the sledge. According to history, the sledge later changed into a chariot with wheels. The Hebrew word for Army - khah'-yil – Is the root word for ‘a force’, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength: - able, activity, army, band of men, soldiers, company, great forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, valiantly, virtuously, war, worthily. This word speaks of an army of soldiers which brings forth the resources needed to fight the battle. To explain this principle in the Spirit we must look at Moses: 9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses said and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the hilltop. 11 When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and when he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy and grew weary. So the other men took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua mowed down and disabled Amalek and his people with the sword. (Ex 17:9-13) Ampl (Exo 17:9-13) Ampl Joshua and His men could overcome the enemy as long as the rod or the staff of Moses was held up in the air in His hand. As soon as Moses became weak, and lowered the rod, they started losing the battle. Moses was doing intercession while the battle was fought in the valley. Thus, Moses supplied the spiritual resource or power that was needed through prayer and intercession, so that God could help those in the battle field to overcome and break the stronghold of Amalek. This principle can very easily be seen in the New Testament. Peter and John, the apostles, were sent to do the work of God. But they were persecuted and the devil tried to stop them. Then they got together as is written: 23 After they were permitted to go, the apostles returned to their own company and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said: “O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them, (Act 4:23-24) Ampl They prayed for God to grant them strength and ability to complete the work, saying: 29 And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants full freedom to declare Your message fearlessly, 30 While You stretch out Your The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus. (Acts 4:29-30) Ampl The result was a release of power that was awesome: 31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage. (Act 4:31) Ampl We have desired to see signs and miraculous breakthrough in our generation, but we have done the work in the Spirit that is needed. Therefore God now sends us Moses to come and teach us how the do this, so that we could receive the break through and see the power of God released in signs and wonders like no other generation has ever seen before. During a 10 day retreat in Sandbay in the Cape, where more than 200 devout men and women got together, having prepared, many days before hand, through prayer and intercession, I asked the Lord when would I see as He sees, just He had promised me in the beginning. As I sat down, I was caught up into the spirit. After many days of being caught up int the spirit every day, my body started to change. I no longer became hungry, nor tired. I was reminded of what had happened to Moses after being in God’s presence more than 40 days. He had no need of water nor food, but lived on the bread that came from heaven. During this time I saw many other signs and wonders, which the Lord allowed me to experience so that I might have understanding of how YHWH wants to prepare His people for His coming. I needed to do no spiritual work, but as a prophet, familiar with the spirit I was able to soar to new heights. God is raising up a prayer chariot so that Glory of YHWH can fill the earth as the water cover the sea. The Horse: The Hebrew word for Horse came from an unused root meaning to skip, properly for joy; a horse as leaping; also a swallow from its rapid flight. On the 25th of May 2001, a large sign appeared in the heavens. I saw a sign of a woman with the moon under her feet. I also felt in my heart that the Lord wanted to show us more signs that day. In obedience we went to a large park to wait on the Lord. As we worshipped the Lord Jesus, a sign of a large ‘Z’ appeared in the in the sky – indicating the city of Zion, which was the ancient name given to Jerusalem. While I saw this sign the Lord showed my brother another sign in the heaven, and reminded him of a dream he had about two swallow divers, diving backwards. The Lord Jesus encouraged both of us to trust in Him like swallow divers who dive backwards without being able to see where they were diving. See Part 2 - Comfort, Comfort My People - The Rose of Sharon & Tel Aviv The Hebrew word for Power came from the root word - to be stout- forcible; collectively and concretely an army: strong.

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Just before Yeshua ascended into heaven, He left His disciples with these words: 8 But you shall receive power, ability, efficiency, and might, when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends or the very bounds of the earth. (Act 1:8) Ampl The Greek word for Power is - doo'-nam-is - force; specifically miraculous power, usually by implication a miracle itself: ability, abundance, meaning, mightily, mighty deeds, worker of miracles, power, strength, violence, mighty wonderful work. Yeshua will empower his servants to do great signs and wonders in the last days. Although these were possible from the beginning they will now culminate into a powerful weapon of war, with which He will thresh the nations. Therefore, Joel prophesied about another time, just before Yeshua is revealed the second time, saying: 18 Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy, telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God's kingdom. 19 And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes--that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned day. (Act 2:18-20) Ampl YHWH had chosen to reveal Himself to this generation through great sign and wonders of which all that Yeshua had started to reveal to us were only a forerunner of more powerful things to come. YHWH prophecy by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, saying I will bring forth the Chariot and the Horse, singular. He says He will bring forth two individuals, the chariot and the horse. He will make a way in the sea and break open the spiritual heavens, separating the waters from the waters, tearing the veil that had kept us bound and separated from Jesus the Christ, the Anointed One, our King of all kings and Lord of all lords. The Two Horses The sign, which YHWH had shown the two of us, so that we may be a witness to this generation, had two horses, which are the two witnesses. The chariot is the Spirit and the power of Elijah, which will be released, through prayer and intercession, when these two prophets come in agreement. The chariot is sent so that God could come and take away His bride, just like Elijah was taken away in a chariot of Fire. These two prophets are a representation of the Law and the prophets. They are also a type of God’s relationship to man and man’s relationship to God. They are also, just like the two tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, the first 5 commands were laws concerning man’s relationship to God and the last 5 commands were man’s relationship with God and those around them. They are also a type of the Old and the New Testaments.

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Moses’ purpose was to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, out from under the oppression of the world’s system, while the prophet Elijah was sent to break down the altars of the Baal prophets and the controlling systems of religion, which is the spirit of Jezebel. On the 12th of May 2001, while we looked into the sky, a sign appeared infront of us. A line started growing, coming out of the coast of South Africa. It seemed like it came out of one of the east coast cities South Africa, looking like Port Elizabeth. This line grew and went up and around the South African coast, around the Cape de Good Hope, through the mighty waters of the Atlantic Ocean, all the way to England. In England the direction changed and went towards Europe. In Europe, a sign of two horses appeared, standing on their hind legs, spewing fire out of their mouths. The Lord indicated that we would travel to many different countries in Europe, including France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Then the Lord indicated how they would travel from Italy to North Africa. A helicopter appeared above the line going from Italy to North Africa, on the way across the Mediterranean Sea. As soon as the line reached Africa, which seemed to be somewhere in Algeria, the path of the chariot and the horse split up. The Lord indicated that the horse went southwards, towards Niger and then to Chad, whiles the chariot, went towards Libya and Egypt. Then the Lord, through this magnificent sign, showed how the chariot and the horse would meet each other again in Egypt. The sign of something like a great revival appeared in Egypt, looking like many would travel north with us, into the land of Israel. After this the line made one more turn. It turned towards the east and went down into Arabia. On the 17th of June 2001, a sign of a fountain appeared in the heavens, it looked like it came out of the city of Pretoria. Then the word of the Lord came to me, "I will open a fountain in Jerusalem and pour out on the house of Israel and Jerusalem an Spirit of supplication and the fear of YHWH”, according to the prophets Isaiah and Zechariah: “In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped. And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life, After the Lord has washed away the moral filth of the daughters of Zion, pride, vanity, haughtiness and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting. And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy, a defence of divine love and protection. And there shall be a pavilion for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain. (Isa 4:2-6) Ampl And “In that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. (Zech 13:1) Ampl The prophet prophesied to the day when the sin of the Jewish people has The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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been cleansed by the most terrible judgment of God upon them and the other nations of the world. God has also called the Jewish people to accept Jesus Christ, their Messiah, so that they too, may inherit eternal life. While we looked, the fountain coming out of Southern Africa, Africa, out of Pretoria, looked like a burning bush, which burnt, but was not consumed. The sign changed and became a large sign of the hand of the Lord, which filled the whole heavens. Inside of the hand of the Lord we saw two figures standing. These figures represented the Two witnesses whom God would hold in the palm of His hand until they have accomplished all that He had called them for. Then the word of the Lord came to me: “I will hold you in the palm of My hand and nothing will be able to remove you from from My hand”, just like the prophet Isaiah prophesied about Zion, God’s chosen people and Jerusalem, saying: “But “ Zion Jerusalem, her people as seen in captivity said, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. And the Lord answered: answered “Can a woman forget her nursing child,, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have indelibly imprinted, tattooed a picture of you on the palm of each of My hands; O Zion your walls are ar continually before Me.” (Isa 49:14-16) Ampl After this we saw a sign of many angels gathering, worshipping God for what He was about to do in the earth. The sign of the burning bush changed once again, and became a mighty whirlwind. Still driven by the Holy Spirit, we decided to go to a park to worship God and wait on Him, expecting to hear and receive more revelation and guidance from the Lord God Almighty. Another sign appeared in the sky! We saw the whirlwind became a large ‘Y’ – which referred to the t Name of God – YHWH, I AM WHO I AM! This was the Name, which God gave Moses when He appeared to Him the first time at the burning bush, in Midian, in Arabia. Another sign appeared in the heavens. We saw the right-hand right hand of a man appear in the sky. Then I said to my brother: “Who would believe us if we told them these things!” Then the word of the Lord came to me and completed my sentence, through the word of the prophet Isaiah, saying: “Who has believed, trusted in, relied upon, and clung to our message of that which was revealed to us? us And to whom has the arm of YHWA been disclosed?” disclosed (Isa 53:1) Ampl We glorified God for the miraculous way in which He revealed Himself to us. As we arrived at the place of worship I heard the Lord saying to me: “The Anti-Christ Anti Christ is now putting his pawns in place, but I am also putting My pawns in place!” Driven by the Holy Spirit my brother said: “It feels like the Lord is starting a Revolution on the face of the earth today!” In faith I said to the Lord: “Lord if you want to start a Revolution on the face The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) 27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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of the earth today, please show us a sign of a capital letter ‘R’. I turned to my brother, thinking of the possibility that an ‘R’ would appear in the sky! As I looked back, seconds later, we saw the sign of a large ‘R’ in the heavens. We both saw this sign at the same time, God is our witness. Then another sign appeared in the heavens, both of us saw it and we confirm that this is true. The Lord showed us two men with tongues of fire on their heads. While we thought about these things, another sign two horses with their necks twirling around each other, like two horses in playful battle, appeared in the sky. After this another sign appeared in the sky. We saw a how the hand of the Lord God pointed towards the north, into the direction of Israel. We knew that God had destined us to witness before all nations and also before the nation of Israel to the glory of His Name. After this, the Lord Jesus showed us another sign of a comet that went into the north. We did not know what this meant, but believed, according to the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, that a great star would fall in Israel. In the month of December 2007, the Lord Jesus gave us the partial interpretation of this sign. See: A Star has been born. YHWH, indicated how He would raise up these two horses, so that they might fulfill His command and will in the last hour, before Yeshua comes to take away His bride. See The Spirit of Elijah – Part 1 – I will pour out My Spirit God’s Chess piece - They are extinguished… The prophet Isaiah then continues, prophesying, and saying: “They lie down together, they cannot rise; they are extinguished, they are quenched like a lampwick: Who are they that will lie down, just like the chariots of Pharaoh were buried on the bottom of the Red sea? On the 18th of March 2002, a sign of a young bull, that had just been born, appeared in the sky. See: The Lord's Times and Seasons - Part 3 – Taurus. Then another sign appeared in the sky, when I inquired from the Lord as to when this young bull would start his ruling? Then another sign of two horses that was killed and was lying dead on the ground, as is written: 8 And their dead bodies will lie exposed in the open street or a public square of the great city, The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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which is in a spiritual sense called by the mystical and allegorical names of Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days men from the races and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and will not allow them to be put in a tomb. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will gloat and exult over them and rejoice exceedingly, taking their ease and sending presents [in congratulation] to one another, because these two prophets had been such a vexation and trouble and torment to all the dwellers on the earth. (Rev 11:8-10) Ampl Thus, according to the word of the Lord Jesus, by these signs in the heavens, the rulership of the Beast, the now young bull, who has just been born, would commence, when the two witnesses would lay dead in the streets of Jerusalem for 3.5 days, people refusing to bury them. On the 23rd of July 2002, in a dream I saw people playing a kind of chess game. They were strategizing their attack by the use of model animals that represented different countries. I remembered clearly the elephant that was as if standing on its hind legs and blowing it's trunk, because its neck was broken. On the 30th of August 2002, as we walked I saw in the Northern skies, a large sign of a chess piece pawn, that of the horse. While watched I saw how the horse was toppled and fell to the ground. As my brother prophesied, YHWH says again: The Anti-Christ is moving His pawns in place, but I am moving My pawn in place.” YHWH will temporary sacrifice His pawn to Satan to His Anti-Christ for a period of 3.5 days, in order to win the battle, just as Yeshua was crucified and sacrificed for our sins in order to bring us to God. Thus, YHWH by the mouth of the prophet says about the Chariot and the Horse: “They lie down together, they cannot rise; they are extinguished, they are quenched like a lampwick. God is about to start a great Revolution on the face of the earth, as He had promised us nearly 8 years ago. God is about to break the ungodly structures of this world and the ungodly religious structures of religion, by these two horses whom He will send, in the power of Moses and Elijah. All glory and praise go to YHWH alone, who has been the initiator and will be the finisher of this work, which He alone begun in our generation. From the directors: “The Witness”

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