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Revelation chapter 11 verses 9 through 12 for 3 and a half days

some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse

to let them be placed in a tomb.

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make Mary and exchange presence because these two prophets had been a torment to those who

dwell on the earth. But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered

them and they stood up on their feet and great fear fell on those

who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them,

Come up here and they went up to heaven in a cloud and their enemies watched them.

This is pretty graphic imagery of prophets who had spoken God's word and were killed as a result and the world people in the world rejoicing

over their death. That's the whole picture here. Those who dwell on the earth is a

reference to those who remain opposed to God and his word, rejoicing over these

prophets, making Mary exchanging presence over these people who had proclaimed God's word who had died these martyrs.

And yet after that a voice from heaven speaks to those prophets come up here. The breath of life from God enters them and they

go up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watch them and the message is clear for martyrs this

world and what this world does to them will not be the last word. For martyrs and how this world thinks about

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