2 Years Are Left, and the Two Witnesses Are About to Emerge to the World Anytime Now

Literally.A Roman soldier.
Longinus is supposedly his name

Mark 15:39
And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”


So them who pierced him is probably speaking of something else.

There's nothing symbolic about an earthquake and the heavens departing from the earth like a scroll being rolled together.

That is an actual event which has taken place before but not in ,70.ad.

I agree the time is a bit off.I was thinking the 2000 years might be from the year Jesus said this.

Luke 13:32
He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’

you are just wanting the world to end so badly that you grasp to anything to make the end come tomorrow

I think we should be able to trust the word's of Jesus at face value ... look at the time stamps in the Book.

According to Luke 21.

We are now in the age of the Gentiles.

According to Matthew's gospel people did rise from the dead.

Matthew 27:51-53
And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.

And no,Christ did not come and raise the dead in 70 ad nor did he come and reign in 70 ad.

So you don't believe that the language describing judgment could be symbolic, but those that pierced Him can be other than those who pierced Him?
How about verse 1...come to pass shortly...and verse 3...at hand? When do they refer to?

Sure there is. What do both things have in common? Both are destructive. They both describe the opposite of what transpired in creation.
Both also are symbolic of the old covenant that is coming to an end. To you and I this seems a small thing. To a devout first century Jew, this was the end of his world. His whole existence was tied to Jerusalem and the temple. When they were destroyed, so was his whole world. Symbolically, his life is full of earthquakes and a world peeling away.

They refer to the people the revelation is ment for .
Such as them who repent and don't worship the beast or it's image.

Ah, this reminds me of something Bill Perkins wrote / showed in 2018 (from his article called "2 Days in Scripture"):

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Oh brother.
A severe earthquake is just that,a severe earthquake.
It takes place the same time the two witnesses ascend into heaven in a cloud which I guess you believe that also took place in ,70 ad because you believe that was the time of the end.

Revelation 11
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.



So did anyone in 70 ad watch the two witnesses ascend into heaven at the time of the great earthquake?
Any witnesses see that and write it down?

The 2 witnesses are Moses and Elijah...the law and the prophets. The word of God testifies against Israel. It reveals that they didn't keep the terms of the covenant and now will suffer the punishment for not doing so. And, of course, word of God goes to heaven to show that it has been withdrawn from them.

But what does this event ^ have to do with what the poster had specifically spoken of, when they'd posted these words:

My suggestion: read the poster's words a little more carefully.

They were not referencing things which took place at the time of the Cross and His Resurrection (32ad... or thereabouts).

[I see that poster/member already addressed this matter in their posts #82-83 ]

Well,did anyone witness them ascending into heaven in 70 ad when the earthquake took place?

How have they pierced Him?

My understanding is that it is similar to the phrasing found in Matt23:35 ("whom ye slew" is also the wording said re: Jesus in Acts 5:30 for example)...

...now, in Matt23:35 the phrase "whom ye slew" and of whom that is in reference to is debated amongst the commentaries, but my view is closest to what it says in the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary :

"unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar—As there is no record of any fresh murder answering to this description, probably the allusion is not to any recent murder, but to 2Ch 24:20-22, as the last recorded and most suitable case for illustration. And as Zacharias' last words were, "The Lord require it," so they are here warned that of that generation it should be required."


-- https://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/23-35.htm [bold and underlined mine]









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[some examples... there are others...]


Matthew 20

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.



Mark 10

33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.



Acts 2:23b-24

...you put to death, having crucified Him by lawless hands, 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the agony of death, inasmuch as it was not possible for Him to be held by it.



Acts 3:13-15

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

[note: in v.17 Peter goes on to say, "And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers."]



Acts 4:10,11

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole…



Acts 5 (BSB) - The Apostles Before the Council

…29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed [G1315] by hanging Him on a tree. 31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.…



Acts 10:39

We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,



Acts 13:29

When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.






John 8 (AMP)

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “[a]I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” 13 Then the Pharisees told Him, “You are testifying on Your own behalf; Your testimony is not valid.” 14 Jesus replied, “Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge according to human standards [just by what you see]. I do not judge anyone. 16 But even if I do judge, My judgment is true and My decision is right; for I am not alone [in making it], but I and the Father who sent Me [make the same judgment]. 17 Even in your own law it is written that the testimony of two persons is true [valid and admissible]. 18 I am One [of the Two] who testifies about Myself, and My Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” 19 Then the Pharisees said to Him, “Where is this Father of Yours?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20 Jesus said these things in the treasury, as He taught in the temple [courtyard]; and no one seized Him, because His time had not yet come.

21 Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews were asking [among themselves], “Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 That is why I told you that you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am the One [I claim to be], you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to Him, “Who are You [anyway]?” Jesus replied, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning? 26 I have many things to say and judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I say to the world [only] the things that I have heard from Him.” 27 They did not realize [or have the spiritual insight to understand] that He was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will know then [without any doubt] that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own authority, but I say these things just as My Father taught Me. 29 And He who sent Me is [always] with Me; He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.” 30 As He said these things, [c]many believed in Him.

I believe outside of what we learn through studying the Bible

Following extra biblical writings is a recipe for deception dude, beware!