…..and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three 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, 10 and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 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. 12 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. 13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
Comment: The two Prophets were not popular! Godless people mocked their memory and even rejoiced making merry and giving presents. The two, to the surprise and horror of the mocking godless mob have new life breathed into them, and they were whisked up to heaven in a cloud! On the earth below there is a great earthquake, causing massive damage and the death of seven thousand people. The surviving people were terrified but their mocking changed to GIVING GLORY TO GOD. Another ‘woe’ is about to strike!
Prayer: Help me to hold fast to Your Promise that Jesus will return to make all things ‘right’.
As I read it! 