New Jerusalem - Seven Witnesses

[Mathew Enoch Mount]

The Lion of the tribe of Judah is described in Genesis 49:8-12, and
this Lion, Christ Jesus, holds the iron staff and rules as king over
all the nations. The following is thus said, "Then one of the elders
said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the
Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its
seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain,
standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living
creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He came and took
the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne."
Revelation 5:5-7 (NIV) The Father sat on the throne and gave the
scroll to Christ the lamb whom had been slain, and this lamb is shown
with the seven eyes and seven horns of the spirits of God along with
the four witnesses that I described earlier. These seven spirits are
what Christ uses to see by, and this is what projects his will into
the universe. Like the horns that the seven priests blew when the
walls came down in Jericho the horns of Christ project the breath of
God into the world.

Scripture thus shows that the seven golden lamp (the Seven spirits of
God) that stand in the temple of God in heaven is what Christ
communicates with us with for the following is said, "Write on a
scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea." I
turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I
turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was
someone "like a son of man," dressed in a robe reaching down to his
feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were
white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing
fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice
was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven
stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face
was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. When I saw him, I
fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me
and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the
Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I
hold the keys of death and Hades. "Write, therefore, what you have
seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the
seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden
lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches."
Revelation 1:11-20 (NIV) Scripture thus shows the seven priests
encircled around the throne to be the seven arch angels of the seven
churches as they shine the light of Christ, but the lamp stands that
raise them up so that everyone can see their light are the churches
themselves. Also note that the rider on the white horse has the sward
that comes out of his mouth as well, and this is the same person ‘the
word of God’ as the first chapter of John describes him (Jesus
Christ). Notice that John has to communicate between Christ among the
seven golden lamp stand in heaven and the seven churches on earth;
moreover, this is fitting for a person whom is among one of the two
witnesses on the atonement cover of the ark of the covenant.

Just to demonstrate a shadow of the seven priests encircled around the
throne consider the following scripture, "In those days when the
number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them
complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being
overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered
all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to
neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of
the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them"
Acts 6:1-3 (NIV) Notice that the seven are encircled around the
throne in a very close proximity to the twelve (or twenty four if you
include the patriarchs). Also note that the seven are priests whom
serve God by serving the believers and caring for their needs in an
attempt to invest the love of God wisely (in this case investing the
love of God wisely takes the form of caring for the widows).

Noah was like the figure of Christ, and the ark he made protected all
believers providing them with salvation. Out of the ark came the
shadows of the seven priests over all creation for the following is
said, "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them
to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment; if
he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its
ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and
seven others" 2 Peter 2:4-5 (NIV) Overall, we thus learn that the
seven horns and seven eyes of Christ have been saved by his sacrifice
along with the rest of us as these are shadowed by the seven other
priests that came off of the ark.

Notice that in the greeting of John we shows the Father as the one
whom is, who was, and who is to come, then he gives account to the
seven spirits (the Holy Ghost), then he gives account to Christ.
"Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to
come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and
the ruler of the kings of the earth." Revelation 1:5 (NIV) You can
thus see the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in the temple of God as
bringing both grace and peace.

Notice that Christ walks among the seven golden lamp stands. "To the
angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who
holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven
golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your
perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you
have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found
them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my
name, and have not grown weary." Revelation 2:1-3 (NIV) Christ thus
delivers the message through John to one of the ‘arch angles’
regarding faithful service, and this shows John as a witness on the
blood atonement cover of the ark responding to Christ to send the
message to the ark angel.

Consider the shadow of the seven arch angels cast onto the destruction
of Jericho, "Then the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered
Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.
March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six
days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of
the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with
the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long
blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the
wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man
straight in." So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to
them, "Take up the ark of the covenant of the LORD and have seven
priests carry trumpets in front of it." And he ordered the people,
"Advance! March around the city, with the armed guard going ahead of
the ark of the LORD." Joshua 6:2-7 (NIV) Notice that the seven
priests whom are the eyes and horns of the lamb go before the ark of
God. The ark in this case embodies Christ and just as Moses and
Elijah come out of Christ like what happened before his death so to
the two witnesses on the atonement cover stand right before the
throne. This thus shows how John being one of the witness on the
atonement cover could speak a message from Christ to the seven arc
angels.

Notice just like in the destruction of Jericho the seven arc angels
are given seven trumpets. "And I saw the seven angels who stand
before God, and to them were given seven trumpets." Revelation 8:2
(NIV) Overall, this shows how the destruction of Jericho was like a
shadow of the destruction of the earth spoken about in Revelation.

The fact that wisdom is according to scripture brought forth from
eternity as the master craftsman shows Christ as eternally begotten.
We thus see the seven horns of Christ as the seven pillars of wisdom,
and we find that just as Christ has instituted communion upon Passover
so to we read about this in scripture, "Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn out its seven pillars. She has prepared her meat and
mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her
maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city. "Let all who
are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. "Come,
eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways
and you will live" Proverbs 9:1-6 (NIV) The maids of wisdom are like
the Holy Ghost or the evangelists. The fact that Jethro had seven
daughters Exodus 2:16-21 whom Moses took one of to be his wife teaches
us about the relationship between the witness on the atonement cover
and the seven spirits or seven arch angels (I described Moses and
Aaron as being shadows of the two witness on the blood atonement cover
of the arc). Ideally thus the seven arch angels dance around the
throne just like the seven flame would dance by the breath of God.

The stone that the builders rejected that is the capstone or Christ is
seen as having seven eyes, "See, the stone I have set in front of
Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an
inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin
of this land in a single day." Zechariah 3:9 (NIV) The Crucifixion
was in a since the day that sin was removed from the land.

Jesse had seven sons as Jesse was the father of King David 1 Samuel
16:9-11, and this teaches us a lot about the shadow of the seven
golden lamp stand in the temple of God in heaven for the following is
said about the seven spirits of God, "A shoot will come up from the
stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit
of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of
understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the LORD - and he will delight in the
fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or
decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will
judge the needy" Isaiah 11:1-4 (NIV) Overall, we this see Christ as
the root of David springing up with the seven horns and the seven eyes
of the lamb of God.

Consider the offices and gifts of the Holy Ghost as follows, "And in
the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of
healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of
administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. Are
all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work
miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do
all interpret?" 1 Corinthians 12:28-30 (NIV) Now notice the seven
types of service that the seven intercessors of God have according to
the scripture.

Consider carefully the making of the seven golden lamp stand, "Make a
lampstand of pure gold and hammer it out, base and shaft; its
flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms shall be of one piece with it. Six
branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one
side and three on the other. Three cups shaped like almond flowers
with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next
branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the
lampstand. And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like
almond flowers with buds and blossoms. One bud shall be under the
first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud
under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six
branches in all. The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with
the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. "Then make its seven lamps
and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. Its
wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold. A talent of pure gold
is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories." Exodus
25:31-39 (NIV) Notice that the lamp stand has four cups or four
witnesses corresponding to the four living creatures. This shows that
all of the seven ark angels have direct access to the four living
creatures encircled around the throne, and the message of the four
living creatures is woven into their lamp stands as well as shared by
them all.

Consider the fact that Jesus restored Jerusalem in the last seven days
of his earthly ministry and also consider that God created the heavens
and the earth in seven days and now consider the seven days of
ordination of the High Priest, "Do for Aaron and his sons everything I
have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them. Sacrifice a bull
each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by
making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. For seven
days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar
will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy." Exodus
29:35-37 Just like the seven days of the festival of unleavened bread
Christ makes and consecrates everything in seven phase cycles lighting
or re-lighting each lamp of the seven golden lamp stand individually.

Regarding the blood atonement of Jesus Christ we learn that Christ
atones for the sin of the believer like in the case of lighting each
of a person’s lamps individually for the following is said, "Then the
anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and carry it into
the Tent of Meeting. He is to dip his finger into the blood and
sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the
curtain of the sanctuary. The priest shall then put some of the blood
on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD
in the Tent of Meeting. The rest of the bull's blood he shall pour
out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the
Tent of Meeting." Leviticus 4:5-7 (NIV) Overall, just like the
festival of unleavened bread God tars out the old yeast in a person’s
life and starts out with a new lump that is sanctified in a cycle of
seven just as the seven golden lamp stand is lit candle by candle
until all are lit.

We learn that sometimes the lights of the lamp stand completely get
blown out, and God has to re light them a new for the scripture says
the following, "the LORD your God brings you into the land you are
entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the
Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you" Deuteronomy 7:1
(NIV) Overall, we thus learn that other nations had the Holy Ghost
working in their midst before God cut them off and utterly destroyed
them, and when that happened the Holy Ghost got set up through Israel
(thus through the twelve patriarchs).

Scripture teaches about seven things that threaten to snuff out the
lights of the seven golden lamp stand for the following is said,
"There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to
him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a
heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up
dissension among brothers." Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV) Overall, the
spirit of the evil one uses seven things to attempt to snuff out our
lights as scripture has described.

Regarding the scripture also note that only when seven priests had
been born did Enoch do great things. "Enoch, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands
upon thousands of his holy ones" Jude 1:14 (NIV) We are thus taught
that God had to light seven lanterns on earth before we start seeing
awesome things happening.

Lastly when the last angle sounds his trumpet it is only then that the
kingdom of this world becomes the kingdom of God fully because all
seven lights are permanently lit before the throne of God without any
ability to damper their light from shining. "The seventh angel
sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of
his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." Revelation 11:15
(NIV) Overall, the point is that just as Jericho had its walls come
crashing down that men trusted in, so too the last priest over all the
earth will sound his last trumpet and the ‘wall of the separation of
church and state’ will come crashing down. (I use the phrase ‘wall of
the separation of church and state’ because of Larry. Seriously
though Christ will rain with divine authority over all the earth and
nothing will hamper that or be put in the way of that because all the
servants of God will all at once rush in and take over like in the
case of Jericho.

Clearly though to summarize the two witnesses are on the blood
atonement cover, the other two of the four witness are overshadowing
the ark and overshadowing the two witnesses on the atonement cover.
Then the three witness are inside of the arc of God. The seven
witnesses or seven priests are outside of the most holy place in the
holy place as shown by the seven golden lamp stand. Also two of the
witnesses can go in and out of the most holy place into the most
common arias to collect the profits and such. Lastly the twelve as a
majority are outside of the holy place and the most holy place, but
they can go in and out for the most part (Matthew and John however are
stationed on the atonement cover according to my understanding).
Overall, the order of witnesses by rank in terms of their circling
around the throne thus is the three, the two, the four, the seven, and
then the twelve (or twenty-four elders). The seventy-two (or seventy)
are on the very outside ring circling around the throne of God.