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TWO WITNESSES
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: (Luke 23:50)
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. (Luke 23:51)
This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. (Luke 23:52)
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. (Luke 23:53)
  When the body of the Lord was taken down from the cross, it was not by the world of Rome, nor was the Lord Jesus taken down by the collective body of the Jews; God had prepared two witnesses, the last two witnesses of the death of Christ. These two witnesses would not only be a witness to the death of Christ, but a fulfillment of the prophetic word, Isaiah 53:9. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. We see the fulfillment of God’s holy word written in God’s divine book before the foundation of the earth.
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (John 19:34)
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. (John 19:35)
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. (John 19:36)
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. (John 19:37)
The Two Appointed Men of Witness
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. (John 19:38)
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. (John 19:39)
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (John 19:40)
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. (John 19:41)
  Both these men (Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathaea) were appointed of God. The precision of God’s word: in Genesis, the man Joseph was a savior of the world. This connects the name ‘Joseph’ with the ‘fruitful bough’ of Genesis 49:22. It also connects Joseph with John, Chapter 4, for in the parcel of land that Jacob gave to Joseph there was a well, and this well was called Jacob’s well. This is where the water of life was delivered to the Samaritan woman and became a well of water of life springing up within her. Arimathaea means ‘height or rise above’: see how God works. Is not the One who is being laid in the tomb going to rise above all men?
  Then we have the name Nicodemus, could it be that God wants us to go to John, Chapter 3, and make sure that we understand that a man must be born again. The name Nicodemus means ‘conqueror’: conqueror of the people. The definition is very similar to that of the Nicolaitans that is recorded in Revelation, Chapter 2. In Revelation, Chapter 2, the Nicolaitans were against the things of Christ in the church. It was the Nicolaitans who usurped the Christians right to worship and to serve God according to God’s written word. It was the Nicolaitans who caused the division within the body of Christ by forming a clergy/laymen system. Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, and Christ filled him with light; he wrapped the dead body of the One who would be conqueror over death, and who would give light and to His people (Israel), and to the Gentiles: The Light and the Savior.
The Two Witnesses at the Beginning of Life and at the End of Life
  These two men were the last two witnesses of Adam’s race. They were sent by God to bury a King. This King had given His life for His people. This was also the last witness of God the Father before the tomb was sealed. It would be the burial of a King, and God the Father would supply the two men to be that witness.
  As an infant, God sent two witnesses to be a witness for His Son. In the Gospel of Luke, we have the infant, the Son of God, in the Temple of God, and the two witnesses were Simeon, and Anna. Both these witnesses were not only sent, but they were waiting for the consolation of Israel; that God would not only deliver the Gentiles out of darkness, but would also save His people, Israel, for Himself. At the tomb we see both Joseph and Nicodemus as they finished their work and their labor of love, somewhere in their hearts was there not an Amen. Did man merely see the works of man in the death of the Lord Jesus, would they say within themselves with a sad note of despair, It is finished.
  At this point in time, what could be their comprehension of what was about to take place. The man (Nicodemus) was told so much of this new creation, this new life, of being born anew into the very presence of God Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. did they look at each other and say, Amen. Did they comprehend the finished work of Christ? Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? For the child of God today, we have the entire canon of Scripture given to us by the Spirit of God that the eyes of our understanding would be opened, and our souls would be enlightened to all that God the Son has done for us. In our divine understanding death is swallowed up in victory. We can look into the face of death, and say, O death where is thy sting, O grave, where is thy victory?
 The Two Greatest Messages to the World was Delivered by Angels
  In the Gospel of Luke, we have two announcements by angels. This is the first of two of the greatest messages to mankind. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. (Luke 2:10) For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11) It was an announcement that a Savior is born.
  The second announcement, or the second greatest message to mankind was at the tomb of the Lord Jesus Christ, He is not here, but is risen.
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: (Luke 24:4)
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5)
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, (Luke 24:6)
  God not only entrusted His holy angels to roll away the stone, but He empowered them with the two greatest messages from heaven to earth with all the authority of God: unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, and He is not here, but is risen. These two great announcements were not trusted to man, but to the holy angels of God.
© Copyright 2017, Michael Haigh
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