From the Book of Exodus    103 

Church's great suffering will be years when Christianity is oppressed by the 

power of sin in the world. And as the time of the Church's Passion 

approaches, sin will increase in the world, as will persecutions and sufferings 

for Christians. 

    Near the end of the Israelites' time in Egypt, God sent plagues and 

sufferings through Moses and  Aaron. At first, both the Israelites and the 

Egyptians suffered from these plagues. But the last of these punishments 

from God were given only to the Egyptians. These events are a 

foreshadowing of the suffering of the Church and the subsequent 

punishment of the wicked. At first, when God's servants suffer, many who 

are not holy will suffer with them. In the end, though, only the wicked will 

be given the last and the worst of the punishments from God. 

    These sufferings and punishments from God occur twice in the future. 

Once, at the end of the Forty Years, when there will be a great persecution 

of Christians and a terrible war, followed by the punishment of the enemies 

of God. And again, in the 25th century, the Church will suffer Her Passion 

and Crucifixion, followed by the punishment of Antichrist and his followers. 

    As the Israelites left the slavery of Egypt to enter the Promised Land of 

Israel, so will the Church survive the time of suffering to enter into the time 

of holiness. After the Forty Years, the Church will rejoice in a brief time of 

holiness and peace. And after the Church's great suffering, Her Passion and 

Crucifixion, the Church will enter into the Promised Land, the time of great 

holiness and peace on earth, the Millennium. 

Moses and Aaron and the Two Prophets 

     Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the 

people of Israel. And Aaron spoke all the words which the L

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spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.  (Ex 4:29 30). 

      `And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophesy for one thousand 

two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.'   (Rev 11:3). 

    Moses and Aaron are like the two prophets in the book of Revelation. 

Moses could turn water from the Nile into blood (Ex 4:9). The two prophets 

will also turn water into blood (Rev 11:6). The two prophets will have power 

over fire, water, and plague, and will have power  to smite the earth with 

every plague, as often as they desire.  (Rev 11:6). Moses and Aaron sent 

sufferings of fire, water, and plague upon the Egyptians, just as the two 

prophets will do. 

    In Revelation, Jerusalem is allegorically referred to as Egypt (Rev 11:8) 

and is the place where the two prophets will give witness against evil. Moses 

and Aaron were also two prophets sent by God to work signs and wonders 

in Egypt.