\nDeuteronomy<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 1. Deut. 28:23, 24.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 23 And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass,
\nand the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 24 YHWH sake the rain<\/U> of thy land powder and dust: from
\nheaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be
\ndestroyed.<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\n Allusion<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n “no rain”<\/STRONG><\/TD>
\n
\nRevelation<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 1′. Rev. 11:6.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 3. And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they
\nshall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore
\ndays, clothed in sackcloth. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before
\nthe G-d of the earth. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain<\/U> not in the days of their
\nprophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite
\nthe earth with all plagues, as often as they will.<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE>
\n<\/CENTER>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nJustification of Allusion:<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - In the Jewish synagogue, the two witnesses are Moses and Elijah. This is emphasized in their appearance in the mount of transfiguration. (See Matthew 17:1-4; Mark 9:2-5.) In Revelation
\n11:6, both Moses and Elijah are alluded. Moses is alluded to in the phrase, “have power over waters to turn them to blood.” Elijah is alluded to in the phrase, “to shut heaven that it rain
\nnot…” James 5:17 states:<\/DD><\/p>\n<\/DL><\/p>\n
\n
\n - “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.”<\/DD>
\n - <\/DD>
\n <\/DL>
\n - Elijah prayed that Yahweh would honor His Covenant and make the heavens to be as brass because of their covenant breaking. Thus, while the only word parallel is the word, “rain,” this is
\na thematic or, “motif” allusion because of the thematic reference to Elijah’s prayer to have Yahweh shut the heavens that it not rain.<\/DD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nCommentary:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - Additional thematic allusions include Rev. 2:20 via the symbol, “Jezebel,” the parallel 3\u00bd years (1260 days), see James 5:17 & Rev. 11:3; and Rev. 13:13 via the false Elijah
\n“fire-from-heaven” symbolism. The imagery here describes the two witnesses calling upon Yahweh to honor His Deuteronomic Covenant promises to cause the heavens to shut up the rain
\nfrom falling upon the covenant breakers.<\/DD><\/p>\n<\/DL><\/p>\n
\n
\n
\nDeuteronomy<\/U><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n2. Deut. 28:26.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 26 And thy carcase shall be meat<\/U> unto all fowls of the air<\/U>, and
\nunto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\n Allusion<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n “the bodies of the<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\nIsrael of G-d”<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\nshall be available<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\nfor food to<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n“all fowls of the air”<\/STRONG><\/TD>
\n
\nRevelation<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 2′. Rev. 19:17-18.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a
\nloud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven<\/U>,
\nCome and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great
\nG-d; <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings<\/U>, and the flesh of captains<\/U>,
\nand the flesh of mighty men<\/U>, and the flesh of horses<\/U>, and of them
\nthat sit on them<\/U>, and the flesh of all [men<\/U>, both] free and bond,
\nboth small and great.<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE>
\n<\/CENTER>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nJustification:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - This is a certain allusion due to the multiple word parallels. The carcases of the Covenant breakers would be “meat unto all fowls of the air<\/STRONG>,” compares to “all fowls that fly in the midst of
\nheaven<\/STRONG>” “eat the flesh of kings,…captains, …mighty men, ect..” The fowls are to be understood both literally as birds, and spiritually as evil angels.<\/FONT><\/DD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nCommentary:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - The reference to “kings, …mighty men, and the flesh of horses and the men that sit upon them” is the imagery of ancient kings going to war with an army of calvary. Since the warning of the
\nDeuteronomic Covenantal curses was first given to literal Israel, there must first be a fulfillment against literal Israel. Because Revelation is written to the church, an application of the
\nDeuteronomic Covenant and its curses must be made to the professed spiritual Israel of G-d.<\/FONT><\/DD><\/p>\n<\/DL><\/p>\n
\n
\n
\nDeuteronomy<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 3. Deut. 28:27, 35.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 27 YHWH smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the
\nemerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou
\ncanst not be healed. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 35 YHWH smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore<\/U>
\nbotch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top
\nof thy head. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\n Allusion<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n “sores”<\/STRONG><\/TD>
\n
\nRevelation<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 3′. Rev. 16:2, 10, 11.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven
\nangels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of G-d
\nupon the earth. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and
\nthere fell a noisome and grievous sore<\/U> upon the men which had
\nthe mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his
\nimage. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the
\nbeast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed
\ntheir tongues for pain, <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 11 And blasphemed the G-d of heaven because of their pains
\nand their sores<\/U>, and repented not of their deeds.<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE>
\n<\/CENTER>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nJustification:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - There is only a one word parallel between the two sets of texts compared above. Deuteronomy promises sores “that cannot be healed.” Sores are poured out in Rev. 16:2, that seem not to heal<\/U>
\neven after four other plagues are poured out. See Rev. 16:10, 11. When Rev. 13 and 14 are taken into account, these sores fall upon those that have rejected the warning to not worship the
\nimage of the beast. See Rev. 16:2, 11. Sores that “canst not be healed” make this to be a “topic based” allusion.<\/FONT><\/DD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nCommentary:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - The Covenantal curse that sores would come to covenant breakers is to be fulfilled in the fulfillment of the prophecy of the first plague.<\/FONT><\/DD><\/p>\n
<\/DL><\/p>\n
\n
\n
\nDeuteronomy<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 4. Deut. 28:28, 29.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 28 YHWH smite thee with madness, and blindness<\/U>, and
\nastonishment of heart: <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in
\ndarkness<\/U>, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt
\nbe only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save
\n[thee].<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\n Allusion<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n “blindness”<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n“darkness”<\/STRONG><\/TD>
\n
\nRevelation<\/U><\/P><\/p>\n 4′. Rev. 3:14, 17; 8:12; 16:10.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
\n - 14. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans<\/U> write;
\nThese things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
\nbeginning of the creation of G-d; <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods,
\nand have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
\nwretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind<\/U>, and naked:<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun
\nwas smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of
\nthe stars; so as the third part of them was darkened<\/U>, and the day
\nshone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. <\/FONT><\/DT>
\n - 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the
\nbeast; and his kingdom was full of darkness<\/U>; and they gnawed
\ntheir tongues for pain,<\/FONT><\/DT>
\n<\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE>
\n<\/CENTER>
\n<\/DL><\/p>\nJustification:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n
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