Any idea of who the two witnesses are?
revelation can always be solved by the law or prophets of gospel
“Then answered I, and said unto him,
What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
And he answered me and said,
Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord.
Then said he,
These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
Zechariah 4:11, 13-14 KJV
so John is offering apacolypse of prophetic mystery
“
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”
Revelation 11:4 KJV
“Jesus taketh Peter, James, and
John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
And,
behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him.
While he yet spake,
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”
Matthew 17:1-3, 5 KJV
Moses have the law which witnesses of Christ , and Elijah was king of the prophets who witness of Christ the Lord and God of the earth .
so I believe the law and prophets are the two witnesses ( the ot)
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that
all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Then
opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,”
Luke 24:44-45 KJV
“And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.”
Acts 28:23 KJV
“But those things,
which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
For
Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
Yea, and
all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.”
Acts 3:18, 21-22, 24 KJV
it’s my belief and not very many others , that revelation is an apocalypse ( revealing of hidden knowledge) rather than a literal book of fiture earthly events.
so we see things like two men but if you examine their ministry you find Moses and Elijah representing the law and prophets witness of the messiah and then you notice they are taken up and the kingdom has been declared , then chapter twelve begins the little
Book that John the apostle was given
“And I will give power unto
my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, ( 3 years 6 months ) clothed in sackcloth.
These
have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.”
Revelation 11:3, 6
“have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:”
“
Elijah 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.”
James 5:17 KJV
and
“have power over
waters to turn them to blood, and to
smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.”
“And
Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and
all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.”
Exodus 7:20 KJV
and then of course the plagues Moses sent by Gods hand in Egypt
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