June 6 - The two witnesses - Rev 11:3-4

 

June 6 - The two witnesses - Rev 11:3-4

 

Vs 3-4 – The Lord then tells John that there will be two witnesses that are coming.  The will have the power of God upon them.  They will be like two Old Testament prophets.  They will be able to do signs wonders and miracles.  They will speak the word of God and prophesy for 1260 days.  Their attire will be sack cloth.  They will be like two powerful men of God that will share God’s message of redemption and judgment.  They will be as Zachariah talks about in Zach 4:2-14. 

     They are the two live trees and the two candlesticks standing before the god of this earth. They will be fruitful like the olive tree.  They will bring the oil of joy and the fruitfulness of God on the earth.  What they share will be healing and light to those that are perishing and who listen to them.  They will be light in the dark world.  They will be representatives of God before satan, the anti-christ and the false prophet.  They will remind people that there is a God and the reason why all that is happening around them is because of sin and judgment.  They will not be ignored and they cannot be harmed.  They will be a major obstacle to total domination of the satan, the beast and the false prophet in the world.  They are messengers of light and life to a world dying under the darkness of evil.  Yet they will not be loved.  You see the world loves darkness rather than light.  They will be hated, despised and hunted but they cannot be harmed for 1260 days. 

     Now the question to the identities of these two witnesses is an endless debate.  Many believe it is Moses and Elijah.  Moses representing the law and Elijah the prophets.  One problem with this thought is that Moses did die up on Mount Nebo and Michael and satan fought over the body.  Most scholars believe it is Elijah and Enoch because they are the only two men who have not died.  The writer also agrees with this interpretation.  The one thing we do know is that these two witnesses will be a threat to the satanic world forces during their time period.