Who are the two witnesses in Rev.11:3-6?

It could be Elijah and Moses. But it could be imho, Elijah and Enoch. The Bible tells us that Moses died. He will not be subject to a second death. The two witnesses will be killed. If one of the two witnesses was Moses, he would be subject to a second death. The Bible tells us that it is appointed unto men once to die.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Therefore imho it is possible that the two witnesses could be Enoch and Elijah since they have not died once, but will be killed in the tribulation .

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It won't be a reincarnated Moses and Elijah , it will be two other men fulfilling their rolls just as John the Baptist fulfilled the roll of Elijah but was not actually Elijah.
After asking John if he was Elijah they then asked him are you "THAT" prophet , meaning one like Moses but not actually Moses , and they get this from - Deuteronomy 18 - The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear.

As we can see , they were not looking for a reincarnated Moses but one "LIKE" him. And just as John the Baptist was not the reincarnated Elijah but came in the spirit and power of Elijah , so will be the next coming of Elijah.

Hal A Peno said:

I agree, though I'm not sure I'm sure. One thing. Where are they witnessing, and who are these two witneses witnesing to?

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Rev. 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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Hal A Peno said:

That would be East Jerusalem, correct? The location appears to be around the Temple area, to whom would they be witnessing?

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Well, the U.N. wants to make Jerusalem an international city. I think that will happen. I think the two witnesses will proclaim the Gospel, probably from the Temple Mount area, but that is speculation. They will witness to the world. That is possible with the technology that we have today.

Quasar92 said:

Who are the "two witnesses" in Revelation 11:3-6 ? Moses, Elijah and Enoch are the most likely candidates for Revelation's two witnesses, with most scholars believing the two witnesses are Moses and Elijah. In Matthew 17, when Jesus took Peter, James, and John to the mount and was transfigured in front of them, Moses and Elijah appeared with Him. Enoch was not there. The transfiguration can be seen as a picture of the coming of the two witnesses--Moses and Elijah.

Malachi 4:5 predicts that Elijah will come as one of the two witnesses: "See I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord comes." Elijah was taken up into heaven by a whirlwind and chariot of fire (see 2 Kings 2:9-11); he did not physically die. Likewise, Moses, did not die a normal death. The Bible tells us that God preserved Moses' body (see Deuteronomy 34:5,6; Jude 9). The accounts of their deaths further corroborate the selection of Moses and Elijah as the two witnesses.

The powers given these two witnesses in Revelation 11:3-6, are the very same ones they were each given during their lifetime. The power to shut up the sky so it didn't rain was given to Elijah in 1 Kings 17:1. Moses was given the power to turn water into blood, in Exodus 7:17.


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Rom 11:24　 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?　


Rev 1:20　 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

　
Rev 11:4　 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.　




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Hal A Peno said:

Who do we see dancing in the streets after an attack, MUSLIMS!

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Handmaid for Jesus said:

It could be Elijah and Moses. But it could be imho, Elijah and Enoch. The Bible tells us that Moses died. He will not be subject to a second death. The two witnesses will be killed. If one of the two witnesses was Moses, he would be subject to a second death. The Bible tells us that it is appointed unto men once to die.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Therefore imho it is possible that the two witnesses could be Enoch and Elijah since they have not died once, but will be killed in the tribulation .

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I think that your reasoning is very good, it's a good idea. But I usually stay away from the Two Witnesses. They ARE hard to figure out. I remember a thread where the guy said something good and we were heading in the right direction, like we were going to figure it out. I remember that it was said that they would be two of one kind of thing, and two of another kind of thing . Two olive trees and two lamp stands. Zechariah couldn't figure out the two olive trees on each side of a golden lampstand, so we're probably in good company.

The two witnesses have probably already began their testimony. They're waiting for their lampstands. The great city is symbolic. It's not Jerusalem, it's not a city on earth.


Revelation says:

Revelation talks about two different women. One is a pure bride and gives birth to the Man child. The other woman is a wealthy harlot. The pure woman represents the people of God (His holy city).

When Revelation says the bodies of the Two Witnesses will lie in the street of the great city (the harlot), the Bible is not talking about a single location on earth. It's talking about a worldwide group of rebellious people described as Sodomite sex pervs, Egyptian hard hearts and Jerusalem "the evil and adulterous generation" that rejected the truth. Remember when they were all screaming crucify Him and even Pilate lost control of the situation. That very same mob mentality will have gone global during our end of the world time of emergency.

It's the same idea as Daniel's kingdom of the rebels. At the end of their reign when they have become completely wicked. The "kingdom of the rebels" or the "kingdom of the transgressors', is not talking about a specific nation or earthly kingdom, but instead has shifted to our appointed time of the end and is referring to the prevailing number or group of world wide transgressing individuals.


During the Great Tribulation the people alive cannot be judged without the input of these Two Witnesses. God told Moses that no one could be put to death on the testimony of one witness because condemnation had to be confirmed by two or more witnesses. God gives power to two witnesses in the book of Revelation to show that the tribulation's participants will be judged and two infallible witnesses will exonerate or condemn each and every person. This is the measuring of the inner court.

The Two Witnesses are big, they are bigger than any two single guys ever. They are going to measure the inner court on a global scale. Nobody will be able to hide from them. Everyone alive during the tribulation will be in contact with them, there is no exception. But they will not have finished going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

"And then the end will come.

Handmaid for Jesus said:

It could be Elijah and Moses. But it could be imho, Elijah and Enoch. The Bible tells us that Moses died. He will not be subject to a second death. The two witnesses will be killed. If one of the two witnesses was Moses, he would be subject to a second death. The Bible tells us that it is appointed unto men once to die.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Therefore imho it is possible that the two witnesses could be Enoch and Elijah since they have not died once, but will be killed in the tribulation .

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Exceptional analysis of the witnesses. I find them fascinating myself, but also troubling. With so many false witnesses out there today I wonder if I will be able to recognize them when they arrive.

Blessings,
Wesley

Dave Watchman said:

I think that your reasoning is very good, it's a good idea. But I usually stay away from the Two Witnesses. They ARE hard to figure out.

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I agree with this. I just posted my thoughts.

Rev 11:4 These are the two Olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Standing before the God of the earth means standing face to face with God :
The only man who has been in contact face to face with God and remain alive are Henoch, Moses and Elijah.

Olive tree and Candlestick (Menorah) are the symbols from ancient Hebrew.

So Moses and Elijah will be the living Witnesses of Jesus who met Him when He was ministering in Israel, God says at least 2 living Witnesses are required for an acceptable Testimony.

Deut 19:15 :...A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Why did Moses and Elijah appear to Jesus on the mountain?
“He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him” (Matthew 17:2, 3).

The Scriptures record the fact that both Moses and Elijah are in heaven. But it is important to note that Elijah was translated to heaven without dying, “Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” (2 Kings 2:11, 12). And Moses had a special resurrection by Christ “Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” (Jude 9).

Moses was the great deliverer, lawgiver, and founder of the Hebrew nation. And Elijah was the one who saved it in a time of great apostasy and crisis. Here, they were living representatives to bear witness to the divinity of Jesus. And through their written records, they had testified of Him (Luke 24:44).

Moses represents the saints that will be resurrected from the dead while Elijah represents the saints that will be living when the Lord comes and will go to heaven without seeing death. These two prophets, one raised from the dead and the other translated without seeing death, appeared with Jesus, as a type of the glorious kingdom in which the ransomed of all ages will be with Him in glory (Matt. 25:31; Col. 3:4; 1 Thess. 4:16, 17).

AmishHacker said:

Exceptional analysis of the witnesses. I find them fascinating myself, but also troubling. With so many false witnesses out there today I wonder if I will be able to recognize them when they arrive.

Blessings,
Wesley

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Amen!.I hope to be gone when they arrive, or leaving shortly after they arrive.

Another Lazarus said:

Rev 11:4 These are the two Olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Standing before the God of the earth means standing face to face with God :
The only man who has been in contact face to face with God and remain alive are Henoch, Moses and Elijah.

Olive tree and Candlestick (Menorah) are the symbols from ancient Hebrew.

So Moses and Elijah will be the living Witnesses of Jesus who met Him when He was ministering in Israel, God says at least 2 living Witnesses are required for an acceptable Testimony.

Deut 19:15 :...A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Why did Moses and Elijah appear to Jesus on the mountain?
“He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him” (Matthew 17:2, 3).

The Scriptures record the fact that both Moses and Elijah are in heaven. But it is important to note that Elijah was translated to heaven without dying, “Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” (2 Kings 2:11, 12). And Moses had a special resurrection by Christ “Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” (Jude 9).

Moses was the great deliverer, lawgiver, and founder of the Hebrew nation. And Elijah was the one who saved it in a time of great apostasy and crisis. Here, they were living representatives to bear witness to the divinity of Jesus. And through their written records, they had testified of Him (Luke 24:44).

Moses represents the saints that will be resurrected from the dead while Elijah represents the saints that will be living when the Lord comes and will go to heaven without seeing death. These two prophets, one raised from the dead and the other translated without seeing death, appeared with Jesus, as a type of the glorious kingdom in which the ransomed of all ages will be with Him in glory (Matt. 25:31; Col. 3:4; 1 Thess. 4:16, 17).

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The whole Pretrib scenario ignores the fact that the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34 is found fulfilled by Christ in Hebrews 8:6-13, and is specifically applied to the Church in Hebrews 12:22-24, and 2 Corinthians 3:6-8.

The New Covenant has made the Old Covenant "obsolete" in Hebrews 8:13.
The New Covenant is "everlasting" in Hebrews 13:20.

Therefore, God is not going to end the "Church Age" seven years before the Second Coming of Christ, and go back and deal with modern Israel under the Old Covenant system. This claim made by early Dispensationalists has been shown to be one of the greatest errors of the doctrine.

The Pretrib/Two Peoples of God doctrine falls apart when a person comes to understand the New Covenant found in the text below.

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Jer_31:31　 "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—

Mat_26:28　 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Mar_14:24　 And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.

Luk_22:20　 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

1Co_11:25　 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

2Co_3:6　 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Heb_8:8　 Because finding fault with them, He says: "BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH—

Heb_8:13　 In that He says, "A NEW COVENANT," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Heb_9:15　 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Heb_12:24　 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

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