Do you agree that the depiction of these two olive trees or two candlesticks in Zechariah 4 are the same as in Rev 11/13?
If so......then could you please resolve the following contradiction......
If these two always stand before the Lord, then they must be two olive trees that always produce oil before the Lord right?
Ask yourself, when did this happen?
7Who
art thou,
O great mountain? before Zerubbabel
thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone
thereof withshoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7)
It happened at Calvary, when Jesus said it is finished. On the mount of transfiguration he would tell his disciples to tell no man what they saw (Elijah/Prophets and Moses/Law), until that moment.
The headstone or cornerstone is Jesus Christ.
So what is Jesus the cornerstone of?
The Temple of God made without human effort and human hands. It is the body of believers, His Church.
Context is everything, so that when the two olive trees are mentioned, in conjunction with the Church and with congruency to the foundation of the Church, then the two cannot be separated historically speaking from that event of the shouting of Grace Grace unto the Cornerstone of the Temple of God (The Church).
Zechariah uses the word "O great Mountain", meaning O Great Congregation (body of believers), which is the Church.
If you presume that they are two literal people who come on the scene towards the end, then the unresolvable contradiction is......
They couldn't have existed at the time of the event of Grace Grace be onto the foundation Cornerstone of the Church.
They couldn't of had historically, a continuous affiliation with the Church.
Therefore in this contradiction, they become an anomaly in the scheme of things and are an adjunct to the entire context of Zechariah 4.
Zechariah 4 is really a poetic text type that portrays how God will built a new Temple and fill it with a new congregation of people, and He will provide new oil of Joel 2:24. Zechariah phrases this congregation as "O Great Mountian".
One final thing, these two olive trees, have to be directly tied to the
seven eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. (Zechariah 4:10)
Therefore, it is a requirement that the two must be supplying oil from the Grace Grace point in time of the beginning of the New Testament Age and must be directly connected to the seven ministering eyes of the Lord, throughout the world.
Obviously they could not have done that, if they were not on earth being part of those seven ministering eyes, so how do they stand before the Lord ministering, if they didn't exist 2000 years ago?
They must be tied to the Church from the beginning of the New Testament age of the Church. They must be directly and continuously affiliated with the Church establishment, because Revelation says so....
To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and
from the seven spirits before his throne, (Revelation 1:4)
So we have the seven churches present within the 1st Century Church establishment, also present is the seven ministering spirits or eyes of Zechariah 4:10.
So where are the two candlesticks or two olive trees who are the new oil God promised to provide in Joel 2:24?
They must historically also be present with the establishment of the 1st Century Church and be part of the Great Commission ministry of the seven eyes/spirits of God.
You my friend have an unresolvable contradiction to deal with?
I am afraid you will not find any support from scripture to resolve it. It therefore comes down to what subjective view you impose on scripture.