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Revelation 10:1-11:19
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Two Witnesses: These are individuals granted special power and authority by God to preach a message of judgment and salvation during the second half of the Tribulation. Fulfilling the Old Testament requirement of two or more witnesses to confirm testimony (see Deuteronomy 19:15; John 8:17; Hebrews 10:28), these two prophets will represent the culmination of God's testimony to Israel: a two-pronged message of His judgment and His gracious offer of the gospel to all who will repent and believe. While it is impossible to be dogmatic about the identity of these two witnesses, several observations suggest they might be Moses and Elijah: (1) like Moses, they strike the earth with plagues, and like Elijah, they have the power to keep it from raining; (2) Jewish tradition expected both Moses and Elijah to return in the future; (3) both Moses and Elijah were present at the Transfiguration, the preview of Christ's second coming; (4) both Moses and Elijah used supernatural means to provoke repentance; (5) Elijah was taken up alive into heaven, and God buried Moses' body where it would never be found; and (6) the length of the drought the two witnesses bring (three-and-one-half-years; see 11:3, 6) is the same as that brought by Elijah.
1. Some suggest that the two witnesses could be Elijah and Enoch. For what reasons would they choose these two?
2. How do the witnesses die and what happens following their death?
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1. Elijah for the reasons previously mentioned, and Enoch because he walked with God. He never died, on the contrary he was just taken there by God.
2. They are attacked by the beast, but once they die, they come back to life 3 days later.
1. well Elijah because of the reasons already said and Enoch because he walked with God.
2. Satan comes and destroys them and they lay dead in the streets for 3 and a half days and then God will give them a breath of life and they will raise up and go into Heaven.
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