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Who are the 2 Witnesses in Revelation 11?
They aren't 2 people, they aren't the Old & New Testament, & they aren't the beginning & the end. The 2 Witnesses are also called the 2 olive trees & the 2 lampstands. And what olive trees & lampstands represents is in the Bible. Figure out what they represent & you'll have at least an idea about who they are.
Don't answer unless you've done research & “no one knows” isn't an answer because it has been made known who the 2 olive trees/lampstands are, it's just a matter of figuring out what they represent.
Don't submit an answer if you haven't read what I said below my question.
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- Annsan_In_HimLv 74 months ago
Some good answers were given a few years ago in the link below. Note the Q and the A given by Soldarnal, but note other answers with varying interpretations. The 2 olive trees and the 2 lampstands do, indeed, represent particular things in the Bible, so there is a clear link with OT prophecy. I see in them the two roles of God's anointed, primarily Jesus as both Priest and King. In Zechariah ch. 4 there is this word given to Zerubbabel in the vision of the golden lampstand and the two olive trees. The meaning of the two olive trees is given by the angel (vs 14):
"These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth." Zerubbabel was from the kingly line of David, and Joshua (3:3) was the Priest. Jesus is from the line of David and is also the Great High Priest. The oil flowing from the two pipes represents the anointing of the Holy Spirit. So the two on earth represent their heavenly King and Great High Priest, Christ Jesus, ruling in Heaven.
Since Jesus returned to Heaven as King of God's Kingdom, there never has been a century in which He has not had those two symbolic men representing Him. They are present in the earth today - those anointed ones who have been cleansed (as Joshua had to be) and who are fitted by the Holy Spirit to represent the Messiah. As you say, they are not two individual men! They represent the spiritual light (candlestick) and spiritual goodness (olives) only to be found through the teaching of faithful witnesses of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. And they are in short supply, these days. But, because the days are evil and there is gross darkness, they shine like stars in the firmament - all the more noticeable for those with eyes to see!
- 5 months ago
@DiscipleDave(dot)com If you say that they're people who aren't alive today, yeah, I won't believe you. Figuring out who the 2 olive trees & lampstands are isn't hard.
@Forrest Toney What?
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