Okay, that's the great enigma. I can understand that you are one among a multitude of interprets that preach and believe in that theory. But in my understand, what matters is the Truth, do you agree?
Well, what I will write according my interpretation, it I address to ALL readers here, not to only one specificaly:
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Countless Christians of all denominations and sects have spread a flood of contradictory interpretations on two witnesses as is written in Revelation 11:v.4 .
- many say they are Enoch and Elijah;
- others say they are Moses and Elijah;
- or Moses and Enoch;
Honestly, It's very hard to walk within those dark meanders to find the Truth. Only the Word of God can really helps, do you agree? It because the Word is God - God is Light, in Him is no darkness at all. In fact, the witness of God is greater. So, there are several interpretations, but what matters is the Truth. And the Truth is only and only One, right?
Again:
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Revelation 11:v. 4 - These - the two witnesses - are the two olive trees, AND the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Two olive trees
In my understand, the Word - that's God - reveals that:
- The two olive trees have a function: to produce anointing oil;
Yes, the two olive trees are for the production of the anointing oil, these two olive trees are a CELESTIAL SOURCE of the anointing oil, even for the anointing of the two Candlesticks, evidently.
The two Candlesticks
The two Candlesticks have another specific function:
- to bear witness of the Word of God in the last days, mainly in the FIRST HALF of the last week-Daniel 9: v.27 - which is close; or 42 months- 1,260 days- Revelation 11:v.1-4,
- more precisely to announce the righteous Judgments of God and severe punishments.
- they have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy(this has nothing to do with H2O): and have power OVER waters -peoples, and nations,and multitudes, and (all) tongues) to turn them to blood, and to SMITE THE EARTH with all plagues, as often as they will. This is a final operation to close the door and close Grace's dispensation.
- And the two Candlesticks, are they what? The KEY to interpret and discern "who" are? or, what are? the two witnesses, yeah, the KEY is in the figurative expression or word "Candlesticks". The material things are figures of spiritual things, like the parables of our LORD. So, by allegory, what do Candlesticks mean according the Word of God?
See, this is not a dispute who knows more, the main focus is to find the Truth, and Truth is only one.
That said, is there any brother here in this Baptist forum who could help to find in the Word of God the SIGNIFICANCE of the word Candlestick? In other words, to what this allegory refers, according to the written Word of God?
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See, after this first step, then we can search to find the knowledge how to understand better why the two witnesses were killed by the Beast that rises up out of the abyss or bottomless pit -check it in Revelation 9:v.11-12- after the War against them, this event will occur after the two witnesses have finished their testimony. By the way, can you perceive or discern were is located the bottomless pit or the abyss?
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.