two witnesses
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The Measuring of the Temple
11:1-2
The Two Witnesses
11:3-13
6a They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying
1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
2 And the word of the Lord came to him:
3 “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
7 And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
10 And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
11 He answered, “Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.
12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.”
6b and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.
19 And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’ ”
20 Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood.
15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—
These witnesses are both literal and representative.
They represent the Law and the Prophets.
The Law (Genesis-Deuteronomy) shows us that our sin separates us from God.
The Prophets (Joshua-Malachi) teaches us to anticipate the coming Messiah.
Application
We need to use BOTH when we are talking to people about God.
