"These are the two olive trees, and the
two candlesticks standing before the God of
the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth
out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man
will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have
power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days
of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn
them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often
as they will.
"And when they shall have finished
their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out
of the bottomless pit shall make war against them,
and shall overcome them, and kill them. 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. And they of the
people and kindreds and tongues and nations
shall see their dead bodies three days and
an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put
in graves.
"And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts
one to another; because these two prophets tormented
them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days
and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into
them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell
upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice
from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they
ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld
them. (Revelation 11:4-12)
"And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side]
of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.
(Zechariah 4:3) Then answered I,
and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the
right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?
(Zechariah 4:11)
"And I answered again, and said unto him, What [be these]
two olive branches which (I) through
the two golden pipes (II)
empty (III) the golden [oil]
out of themselves? And he answered me and said,
Knowest thou not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord.
Then said he, These [are] the two (I)
anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the
whole earth. (Zechariah 4:12-14)
Zec. 4:12 -- (I) Hebrew
by the hand; (II) Or, empty out of themselves oil into gold; (III) Hebrew the gold. Zec. 4:14 -- (I) Hebrew,
sons of oil - Scripture references: Rev. 11:4;
Zech. 3:7; Luke 1:19; Josh. 3:11, 13; Zech. 6:5.
"These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth. (Revelation
11:4) Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk
in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt
also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will
give thee places to walk among these that stand by. (Zechariah
3:7)
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that
stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee,
and to show thee these glad tidings. And behold thou shalt be
dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things
shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which
shall be fulfilled in their season. (Luke 1:19,20)
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of
the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the
earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of
Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above;
and they shall stand upon an heap. (Joshua 3:11,14)
"Who are these two annointed ones? And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27) Because of Hebrews 9:27 they
were prophets who lived on the earth and did not die when they
departed. Here is evidence of two who are with Jesus in bodily
form. Mathew 17:1-4 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James,
and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain
apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine
as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And behold,
there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. Then
answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us
to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles;
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
"What does it mean to be transfigured? Transfiguration
# 3339. Metamorphoo; denoting change of condition.. Used of Jesus
involving the miracle of transformation from an earthly form
into a supernatural which is denoted by the radiance of the garments,
also the countenance, suggesting what the bodies of the righteous
may be like in the age to come (1Cor. 15:51f.)
"What Jesus was teaching in this miracle was that Moses
and Elijah where still alive and are the only two that are qualified
to become the two anointed in the streets of Jerusalem. Moses
and Elijah both did powerful miracles. Moses had power
from God to part the sea and bring about many other miracles
and Elijah called fire from heaven. Elijah was translated
when he was taken up: "And it came to pass, as they
still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared]
a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
heaven. (2 Kings 2:11)
"Moses was said to have died, it was written but they
never found his remains. "Nevertheless death reigned
from Adam to Moses, even over them that had
not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who
is the figure of him that was to come. (Romans
5:14) "Yet Michael the archangel, when
contending with the devil he disputed about the body
of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee. (Jude 1:9) The
fact that the archangel Michael brought Moses's body to heaven
proves where Moses's body is located: in heaven confirming the
two witnesses are Moses and Elijah.