11:4 These are the two olive
trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Zechariah 4:2 And said unto me,
What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of
gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven
pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right
side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 4 So
I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these,
my lord? 5 Then the angel that talked
with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said,
No, my lord. 6 Then he answered and
spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Who are these two witnesses that
represent God on earth? We have a hint in the episode where Christ is
transfigured before a small group of the Apostles, as He gives them a taste of
how He will appear to those in His millennial reign on earth.
Matthew 16:28 Verily I say unto
you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see
the Son of man coming in his kingdom. 17:1 ¶
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and
bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and
his raiment was white as the light. 3
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias [Elijah from
Greek] talking with him. 4 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 Elias.
11:5 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.
People clearly try to interrupt
the efforts of the two witnesses and this is how they are dealt with, a
supernatural weapon before noted in reference to God.
Psalm 18:8 There went up a smoke
out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by
it.
Remember that Elijah called fire
down from heaven.
2Kings 1:9 ¶ Then the king sent
unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold,
he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king
hath said, Come down. 10 And Elijah
answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire
come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire
from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 11
Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And
he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down
quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said
unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume
thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him
and his fifty.
11:6 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.
These extraordinary witnesses have
a great deal of discretion on what they will do, having the ability to cause
drought, power over waters to turn them into blood, and unleash plagues, as
much as they want. We should note these events that follow as which ones come
from them. That’s three and a half years of power to cause immense suffering.
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