The fact that they were described as two witnesses also reminds us of the transfigurati0n. In that vision, three of Jesus' apostles saw him in Kingdom glory, accompanied by Moses and Elijah. This foreshadowed Jesus' sitting down on his glorious throne in 1914 to accomplish a work prefigured by those two prophets. (Matthew 17:1-3; 25:31) Fittingly, the two witnesses are now seen to perform signs reminiscent of those of Moses and Elijah. For example, John says of them: "And if anyone want to harm them, fire issues forth from their mouths and devours their enemies; and if anyone should want to harm them in this manner he must be killed. These have the authority to shut up the heavens that no rai should fall during the days of prophesying." - REVELATION 11:5, 6a.
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