143 The Revelation of Jesus Christ apostate Israel will be at its worst, with the Gentiles literally treading the holy city under foot. Jerusalem will be passing through a period of unspeakable misery. It will help us to remember that the last three and one-half years of the seventieth week of Daniel are identical with the forty~two months mentioned here, as well as with the "thou sand two hundred and three score days" in the verses which follow. Do a little addition, multiplication, and division; and you will see for yourself.
THE Two WITNESSES
1. Their Testimony. "And I will give power unto my two witnesses" ( 11 :3). There have been many theories advanced as to the identity of these two witnesses, and various claims have been made. We cannot be dogmatic about this. God has not seen fit to reveal to us the identity of these two men, but there are ref erences in the Bible which lead us to believe that one of them may be Elijah. In Malachi 4:5 we read: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." . Some people think that John the Baptist was a fulfillment of that promise; but although John came in the spirit of Elijah, he was not that prophet. The spirit which empowered Elijah also inspired John, but John was not a re-incarnation of Elijah. As to who the other witness will be, we have no statement given. He may be Moses; he may be Enoch. But whoever these two may be, we are told that they will prophesy for "a thousand two hundred and threescore days"; in other words, three and one~half years, or forty and two months, as stated above. They will be absolutely safe from harm until their tes timony is finished; and during that time they will have power to perform strange and wonderful deeds, such as causing the rain to cease, turning the water into blood, and smiting the earth with plagues "as often as they will." Moses and Elijah performed these very miracles in Old Testament times-another reason which leads us to believe that they may be the "two witnesses" of Jehovah during the closing days of the seventieth week of Daniel. Moreover,
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