Revelation (TNTC) by Leon Morris
Author:Leon Morris [Morris, Leon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780830842506
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Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2009-08-20T16:00:00+00:00
3. Without any warning, my two witnesses make their appearance. As a result of the divine gift they will prophesy for 1,260 days (for the period see on v.2). Their identity is not completely clear. Some think of Moses and Elijah, who would suit verses 5-6 very well. They are referred to in an oracle of hope at the end of the Old Testament (Mal. 4:4-5), and they appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration (Mt. 17:3). Other suggestions are Elijah and Elisha, Enoch and Elijah (who both ascended to heaven super-naturally), the Law and the Prophets, the Law and the Gospel, the Old Testament and the New. There is no shortage of suggestions. The context seems to demand something directly associated with the church, and in view of verse 7 perhaps we should think particularly of the martyrs.
The number two may stand for adequacy of testimony (as in Dt. 17:6). Or it may derive from the two faithful churches in chapters 2 and 3, and point to that section of the church which is faithful unto death, the martyrs. The clothing of the witnesses in sackcloth points to mourning. They are prophesying doom and their attitude accordingly is sad and penitent. The church is a powerful church only when it is penitent. A comfortable, easy-minded church has no power to stir the world either to salvation or to opposition.
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