At what point in the tribulation do the two witnesses appear in Revelation 11?
The two witnesses in Revelation 11 appear at the beginning of the tribulation. The context places their appearance as an event at the start of that period, not later. Scripture does not identify them dogmatically, though Elijah is suggested as one possible witness.
Les explains that after leaving Revelation 6, he returns to chapter 11 because it describes an event at the beginning of the tribulation: the appearance of the two witnesses. He notes we cannot be dogmatic about their identity, since Scripture does not name them. He speculates that one may be Elijah, since Elijah was taken up without dying, and points to Malachi 4:5 and later Matthew 11.
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Are the two witnesses in the first or last half of the Tribulation?
The two witnesses will minister during the first half of the Tribulation, not the last half, because the events at the end of their ministry—their ascension and the earthquake—point to the middle of the Tribulation, not its end.