Why do the water and plague powers suggest Moses is one of the two witnesses?
This is why the water and plague powers suggest Moses: the two witnesses have power over water to turn it to blood and to smite the earth with all plagues. That kind of language gives the idea it could be Moses, suggesting he is one of the two witnesses.
Les explains that the two witnesses will prophesy for 1,260 days and have special power. In verse 6 they have power to shut heaven so it does not rain, and power over water to turn them to blood and to smite the earth with all plagues. Les says this kind of language gives the idea it could be Moses. He also notes many feel one witness will be Elijah because Elijah stopped the rain for three years in the Old Testament. Les does not get dogmatic about the identification.
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.
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Why do many people think one of the two witnesses is Elijah?
Many believe one of the two witnesses is Elijah because the witnesses will do the same thing Elijah did in the Old Testament—he stopped the rain for three years.