Les Feldick Bible Study

What will the beast from the bottomless pit do to the two witnesses?

The beast from the bottomless pit, identified as the Antichrist and revived Roman Empire, will make war against the two witnesses, overcome them despite their power to resist, and put them to death. Their bodies will lie in the street of Jerusalem.

Les explains that the beast from the bottomless pit is not some wild, frozen animal but an authority, a government. It will either be the Antichrist himself or the assortment of nations called the revived Roman Empire. This government will make war against the two witnesses, doing everything they can to destroy these two men. They will succeed and overcome them in spite of their power to resist, and they will kill them. These two men, not angels, will be put to death, and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified—Jerusalem. They will be left to rot on the sun-drenched streets of Jerusalem because of mortal hatred for these two men.

Revelation 11:7

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

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What is the beast that comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation 11?

The beast that comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation 11 is not a literal wild or frozen animal, but an authority or government.