After their death, the bodies of the two witnesses lie unburied in the streets of Jerusalem for three and a half days, and then they are resurrected and ascend into heaven.
Les Feldick teaches that after the two witnesses finish their testimony, they are killed. Their bodies remain exposed in the streets of Jerusalem, which is deeply offensive to their enemies. After three and a half days, God calls them back to life, and they ascend to heaven in a cloud, witnessed by the whole world.
Revelation 11:11-12 — These verses directly describe the resurrection and ascension of the two witnesses after their bodies lay in the street.
The Bible states that after the two witnesses finish their testimony, the beast from the bottomless pit makes war against them and kills them. Their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city (Revelation 11:8). They are not allowed to be buried, and people from various nations see their bodies for three and a half days (Revelation 11:9). The inhabitants of the earth rejoice over their death and exchange gifts (Revelation 11:10). Then, after three and a half days, the Spirit of life from God enters them, they stand on their feet, and a great voice from heaven calls them to 'Come up hither' (Revelation 11:11-12). They ascend to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies behold them.
Les Feldick emphasizes the supernatural nature of the two witnesses' resurrection and ascension. He notes that their dead bodies are left to rot in the hot Middle Eastern sun for three days, which the whole world will see thanks to satellite technology. He explains that this is a miraculous event, similar to the ascensions of Elijah and Christ, when God calls them back to life and they ascend into heaven. He also highlights the world's reaction to their deaths — celebration and gift-giving because their preaching troubled them. Les also places this event at the midpoint of the seven-year tribulation, which triggers the Antichrist's subsequent actions in the temple.
Les Feldick states that the bodies of the two witnesses lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days. This period is also described as three and a half days in the biblical account, but Les consistently refers to 'three days' in the provided clips.
Les describes that the world is 'thrilled' and 'celebrates' at the death of the two witnesses, because their preaching caused turmoil. The people exchange gifts, viewing the prophets as tormentors. This global celebration is made visible through modern technology.
Les explains that the entire world will witness the event through satellite technology. What was once a difficult concept is now easily understood because the streets of Jerusalem can be broadcast into every living room. The whole world sees the bodies and their subsequent ascension.
After the two witnesses ascend, the Antichrist comes to the temple in Jerusalem. He defiles it and forces the Jewish people to stop worshipping God and instead worship him. This event marks the beginning of the great persecution of Israel during the final three and a half years.
Who Are the Two Witnesses in Revelation 11?
turn them to blood and to smite the earth with all the plagues as often as they will. Now that kind of language gives us an idea it could be Moses, see? Now I don't get dogmatic. Others may say it has to be Enoch, because Enoch didn't die, and Elijah didn't die, whereas we feel that Moses did die physically, but whatever. This isn't all that basic to our doctrine.
Killed and Seen by the Whole World
This clip explains that the two witnesses are killed, and the whole world sees their bodies lying in the streets of Jerusalem, which is now possible through modern technology.
Resurrected and Ascended
Les teaches that the world, thrilled by their deaths, will see them resurrected and ascend to heaven, which then triggers the Antichrist's defilement of the temple.
Bodies Rot in the Sun for Three Days
This clip provides the detail that the bodies rot in the hot Middle Eastern sun for three days before they stand up and ascend to heaven in a cloud.
World Celebrates with Gifts
In this clip, Les remembers how the world's celebration through exchange of gifts once seemed impossible, but is now understandable with today's technology.
Midpoint Ascension and Antichrist's Next Step
This clip reinforces the three-day period of the bodies lying in the street, the global witness of the ascension, and how it leads to the Antichrist defiling the temple.
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At the very same opening, we found that God sends the two witnesses to the nation of Israel in the area of Jerusalem. Now, I don't put a name on them. A lot of them do. They'll call it Elijah and Moses, or Elijah and Enoch. But since the Scripture doesn't name them, I'm not going to.
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Symbolism comes in so clearly, and all we have to do is decipher it, and all of a sudden the symbolism becomes a literal truth. Just as literal as if it had been written out in plain English again. Revelation chapter 11. We have to go back all the way to verse 3, where we have at the very onset of the 7 years, as soon as Israel signs that treaty with Israel, I think God is going to send the two wi…
Revelation 11:9: And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
This verse states the duration and the global witness of the unburied bodies.
Revelation 11:10: And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
This verse describes the world's celebration and gift-giving at their death.
Revelation 11:11: And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
This verse describes the resurrection of the two witnesses after the specific time period.
Revelation 11:12: And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
This verse describes their ascension into heaven, which is central to the question.
According to Les Feldick, the bodies of the two witnesses lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days (the Bible specifies three and a half days). During this time, they are not buried, and they are visible to the whole world.
After three days, the spirit of life from God enters them. They stand on their feet, and a great voice from heaven calls to them. They then ascend into heaven in a cloud, with their enemies watching.
Immediately following their ascension, the Antichrist comes to the temple in Jerusalem. He defiles the temple and forces the Jewish people to worship him as God, marking the start of the great persecution.
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