The two witnesses are God’s two unnamed witnesses — Les Feldick identifies them as two men of God’s own choosing sent to Jerusalem during the Tribulation.
Revelation 11:3-4 calls them “my two witnesses” and pictures them as the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before God, but no personal names are given. Les declines to name them as Moses, Elijah, or Enoch, and instead teaches that God sends these two men to the nation of Israel at the beginning of the seven-year period. They will prophesy for 1,260 days (3½ years) in Jerusalem, and their ministry is tied to the sealing and commissioning of the 144,000 Jewish young men.
Revelation 11:3-4 — This is the key passage that introduces God's two witnesses and describes them as two olive trees and two candlesticks standing before God.
Revelation 11:12 — This verse shows the voice from heaven calling the two witnesses up, which Les uses to place the end of their ministry at the midpoint of the Tribulation.
Revelation 11:3-4 says, "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth." The text never gives a personal name for either witness; it simply calls them "my two witnesses" and compares them to two olive trees and two candlesticks. Verse 5 says, "And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies." Verse 7 says, "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." Verse 12 says, "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." The Bible does not reveal their names in this passage.
Les Feldick says he refuses to name the two witnesses specifically because Scripture doesn't name them. He acknowledges that some think they could be Moses and Elijah, or Elijah and Enoch, but he prefers to leave them simply as "two men of God's own choosing" who come to the nation of Israel, especially the environs of Jerusalem, to proclaim God's Word. He teaches that they appear at the very opening of the seven-year Tribulation and minister for the first 1,260 days, or 3½ years. Their preaching is connected with God sealing and commissioning the 144,000 young Jewish men to take the gospel of the kingdom around the world — the good news that the King is coming. At the midpoint, Les says, the two witnesses will be killed, lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days, and then be resurrected and ascend as the whole world watches.
Les notes that some teachers think the two witnesses could be Moses and Elijah, and others think Elijah and Enoch. He says, however, that since the Scripture doesn't name them, he is not going to name them. He simply calls them two men of God's own choosing.
Les teaches that the two witnesses appear at the very beginning of the seven-year Tribulation in Jerusalem. They prophesy for 1,260 days, which he identifies as three and a half years. Because Revelation 11:12 records the voice from heaven saying, "Come up hither" at the end of their ministry, Les places this at the middle of the seven years, not the end.
Les says that out of the ministry of the two witnesses, God is going to seal and commission 144,000 Jewish young men. These men will go around the world with the gospel of the kingdom as it was proclaimed during the time of Christ and Peter and the eleven — the good news that the King is coming. They will not be taking the gospel of grace as we know it.
At the midpoint of the seven-year period, Les says the two witnesses will be killed and their bodies will lie on the streets of Jerusalem for three days. Then they will be brought back to life and ascend to heaven, and the whole world will see it happen — made possible by technology and the satellite system of communication. After that, the Antichrist will come into the temple to defile it and force the Jew to worship him as God.
The Antichrist's 7-Year Treaty & Israel's Great Escape
Now the tribulation as we normally think of it will start here. The whole seven years is going to be tribulation, and I'll show you some things probably in the next program that are going to make this three and a half years anything but a Sunday school picnic. But here is where things really get tough, and I think we mentioned at the end of our last program.
Identity and 1,260 Days of Ministry
Les identifies the two witnesses as His witnesses who come to the nation of Israel and minister in Jerusalem for 1,260 days, or 3½ years, in the first half of the Tribulation.
Refusing to Name the Two Witnesses
Les refuses to name the two witnesses, calls them two men of God's own choosing, and connects their ministry to the sealing and commissioning of the 144,000 Jewish young men.
Unnamed Witnesses and the 144,000
Les says he will not name the two witnesses because Scripture doesn't, and he places their appearance at the very opening of the Tribulation with the 144,000 going out with the gospel of the kingdom.
First Events in Jerusalem
Les teaches that as soon as the Tribulation begins, God's two witnesses appear in Jerusalem to preach to the nation of Israel, and out of their preaching the 144,000 Jews are set aside.
Olive Trees and Candlesticks
Les explains that the two witnesses are the two olive trees and candlesticks, God's messengers for that time, functioning like a spiritual lighthouse during tribulation darkness.
Immediate Response of the 144,000
Les says the two witnesses proclaim the King and Kingdom, and almost immediately their preaching results in the response of the 144,000 young Jewish men in Revelation 7.
Killed and Resurrected at the Midpoint
Les teaches that at the midpoint the two witnesses will be killed, lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three days, then be resurrected and ascend while the whole world watches.
Revelation 11:3: And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
This verse introduces the two witnesses and their 1,260-day ministry of prophecy.
Revelation 11:4: These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
This verse gives the symbolic description of the two witnesses as olive trees and candlesticks.
Revelation 11:5: And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
This verse describes the supernatural power that protects the two witnesses.
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.
This verse records their death after their testimony, which Les places at the midpoint of the Tribulation.
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 records the voice from heaven calling the two witnesses up, which Les uses as the marker for the first half of the seven-year period.
Revelation 7:4: And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Les connects the ministry of the two witnesses to the sealing of the 144,000 Jewish men from the tribes of Israel.
No. Revelation 11 calls them "my two witnesses" and describes them as the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before God, but no personal names are given.
Les Feldick says some think they could be Moses and Elijah, and some think Elijah and Enoch. He prefers to simply leave them as two men of God's own choosing because Scripture doesn't name them.
Les teaches that the two witnesses appear at the beginning of the seven-year Tribulation, in the area of Jerusalem, ministering primarily to the nation of Israel.
Their ministry results in the sealing and commissioning of the 144,000 Jewish young men to take the gospel of the kingdom around the world — the good news that the King is coming.
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