Les Feldick acknowledges that some suggest Elijah as one of the two witnesses, but he refuses to name him because Scripture does not.
Les notes the common speculation that the witnesses could be Moses and Elijah or Elijah and Enoch, but he does not endorse either pair. He says, "since the Scripture doesn't name them, I'm not going to," and prefers to leave the two witnesses as "two men of God's own choosing." He focuses instead on their ministry in Jerusalem for 1,260 days and their death and resurrection at the midpoint of the tribulation.
Revelation 11:3 — The verse speaks of God's "two witnesses" but never names them, making any identification, including Elijah, speculative.
Revelation 11:12 — This verse describes the witnesses ascending to heaven, which Les uses to place their ministry at the middle of the tribulation.
The Bible's account of the two witnesses is found in Revelation 11. In verse 3 the Lord says, "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth." The passage does not identify who these two witnesses are. In verse 12, after their testimony ends, "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." Even with these details — the length of their ministry, their preaching, and their ascension — Scripture never names Elijah as one of the two witnesses.
Les Feldick is candid about the identity of the two witnesses: he will not name them. In his teaching, some think the pair could be Moses and Elijah, while others think Elijah and Enoch, but he says, "since the Scripture doesn't name them, I'm not going to." He prefers to leave them as "two men of God's own choosing." Les places the two witnesses at the beginning of the seven-year tribulation, when God sends them to Israel in the area of Jerusalem. They prophesy for 1,260 days, and at the end of their testimony they are put to death and resurrected at the midpoint. He also connects their preaching to the sealing of the 144,000 Jewish young men, who are commissioned to take the gospel of the kingdom — "the King is coming" — around the world.
No. Revelation 11:3 simply refers to "my two witnesses" and never names them. The text describes their ministry of 1,260 days and their ascension in Revelation 11:12, but it does not identify either figure. Les Feldick agrees, saying he refuses to name them because Scripture does not.
Les mentions that some think the two witnesses could be Moses and Elijah, while others think Elijah and Enoch. He does not endorse either pair; he prefers to leave the two witnesses as "two men of God's own choosing."
Les places the two witnesses at the beginning of the seven-year tribulation, right after Israel signs a treaty, and says they minister in the area of Jerusalem. Their ministry lasts 1,260 days — the first half of the tribulation — and ends when they are put to death and resurrected at the midpoint.
According to Les, the preaching of the two witnesses leads to the sealing of 144,000 young Jewish men. These men are commissioned to take the gospel of the kingdom — the good news that the King is coming — around the world.
Timing and location of the two witnesses
Les explains from Revelation 11 that the two witnesses prophesy for 1,260 days and that their ascension followed by an earthquake marks the middle, not the end, of the tribulation.
Les refuses to name the two witnesses
Les says he will not name the two witnesses, although he mentions that some think they could be Moses and Elijah or Elijah and Enoch; he leaves them as two men of God's own choosing.
Scripture does not name the witnesses
Les repeats that he does not put a name on the two witnesses because Scripture does not name them, and he links their ministry to the sealing of the 144,000.
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Witnesses at the start of the seven years
Les teaches that God sends the two witnesses to Jerusalem at the very onset of the seven-year tribulation, after Israel signs a treaty, and that their ministry is connected to the sealing of the 144,000.
1,260 days and the midpoint
Les points to Revelation 11:3 for the 1,260-day ministry of the two witnesses and says they are put to death and resurrected at the midpoint of the tribulation.
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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 is the New Testament text that mentions the two witnesses without ever naming them, making it central to the identity question.
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.
Les points to this verse to show that the two witnesses ascend at the middle of the tribulation, not at the end.
No. Revelation 11:3 calls them "my two witnesses" and gives their ministry length, but it never identifies them by name. Les Feldick likewise says, "since the Scripture doesn't name them, I'm not going to."
Les says some think it could be Moses and Elijah, while others think Elijah and Enoch. He personally prefers to leave the two witnesses as two men of God's own choosing.
Les places them at the beginning of the seven-year tribulation, after Israel signs a treaty. They minister in Jerusalem for 1,260 days and are put to death and resurrected at the midpoint.
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