The Two Witnesses
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- Are verses 1-2 to be taken literally or symbolically? Why?
- The two witnesses in John’s vision are unidentified, but an educated guess as to their identities might be which famous figures from the Old Testament period? Why?
- These two personages are said (in verse 4) to be the fulfillment of the imagery the prophecy of Zechariah (4:3, 11-14). What do “the two olive trees and the two lampstands” mean with respect to the two witnesses?
- Explain the significance of John’s vision of the Ark of the Covenant in the heavenly temple of God. (verse 19)