the two witnesses
just search the bible for two olive trees
and
you will find
zechariah 4 and
zerubbabel who is always associated with
joshua
joshua is a priest representing the church
zerubbabel is minister of the state
the two witnesses are the church and state
we have two christian empires
the holy roman empire
and
the byzantine empire
the place is jerusalem
and
control of it ended in
1244
it looks like the holy roman empire to me
back to
the apocalypse
The two witnesses are not governments, but Elias who is Elijah and Moses.
The two witnesses
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.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Who shut heaven.? Elijah
James 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Who turned water into blood.? Moses. Who smite the earth with plagues by God power.? Moses
Exodus 4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
Exodus 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
the two witnesses are Elijah and Moses. They will return to preach and be prophets to the 144,000 Hebrew men. That is prohecy, not happening now.