Who Are The Prophets of Revelation Chapter 11?

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 07/27/2005

 

My Worship Time                                                      Focus:  Who Are These Prophets?

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                         Reference:  Revelations 11:5-6

 

            Message of the verse:  “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.”  (AV)  “5  And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.  6  These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.”  (NAS95)

            I suppose over the years there have been much discussion as to who these two prophets are as I have heard different people say different things as to who they are.  I guess that most of the things that I have written about this says that they are Moses and Elijah, and there are a couple of reason as to why this is thought to be.  For one thing the miracles that are described here were done through these two men, as Moses turned water into blood, along with many other miracles, and Elijah stopped the rain in Israel for a long time and then was involved in having fire come down from heaven to burn up a sacrifice and then he killed all of the prophets of Baal.  There is another reason that some people believe this Moses and Elijah, and that is that neither of them got to finish their ministry as Moses never made it into the promised land, and Elijah was taken up into heaven before He got to finish his ministry, and another then is that if this is Elijah, then he will be coming just before the Messiah comes, as Jesus Christ will return to earth shortly after this event.  Another reason that for believing that these wittinesses are Moses and Elijah is that it was Moses and Elijah who came to visit Jesus on the mount of transfiguration just before He would go to the cross to die for the sins of the world.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I am sure that it will take a lot of faith to do the things that these men will do when they arrive on planet earth, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to accomplish His will.

 

The Word of God was challenging to my heart as I read it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  Continue to trust the Lord, that he will lead me and guide me in these difficult days of not truly knowing what it is that He would want us to do regarding where He wants us to go, if anywhere, and what He wants us to do, and if we will receive the money that others owe us.

 

Memory verses for the week:  1Thes. 4:3-5

 

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each of you know how to possesses his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;