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Revelation Lecture 14

THE TWO WITNESSES: FAITHFULNESS AND VICTORY

Revelation 11:1-14

Key Verse 11:3

1. What might measuring the temple, the altar, and the worshipers signify (1; Ezekiel 40:3; Zechariah 2:1-2)? What might excluding the outer court from measurement signify (2)? What might the period of forty-two months represent?
2. Who are the two witnesses, and what is their mission (3-4; Zechariah 4:1-6, 11-14)? Why might God appoint two witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)? How does God empower them to carry out their mission (5–6; 1 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 1:9–12; Exodus 7:17–21)?
3. Why is it important that the witnesses finish their testimony before the beast kills them (7)? What do the beast’s apparent victory and the people’s response to the witnesses’ death reveal (7-10)? Why might the witnesses’ message have tormented the inhabitants of the earth?
4. What happens when “the breath of life from God” enters the witnesses (11-12a; Ezekiel 37:9–10)? Why might it be significant that their enemies watch them ascend to heaven (12b)? How do the survivors respond to the severe earthquake (13)? How does this passage encourage us to remain faithful in our witness to Jesus?