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==Exegetical considerations==

==Exegetical considerations==

In attempting to [[Biblical exegesis|exegete]] Revelation 11 commentators who hold to a Premillenarian eschatology generally fall into three areas of interpretation in the identification of the Two Witnesses: (1) The Two Witnesses are individuals either manifested in some form of reincarnation; or “in the spirit” of Biblical prophets who once appeared in Bible history; or simply as two individuals newly arrived on the earth; (2) the Two Witnesses are corporate in nature (human) standing for the Church only or for Israel only; or both Israel and the Church; or for both Jewish and Gentiles believers in Jesus; and (3) the Two Witnesses express Biblical concepts (i.e., the Old and New Testaments; the Law and the Prophets; Mercy and Grace).

In attempting to [[Biblical exegesis|exegete]] Revelation 11 commentators who hold to a Premillenarian eschatology generally fall into three areas of interpretation in the identification of the Two Witnesses:  

#The Two Witnesses are individuals either manifested in some form of reincarnation; or “in the spirit” of Biblical prophets who once appeared in Bible history; or simply as two individuals newly arrived on the earth

#the Two Witnesses are corporate in nature (human) standing for the Church only or for Israel only; or both Israel and the Church; or for both Jewish and Gentiles believers in Jesus

#the Two Witnesses express Biblical concepts (i.e., the Old and New Testaments; the Law and the Prophets; Mercy and Grace).

Their chronological order aside, the purpose and destiny of the Two Witnesses is to decry the reign of the Antichrist-Beast,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribulation.com/beast.htm |title=The Dragon and Two Beasts of Revelation |accessdate=2007-08-26 |date=[[2006-09-21]] |work=Tribulation.com |publisher=Atlantis Station}}</ref> and to attest against that “Great City”— (or Whore of Babylon, Babylon the Great. Likewise, in that they are called to “prophesy” and wear “sackcloth”<ref>{{bibleverse||Revelation|11:3|141}}</ref> (a Biblical designation of a “call to repentance”) they assuredly are at the nexus of announcing the “gospel of the kingdom.”<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|24:14|141}}</ref>

Their chronological order aside, the purpose and destiny of the Two Witnesses is to decry the reign of the Antichrist-Beast,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribulation.com/beast.htm |title=The Dragon and Two Beasts of Revelation |accessdate=2007-08-26 |date=[[2006-09-21]] |work=Tribulation.com |publisher=Atlantis Station}}</ref> and to attest against that “Great City”— (or Whore of Babylon, Babylon the Great. Likewise, in that they are called to “prophesy” and wear “sackcloth”<ref>{{bibleverse||Revelation|11:3|141}}</ref> (a Biblical designation of a “call to repentance”) they assuredly are at the nexus of announcing the “gospel of the kingdom.”<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|24:14|141}}</ref>