"Is it also possible that the two witnesses will also be appearing soon?"

"If the time of the Antichrist is drawing near, is it also possible that the two witnesses will also be appearing soon, or is there time for only after the beginning of the Great Tribulation?"

Everyone has an eschatology (study of end times); whether their version of death is a dirt nap, some celestial consciousness or a biblical explanation. I cite biblical eschatology like an ancient Jew would view it, but I could be wrong too.

Most Jews refuse to read Daniel and most Christians refuse to read Revelation as scripture, so both miss the mark. Some people overly spiritualize Daniel or Revelation or consider them to be chiastic poetry. That’s sad.

Let’s start out with the Christian version of the Antichrist. He’s anti-nomos (man of sin) in the scriptures, which means he loathes God’s Torah (Moses’ Writings). Christians don’t understand that. Most Christians don’t read the Tanakh, their Old Testament. That’s like building a building without a proper foundation. They tend to dwell on him and omit other key end time’s players. The supposed Antichrist is described vaguely in the Bible, and is listed as a Beast, a man of sin or a Little Horn in Daniel.

At times, the Bible is referring to the Beast or Little Horn as a man, but he seems to rule a system too. We should always consider that the language is purposely vague, so it could be either.

“While I was considering the horns, another horn sprang up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. In this horn were eyes like human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogantly. “As I watched, thrones were set in place; and the Ancient One [God] took his seat…

…Then the court was convened, and the books were opened. “I kept watching. Then, because of the arrogant words which the horn was speaking, I watched as the animal was killed; its body was destroyed; and it was given over to be burned up completely. As for the other animals, their rulership was taken away; but their lives were prolonged for a time and a season. Daniel 7:8–9a, 10b-12 (CJB)

Daniel’s other version of the Little Horn:

Out of one of them came a little horn which grew extremely big in the directions of the south and east, and in the direction of the Glory. It grew so great that it reached the army of heaven; it hurled some of the army and the stars to the ground and trampled on them. The first said to me, “Two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings, after which the sanctuary will be restored to its rightful state.”

Yes, it even considered itself as great as the prince of the army; the regular burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down. Through sin, the army was put in its power, along with the regular burnt offering. It flung truth on the ground as it acted and prospered.

The first said to me, “Two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings, after which the sanctuary will be restored to its rightful state.”

The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but you are to keep the vision secret, because it is about days in the distant future [today?].” Daniel 8:9–10, 11–12, 14, 26 (CJB)

It is my opinion that the Beast or Little Horn will arrive during the last three and one-half years of the final seven years, and that the False Prophet will arrive and coalesce the peoples years before his arrival. The Two Witnesses arrive before the final seven years and exit just prior to the Seventh Trumpet blast close to the mid-point of the seven years in Revelation 11:14 The second woe has passed; see, the third woe is coming quickly. They will verbally joust with the False Prophet, but not overlap with the Beast.

Who are the Two Witnesses? I would say they are literal or figurative Moses and Eliyahu (Elijah). They are mentioned first as two pillars and two olive trees:

As for the capitals on the two columns, there were 200 pomegranates in rows around each capital near the molding by the netting. He erected the columns in the hall of the temple; on erecting the right column he gave it the name “Yakhin,” and on erecting the left column he named it “Bo‘az.” On the tops of the columns were shapes like lilies; thus the work of the columns was finished. 1 Kings 21:20–22 (CJB)

In front of the house he made two columns sixty-one-and-a-quarter feet high, with a capital of eight-and-three-quarters feet on top of each. He made chains in the sanctuary and added them to the tops of the columns, and he made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains. He erected the columns in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left; the one on the right he called Yakhin, and the one on the left he called Bo‘az. 2 Chronicles 3:15–17 (CJB)

Next to it are two olive trees, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.” I then asked the angel speaking with me, “What are these, my Lord?” The angel speaking with me said, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my Lord.” Then he answered me, “This is the word of Adonai to Z’rubavel: ‘Not by force, and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Adonai-Tzva’ot. ‘What are you, you big mountain? Before Z’rubavel you will become a plain; and he will put the capstone in place, as everyone shouts, “It’s beautiful! Beautiful!” Zechariah 4:3–7 (CJB)

The Bible requires two or three credible witnesses testify in a court. Since no one on earth is biblically Tahor (ritually pure), we need two men that have no corpse contamination or other issues to restart the Temple Mount prayers and other end time’s requirements. They must arrive before the final seven years.

It is my belief that the Abrahamic Accords will strengthen over time and become a major diplomatic force. The Two Witnesses should arrive just a few days or months before the Abrahamic Accords are finalized. They will preach for 1,260 days until just prior to the mid-point of the seven years.

“Also I will give power to my two witnesses; and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two menorahs standing before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to do them harm, fire comes out of their mouth and consumes their enemies — yes, if anyone tries to harm them, that is how he must die. They have the authority to shut up the sky, so that no rain falls during the period of their prophesying; also they have the authority to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. Revelation 11:3–6 (CJB)

Just as we aren’t sure of when the actual decree was given by Medo-Persia to rebuild the “streets and walls of Jerusalem,” (Daniel 9:25) because there were three decrees, we may not realize which Abrahamic Accord kicks off the final seven years.

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Shalom!