Imagine if these Two Witnesses did show up? Some of us would have to re-figure the order of events in Revelation. The Pre-Trib doctrine would be shot down, unless we were raptured at the same time? If not, the placement of the rapture would then be advanced towards the middle at least. If so, the rapture event would be reconfigured to happen at the same time they were taken up. But then we would know exactly when the rapture would happen, 1260 + 3 days. ??? It wouldn't be like a thief in the night.
But let's say they show up and we were still here. They are given 1260 days to witness, not just to the Jews but to the world since we will all be affected by their supernatural powers to cause famine, other disasters.
This would also mean the Antichrist would be identified and his reign would begin as well within that time frame. He is allowed a short time to go after and persecute the Jews and Christians. But aren't we supposed to be taken out at the time he is revealed?
Let's look at it other way. If the rapture happens, a billion or up to 1/3 of the population are taken up.
>>> Why would God need two witnesses ( and 144k more) to evangelize and convince the world that they need to repent? The utter fear of God from an event like the rapture would paralize most. The obvious cause could not be mistaken. "What happened to all those people ... where did they go?" Really? There are dozens if not hundreds of books out and movies about the Rapture in most languages and they knew about it or at least heard about it but didn't believe. But then it happens and the obvious conclusion could not be dismissed. Is anyone really going to swallow some other fabricated story that aliens zapped us or it was just mother nature itself ... punctuated equilibrium ... the next step in evolution? Or maybe the Antichrist speaks to the world and claims, "Do not be alarmed, this was necessary for humanity, I did it, I removed those Christians and their false belief system ... but I left the Buddhists and Muslims and everyone else, for I am god!" ???
It does look like war may be brewing in the Middle East though.