the two witness, the olive trees and the candelstick.
God give us the answer to the two Olive trees, and the candlestick. he reveals this to us in his prophet, Zechariah 4:1 "And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,"
Zechariah 4:2 "And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:"
Zechariah 4:3 "And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof."
only one candlestick, or container, "ONE" candlestick, not two. candlestick here is the stand, not the candle themselves but the stand, which holds the candles. Zechariah said he saw "a", candlestick. so the candlestick is the lampstand which is only ONE. for in the book of revelation the term "Candlestick" is define as,
G3087 λυχνία luchnia (lïch-niy'-a) n.
a lamp-stand.
{literally or figuratively}
[from G3088]
KJV: candlestick
notice the definition states "a" lamp-stand, not two, but "a", meaning one.
Now knowing that, back in Zechariah the angel tell him who or what the two olive trees are, men. 4:6 "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."
here "spirit", with the small case "s" indicate a man spirit. so we know that it's two people. for verses 11-14 tells us so, listen,
Zechariah 4:11 "Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?"
Zechariah 4:12 "And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?"
Zechariah 4:13 "And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord."
Zechariah 4:14 "Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
BINGO, the Golden oil not just oil, but the golden oil is the Spirit, or the Holy Spirit, who anoints these two witness. for the olive oil is the repersentation for an anointed "WORK".
only the Lord Jesus and John the Baptist from birth have the Holy Ghost/oil from birth. yes, both John and the Lord Jesus was anointed from birth with the Holy Spirit. these two men was the only one at that time that was "ANOINTED" with the spirit, not just filled with the Spirit, but "ANOITED" with the Spirit to do a WORK. the writer of John's gospel clearly states that he was a witness.
John 1:6 "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John."
John 1:7 "The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe."
and we know that the Lord Jesus is the faithful witness.
Revelation 1:5 "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"
so there are the two witness, not two candlesticks/lampstand, only "ONE" so that eliminates any other person or thing one can to apply to the two witness as being something else.
so the two witness having the anoiting of the Holy Spirit was "ALIVE" to God. why do we say that? for dead son cannot "work". the dead know nothing. so one must be alive to God to do his WORK, and to be alive to God one must have his Spirit. this is why John came from God and was not just sent by God. another thing, all the people on the EARTH, at that time was DEAD, not BORN again. and three, the dead cannot inherit anything, hence the reason why we need to be BORN AGAIN.
there was more meat in this post that meets the eye, but it's concern another topic which I will not hijack this topic to discuss.
but i hope this was helpful in understanding who the two witness are. it's just the beginning.
PICJAG.
