Mystery of the Two Prophets in Revelation 11

103 Pages·2015·4.91 MB·English

by  Hannah Stoddard

Revelation 11
Two Prophets

Two sons in Isaiah . . .
Two prophets in Revelation 11
11:3 – “And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred and threescore
days, clothed in sackcloth.”
• Proclamation to the Saints Scattered Abroad sent by the
Prophet Joseph Smith, President Hyrum Smith and
Sidney Rigdon published January 15, 1841
• 1260 days later . . . Joseph & Hyrum were martyred.
All prophets looked to Joseph Smith’s day
The building up of Zion is a cause that has interested
the people of God in every age; it is a theme upon
which prophets, priests and kings have dwelt with
peculiar delight; they have looked forward with joyful
anticipation to the day in which we live; and fired with
heavenly and joyful anticipations they have sung and
written and prophesied of this our day; but they died
without the sight; we are the favored people that God
has made choice of to bring about the Latter-day glory
. . .
(Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 4:609-610)
11:4 – “These are the two olive trees, and
the two candlesticks standing before the
God of the earth.”
• Standing = histēmi
• Covenant, establish, present, abide
• Before = enōpion
• in the face of (literally or figuratively) before, in the presence
(sight) of,