What about Moses and Elijah? The lawgiver and the prophet. They were both on the Mt. of Transfiguration with Christ.
Deu.34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
6.And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
God took Moses, showing him the land he could not cross over to and He buried him. Did anyone actually see him die?
My belief is Moses and Elijah are the two witnesses of Revelation.
I agree that is an appealing theory based upon their presence at the Transfiguration, as you mentioned. (Matthew 17:3, Mark 9:4, Luke 9:30-31)
However, I still must dismiss Moses' role in Revelation 11:1-12 due to the passage you noted, (Deuteronomy 34:5-6), as well as Jude 1:9.
I got a giggle out of this:
"God took Moses, showing him the land he could not cross over to and He buried him. Did anyone actually see him die?"
Did God bury Moses alive? Creepy...
Hehee... Seriously, the Bible says Moses died and that's the Truth to me. Doornail time.
Deut 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.Moses was the lawgiver. The eye of the law was not dim nor was its force abated. God took the law out of the way and buried it because the children of Israel could not inherit the promise under the law. I think this takes a point away from Moses, but you get a point when you look at the miracles in Revelation 11.
Rev 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: (1 Kings 17:1 ) and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.These are the things that Moses and Eliah did.
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