AboutSal Expertise I am privileged to be able to offer an alternative insight into the complicated world of Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) theology. I will rely heavily on the Bible, but will also consider history and use logic in exposing deficiencies in SDA teachings. I would ask anyone who is considering becoming a SDA or if you are already in the SDA church, but are searching for the truth, to please allow me to offer a different explanation for the claims of the SDA. Remember : "The truth will set you free" (John 8:32). I can answer your questions pertaining to the beliefs and history of the SDA. I am not able to answer questions concerning spirituality or church discipline.
Experience I have extensively studied the theology of the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) for a number of years. I have many books and tape sets produced by experts in this field of study. I have debated current members of the SDA church. I have a great desire to help these people see the truth.
Education/Credentials M.S. degree in Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics
Question if the two witnesses in Revelation 11 are the old and the new testaments, please tell me how they have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy, and have power over waters to turn them to blood and to smite the earth with all plaques as often as they will.
Answer Dear Thato:
I don’t believe that the Two Witnesses of Revelation 11 represent the Old and New Testaments. I believe that the Two Witnesses represent in the first sense Moses and Elijah. The Two Witnesses could cause fire to consume their enemies as did Moses (Numbers 16:35) and Elijah (2 Kings 1:10). The Two Witnesses could cause a drought as did Elijah (1 Kings 17:1-3, 18:1). The Two Witnesses could cause water to turn into blood as did Moses (Exodus 7:14-16). The Two Witnesses could cause plagues as did Moses. This all agrees with a Jewish tradition that Moses and Elijah would return to earth during the age of the Messiah. So here John has Moses and Elijah giving witness to Jesus as the Messiah just as they did at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8). In a second sense the Two Witnesses may represent the Christian Church. The Church is the prophetic witness of Christ to the world. The Church, like the Two Witnesses, is persecuted for its witness. John may be saying here that the Church despite appearing to be defeated will be protected by God and brought to ultimate victory over the evil forces of Satan (cf. Matthew 16:18) as were the Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:11-12).
