Like John and Jesus were physically born into the generation of His first appearing, there are two witness prophets born into the generation of Jesus' return as described in Revelation 11 who give their testimony before the beast arises from the pit and makes war with them. Revelation 17:8
There are many speculations that they may be Enoch and Elijah or a pairing of any other two of the former prophets. I believe these speculations can be biblically proven to be in error and are a distraction from the truth. While these two witnesses are important to the reality that they represent of God's intention to embrace us in immortality, and further express the truth that, because Jesus died the death on the cross, they were preserved without ever having to die, and their testimony confirms that a whole generation of believers at the return of the Lord will never die, but will be changed, as Paul the Apostle reveals. 1 Cor 15:51
So, that being true, by what possible agency of biblical origin would Elijah or any other prophet be reconstituted in a natural body fit again for the first nature and environment of humanity in progress of sustainment as it is, until the return of Jesus, since he (Elijah) and all that have passed before us, have ever since then and until now, clearly and presently been preserved in another state through Christ as witnessed by the disciples on the Mount of transfiguration, and Paul's testimony in Hebrews 12:22? Matt 17:3, Mark 9:4, Luke 9:30,31
Enoch like Elijah never died, he walked with God and was not, he was changed from his original, historic and first creation natural state of humanity, because God took him into another state of preservation with Him, as Moses and Elijah presently enjoy, the proof that they three enjoy the same state is that Moses actually died and yet he is witnessed in the same state of preservation as Elijah who never died, in communion with Jesus on the mountain and they remain so, until all the saints are perfected and become as Jesus is when mortality is swallowed up by immortality. Hebrews 12:22, 1 Cor 15
Why would Enoch and Elijah ever have to be reconstituted to their former, historic first nature estate (which is absolutely necessary before they could now die), to suffer the appointed death when God decided to spare them from it through what Jesus Christ would do in His own person on the cross? And no one who has ascended to where Jesus presently is will ever die again.
Jesus took upon His flesh the original appointment for a man once to die, as issued from the Garden over Adam and all born in the currently sustained nature of procreation. God sustains the natural process and procreation and the continued stigma of death since Jesus resurrection and exaltation to heaven during this time until the end, specially for the proliferation of believers 1 Tim 4:10. They must be first born in nature before they can be born again in new creation by His Spirit.
As the bible clearly describes, all the former prophets have retained their own individual identities and are preserved in Christ by the resurrection of Jesus as part of the great cloud of witnesses of Hebrews 12:22, Matt 27:52. And no one who has ascended to where Jesus presently is will ever die again.
I submit that the two witness prophets spoken of in Revelation 11, will be natural born, into the generation that the Lord will return and born again in the same process as every believer since Christ appeared and ascended bodily to heaven.
They too, will be filled with the Same Spirit of Christ that belongs exclusively to Jesus alone in full and particular receipt of the promise of the Father for His outpouring upon all flesh from heaven in His own name.
In other words, all the prophets that came before up to and including John the baptist, were empowered by the Spirit of Christ that ever belonged to and rested thereafter forever upon Jesus alone according to John's witness in John 1:32-34, and He pours it out from heaven upon whosoever will believe in Him, and call upon his name for salvation.
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