Everyone wants to know: Who are the two witnesses are in Revelation 11? Moses and Elijah? Enoch and Elijah? James and John? Peter and Paul? Gill suggests they are not two individuals, but rather two parties: (1) Gospel ministers and (2) Gospel congregations. To catch his drift, you must understand his prophetic timeline.
Gill’s Prophetic Timeline
As we’ve detailed prior, Gill sees Revelation as “prophetic eras” the church must endure. The church already has passed through the first five trumpet judgments. We currently are under the 6th trumpet, and the 7th trumpet is yet future. In his purview, the church currently is in the Sardis church era, in which true congregations have separated from the Roman Catholic Church and are spreading slowly like leaven. The rise, fall, and resurrection of the two witnesses will mark the beginning of the “spiritual reign” of Christ and inaugurate the Philadelphia church era, in which the gospel will surge, worldwide, so…
