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96 HIS BEGINNINGS Most of the Fathers of the Church believe these two witnesses to be Enoch and Elias (Elijah) which will come to earth to warn people not to follow the deceiver (Antichrist). There are many reasons for this. First is the fact that Enoch and Elias did not die, but were translated to heaven alive. (Gen 5:24, 2 Kgs 2:11) The second is the allusion to their power to “shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophecy,” something Elijah already did during his earthly ministry (1 Kgs 17:1, Jas 5:17) The fire that proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies, is symbolic of their fiery speeches that no one will be able to contradict. “The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit” is none other than Antichrist, who will be opposed by the two witnesses. Ultimately, he will seize them and kill them and they will be left unburied for the whole world to see. The city which is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified is Jerusalem, which will become the seat of Antichrist. It is called Sodom because under the rule of Antichrist, the holy city will become an abomination, since there Antichrist will be worshipped instead of God. It is also symbolically called Egypt because like Egypt in the time of Moses persecuted God’s people, so will Jerusalem become the centre from which Antichrist will give orders to persecute the Church. We are also told that “they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half.” This would not have been possible during the time of the writing of Revelations, but today, with satellite communications, the whole world can watch this great spectacle on CNN! We are also told that after three and a half days (symbolic) they will be resurrected and taken to heaven. A great earthquake will shake the city of Jerusalem, and “the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.” Here we find an allusion to the conversion of the “remnant of Israel” that St. Paul spoke of, “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.”(Rom 9:27) When the Jews see what happens to the two prophets, their resurrection and ascension, and the great earthquake, the “remnant” will believe on Christ. For when the threescore and two weeks are fulfilled, and Christ is come, and the Gospel is preached in every place, the times being then accomplished, there will remain only one week, the last, in which Elias
HIS BEGINNINGS 97 will appear, and Enoch, and in the midst of it the abomination of desolation will be manifested, viz., Antichrist, announcing desolation to the world. And when he comes, the sacrifice and oblation will be removed, which now are offered to God in every place by the nations. 1 But Enoch and Elias the Thesbite shall be sent and shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, (Mal 4:5-6) that is, the synagogue to our Lord Jesus Christ and the preaching of the apostles: and they will be destroyed by him. And the Lord shall come out of heaven, just as the holy apostles beheld Him going into heaven perfect God and perfect man, with glory and power, and will destroy the man of lawlessness, the son of destruction, with the breath of His mouth (II Thes 2:8). Let no one, therefore, look for the Lord to come from earth, but out of Heaven, as He himself has made sure. 2 Most of the other fathers are in agreement that the “two witnesses” are Enoch and Elijah. They site Malachi 4:5-6 (above). They feel this prophesy had its fulfillment in the coming of John the Baptist “in the spirit and power of Elias” (Luke 1:17) as a fore-runner for the first coming, and will also be fulfilled in the coming of Enoch and Elijah (Elias) as fore-runners for the second coming of Christ. The two witnesses will come to warn the world against the deceit of Antichrist. Some claim that Elias will come to warn the Jews and Enoch to warn the gentiles. For this is what the prophets Enoch and Elias will preach, ‘Believe not the enemy who is to come and be seen; for he is an adversary and corrupter and son of perdition, and deceives you;’ and for this reason he will kill them, and smite them with the sword. 3 THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY: As early as the year 55 A.D., false teachings concerning the second coming of our Lord started to be circulated in the church. This prompted St. Paul to write his second epistle to the Thessalonians, 1 Hyppolytus: Scholia on Daniel 2 John Damascene: Expounding the Orthodox faith 3 Hippolytus: Discourse on the end of the world and on Antichrist
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THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING 1 The revel
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