how long is two hundred threescore days? Is it 1,230 days? I believe the two witnesses are authorized in the last days because the evil is so great that the only way to squash it is by FIRE which the Lord gives through HIS SPIRIT to stop the wicked. Im' sorry folks, the wicked, God will not save. There are presdestined people who are hardened. There are times when God will say, "Do not pray for these people". It is in the days of Sodom and Gomorrhea, it was destroyed by fire because Lot dusted off his feet. Yes we are to love, but God does not tell us to love satan.