The two witnesses -- one spicy, one not
Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
There are two different Spirits operating, the Holy Spirit is working in the watchmen to turn many of the children of God to the Lord, and to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just. But there is also another spirit operating in the world to make straight the paths of the Antichrist. It is the spirit of rebellion. It claims to be "woke" but is actually rebellion against the Lord our God. It operates in darkness, causing the children to rebel against their fathers and to rebel against the wisdom of the just.
Consider DOGE, the Holy Spirit is working in people to turn to the Lord, to root out the corruption and graft, to let the Father's know they need to take the lead, stop being passive, but take a stand for what is right and what is just.
But there is another spirit working of rebellion. Instead of praying for the leaders it condemns them. Instead of the wisdom of the just, it is full of bitter envying and strife. They manipulate people by lying against the truth. It is a devilish wisdom.
James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Up until recently these two were warring against each other. But now with AI and with almost all communication being digital the devilish wisdom has a huge advantage. They can easily censor others, they can easily shout them down, and they can easily drown them out. AI can create ten posts for everyone that a child of God can and AI can make the lies very convincing, and AI can shadow ban channels feeding you the channels they want you to see.
Luke 1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
All ministries are speaking ministries. The sword of the Spirit is the word of God. We don't war according to the flesh, it is the words of God that give life, the flesh profits nothing. But in order to speak the word of God you must have faith. It would have been a great honor to have spoken them before they were fulfilled. But the fearful and unbelieving cannot speak until they are fulfilled.
Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
John the Baptist is like this man child, Zechariah is like this woman. One is filled with the Holy Spirit and speaks these things before they are fulfilled, the other cannot speak until they are fulfilled and will then flee into the wilderness for 1,260 days. This is the same period of time as the ministry of the two witnesses. When the Children of Israel fled into the wilderness what was the day that the curse ended? That was the 15th of Av. If you understand the picture that was the day that they rose up out of their graves. Hosea 6:2 talks about Israel being raised up, that would also be on the 15th of Av.
Therefore the 1,260 days of the ministry of the two witnesses includes the 3 1/2 days that they lie in the streets and concludes when they also are raised up on the 15th of Av. The 15th of Av in 2028 is Aug 6 & 7.
The 15th of Av would be the day the two witnesses are raised, and it would also be the day that Israel is raised 7 1/2 years after the rapture when the raptured saints are taken to heaven (Hebron) with Jesus (Kind David) prior to his coming to Jerusalem to reign.