in REVELATIONS we read...
REVELATIONS 11:1-6 ...
1.And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
[SUP]2. [/SUP]But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
[SUP]3. [/SUP]And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
[SUP]4. [/SUP]These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
[SUP]5. [/SUP]And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
[SUP]6. [/SUP]These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
if we look at verse two we see that the two witnesses shall prophecy for 1,260 days which is a period of 3 1/2 years....
now if you also notice verse 6 this is our insight to who these two witnesses are for EACH PROPHET CHOSEN BY GOD HIMSELF KEEP THEIR SAME MINISTRY... Moses caused the plagues and turned the water into blood as Elijah stopped the rain for 3 1/2 years...
the word prophecy itself means "MESSAGE" which EACH PROPHET AND EVERY TRUE SON AND DAUGHTER OF GOD BRINGS FOR THAT VERY AGE... also known as the "MESSAGE OF THAT VERY HOUR AND AGE" for it was only for that designated time by GOD HIMSELF for that very hour... and just as GOD HIMSELF STATES IN HIS OWN HOLY WORD... GOD HIMSELF HAS CHOSEN US AND ORDAINED IT BEFORE THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF ALL CREATION.
i will stop there for now... for there is truly a lot there to begin with and accept GOD'S HOLY TRUTH... ask if you have more questions or want to share...