Elijah and Enoch are the two Witnesses in Revelation.
There is little question that Elijah the Old Testament prophet was caught up alive to heaven and is one of the two witnesses. The second witness is regarded as either Moses or Enoch. Since it is appointed once for every man to die, the other witness must be Enoch.
- Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Enoch was the only other man in history that has never died physically. He was caught up to God at age 365 (Gen. 5:23-24).
Here is the evidence for these two being the witnesses.
| Both are Old Testament Prophets * Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, * 2 Chronicles 21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, | Rev. 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. |
| Both have never died physically. Gen 5:23-24 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 2 Kings 2:1 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. | Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: |
| Elijah called fire down from heaven 2 Kings 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. | Rev. 11:5 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. |
| Elijah closed the heavens for 42 months James 5:17 (ESV) Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. | Rev. 11:3, 6 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 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. |
| Enoch prophesied about the Lord returning. Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, | Enoch spoke about God’s Judgement Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. |
| Malachi said Elijah would return. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: | Elijah comes before the day of the Lord. |
Christ taught that Elijah must reappear and restore all things.
- Matthew 17:11
- And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
In Jewish tradition, Elijah is expected to appear during Passover, announcing the Messiah and revealing each Jew’s tribal lineage. Today, devout Jews believe Elijah will come before the Messiah’s arrival. Alongside another prophet, he will wield great power—sending plagues, stopping rain, and calling down fire from heaven on those who reject their mission.
- Rev. 11:6
- 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.
For forty-two months, no one can harm them, but after 1,200 days, the Antichrist will kill them.
- Rev. 11:7
- And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
This takes place around the middle of the Tribulation, leading the Antichrist to halt Temple offerings
- Dan. 9:27
- And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
He seizes control of half of Jerusalem (likely Arab East Jerusalem) and forces the Jewish section into captivity, where his followers loot homes and commit atrocities.
- Zech 14:2
- For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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