The only time Spirit of Life entering the 'dead bodies' of two witnesses is at their resurrection and not before:
Re 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Mind you, the death of the two witnesses is related to the crucifixion of our Lord, the hour of darkness. You may argue that it is only 'symbolic' death and therefore, the resurrection is also 'symbolic'. The symbolic 'death' is because the Body is powerless (as Jesus Christ hung powerless on the cross) as long as Satan has been given complete power by God in GT, which is also the hour of darkness for the whole world. Bible makes it clear in the Book of Daniel that the saints are given in satan's hand for the symbolic time period of 3-1/2 (whole GT period):
Time out. Let me ask you some questions:
After 1,260 days of testimony (church age), the Two Witnesses will be killed and lying dead in the city for 3-1/2 days. Tell me what kind of death did Two Witnesses experience?
1.) Physical death? (Not every Elects are physically dead in church, aren't we?)
2.) Spiritual death? (It is biblically impossible IN Christ)
Both choices won't work with Revelation 11:8, so what kind of death did Two Witnesses experience before Spirit of life come upon them? What death will they resurrected FROM?
The answer is the
death of the witnesses to Truth in the Church which is why the enemies REJOICE over the bodies of Two Witnesses.
Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Rev 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
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.
Two Witnesses can no longer bring the gospel of life in this great city, which, spiritually speaking, is Sodom and Egypt. Their witness has been so effectively silenced in the Church by the false teachers, that their voice is not heard. It's as if they are
dead.
Your position is incorrect to assume that Two Witnesses will remain dead in the great city the whole great tribulation period. The death of Two Witnesses is not the time of abomination of desolation yet! Before abomination of desolation starts, the Spirit of life illustrates a Spiritual awakening of the faithful witnesses in the Churches. To stand upon their feet illustrate that they are mobilization to come out of church with the ability to discern the signs of abomination of desolation in the church. They are empowered by the Spirit of Life to again declare God's Word. But it will not be a word of Salvation like they used to before they were killed by Satan, but of
blowing of the trumpet. In other words, a word of warning that desolation is nigh! It is not Second Coming or rapture as most supposed, because there are still time for ONE HOUR of Judgment upon Babylon, which signifies a period AFTER Two Witnesses stood up:
Rev 11:11 And
after three days and a half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Rev 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Rev 11:13 And the
same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.Rev 18:9 And the
kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Rev 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. This is not the Last Day. There are still time for one symbolic hour for judgment to take place upon church while Two Witnesses watch from afar off.
Da 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Satan prevailed against Saints until Second Coming as far as Salvation Witnessing is concerned! This has to do nothing with Elects departing out of church and Babylon being judged!
Just because Rev 19 portrays Christ on the white horse, it doesn't have to be the same in Rev 6:2.
Re 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Unlike Rev 19, Rev 6 gives no discription of Christ:
Re 19:11 ¶ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
So you will have to only assume that Rev 6:2 speaks of Christ, while the verse makes no such claims.
Come on. Such interpretations of yours can be easily debunked. For example, Christ has hair which is
white like wool in Revelation chapter one, but it isn't mentioned in Revelation nineteen. Does that mean that Christ in Revelation chapter one is not Christ in Revelation 19?
You say that the Spirit of Life enters the 5 wise virgins so that they hear the midnight cry. But the parable also says that ALL virgins heard the cry. You can't enforce something which is just not there in the parable. Besides, your use of the phrase 'Spirit of Life' without comparing to any scripture in the Bible.
I will quote Tony Warren here, which he explains it better:
"...God declares to us that both the five wise, and five foolish virgins heard the cry, and arose and trimmed their lamps. So there is no difference there. God illustrates that the difference is not in their hearing, nor their rising up, but
in the preparation (oil) they did (or did not) possess.Matthew 25:3-7
* "They that were
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
* But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
* While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
* And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
* Then
all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps."
Oil is symbolic of the Spirit of God. Thus the wise virgins were "
before" prepared of God and had sufficient Spirit to light their way that they could "see" to rise up and go meet the Lord (when that time comes), while the foolish virgins were unprepared (see verse three) and took no oil for their lamps, and thus could not "see." As we know, a lamp cannot light the way to the bridegroom without oil. It's just an empty canister. In other words, this is illustrating those in the Church who didn't have the Spirit to light their way to Christ. In other words, they were unsaved. Again, "many are called, but few are chosen." The foolish virgins had not the oil to be truly Saved where the Lord was a light unto their feet to guide them to rise up and seek the bridegroom. They were unprepared."
While the Wise Virgins were also guilty of sleeping along with the foolish virgins (Revelation 18:3), God has not forsaken them. When the time has come when God is about to judge Babylon the Great, He will 'resurrect' His Elects from 'death' in the church so they will 'see' abomination of desolation and prophesy to come out of church. Revelation 11:11-13 will not talk about Second Coming or rapture, for these events are still part of second woe, under Sixth Trumpet. The seventh trumpet which is the third woe yet to be sound, Revelation 11:14-15.
Erik