- And I will give power to my two witnesses to prophesy… dressed in sackcloth…
- They have the power to shut the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying.
They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.
- When they have completed their testimony, the being that comes from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them…
- And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
- But after a short time a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them.
- Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!”
So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them…
- Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:
“The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ,
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
based on NET Bible