“Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here” (12). John’s vision of the two prophets recalled the Old Testament stories. These faithful witnesses had power to “shut up the heavens” so it would not rain, like Elijah did. As they declared God’s truth, these prophets were mocked and killed, just like the Old Testament prophets (Acts 7:2). However, in John’s vision, the end of the story is different: God resurrects his prophets (11).

Through Christ, we are citizens now of God’s kingdom, but our world is still affected by sin and darkness. We look forward to the great day when “the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah” (15).