Page 8 - 11 The Two Witnesses

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 11 – The Two Witnesses
VERSE 4. These are the two olive trees, and

the two candlesticks standing before the God

of the earth.

Evident allusion is here made to Zechariah

4:3-6, where it is explained that the two olive

trees are taken to represent the word of God;

and David testifies, “The entrance of thy

words giveth light;” and, “Thy word is a lamp

unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

Written testimony is stronger than oral. Jesus

declares of the Old Testament Scriptures,

“They are they which testify of me.” In this

dispensation, he says that his works bear

witness of him. By what means do they bear

witness of him? Ever since those disciples who

were personally associated with him while on

earth passed off the stage of life, his works

have borne witness of him only through the