The real value of a witness depends upon the faithfulness and truth of his testimony. A witness is one who sees an event and can report it to others. In the context of God's plan, He grants to His Two Witnesses the privilege and strength to proclaim the truth they are commissioned to communicate to mankind. During the specified time, they will publicly preach or maintain the truth before the world as His representatives. God promises protection to those who obey Him, according to His will, and as part of His witness protection, if anyone wants to harm the Two Witnesses, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. Additionally, the saints overcome satan by the blood of Christ and by the word of their testimony. As a unified force, the Church and its members are to witness for God by their works, demonstrating that our God is God. Good works glorify Him when we are reliable and accurate witnesses of His way of life, bearing a tremendous individual responsibility to represent Him through our example.

The word witnesses corresponds to the Hebrew word ed. It always refers to a person. The word martus here specifies that the two witnesses are people. These two witnesses do miracles. They die. It must be two physical people. He calls them prophets later on. The message that they give is called a testimony. It just means evidence. Normally it would be called eyewitness proof. These two witnesses are called upon to give an account of what they have seen and what they have experienced. Their witness is primarily given by word. They are told to prophesy. They preach. A witness is primarily done by word. They will be giving evidence of the God of the whole earth. They will be revealing God to this world and giving their eyewitness testimony of the things that He has taught them and the things that they have experienced because of Him. That which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which we have looked upon and our hands have handled concerning the Word of life the life was made manifested and we have seen and bear witness and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us that which we have seen and heard we declare to you that you also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory this is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. And so we have the prophetic word confirmed which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Bring out the blind people who have eyes and the deaf who have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this and show us former things. Let them bring out their witnesses that they may be justified or let them hear and say it is truth. You are My witnesses says the Lord and My servant whom I have chosen that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed nor shall there be after Me. I even I am the Lord and besides Me there is no savior. I have declared and saved. I have proclaimed and there was no foreign god among you. Therefore you are My witnesses says the Lord that I am God. Indeed before the day was I am He and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand. I work and who will reverse it. Comfort yes comfort My people says your God. Speak comfort to Jerusalem and cry out to her that her warfare is ended that her iniquity is pardoned for she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. The voice said cry out and he said what shall I cry all flesh is grass and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers the flower fades because the breath of the Lord blows upon it surely the people are grass. The grass withers the flower fades but the word of our God stands forever. O Zion you who bring good tidings get up into the high mountain O Jerusalem you who bring good tidings lift up your voice with strength lift it up be not afraid say to the cities of Judah behold your God behold the Lord God shall come with a strong hand and His arm shall rule for Him behold His reward is with Him and His work before Him. This will be true evidence that provi