Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Journal
Andrews University Seminary Studies
Volume Number
53
Issue Number
1
Page Numbers
159-174
ISSN
0003-2980
Embargo Period
2-16-2016
ANZSRC / FoR Code
220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History)| 220499 Religion and Religious Studies not elsewhere classified
Reportable Items (HERDC/ERA)
C1
Abstract
The two witnesses of Rev 11:3-7 and the land beast of Rev 13:11-15 are perplexing passages with potent symbols that John enlists in communicating his visions to the members of the seven congregations in Asia Minor. This article proposes a literary and theological relationship between the two witnesses and the land beast. While this proposal is not new, the article aims to develop more fully the relationship between the land beast and the two witnesses in the following manner: (1) by examining the Old Testament background of especially the land beast; (2) by strengthening the relationship between these two passages on the basis of verbal and thematic parallels; (3) by articulating a freshly nuanced position on the identity of the land beast in contradistinction to other scholarly views; (4) and by demonstrating an aspect of the cosmic conflict between the two witnesses and the land beast.
Peer Review
Before publication
Recommended Citation
de Waal, K. (2015). The two witnesses and the land beast in the Book of Revelation. Andrews University Seminary Studies, 53(1), 159-174.
Comments
Used by permission: Andrews University Seminary Studies