Timeline of theories on the two witnesses The word of God in prophecy is like mountains, and the theories, and opinions, and interpretations of men are like clouds in comparison. The prophet Joel spoke of the day of the Lord as "A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness." [Joel 2:2] Clouds are associated with darkness of a spiritual kind. Peter described the false teachers as "clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever." [2 Peter 2:17] The invading armies of Gog and Magog are compared to a cloud, and a storm consisting of many clouds. "Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee." [Ezekiel 38:9] Mountains remain fixed, and unchanged generation after generation, but clouds are variable, transient, and subject to winds. Paul wrote of "winds of doctrine." He encouraged the saints to be mature and to "come to the knowledge of the Son of God ... That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine , by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive." [Ephesians 4:14] Below, the various theories about the two witnesses of Revelation 11:1-14 are reviewed. Like clouds they pass, while the truth underlying the prophecy is like a mountain that cannot