Walking With Christ

Revelation 11:3
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.

A lot of discussion has been had surrounding the identity of the two witnesses in Revelation. I’ve always heard that this is going to be Moses and Elijah. The most common support I hear for this is the commonality between the prophesies and plagues for these two when compared to Revelation.

I would like to propose an alternative answer. Elijah is pretty easy to believe as one of the witnesses.

Elijah is prophesied to return in Malachi 4:5 where it reads: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. The main thing to note about Elijah, besides his promised return, is that he did not die. He was taken up to heaven on chariots of fire.

2 Kings 2:11
And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

The bible literally says that Elijah will return, so it’s fairly reasonable to believe that he is one of the witnesses. What about the other?

Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Both witnesses will be killed in Revelation. If Elijah is eligible to be one witness because he never died, who was the only other person in the bible who didn’t die?

Enoch.

Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

The major caveat to this is that the bible has plenty of references to people being resurrected. Lazarus, anyone? This is purely conjecture based on theological reasoning and tradition. Thoughts?