Silencing the Witnesses: Jerusalem & the Ascent of Secularism

Moses and Elijah back from the dead?

The most popular interpretation of Revelation 11 today is literal - that Moses and Elijah are soon to reappear in the streets of Jerusalem as witnesses, to preach for three and a half years, then be killed by a metaphorical beast (a man called the Antichrist) before being resurrected again after three and a half days.

The most common academic view today, however, is that these are all metaphorical images, referring to the church being persecuted initially ...