Two Olive Trees
Spirit-sustained testimony fed by Yahuah's provision
- Root
- Zech 4:3, 11-14 · zayith (H2132)
- Old Testament chain
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- Exod 27:20
- Ps 52:8
- Jer 11:16
- Zech 4:3, 11-14
- Rev 11:4
- New Testament
- Rev 11:4
The Torah first commands "pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always" (Exod 27:20). David is "like a green olive tree in the house of Elohim" (Ps 52:8), Israel is named a "green olive tree" (Jer 11:16), and Zechariah sees two olive trees feeding the menorah: "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit" (Zech 4:6, 14). Revelation's two olive trees are the divine source that keeps the testimony going, the light burning not by human strength but by Yahuah's provision. The lampstand bears a light it does not generate. The reading of two literal end-time prophets overlooks that Rev 11:4 calls them "two candlesticks," and lampstands are assemblies (Rev 1:20).
From The Courtroom of Heaven, pp. 159–160, 165