There are two important biblical issues that must be handled properly by any person who steps forward and claims that he or she be one of the two witnesses in Rev 11:3, namely the following two issues:

1. The once-true Christian church has completely fallen away.

2. How will God recover the faith and doctrine of the apostolic church?

The first issue is very unpleasant for any false would-be witness of God after Rev 11:3 to handle, for it requires that he or she can establish that his or her own foundation is of God and separated from the worship and doctrines of apostasy. Many would-be witnesses therefore feel that it is easier for them either to deny the falling-away completely or to say that it has not yet happened.

The second issue is also very unpleasant for the false would-be witnesses, for it makes it impossible for them to evade the fact that the Bible prophecies clearly reveal that God will start His restoration of truth from the north (country). This is an unpleasant biblical fact to handle for the many impostors from the USA, so they prefer to say that "north (country)" means a place somewhere in northern USA. They are very disinclined to submit to what the Word of God tells us on this issue, for instance in Psalm 75:6, which excludes the "west". Therefore many of them instead say that "north (country)" in these prophecies means "a place in the north of USA".

The all-embracing problem, therefore, that all of these false would-be witnesses are faced with is their total lack of capacity to handle any or both of these "problematic" issues with success.

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