Revelation 11:5 Revelation 11:5-6 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. In these two verses is declared more particularly; I The power which Christ hath given unto his two prophetical witnesses, which power is three fold; first, they have power to shut heaven. Secondly, they have power over fire and waters. Thirdly, they have power to smite the earth with all plagues. \ II The objects upon whom their power is to be executed; to wit, their enemies that will hurt them. \ And, III The manner how they shall exercise their power; fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. And if any man will hurt them Revelation 11:5 kai ei tiv autouv qelh adikhsai pur ekporeuetai if any do them injury or injustice. There is no respect of persons with God; therefore saith Christ, who is the true and faithful Witness, If any one, viz. Power or Potentate, King or Emperor, Princes or Nobles, Pope, Priests or People will hurt them; that is, will persecute them, injure them, oppress them, and wrong them that are the Churches of God, and the faithful Ministers of Christ, who are his Witnesses, and do bear their Testimony for Christ against Antichrist. Fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies. By their mouth, here we are to understand their testimony, called the testimony of Jesus. \ The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy, which Spirit of Prophecy, is called here the fire which proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies; and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. Christ’ s ministers and his churches of saints, when they are injured, wronged, and hurt by persecution, oppression, imprisonment, banishment, etc. ought not to betake themselves to their material arms, but to their spiritual prayers; their fire which devoureth and kills their enemies, must not proceed out of their guns, their brass or iron Canons, etc. but out of their mouth; viz. their prophecy and testimony of Jesus., \ Herod the King stretched forth his hands (that is, his magisterial power) to vex certain of the church, and killed James the brother of John with the sword; -and he proceed further, and took Peter also, -and put him in prison, -but prayer was made (without ceasing) of the church unto God for him; and the angel of the Lord came, and delivered Peter out of prison. \ And the Angel of the Lord smote Herod, and he gave up the Ghost. God made his word in the mouth of his prophets as fire \ etc. The faithful ministers of Christ, and churches of saints, have spiritual weapons; and especially the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. \ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy. The ministerial and prophetical power of Christ’ s two witnesses, is here declared to be over waters (as well as fire) both the waters that are above the firmament of heaven, to shut heaven that it rain not; and this is the power of prayer also that Elijah had. \ Elias was a man subject to like (infirmities or) passions as we are; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. Thus he shut heaven in the days of his prophecy; and thus Christ’ s two prophetical witnesses have power to shut heaven in the days of their prophecy. And they have power over the waters (under the firmament) to turn them into blood, as Moses did, \ and to smite the earth with all plagues, especially spiritual judgements \ and temporal also \ which God executeth according to the word of the Lord, which cometh forth out of their mouths.