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II. The Vanishing Witnesses.
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1. The connection of the past with Christ. The authority of the two representatives of the Old Covenant was only
(a) derived and subordinate;
(b) prophetic;
(c) transient.
2. The thought may be widened into that of the relation of all teachers and guides to Jesus Christ.
3. The two witness to the relation of the unseen world to Jesus Christ.
(a) Its inhabitants are undying.
(b) Are subject to the sway of Jesus.
(c) Are expectantly waiting a glorious future.
4. They witness to the central point of Christ's work --His decease.' This great event is the key to the world's history.
