MHZ,HOW exactly do the phrases you recite relate to the case at hand,- or are you using a random Bible phrase generator?
Explain yourself...
How else could you find the right verse?
The topic was a 'preacher' or 'angel' put in an appearance and then 'poofed away' from the scene.
Revelation is about a coming set of events. Before anything 'bad' happens some 144,000 are sealed for protection as are an un-numbered people from all the Gentile Nations. (that number is only fixed some 3 1/2 years after the first are sealed for protection. Both groups would be the 'woman' in the verse i referenced. Being protected is a lot different than being able to protect yourself during the latter days, the two witnesses are the only ones that can protect themselves during the last two woes (5th and 6th trumps). They are also the ones that direct the earth to move that results in the sealed people (the 144,000 and repented Gentiles) being left with their breath and body still together.
De:4:27-31:
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations,
and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen,
whither the LORD shall lead you.
And there ye shall serve gods,
the work of men's hands,
wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him,
if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
When thou art in tribulation,
and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days,
if thou turn to the LORD thy God,
and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God
he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee,
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
The Gentile are the ones at the start of re:11, they are the ones that can be found in the Temple. In Luke:21:24 the time of the Gentiles and that was 70AD, when Re:11 picks up the story there is 42 months left until the return. If they are said to be in the wilderness then they are not major players in that period of time, watchers is a better description as they should survive to see the effects of the 7th trump unfold as far as people being resurrected to life. The survivors in the Nations get to walk to Jerusalem and they are witnesses to the destruction that marks the opening of the 'day of the Lord'. They are also witnesses to Satan and the fallen angels being sent to the fiery lake about 1,000 years later.
Anytime a day starts off like this you just know the bad parts are not entirely over, and they aren't for the ones that die on that day. They get 1,000 years to mock their old boss though, even if the chains and locked gate do offer a bit of protection. Before they get out they all agree that following Satan was not the smartest move they ever made.
Zep:1:2-7:
I will utterly consume all things from off the land,
saith the LORD.
I will consume man and beast;
I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea,
and the stumblingblocks with the wicked;
and I will cut off man from off the land,
saith the LORD.
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah,
and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops;
and them that worship and that swear by the LORD,
and that swear by Malcham;
And them that are turned back from the LORD;
and those that have not sought the LORD,
nor enquired for him.
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD:
for the day of the LORD is at hand:
for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice,
he hath bid his guests.
The two witnesses, that would be who the priest/angel was in the OP.
Re:11:3-4:
And I will give power unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days,
clothed in sackcloth.
These are the two olive trees,
and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Zec:4:11-14:
Then answered I,
and said unto him,
What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
And I answered again,
and said unto him,
What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
And he answered me and said,
Knowest thou not what these be?
And I said,
No,
my lord.
Then said he,
These are the two anointed ones,
that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.
Da:11:32:
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries:
but the people that do know their God shall be strong,
and do exploits.
Re:11:6-7:
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.
And when they shall have finished their testimony,
the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them,
and shall overcome them,
and kill them.
Re:11:11:
And after
three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them,
and they stood upon their feet;
and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Da:7:25:
And he shall speak great words against the most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws:
and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Granted the complete passages do give a more complete picture but this is a good preview of what will happen is that last period of prophecy unfolding before Christ arrives with the 7th trump. I suspect you will have a doubt or fifty, lol. One at a time is the best way to solve that big of an issue. The Bible is an amazing book when you apply this verse below to the OT.
Lu:24:27:
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets,
he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.