I can go in several directions. One would be the restrainer is the Holy Spirit who is removed and with the removal of God the Holy Spirit the Christians go with Him seeing that the Holy Spirit is in them. This would not prevent the Holy Spirit for entering tribulation believers.
The restrainer could also be the church....praying for "the world" so to speak...and when removed is no longer praying as they are no longer present.
As for the Roman Empire...Christianity flourished during their time. In other words they couldn't prevent it from spreading.
The retainer .The law or gospel of Christ , signified by Moses the law giver and the prophets the testimony signified by Elijah. To the law and the prophets (sola scriptura)
Two the one witness Christ has spoken throughout the Bible
Matthew 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which
killed the
prophets.
Revelation 11:1_9 And there was given me a
reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and
measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 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. 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. These have power to shut heaven, that
it rain not in the days (Elijah) 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 .And their
dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified .And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Two dead bodies Moses and Elias (sola scriptura) A parable of God sending a famine for hearing of the living word.
Thier prohecy, they .
Luke 16:31 And he said unto him, If they
hear not
Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.
Two witness
