"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? (12) 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? (13) And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. (14) Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
These verses seem to be but a continuation of one and the same vision. Perhaps, in allusion more particularly to the great and continued work of God the Holy Ghost in the Church, without whose blessed influence, to use the figure of this vision, it may be said, the candlestick cannot continue to burn, nor give her light. All the provision made by God our Father, purchased and secured to us by our Lord Jesus Christ, depends still for efficacy in the heart of every individual believer, from the sweet and gracious influences of God the Holy Ghost. Oh! blessed Spirit, grant to both Writer and Reader, those gracious, sweet anointings of thine, that having an unction from thee, we may know all things. 1 John 2:20.