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Heaven must hold this one (Christ) within itself until the times of restoration of all things of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old. In fact, Moses said: ‘Jehovah your God will raise up for you from among your brothers a prophet like me. You must listen to whatever he tells you. Indeed, anyone who does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.’(Acts 3:21-23).
The two witnesses of Revelation 11 perform miracles "like" Moses and Elijah:
These have the authority to shut up the sky so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying (Elijah), and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every sort of plague as often as they wish (Moses) (Revelation 11:5,6).
What’s more, the two witnesses perform a deliverance from a world empire, just like Moses. We know this because after their ministry of 3.5 years ends the people of God are released from captivity to the wild beast (Rev. 11:2,3; Rev. 13:5). The time frame is exactly the same (1260 days/42 months). It is because of the plagues that were wrought upon the wild beast empire by the two witnesses who are acting just "like" Moses who brought plagues on the Egyptian world empire, that God’s people are set free.
The context of Peter’s words in Acts 3:21-23 are the times of restoration of all things. He is speaking of the future times when the two witnesses perform these miracles. He makes that clear with the words "heaven must hold this one (Christ) until…". During the times of the restoration of all things, it is also the two witnesses who will restore all things (as the prophet Elijah). Jesus Christ made that clear:
In reply he said: "E·liʹjah is indeed coming and will restore all things." (Matt. 17:11).
The "restoration" connection here further points to the fact that the two witnesses act as the prophet like Moses.
