REVELATION - 11 1-14

 BooK of Revelation

                a paraphrased study

1 - Then I (disciple/apostle John) was given a measuring rod like a staff (clue about the “rod of iron” Jesus will rule the nations with after shattering them with it - measuring rod - Truth). And I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but don’t measure the court outside the temple. Leave that out, for it’s given over to the nations, and they’ll trample the holy city for forty-two months”. (Cross reference? - 1Cor.3:16 - “do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit”/Presence of God.. I.e. waiting for a ‘third temple’ in prophecy, could be an error? Dn.12:11-12.

     3 “And I will grant authority to my two witnesses (Rev.7:9,4?) and they’ll prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Poverty, mourning, and has to be during the second half of the lauded treaty that will last only seven years and be broken in the middle against Israel, Dn.12:11-12 w/ Lk.19:41,44-which verses prove the “70 weeks” gap between 69 and 70; and w/ 1Cor.3:16. A math problem revealing what?) 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and utterly ruins their foes. If anyone wants and is willing to harm them, thus it’s [dei - necessary, inevitable] they will be killed. 6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may rain during the days of the prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they wish. 7 And when their testimony is completed, the beast rising from the bottomless pit (from the abyss of potential that imperfect/straying is) will make war upon them, will conquer them, and kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. (Which was “outside the gate” of Jerusalem, so outside Jerusalem, not solely Jerusalem as Sodom and Egypt.) 9 And those of the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations, will look upon them for three and a half days, not allowing them to be put into tombs/graves (Jn.5:28-29). 10 And they’ll rejoice over their murders, make merry and exchange gifts, because these two had been a torment to them. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up! And great fear fell upon those who saw it. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here!” And they went up in a cloud, as they watched.

     13 And at that very hour, there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Zech.14:4)

     14 The second woe has passed, behold, the third woe is coming quickly. [The word is tachu - quickly. But translated here and elsewhere as ‘soon’. Which is not quite the same, although soon after would be.]                       

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£XpLaiNing ReVeLaTion 11 1-14

        WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study

1 - Then I (disciple/apostle John) was given a measuring rod like a staff (clue about the “rod of iron” Jesus will rule the nations with after shattering them with it). And I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but don’t measure the court outside the temple. Leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months”. (Cross reference? - 1Cor.6:19 - “do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit”/Presence of God.. I.e. waiting for a ‘third temple’ in prophecy, could be an error?)

     3 “And I will grant authority to my two witnesses (Rev.7:9,4?) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Poverty, mourning, and has to be during the second half of the lauded treaty that will last only seven years and be broken in the middle against Israel, Dn.12:11-12 w/ Lk.19:41,44-which verses prove the “70 weeks” gap between 69 and 70; and w/ 1Cor.3:16. A math problem revealing what?) 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and utterly ruins their foes. If anyone wants and is willing to harm them, thus it is [dei - necessary, inevitable] they will be killed. 6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may rain during the days of the prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they wish. 7 And when is completed the testimony of them, the beast rising from the bottomless pit (from the abyss of potential that imperfect/straying is) will make war upon them and will conquer them and will kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. (Which was “outside the gate” of Jerusalem, so outside Jerusalem, not solely Jerusalem as Sodom and Egypt.) 9 And will gaze those of the peoples, tribes and tongues, and nations, upon them for three and a half days, not allowing them to be put into tombs/graves. 10 And they will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to them. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up in a cloud, as their enemies watched. 13 And at that hour, there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Zech.14:4)

     14 The second woe has passed, behold, the third woe is coming quickly. [The word is tachu - quickly. But translated here and elsewhere as ‘soon’. Which is not quite the same.]

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🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, facts, cross references, etc.

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See Intro - This Year’s Revelation Study

               📜🍞+🍷🕊️(+Logic)

      The logic of things running their 

         course as opposed to some

                    sort of ant farm.

W𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕝𝕪 B𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕠𝕗 R𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 11 1-14

1 - Then I was given a measuring stick/rod, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. 2 But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. (And Truth will be trampled?) 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (In pressing difficulty.) 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.” (Yet they are upon earth. Rev.7:9 and 4?) 5 Any enemy who tries to harm them will be destroyed/ruined by the fire that comes out of their mouths. (Truth?) 6 These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. (😮) 7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will declare war against them, and he will conquer and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. (Some think Jesus was executed in Jerusalem but he wasn’t, “..so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore” - Heb.13:12-13.)

     9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. 13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe has passed (same point that’s after troops and what look like lions which shoot fire from their mouth, and a great war after the Euphrates has dried up) the third woe is coming soon.

                         ~*~

🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉/𝒫𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔..

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned📌 in the side column.