(Revelation) Book of the Great Revealing 11

MEASURING THE SACRED LODGE

1A measuring reed the size of a walking stick was given to me.

“Rise up,” a voice said to me, “and measure Creator’s sacred lodge and the altar, and count the ones who make their prayers and serve him there. 2But do not measure the courtyard that is outside of the lodge, for it has been given over to the Outside Nations. And for forty-two moons they will trample the sacred village under their feet.

THE TWO TRUTH-TELLER PROPHETS

3“And I will give power to my two truth tellers, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing rough animal hides#11:3 Lit. sackcloth to show the sorrow in their hearts.”

4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Honored One of all the earth. 5Fire will come out from their mouths to burn up all their enemies. All who try to harm them must die in this manner. 6They also have the power over the sky to hold back the rain during the days of their prophesying. And they have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and the power to bring all kinds of disasters on the land as often as they desire.

THE TWO PROPHETS ARE KILLED

7When they have completed their time of truth telling, the wild beast who rises from the deep, dark underworld will make war with them and defeat and kill them. 8Their bodies will lie dead in the pathway of the great Village of Peace (Jerusalem), where our Honored Chief was killed by being nailed to a tree-pole—the cross. This village is spiritually known as Village of Bad Spirits (Sodom) and as Black Land (Egypt).

9For three and a half days people from many tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their dead bodies and will not permit them to be buried properly. 10Those who dwell in the land will celebrate with glad hearts and send gifts one to another, because these two prophets had caused them such great suffering.

THE PROPHETS RETURN TO LIFE

11But after three and a half days, the breath of the Great Spirit entered into them. When they rose to their feet, great fear fell on all who were watching. 12Then the two prophets heard a loud voice from the spirit-world above.

“Come up here!” the voice said to them. As their enemies watched, a cloud took them up into the spirit-world above.

13At that same time there was a great shaking of the earth. A tenth of the village came crashing down, and seven thousand people were killed. Those who remained were filled with fear and gave honor to the Great Spirit of the world above.

14The second time of terrible pain and suffering has passed, but a third time of terrible pain and suffering will soon follow.

THE SEVENTH EAGLE BONE WHISTLE

15 Then when the seventh spirit-messenger sounded his eagle bone whistle,#11:15 Lit. trumpet, or in Hebrew shofar, meaning “ram’s horn” I heard loud voices in the spirit-world above.

“The power to rule this world now belongs to our Great Spirit Chief and to his Chosen One,” the voices thundered, “and the guidance of his good road will last beyond the end of all days!”

16Then the twenty-four elders, who sit in seats of honor before Creator, fell face down on the ground to give honor to the Great Spirit.

17“We offer thanks to you, O Honored One,” they said with one voice. “You are the All-Powerful One, Who Is and Was, for you have revealed your great power and established your good road. 18The nations were furious, but now the time of your fierce anger has come. It is time for you to decide the fate of the dead and to honor the ones who serve you—both prophets and holy ones—all who have deep respect for your name, from the smallest to the greatest among us. And it is time for you to bring to an end the ones who have brought destruction to the land.”

19Then I looked and saw that the way into Creator’s sacred lodge in the spirit-world above was open. Inside the lodge the cedar box of the peace treaty came into view. Lightning flashed with the sound of crashing thunder, and the earth shook while large hailstones fell from the sky.

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