Revelation 11
11
The Two Witnesses
1 #
Ez 40.3; Zec 2.1,2. An angel gave me a measuring stick and said:
Measure around God's temple. Be sure to include the altar and everyone worshiping there. 2#Lk 21.24. But don't measure the courtyard outside the temple building. Leave it out. It has been given to those people who don't know God, and they will trample all over the holy city for 42 months. 3My two witnesses will wear sackcloth,#11.3 sackcloth: See the note at 6.12. while I let them preach for 1,260 days.
4 #
Zec 4.3,11-14. These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand in the presence of the Lord who rules the earth. 5Any enemy who tries to harm them will be destroyed by the fire that comes out of their mouths. 6#1 K 17.1; Ex 7.17-19; 1 S 4.8. They have the power to lock up the sky and to keep rain from falling while they are prophesying. And whenever they want to, they can turn water to blood and cause all kinds of terrible troubles on earth.
7 #
Dn 7.7; Rev 13.5-7; 17.8;
Dn 7.21. After the two witnesses have finished preaching God's message, the beast that lives in the deep pit will come up and fight against them. It will win the battle and kill them. 8#Is 1.9,10. Their bodies will be left lying in the streets of the same great city where their Lord was nailed to a cross. And this city is spiritually like the city of Sodom or the country of Egypt.
9For three and a half days the people of every nation, tribe, language, and race will stare at the bodies of these two witnesses and refuse to let them be buried. 10Everyone on earth will celebrate and be happy. They will give gifts to each other, because of what happened to the two prophets who caused them so much trouble. 11#Ez 37.10. But three and a half days later, God will breathe life into their bodies. They will stand up, and everyone who sees them will be terrified.
12 #
2 K 2.11. The witnesses then heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, “Come up here.” And while their enemies were watching, they were taken up to heaven in a cloud. 13#Rev 6.12; 16.18. At that same moment there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were frightened and praised the God who rules in heaven.
14The second horrible thing has now happened! And the third one will be here soon.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 #
Ex 15.18; Dn 2.44; 7.14,27. At the sound of the seventh trumpet, loud voices were heard in heaven. They said,
“Now the kingdom
of this world
belongs to our Lord
and to his Chosen One!
And he will rule
forever and ever!”
16Then the 24 elders, who were seated on thrones in God's presence, knelt down and worshiped him. 17They said,
“Lord God All-Powerful,
you are and you were,
and we thank you.
You used your great power
and started ruling.
18 #
Ps 2.5; 110.5;
Ps 115.13. When the nations got angry,
you became angry too!
Now the time has come
for the dead
to be judged.
It is time for you to reward
your servants the prophets
and all your people
who honor your name,
no matter who they are.
It is time to destroy everyone
who has destroyed
the earth.”
19 #
2 Macc 2.4-8;
Rev 8.5; 16.18;
Rev 16.21. The door to God's temple in heaven was then opened, and the sacred chest#11.19 sacred chest: In Old Testament times the sacred chest was kept in the tent used for worship. It was the symbol of God's presence with his people and also of his agreement with them. could be seen inside the temple. I saw lightning and heard roars of thunder. The earth trembled and huge hailstones fell to the ground.
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Revelation 11
11
The Two Witnesses
1Then I was given #Ezek. 40:3—42:20; Zech. 2:1; Rev. 21:15a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, #Num. 23:18“Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. 2But leave out #Ezek. 40:17, 20the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, #Ps. 79:1; Luke 21:24for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will #Dan. 8:10tread the holy city underfoot for #Dan. 7:25; 12:7; Rev. 12:6; 13:5forty-two months. 3And I will give power to my two #Deut. 17:6; Rev. 20:4witnesses, #Rev. 19:10and they will prophesy #Rev. 12:6one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4These are the #Ps. 52:8; Jer. 11:16; Zech. 4:2, 3, 11, 14two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. 5And if anyone wants to harm them, #2 Kin. 1:10–12; Jer. 1:10; 5:14; Ezek. 43:3; Hos. 6:5; Rev. 9:17fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. #Num. 16:29And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. 6These #1 Kin. 17:1; Luke 4:25; (James 5:16, 17)have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
The Witnesses Killed
7When they #Luke 13:32finish their testimony, #Rev. 13:1, 11; 17:8the beast that ascends #Rev. 9:1, 2out of the bottomless pit #Dan. 7:21; Rev. 13:7will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. 8And their dead bodies will lie in the street of #Rev. 14:8the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, #Heb. 13:12where also our Lord was crucified. 9#Rev. 17:15Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, #1 Kin. 13:22; Ps. 79:2, 3and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. 10#Rev. 12:12And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, #Neh. 8:10, 12; Esth. 9:19, 22and send gifts to one another, #Rev. 16:10because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
The Witnesses Resurrected
11#Rev. 11:9Now after the three-and-a-half days #Ezek. 37:5, 9, 10the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” #Is. 14:13And they ascended to heaven #Is. 60:8; Acts 1:9in a cloud, #2 Kin. 2:11, 12and their enemies saw them. 13In the same hour #Rev. 6:12; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18there was a great earthquake, #Rev. 16:19and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid #Josh. 7:19; John 9:24; Rev. 14:7; 16:9; 19:7and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14#Rev. 8:13; 9:12The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.
Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed
15Then #Rev. 8:2; 10:7the seventh angel sounded: #Is. 27:13And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, #Rev. 12:10“The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, #Ex. 15:18; Dan. 2:44; 7:14, 27; Luke 1:33and He shall reign forever and ever!” 16And #Matt. 19:28; Rev. 4:4the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and #Rev. 4:11; 5:9, 12, 14; 7:11worshiped God, 17saying:
“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
The One #Rev. 16:5who is and who was and who is to come,
Because You have taken Your great power #Rev. 19:6and reigned.
18The nations were #Ps. 2:1angry, and Your wrath has come,
And the time of the #Dan. 7:10; (Rev. 20:12, 13)dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”
19Then #Rev. 4:1; 15:5, 8the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And #Rev. 8:5there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, #Rev. 16:21and great hail.
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