Revelation 11; Verses 1-2; The Spiritual Measuring

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Now remember we're between trumpets 6 and 7 here. The two witnesses come right before satan claims to be Christ/God. We get a double pouring of the Holy Spirit. In what I call a morale boost for the Lord's Army here. We will get to the timing and correlation (months i.e. moons as opposed to days i.e. solar) as move between the 6th and 7th trumpets as we further along. As you have the children of light, and the children of darkness.

We will also see the false teaching that the church is gone here. How? the candlesticks are the church. They are here in Revelation 11 and Zechariah 4. That is in the next study post. Some good ground to cover here. 



Setting the time and place for the two witnesses:

(Revelation 11:1-2) "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God (the church as a whole/the people), and the altar (prayers before the LORD), and them that worship therein.

(You do not measure with a reed. This is a rod to measure God's people. Also rod of correction as we have the 144,000 sealed up here between trumpets 6 and 7. Also seals 6 and 7. Along with vials 6 and 7).

(Once again, between 6 and 7 of each of seals, trumpets, and vials the 144,000 are sealed).

(Obviously, this is not a literal measurement. But a measurement of people as we see the worshipers are being measured. This is a time of separation. The plummet line it is the people of God measured here. Sizing them up, this is the bunch you want to "fit in" with. The true measuring of success).

The morale boost:

(Zechariah 4:10) "For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth."

(But what are the seven eyes? They are a sign to all to know the Lord is watching. The seven heads from Revelation 13:1. Which are of course the seven continents/dominions. Remember Babylon thinks and say she sits as a queen. She thinks the Lord is not watching as they are convinced and then worship satan as Christ/God).

(Zechariah 4:7) "Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it."

(Who do think you are the Lord is saying).

(That mountain is of course Babylon, reduced lower in size (statement of degradation). That headstone is of course in remembrance of Christ through grace of the cross. THE GIFT OF GOD. References; Isaiah 13; Ephesians 2:8-9 to name a couple).

Cross reference:

(Isaiah 13:2-4) "Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.


4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

Back to Revelation 11:2,

2But the court which is without the temple leave out (cast away), and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

(There you have it. Gentiles here meaning unbelieving foreigners heathen. There is no need to measure an unbeliever. The outer court was for the gentiles "the court of the gentiles." And so it is the those who do not truly worship God are left without, outside looking in. Of course, Jerusalem has been controlled by the gentiles. Since the captivity and scattering of Judah after Babylon. The time of Daniel, Zechariah (1:18-21) and many of the prophets who prophesied about it. This is seen in Revelation 17; Luke 21:24 to name a couple others).


Amen †