THE GOSPEL WILL TRIUMPH REVELATION ELEVEN Revelation 11:1-19 begins with John being given a reed and instruction to measure the temple. The application here is that God is making a separation between the clean and the unclean for the purpose of judgment. The children of God will be protected and th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE COMMAND TO MEASURE THE TEMPLE REVELATION 11:1-2:_ John was given a reed to measure: (1) the Temple of God, (2) the altar, and (3) the worshippers. He was not to measure the outer court. These are people that are associated in every way with Christianity, but who actually are no part of it at al... [ Continue Reading ]
_ THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO WITNESSES REVELATION 11:3-6._ The message of the two witnesses is that the gospel will triumph. It is easy to see that the figures behind the two witnesses are Moses and Elijah. The power to shut heaven that it rain not, have power over waters to turn them to blood, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TWO WITNESSES ARE SLAIN AND ARISE AGAIN REVELATION 11:7-13:_ During the miraculous age of the church the gospel was preached with great success. (Acts 12:24) This time was followed by a period when the beast came out of the bottomless pit and the gospel seemingly was crushed to the ground. It a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SEVENTH TRUMPET IS SOUNDED REVELATION 11:14-19:_ The seventh trumpet (third woe trumpet) pronounced final judgment on Rome. This section brings us to the end of the world and to the eternal peace of heaven for the righteous. Now we know that the kingdom of God has won. There is truly victory in... [ Continue Reading ]