Revelation, 11

The New American Bible

1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and I was told, "Come and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in it.

2 But exclude the outer court of the temple; do not measure it, for it has been handed over to the Gentiles, who will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

3 I will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth."

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone wanting to harm them is sure to be slain.

6 They have the power to close up the sky so that no rain can fall during the time of their prophesying. They also have power to turn water into blood and to afflict the earth with any plague as often as they wish.

7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will wage war against them and conquer them and kill them.

8 Their corpses will lie in the main street of the great city, which has the symbolic names "Sodom" and "Egypt," where indeed their Lord was crucified.

9 Those from every people, tribe, tongue, and nation will gaze on their corpses for three and a half days, and they will not allow their corpses to be buried.

10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and be glad and exchange gifts because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth.

11 But after the three and a half days, a breath of life from God entered them. When they stood on their feet, great fear fell on those who saw them.

12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven say to them, "Come up here." So they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies looked on.

13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell in ruins. Seven thousand people were killed during the earthquake; the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe has passed, but the third is coming soon.

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever."

16 The twenty-four elders who sat on their thrones before God prostrated themselves and worshiped God

17 and said: "We give thanks to you, Lord God almighty, who are and who were. For you have assumed your great power and have established your reign.

18 The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to recompense your servants, the prophets, and the holy ones and those who fear your name, the small and the great alike, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

19 Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.




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Chapter 11 of the book of Revelation describes the measurement of the temple of God, the presence of two witnesses who prophesy and perform miracles, the battle against the beast, the resurrection of the witnesses, and the earthquake that destroys the tenth city. Here are five verses from other Bible books that relate to the topics covered in Revelation 11:

Zechariah 4:2-3: "And I asked, What is this? And he said to me, This is the all-golden chandelier, who is before the Lord of all the earth. And two olive trees is with her, one to the right of the vase of olive oil, and another on your left. " This verse speaks of a golden chandelier, which can be related to the measurement of God's temple in Revelation 11.

1 Kings 17:1: "Elijah, the tesbite, of the residents of Gilead, said to Ahab, Lives the Lord God of Israel, before whose face I am, that in these years neither dew nor rain there will be, but according to my word." The two witnesses in Revelation 11 have the power to close the sky so that it does not rain, as Elijah did.

2 Kings 2:11: "And it happened that, going walking and speaking, behold, a car of fire, with horses of fire, separated them from each other; and Elijah climbed to heaven in a whirlwind." Elijah's rise can be compared to the rise of the two witnesses in Revelation 11.

Daniel 7:21-22: "I looked, when this horn made war against the saints, and prevailed against them, until the old man came, and did justice to the Most High saints; and the time came when the saints had the kingdom." This verse speaks of the battle against the saints, which is similar to the battle against the two witnesses in Revelation 11.

Isaiah 26:19: "Your dead will live, along with my dead body will be risen. Awaken and sing, those who habit in dust; for your dew, O God, will be like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast from itself. The deads." The resurrection of witnesses in Revelation 11 is similar to the resurrection mentioned in this verse.





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