Revelation 11 Revealed

1). I wa s given a reed like a measuring rod and wa s told, "G o and mea sure the
temple of God and the altar, and count the worshipers there.
This is a reference to the Jewish Temple that will be rebuilt in the near future.
The plans for the new Temple has already been drawn up by the Sanhedrin in Israel.
The first T emple was d estroye d by the B abylonians and seco nd by the Romans in
70 A.D. An outline for the new Temple can be found in the ancient book of Ezekiel
chapter 40 and following.

2). But exc lude the outer c ourt; do not me asure it, be cause it has been given to the
Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.
The outer c ourt in the Jew ish custom is for the G entiles (anyone no t Jewish)
who come to worship). This verse can only be understood from the visions of
Daniel. The Gentiles w ill have control over the T emple (Israe l), once it is rebuilt,
for 3 and a half years. Learn from Daniel chapter 2.

Gentile Kingdom Image Symbol Reign over Israel

1. Babylon (a) Head of GOLD 625 B.C. TO 539 B.C.

Rise of C hurch,
Decline of Israel (Not repres ented in image) 32 A.D. - 70 A.D. (d)

(Church Age) (Not repres ented in image) 32 A.D. - Present (e)

Rise of Israel,
Decline of Church (Not repres ented in image) 1948 - Future (d)

5. Europea n Union? Feet of IRON and CLAY 7 Future Y ears (f)

Notes
(a) Ancient Babylon was located where modern-day Iraq is now
(b) M edo -Persian emp ire ruled b y Da rius the M ede / Cyrus o f Persia
(c) Alexander the Great's general's (Ptolemy, Lysimachus, Cassander and Seleucus)
desce ndants R eign
(d) Israel's temporary blindness to Gospel of Jesus Christ will cease at end of
Church Age (Romans 11:25-29)
(e) The C hurch, beginning at the R esurrection o f Christ in 32 A.D ., does NOT reign
over Israel
(f) The 7 Future Y ears do not begin until after the Churc h Age has e nded and the
focus is on Israel. R emember Jesus is going to cut the 7 year trib ulation in half.
Matthew 24:22 and D aniel 9:27. Daniel 9:27 is when anti-christ will declare
himself to be god in the midd le of the seven ye ar tribulation.
As we now know, four of these kingdoms have come and gone. And we know
that Israel was destroyed by the Roman Emperor Titus Vespasian in 70 A.D. Israel
was scattered to all the nations of the world; just as prophesied by God. And now,
in the 20th century, we have seen the rebirth of Israel as an ind epe ndent nation in
194 8. T his is highly s ignifica nt in light of R omans 11:25 -29. Israel had not b een in
control of their Holy City Jerusalem, as an independent nation, since 586 B.C. After
2552 years, Israel recaptured the city of Jerusalem in 1967 during the Six-Day War.
The Vineya rd of the Lord o f Hosts is fertile again and the Fig Tree is putting forth
her leaves.

3). And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260
days, clothed in sackcloth."
4). These a re the two olive trees a nd the two lampsta nds that stand be fore the Lord
of the earth.
The two witnesse s are tw o prophe ts sent to w itness against a nti-christ and
world. These are going to be Elijah and either Mo ses or Enoc h. Mos t scholars
today agree that it will be Elijah and Moses because they appeared with Jesus on
the mount of Trans figuration. Matthe w 17:1-9 . Enoch w as take n up by Go d into
Heaven in the b ook of G enesis5:24 and Jude 1:14. This e xplains why so me
scholars suggest he is one of the two witnesses. Also look at Zechariah 4. They
will Preach for the first 1260 days of the Tribulation. It is also note worthy to see
the p rophecy of D aniel 12:1 1&12. These verses w ill come ba ck into play later in
this chapter. These men will be filled with conviction and lamenting the sins of
Isra el and the world, all the while preaching the Gospe l of Je sus Christ, whic h is
indicated by the clothes of sackcloth.

5). If anyone tries to ha rm the m, fire comes from their mo uths and devours their
enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
God grants them this power for protection.

6). Thes e men have p ower to shut up the sk y so that it will not rain during the time
they are pro phesying; and the y have pow er to turn the w aters into bloo d and to
strike the ea rth with every kind o f plague as often a s they wa nt.
 These two prophets will be able to bring judgement upon the Earth as they
will? Y es, it is the Divine P lan of God. For G od to give this p ower to men really
shows the wrath o f God, b ecause men are often les s merciful than the Almighty.

7). No w whe n they have finished their tes timony, the bea st that come s up from the
Abyss w ill attack them, and overpow er and kill them.
After preaching 1260 days they will be overpowered by Satan. This is when
the anti-christ dec lares himself god. T his is found in Daniel 12:11 which is the
abomination the c auses d esolation. W hen the anti-christ ove r takes the two
witnesses and kills them, then there will be 30 days for the desolation to take place.
This is described by Jesus in Matthew 24:15-22. This is when the Remnant of
Isra el, R evelation 7:4-8, will flee to the mountain of refuge known as Petra. This is
found in Isaiah 16:1 and Obadiah 1:3.

8).Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called
Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Some say Rome, which may be spiritually called Sodom for its abominations,
Egypt for its tyrannous cruelty, and the place where our Lord was crucified, because
of its persecution of the members of Christ; but Jerusalem itself may be intended.
Jesus C hrist was c rucified on Golgotha , the place of the skull, just outs ide the city
gates of Je rusalem.

9). For three and a half days men from every pe ople , trib e, la nguage and na tion w ill
gaze on their bod ies a nd re fuse them buria l.
10). The inhabitants of the ea rth will gloat over them and will celebrate b y sending
each othe r gifts, becaus e these tw o prophe ts had torme nted those who live on the
earth.
This shows the d epravity of the worldlings tha t refuse to repent of their
wicked ness. It is also note worthy that J esus was in the grave for three and a half
days. This passage also indicates the these two prophets will be giving the wicked
in the world a ha rd time. Amen.

11). But a fter the three and a half days a b reath of life from God e ntered them, and
they stood on their feet, and terror struck those w ho saw them.
Just as J esus w as in the grave for thre e and a ha lf days and ros e from the
dead, so will these two prophets. A personal note: I cannot wait to see people faces
when this happens, if I am still here. Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life .

12). Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here."
And they w ent up to hea ven in a cloud, w hile their enemies looke d on.
 This is a great e vent that will also hap pen to all faithful believers whe n the
Lord is ready for us. 1The ssalonians 4:17 After that, w e who are still alive and are
left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so w e will be with the Lord forever.

13). At tha t very hour there w as a se vere earthq uake and a tenth of the city
collapsed. Se ven thousand peo ple were killed in the earthquake , and the survivors
were te rrified and gave glory to the God o f heaven.
What d oes it take for people to praise G od? Answ er, whe n seven thous and
people are killed by this earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Also when
they see and hear Come up here !

14). The second woe ha s pass ed; the third w oe is coming so on.
Could it be 3 0 days till the des olation is complete ? At this point in the
Tribulation there will be a transition time. 1260 days have passed since anti-christ
took po wer. T he seven s eals have b een ope ned and s ix of the seven Trump ets have
sounded . Reme mber the pro phecy of D aniel chapter 1 2? In verse 1 1 we s ee the
abomination and now we see the desolation. 1260 + 30 = 1290 days, which Daniel
12:11 mentions. Also Jesus says this in Matthew 24:15

15). The seventh ange l sounded his trump et, and the re were loud voices in hea ven,
which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of
his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."
Now we se e and hea r the seventh T rumpet sound . This is the po int in the
Tribulation in which we believers w ill be changed. 1 Corinthians 15 :51&52 Listen,
I tell you a mystery: W e will not a ll slee p, b ut we will all be changed -- in a flash, in
the twink ling of a n eye , at the la st trumpe t. Fo r the trump et w ill sound, the d ead will
be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. Also 1Thessalonaians 4:14-17 We
believe that Je sus died a nd rose a gain and so w e believe that G od will bring with
Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord's own word, we
tell yo u that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord , will
certainly not prec ede thos e who ha ve fallen asleep. For the Lord himse lf will come
down from he aven, w ith a loud command , with the voice of the archange l and with
the trumpet call of God, and the d ead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are
still alive and are left will be caught up together w ith them in the clouds to me et the
Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Listen to Jesus; Matthew
24:29-31 "Immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will no t give its light; the stars w ill fall from the sky, and the heavenly
bodies w ill be shaken.' "At that time the sign of the Son of M an will appea r in the
sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man
coming on the c louds of the sky, with pow er and great glory. And he will send his
angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds,
from one end of the heavens to the other. Notice in all these verse the phase last
Trumpet, loud Trumpet and Trumpet call of God are used. Look now at Daniel
12:12, Blessed is the one who wa its for and reaches the e nd of the 1,335 d ays. Is
this indicating that 1,335 days into the Tribulation we will witness the Resurrection
of the Church? I b elieve that is exac tly what these verses indica te. Listen to the
numbers given in Re velation 11 and Daniel 12:11 &12. 1,335 days minus 12 90 days
equals 45 days. Add the 30 days for the desolation and time for the two witnesses
to rise from dea d and you ha ve 75 da ys from the time the anti-christ k ills the two
witnesses until the blessing of Daniel 12:12 comes to pass, which is the Rapture of
believers and the establishment of Christ and His Kingdom hear on Earth. Or 1,335
days into the T ribulation then the Ra pture. The last seven b owls of G od s wrath
upon the inhabitants of the earth who reject the Gospel message are delivered after
the Churc h is gone!

16). And the twe nty-fo ur eld ers, who w ere sea ted on their throne s be fore God, fe ll
on their faces and worshiped God,
17). sa ying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God A lmighty, the One w ho is and w ho
was, becaus e you have ta ken your grea t powe r and have b egun to reign.
These tw o verses show the activity that has be en taking place from the
beginning. Revelation 4 & 5. We will be joining in this worship service after
Resurrection (Rapture) of Church. This is also a great time to reflect on how
thankful w e should be now. Ps alm 2 is a great cro ss reference. J esus Christ will
rule with an iron septer.

18). The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for
judging the dead , and for rew arding your serva nts the prop hets and yo ur saints and
those who reverence your name, both small and great-- and for destroying those
who de stroy the ea rth."
The ungodly will receive the wrath of God through the rest of the Tribulation
and finally a t the Gre at W hite T hrone of J udgment. Revelation 2 0:11 -15. Als o it is
a time of rewards for faithful believers, which is the Judgment seat of Christ. First
Corinthians 3:11-15. Also there are 5 Crowns for Faithful Believers.
1. 2Ti 4:8 N ow there is in store for me the c rown of righteous ness, w hich the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-- and not only to me,
but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
2. James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when
he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised
to those who love him.
3. 1Pe ter 5:4 And w hen the Chief She pherd ap pears, you will receive the
crown of glory that will never fade away.
 4. Pr 4:9 S he will set a garland of grace on yo ur head and present yo u with a
crown of splendor."
5. Da niel 12:3 Those who are wise {3 Or <w ho impart wisd om>} w ill shine
like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness,
like the stars for ever and ever.

19). The n God's temple in heaven w as ope ned, and within his temple wa s seen the
ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of
thunder, an e arthquake and a grea t hailstorm.
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!!! Where the Presence of the Almighty One dwells,
there will be power displayed like we have never seen before. Hebrews 9:1-15
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. A
tabernac le was s et up. In its first room w ere the lamps tand, the ta ble and the
consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain was a
room called the Mos t Holy Place, which had the golden altar of incens e and the
gold-c ove red ark of the c ove nant. T his ark contained the go ld jar o f manna, Aaro n's
staff that had bud ded, a nd the stone tablets of the c ovenant. A bove the a rk were the
cherubim of the G lory, oversha dowing the a tonement co ver. {5 T raditionally <the
mercy sea t>} But w e cannot d iscuss thes e things in detail now. When e verything
had been arra nged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry
on their ministry. But only the high priest ente red the inner room, and tha t only
once a ye ar, and ne ver without bloo d, which he offered for himself and for the sins
the people had committed in ignorance. The Holy Spirit was showing by this that
the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first
tabernac le was s till standing. This is an illustration for the pres ent time, indicating
that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of
the worshiper. They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial
washing-- external regulations applying until the time of the new order. When
Christ came as high priest of the go od things that are already here , he we nt through
the greater a nd more pe rfect taberna cle that is not man-ma de, that is to say, not a
part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;
but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained
eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled
on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify the m so that they are outw ardly
clea n. How much more , the n, w ill the b lood of Christ, who through the eternal S pirit
offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse o ur conscienc es from acts that lead to
dea th, { 14 O r <from us eles s rituals> } so that we may s erve the living God! Fo r this
reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may
receive the promised eternal inheritance-- now that he has died as a ransom to set
them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. AMEN! AMEN!
AME N! He who testifies to these things says, "Y es, I am c oming soon." A men.
Come, Lord Jesus.