Please read Revelation Chapter 11
The Two Witnesses (Verses 1-14)
Verses 1-3: Many times throughout the Bible, different people are instructed to measure the temple. One thousand two hundred and sixty days or forty-two months is a long time. Elsewhere this amount of time is listed as "times times and half a time".
Verses 4-6: When you read verse six, who from the old testament does this remind you of? For me it seems to be describing Moses and Elijah. Many have speculated; however, that it's going to be Enoch and Elijah... This is because they never died; in Hebrews 9:27 it says, "...each person is destined to die once..."
Verses 7-14: I wonder if people celebrated the death of Hitler in the way described here. I can't imagine celebrating the death of someone in this way. Verses 11-12 sound similar to what happened with Jesus. The earthquake is also like the day Jesus rose from the dead... Interesting...
That was a long teror (Remember, it started in 9:13).
7th Trumpet Brings Third Terror (Verses 15-19)
Verses 15-19: Here, it talks about more Awesome worship in heaven by the 24 elders. Verse 19 talks about the temple of God, and I find it interesting that the Ark is also mentioned here. I'd have thought that we wouldn't need the temple at this point. Another earthquake and hailstorm... To me this shows God's Awesome power. He is in charge of everything that happens.
What did you learn from this chapter? Who do you think the two witnesses are? Will the witnesses be easy to recognize, will we know when they show up? Will it seem like just a freakish thing? Or will the government and media try to hide/cover it up? That could be very interesting!
Blessings!
~ S*
