Revelation Chapter Eleven Breakdown

1 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

John is given a stick and told to measure the temple of YHWH, and the altar.

This is very interesting considering what we have read in Ezekiel.

Ezekiel 40:2-3

In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.

Now if we continue reading this, we see all the things which are measured and shown to Ezekiel.

2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.

John is not to measure the court outside the temple. The Gentiles are permitted to be in this area for three and a half years.

3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

The two witnesses with prophecy for three and a half years, all while be clothes in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.

Zechariah prophesied about the olive trees and lampstand as well.

Zechariah 4:1-19

Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” 

And I said, “No, my lord.”

So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.

‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ” Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “The hands of Zerubbabel Have laid the foundation of this temple; His hands shall also finish it. Then you will know That the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?” And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”

Then he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.”

5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.

Anyone wanting to harm the two witnesses will have to deal with major consequences. They must be killed by fire.

6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

These two witnesses can cause the rain to stop during their full time of prophesying. They can turn water into blood, and cause plagues upon the whole earth.

7 When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

Once they conclude their predetermined time, the beast will kill them. This is the Antichrist, or false prophet.

8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

After they are killed, their bodies lay in the streets of Jerusalem. One must ask himself, why is Jerusalem spiritually known as Sodom, and Egypt?

9 Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.

The people of Jerusalem and surrounding nations will not allow the bodies to be buried.

10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

The people of earth will be happy about the death of these men, likely because they brought plagues and drought. Men will celebrate the deaths.

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

But, these men receive the breath of God and the reawake, defying death. All the men of the earth are struck with fear.

12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

After they are raised from the dead, they are taken up to heaven in a cloud. All the enemies of YHWH witness this event.

13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

During the same hour the two witnesses were taken up, the earth quaked and one tenth of Jerusalem fell. Seven thousand people died. Because of this, the rest of the city gave glory to YHWH.

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The ascension of the two witnesses and the fall of Jerusalem completes the second woe. This is evidence each of the trumpets take a while to be fulfilled.

15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”

We finally come to the last angel blowing the last trumpet. At this trumpet, the world is taken back by YHWH and the Messiah.

16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.

Yeshua has not yet returned to earth even at this point. If Yeshua is the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, we have to conclude He has not come any time before the blowing of the seventh trumpet.

18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear 

Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

This upsets the nations of the world, YHWH’s wrath had come. The time for the dead to be judged is now, and those who destroyed the earth are destroyed now. Rewards are given to those who had fear of YHWH.

Matthew 25:31-336

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

At this time, John saw YHWH’s temple open and inside he saw the ark of the Covenant. Thunder and lightning, an earthquake and large hail all began.