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The two witnesses = The Word of God and the Word-indwelt Church The forty and two months = This whole dispensation
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The measuring = The sealing of the saints The reed like unto a rod = The Word of God Here are some of the symbols and the meanings which we believe to be conveyed by them: As Alford cautioned, "Much of this mysterious book is as yet unfathomed." Despite this, however, we offer the following interpretation as a sincere understanding of what the text says. Morris called this chapter "extraordinarily difficult to interpret," and none could disagree with that. This chapter is a vision, and practically nothing in it is to be taken literally the great realities discussed are presented under a number of symbols, some of which may not be crucial to the meaning, but are inert, like some of the details in the parables of Jesus. This seventh trumpet resembles the seventh seal in its silence regarding actual events after the judgment. Several references to the actual judgment itself are retrospective, referring to an event which is past already. The seventh trumpet ( Revelation 11:14-19) describes the eternal state but gives no details concerning events in it. The first section of this chapter ( Revelation 11:1-13) concludes the sixth trumpet with its vision of the fortunes of the church right up to the end and through the final judgment itself. the seventh trumpet) will now follow (14). The enemies of God at last give some recognition to his supreme authority and power (13 cf. In John’s vision the judgment is symbolized by an earthquake that brings extensive destruction upon the city and its citizens. The victory of Christ guarantees not only victory for believers, but also judgment for their opponents (11-12 cf. They are filled with terror when they see that the church has not been destroyed but has received new life. The persecutors’ apparent victory does not last long. People rejoice when they get rid of those who expose their sin, and do all they can to bring the greatest possible shame upon the Christians (8-10). It is likened to a great city that is characterized by the wickedness of Sodom and the cruelty of Egypt (cf. The world that killed Jesus Christ is now killing his followers. Satanic power increases and large numbers of Christians are martyred (7). As in the time of Elijah, he saves them from being destroyed by the corruption of false religion (5-6 cf. As in the time of Moses, God saves his people from being destroyed by hostile rulers. It is likened also to the witness of Moses and Elijah, to whom God gave his special power.
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This witness is likened to that of Zerubbabel and Joshua, who stood firm for God’s truth in reestablishing the worship of God in Israel after the captivity in Babylon (4 cf. Two messengers of God symbolize the church’s powerful witness during this troubled period (3). There may be martyrs, but God’s church will not be destroyed (11:1-2). The church’s task is difficult, but its triumph is certain. The message is one of encouragement to persecuted Christians. God’s people in the world (compared in the vision to those in the outer courts of the temple) are persecuted and even killed but from God’s viewpoint they are eternally secure in his presence (compared in the vision to those worshipping within the temple). There is, however, a limit to the extent it can go. Just as the Gentiles trampled the holy city and its temple for three and a half years, so for a time the ungodly world is allowed to trample the church. This event is now used as an illustration. His supreme expression of hate for God’s people was to set up a Greek idol in their temple, build an altar, then take animals that the Jews considered unclean and sacrifice them to the Greek gods. This happened in 167-164 BC, when the ruler of the Syrian sector of the Greek Empire, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, conquered Jerusalem, killed Jews by the thousand and tried by every means to destroy their religion. In Daniel 9:24-27.9.27 there is a prophecy that the enemies of the Jews would corrupt their city and their temple for three and a half years (which is the same as forty-two months, or 1260 days).