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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 11
In the last days two prophets shall be slain in Jerusalem—After three
and one-half days they shall be resurrected—Christ shall reign over all
the earth.
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1 AND there was given me
a areed like unto a rod: band the angel
stood, saying, Rise, and cmeasure the temple of God, and
the daltar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple
leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the
aholy city shall they tread under foot forty and two
months.
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3 And I will give
apower unto my two bwitnesses, and
they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore
daysa,
clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
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3a they shall prophesy a thousand two
hundred and threescore days This 1,260 days is 31/2
years on a lunar calendar of 30 day months as is the Jewish calendar month.
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6 These have power to shut heaven, that it
rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to
aturn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all
bplagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their
testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war
against them, and shall aovercome them, and
bkill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in
the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our Lord was acrucified.
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9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
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12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great
aearthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in
the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
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The Seventh Trumpet Angel
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15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there
were great voices in heaven, saying, The akingdoms of this
world are become the bkingdoms of our Lord, and of
his cChrist; and he shall dreign for ever
and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat
before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God
aAlmighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
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18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath
is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be
ajudged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small
and great; and shouldest destroy them which bdestroy the
earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in
heaven, and there was seen in his temple the aark of his
testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great bhail.
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