SAB, Revelation 11

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Revelation 11

(11:1-14) God's two witnesses

Anyone that messes with God's two olive trees and two candlesticks (God's witnesses) will be burned to death by fire that comes out of their mouths.

(11:3) "I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."
They put sackcloth on their loins.

(11:4) "These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks."

(11:5) "If any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies."

God's witnesses have special powers. They can shut up heaven so that it cannot rain, turn rivers into blood, and smite the earth with plagues "as often as they will."

(11:6) "These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not ... and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will."

After God's witnesses "have finished their testimony," they are killed in a war with a beast from a bottomless pit.

(11:7) "When they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall ... kill them."

The bodies of God's witnesses will lie unburied for three and a half days. People will "rejoice over them and make merry, and shall send gifts to one another." After another three and half days God brings his witnesses back to life and they ascend into heaven.

(11:8) "Their dead bodies shall lie in the street."

(11:9) "They ... shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves."

(11:10) "They ... shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them."

(11:11) "After three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet."

(11:12) "They heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven."

The Second Woe
When the witnesses ascend into heaven, an earthquake kills 7000 men. This was the second woe. "The third woe cometh quickly." (I lost track of the first woe.)

(11:13) "The same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand."

(11:14) "The second woe is past ... the third woe cometh quickly."

Seventh Trumpet: God's wrath comes on those that destroy the earth (on himself?). The ark was on display in heaven's temple, with lightning's, voices, thunder, earthquake, and hail.

(11:15-16) "The seventh angel sounded ... and the four and twenty elders ... fell upon their faces."
And they fell on their faces (FOF)

(11:18) "Thy wrath is come ... that thou ... shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."

(11:19) "The temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen ... the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."

11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

11:5 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.

11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

11:8 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 crucified.

11:9 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.

11:10 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.

11:11 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.

11:12 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.

11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, 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.

11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, 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 destroy the earth.

11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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Satan Thrown to Earth

Dwindling in Unbelief: 42: It's not God's favorite number (Revelation 11:2); The Green Bible: An excercise in dishonesty (11:4, 15, 18); Some suggestions for the next Left Behind game (11:8-12); "The seven spirits of God" (including the Holy Spirit?) (11:13); John Hagee explains how and why the world will end in 2012 (11:3-12)