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Revelation 11
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
 (11:2)
"The holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months."
42: It's
not God's favorite number
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| 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. |
 (11:3-5) 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.
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| 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before
the God of the earth.
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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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| 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. |
(11:6)
"To smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will."
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."
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| 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. |
(11:7) "The beast shall ... kill them."
After God's witnesses "have finished their testimony," they are killed in a war
with a beast from a bottomless pit.
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| 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. |
(11:8)
"The great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified"
What city is referred to here? Is Jerusalem spiritually called Sodom and Egypt? Rome, maybe? Salt Lake City?
(11:8-12)
Their dead
bodies 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.
BOM: 3 Nephi 26:4
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
(11:13-14) The Second Woe
When the witnesses ascend into heaven, an earthquake kills 7000 men. This was the second woe. "The
third woe cometh quickly."
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| 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the
third woe cometh quickly. |
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| 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. |
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| 11:16
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell
upon their faces, and worshipped God, |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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"There were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
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