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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

Chapter 11So there was given unto me a reed like unto a rod ( Revelation 10:11 ; Revelation 11:1 ):That is a measuring stick about the length of a rod.and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those that worship therein ( Revelation 11:1 ).Now, this tells us many things. First of all, that the temple is to be rebuilt, because this is a yet future event. In fact, this is a event that takes place during the midst of the tribulation period, for we have... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 11:1-19

Revelation 11:1 . There was given me a reed like unto a rod to measure the temple of God, the new-testament church. The prophet of old had a similar vision, and all the prophets spake of the enlargement of Christ’s kingdom. Ezekiel 40:2-5. Micah 4:1-2. John also was to measure the altar which stood in the inner court; and the altar here is figuratively understood, as in the epistles of Ignatius, who considered a separation from the altar as an exclusion from the church. The altar is a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 11:1-19

Revelation 11:1-19Rise, and measure the temple of God.The living temple of Christ’s Church and the two witnesses of the Word written and the sacramentsThe temple and altar, and them that worshipped therein, were capable of measurement. They were not like the unorganised multitude, formless, creedless, undisciplined, without the court. The temple, the altar, and its priesthood and the worshippers, have strength of form and organisation, and the beauty of order. So the apostles organise the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 11:14

14 The second woe is past; and , behold, the third woe cometh quickly. Ver. 14. The second woe is past ] Visionally past, not eventually. The third woe ] Woe to the wicked, but joy to the saints. At once the sun rises upon Zoar, and the fire falls down upon Sodom. Abraham stands upon the hill, and sees the cities burning. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 11:14

Revelation 8:13, Revelation 9:12, Revelation 15:1, Revelation 16:1-Ecclesiastes : Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 2:11 - General Ezekiel 2:10 - lamentations Revelation 12:12 - Woe Revelation 16:12 - upon read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 11:14

The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.The second woe is past — The butchery made by the Saracens ceased about the year847, when their power was so broken by Charles the Great that they never recovered it.Behold, the third woe cometh quickly — Its prelude came while the Roman see took all opportunities of laying claim to its beloved universality, and enlarging its power and grandeur. And in the year755 the bishop of Rome became a secular prince, by king Pepin's... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

IV. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, Revelation 7:1 to Revelation 20:10. Of the trumpets, the first four are mundane, or earthly; each of the four blasts draws down a judgment upon some creational point, as earth, sea, fountains and rivers; firmamental luminaries. It is the sins of men that draw down these bolts of wrath, rendering every point of creation hostile to our peace. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake,” (Genesis 3:17,) is the key-note. This sad status of humanity has existed through all past... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:14

II. THE SEVENTH ( third Woe) TRUMPET SOUNDS; WARS OF CHRIST AND ANTICHRIST, Revelation 11:14. 14. The second woe The three woes, announced in Revelation 8:13, are the last three of the seven judgments of the seven trumpets. Quickly By a rapid movement of the apocalyptic panorama, symbolizing that the fulfilment comes with a divine rapidity. The seventh trumpet covers the entire period of consecutive historic prophecy of the book. It forms with its Angelophany and new prophetic... read more

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