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Revelation 11: The Two Witnesses, Killed, and Resurrected

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Good evening, welcome to our Friday Night Bible Study. Tonight, we begin our study of Revelation 11. In the previous chapter, a message is given to John by a mighty angel of God, who lets him know that there should be time no longer (Revelation 10:10-11). The time has come for God to intervene. Judgment is given to the Son of God; Jesus Christ our Lord, our King of Glory, High Priest and ruler over God’s people, and the wrath of Jesus Christ is invoked. In this chapter we will be reading and discussing:

 

• The two witnesses (verses 1-6)

• The witnesses killed (verses 7-10)

• The witnesses resurrected (verses 11-14), and

• The seventh trumpet, the kingdoms proclaimed (verses 15-19)

 

John is given a reed like a measuring rod and instructed by the angel to measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. For those who know and believe, we understand that the temple of God is no longer a physical location in this earth. The Temple of God is both in heaven and within us as believers.

 

In the Lord’s prayer; Jesus Christ made mention of the Kingdom when He said; “Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." Jesus instructed us to pray in that manner, and in that prayer, we are asking that God’s perfect and divine will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. This also expresses a deep desire for perfect alignment and submission to God's will, His purpose, and the future establishment of His everlasting kingdom.

 

Preparation has been made for the coming of the new heaven, the new earth, the new Jerusalem, and for the receiving of God’s people into His Kingdom. Just as the Lord prepared to receive His own into His Kingdom, Satan is preparing to receive those who belong to him in hell; these are known as the children of darkness, the children of wrath, the sons of disobedience, which includes the false teachers, preachers, prophets, and all those who mislead God’s people and cause them to stumble; they will be condemned to eternity in hell (Daniel 12:1-3; Revelation 20:14-15).

 

We are seeing this all unfold right before our eyes, and yet many still refuse to see or hear what the Lord God Himself is pouring out from the heavens. As we await the final day of judgment, we are witnessing God’s judgment upon the earth against the wicked, the ungodly, and the unrighteous; only those who are awakened can see the truth of it. So, what are we seeing and witnessing today?

 

• The decay and destruction of the world's political, economic, and religious systems; which includes the total dismantling of the worship of false gods and the temples that have been established in the earth for them.

• The gathering together of the nations for the final war spoken of in scripture (Revelation 16:12-16; Ezekiel 38:1-23).

• The final destruction of the antichrist, all of the false prophets, preachers, teachers, unbelievers, and sinners who refuse to turn away from their sin and return back to the Lord our God, the One and Only creator of all that exists (Revelation 18:1-8).

 

Thank You Father for Your grace and mercy, for Your forgiveness, for Your Salvation, and for the redemption and sanctification of Your people who are called by Your name. And now to Him who is able to keep us from stumbling, and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

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The Witnesses Sent Forth Into the Earth

• Zechariah 2:1-13 (Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand)

• Isaiah 40:1-11; Matthew 3:1-16; John 1:22-23 (The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God)

• Matthew 11:7-15; Malachi 3:1-7; Mark 1:1-10  (Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You)

• 1 John 5:9-13 (If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son)

• Hebrews 12:1-29 (Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us)

• Zechariah 4:1-14 (The vision of the lampstand and olive trees)

• Matthew 17:1-11 (...He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him)

• John 5:24-30 (Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life)

• John 5:31-47 (There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth)

• John 1:14-18 (And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth)

• 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him)

• 1 John 5:6-8 (This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood)

• Matthew 21:33-41 (The parable of the wicked vinedressers)

• Matthew 23:25-39 (Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!)

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