A REED [as a measuring rod]
Was then given to me, [shaped] like a staff,
And I was told:
Rise up and Measure the Sanctuary of God
And the Altar [of incense],
And [number] those who Worship there; [Ezek. 40:3.]
2 But leave out of your Measuring
The Court Outside the Sanctuary of God;
Omit that, for it is Given Over to the Gentiles (the Nations),
And they will Trample the Holy City Under Foot
For Forty-two Months [three and one-half years].
[Zech. 12:3; Isa. 63:18.]
3 And I will give the Power of Prophecy
TO MY TWO WITNESSES
For Twelve Hundred and Sixty Days [Forty-two months;
Three and one-half years],
DRESSED IN SACKCLOTH
4 These [witnesses]
ARE THE TWO OLIVE TREES
AND THE TWO LAMPSTANDS
Which Stand Before the Lord of the Earth.
[Zech. 4:3; 11-14.]
5 And if anyone attempts to Injure them,
FIRE POURS FROM THEIR MOUTH
AND CONSUMES THEIR ENEMIES;
If any one should attempt to harm them,
THEN HE IS DOOMED TO BE SLAIN.
[II Kings 1:10; Jer. 5:14.]
6 THESE TWO WITNESSES
HAVE THE POWER TO SHUT UP THE SKY,
So that No Rain may Fall
During the days of their Prophesying
[Their Prediction of Events relating to Christ’s Kingdom
And its Speedy Triumph]
And they also have Power to Turn the Waters into Blood,
And to Smite and Scourge the Earth
With all Manner of Plagues as often as they choose.
[I Kings 17:1; Exod. 7:17, 7, 21.]
(Revelation 11:1-6, AMP)
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