Revelation 11:1,2

Chapter 11 - Two prophets for 1260 days

Revelation Chapter s 11 through 14 are an amplification of the detail (more information) about the prophecy given in the previous Chapter s. Chapter 11 tells us about the ministry of God s two witnesses during the first half of the seventieth week of Daniel. All these informational Chapter s go back and further describe things that started sometime before the seventh trumpet.

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.

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.

John is first told to measure the holy ground in Jerusalem. He is told to leave out the court because it was given to the Gentiles to tread it underfoot for 42 months. The rebuilding of the temple apparently is part of an agreement that is brokered between Israel and the nations during the first half of this seven-year period. The temple is rebuilt but the outer court is not measured because it may contain the pagan mosque known as the Dome of the Rock. It also could be that the court is not measured because under the agreement Gentiles will be in control of the mount but not be in control of the Jewish temple on the mount.

During this period of watered down forms of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, all may use the temple mount under the protectorate of the World Church. The peace covenant brokered will probably make the Holy City an international city with its sites administrated by the World Church that at this time will be headquartered at the Vatican.