John is given a reed and told to measure the temple and altar and worshippers. Why should he measure them? What was meant by this act? In the Old Testament measuring is sometimes associated with destruction as in 2 Samuel 8:2; Amos 7:7-8, and Habakkuk 3:6. But sometimes it foretokens a rebuilding as... [ Continue Reading ]
John is told that he need not measure the court which is without the temple for it is given to the Gentiles; and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months. Here is so plainly the destruction of Jerusalem that it could hardly be put in plainer words. It seems evident that there is n... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a passage that has puzzled many. Two witnesses prophesy 1260 days, the same forty-two months or three and a half years. They have great power to stay the rain, and turn water to blood, and smite the earth with plagues. But when they finish their testimony the beast from the bottomless pit ki... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is mention of a great earthquake. One tenth of the city fell and many were killed and some were affrighted and gave glory to God. This continues the terrors in the city's destruction. The second woe is past and the third woe cometh quickly; which evidently refers to the utter and final overthro... [ Continue Reading ]
And the seventh angel sounded. Whether the last crash of judgment on the doomed city fell at the sounding of this seventh trumpet or fell with the last woe of the sixth trumpet, is not of much importance. The six trumpets may have been sufficient to describe the catastrophe, or maybe the final limax... [ Continue Reading ]