The Two Witnesses
1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, ‘Come and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,
2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.
3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth.’
Come and measure... Come and measure not only the Temple itself and the altar but also those who worship there.
Do not measure those who are outside - in the court outside - not yet - but after 42 months it, (they), will be included.
What is this measuring? Corporate Israel is measured. Understand this. One must understand what corporate Israel is. The Goyim are not fully gathered in as of yet. See Romans 11. The goyim who are called are in the courtyard outside. The World of the Resurrection is not yet fully manifested in This World. It is like a dimension overlaid. Only those to whom it is revealed by the Spirit can 'see' it.
When All Israel begins to be saved, after these 42 months, then the called from among the nations, who represent the Goyim, the Nations, will be measured as being within the Temple. Then All Israel will be completely saved. See Rev. 11:15. This is still a mystery in the world but there are some who understand it. If we begin to understand the following, we will begin to understand this mystery.
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes...
5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes...
The pivotal verse for the whole book is 11:13. We are now approaching that verse. Various streams are bringing us to that verse. The primary key to unlock this picture is that, in all other instances, it is given that those who were subject to the judgments of God did not repent. But, here, Jerusalem repents and gives glory to God. The glory given here to God by the Jews of Jerusalem is for the judgments themselves. These all are the judgments of God upon the fallen Adam. Just as Pharaoh did not repent so here the world does not repent. But Israel will repent, beginning at Jerusalem.
The future repentance of Jerusalem after the death and resurrection of the two witnesses is a theme contained within the framework of the revelation of the three woes. In my next post I will draw this out.
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