The Temple, the Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet

Summary

John is given a measuring rod and told to measure the temple and the altar but not the outer court, which is given to the Gentiles to trample for forty-two months. The slides show the Temple Mount today and Herod’s Court of the Gentiles, and cite Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14 and Luke 21:20–21 for the view that a temple stands during the Tribulation.

God appoints two witnesses who prophesy for 1,260 days in sackcloth, called the two olive trees and the two lampstands. They have power to shut the sky and to turn water to blood. When their testimony is finished the beast from the abyss kills them, their bodies lie in the street for three and a half days as the world celebrates, and then the breath of life enters them and they are called up to heaven as a severe earthquake falls on the city.

The seventh trumpet sounds, voices declare that the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of the Lord and of his Messiah, the elders worship, and God’s temple in heaven is opened to show the ark of his covenant. The slides add verses on heavenly rewards.

Three scenes

The chapter divides this way:

Practical takeaways

The slides give these takeaways: