My Sheep Hear My Voice

My Sheep Hear My Voice

Before Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray, something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions for you.

Revelation Chapter 11

The Temple of God and the Two Witnesses

(Parenthetical Rev. 11:1-13)

This parenthetical passage includes from (Rev. 10:1-11:13) continues with the measuring of the temple of God and the revelation of the two witnesses, who will be on earth the last three and one-half years of Daniel's Seventieth Week.

The Temple of God

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" (Rev. 11:2).

without the temple... Five temples in history and prophecy:

1. Solomon’s temple (1 Kings 5-8)

2. Zerubbabel’s temple (Haggai 1-2; Ezra 3:4-13; 6:1-22)

3. Herod’s temple (John 2:19-20; Mat. 24:1-51)

4. The future Jewish temple in the days of Antichrist (Dan. 9:27; 11:45; 12:7; Mat. 24:15; 2Th. 2:3-4; Rev. 11:1-2)

5. The millennial temple (Ezekiel 40-48; Zec. 6:12-13; see Eze. 45:7)

and measure it... The court here refers to the court of the Gentiles. It is not to be measured and given over to them, for it is already their part. The rest of the temple and Jerusalem, will be taken over by Antichrist for 42 months (Rev. 11:2; 13:1-18; 2Th. 2:2-4; Dan. 11:40-45; 12:7; Mat. 24:15).

for it is... Five things proved by this prophecy:

1. The times of the Gentiles did not end in 1843-1844, 1914-1918, 1924, 1927, 1936, 1942, 1948, 1954, or any other date set by man thus far.

2. The times of the Gentiles cannot end until the end of the 42 months of Rev. 11:2-3; 12:6, 12:14; 13:5 19:11-21; Luke 21:24; Zec. 14:1-21; Rom. 11:25-29).

3. The Jews must become victorious over the Arabs again in order to get control of Jerusalem so that it can be given back into the hands of the Gentiles for the 42 months (Rev. 11:1-2).

4. The Jews will have to be defeated by the Antichrist before he can take over the city for the 42 months (Rev. 11:1-2; Dan. 11:40-45; 2Th. 2:2-4).

5. The Jews will become victorious over the Antichrist and the Gentiles at the end of the 42 months and will then have control of Jerusalem forever (Rev. 11:1-2; Zec. 14:1-21; Rev. 19:11-21).

tread... Greek: pateo, tread, walk on. Used here; Rev. 14:20; 19:15; Luke 10:19; 21:24.

court which is... The court of the Gentiles, separated from the inner court in the Herodian temple by a low wall. Gentiles were forbidden to enter the inner court on penalty of death. That John is instructed not to measure the outer court symbolizes God’s rejection of the unbelieving Gentiles who have oppressed His covenant people.

The outer court for the Gentiles means just this, the believer who is a Christian in name only, not in deed. This outer court is not the place for believers to be. The terrible thing in all of this is that among the outer court (the unsaved), are many nominal Christians, who are believing that they will be saved. The faithless portion of the church that we read about in (2 Timothy):
2 Tim. 3:5 "has a form of godliness but denies the power".
The terrible thing in all of this is that among the outer court (the unsaved), are many nominal Christians, who believe that they will be saved. This seems to be just asked of John to make him aware of the multitude of true believers who will be in the very presence of God. It is also, to remind him of those so-called Christians that have brought compromise and pleasing of the flesh into God's church.
the holy city... Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome all oppressed Jerusalem in ancient times (compare 2 Kings 25:8-10; Psalm 79:1; Isa. 63:18; Lam. 1:10). These verses refer to the future devastation destruction and oppression of Jerusalem by the forces of the Antichrist.
forty and two... The three and a half period covers the second half of the Tribulation and coincides with the visibly evil career of the Antichrist (verse 3; 12:6; 13:5). During this same time, the Jews will be sheltered by God in the wilderness (12:6, 14).
I would like to say again here that the Bible (and especially Revelation), must be understood by its signs and symbols through the spirit, and through the spirit understood literally. As any dream or vision has to be interpreted, so does Revelation.
The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. In other words, it is too worldly for God. He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. They are not part of the body of Christ. The inner court makes up the body of believers.
We see here in this forty-two months that the holy city is trodden down; that the believers in Jesus "holy city" will go through 3-1/2 years of trials and tribulations. All through Revelation, the "holy city" is symbolic of the body of believers.

The holy city is the earthly Jerusalem (Dan. 9:24; Zech. 13:8-9; 14:2). The forty and two months show that Jerusalem will be under Gentile control for three-and-a-half years, probably the last half of the seven-year Tribulation period (Dan. 9:24-27, where the period of the Tribulation is seen as the Seventieth Week, or seven year period in God's postexilic program for Israel.