Revelation 10–11 Grace Witnesses

The Grace Witnesses
(Rev. 10–11)
Rick Griffith • Crossroads International Church • BibleStudyDownloads.org

Grace Means Not Being
Left Behind

Christ
Among
the Lamp
Stands
(1:12-16)

"I saw a
door
opened…"
(4:1)

The Four Living Creatures (4:6)

Used with permission
Seal #5: Martyrs Assured under the Altar (6:9-
11)
376

Redeemed "from every tribe, nation,
language and people" (5:9; 7:9)

Rapture
3:10
Church
Age
Chronology of Revelation
"What you
have seen"
(1:19a)
Rev. 1
"What is
now"
(1:19b)
Rev. 2–3
"What will
take place later"
(1:19c)
Rev. 4–22
Vision of
Christ
Second Half
Tribulation
4:1 – 19:10
Second
Coming
Millennium
Eternal
State
Great
White
Throne
Judgment
340
Copyright 1989 Rick Griffith
Adapted from a chart by J. D. Pentecost
First Half

Seven Trumpet Judgments (8:6–11:19)
381

Trumpet Judgments (Rev. 8–9)

Angels will still minister
God's grace!

"Unveiling"
381
How do you see
Christ's grace to you
right now?

Three evidences of…
10–11
Witnesses
12
Satan
13–14
Henchmen( )

I. Jesus will
show God's
Word has
opposite
affects for
believers
and
unbelievers
(Rev. 10).

Another Mighty
Angel (5:2)
"Who is worthy to
break the seals
and open the
scroll?"

"Then I saw another
mighty angel coming
down from heaven,
surrounded by a
cloud, with a rainbow
over his head. His
face shone like the
sun, and his feet
were like pillars of
fire"
(10:1 NLT)

"And in his hand was
a small scroll that had
been opened. He
stood with his right
foot on the sea and
his left foot on the
land. 3And he gave a
great shout like the
roar of a lion. And
when he shouted, the
seven thunders
answered"
(10:2-3 NLT).

The 7 Thunders (10:4)
"When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I
heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Keep secret what the
seven thunders said, and do not write it down'" (10:4 NLT)
382

Warning (10:5-7)
"Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land
raised his right hand toward heaven. 6He swore an oath in
the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created
the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything
in it, and the sea and everything in it. He said, 'There will be
no more delay. 7When the seventh angel blows his trumpet,
God's mysterious plan will be fulfilled. It will happen just as
he announced it to his servants the prophets'" (10:5-7 NLT)
382

Jesus Wins!
Series on
Revelation

The Little Scroll
(10:8-11)
382
"Then the voice from heaven spoke to
me again: "Go and take the open scroll
from the hand of the angel who is
standing on the sea and on the land'"
(10:8 NLT)

The Bible as
bread and
milk
382

The Bible as meat and honey
382

The Little
Scroll (10:8)
382"So I went to the angel and told him to
give me the small scroll. 'Yes, take it and
eat it,' he said. 'It will be sweet as honey
in your mouth, but it will turn sour in
your stomach!' 10So I took the small
scroll from the hand of the angel, and I
ate it! It was sweet in my mouth, but
when I swallowed it, it turned sour in my
stomach'" (10:9-10 NLT)

God's Mysterious Plan
"When the seventh angel blows his
trumpet, God's mysterious plan will be
fulfilled. It will happen just as he
announced it to his servants the
prophets'" (10:7 NLT)
382

"Prophesy Again"
"Then I was told, 'You must
prophesy again about many
peoples, nations, languages, and
kings'" (10:11 NLT)
382

383
II. Two witnesses will show God's
protection for believers and
wrath for unbelievers (11:1-14).

The
Temple
(11:1-2)
"Then I was given
a measuring stick,
and I was told,
'Go and measure
the Temple of God
and the altar, and
count the number
of worshipers.
2But do not
measure the outer
courtyard, for it
has been turned
over to the
nations. They will
trample the holy
city for 42
months.'"
382

Chronology of the 70th "Week"
333
1260 DAYS
Rev. 11:3; 12:6
Sign of
Son of Man
Matt. 24:30
30
DAYS
3½ YEARS 3½ YEARS
Covenant
Made
Dan. 9:27a
30
DAYS
Election
of Beast
Rev. 17:13
3½ YEARS
2nd ADVENT
45 DAYS
Dan. 12:12
Christ's
Return
Complete
Covenant
Broken
Dan. 9:27b
1290 DAYS
Dan. 12:11
Middle
of the
Week
Adapted from J. Dwight Pentecost, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1988
The Tribulation
The Great
Tribulation

The Temple
(11:1-13)
• Heavenly?
or
• Earthly?
382

Revelation 11
A Test Case in Hermeneutics
329
I was given a reed like a measuring rod
and was told, "Go and measure the
temple of God and the altar, and count
the worshipers there. But exclude the
outer court; do not measure it, because
it has been given to the Gentiles. They
will trample on the holy city for 42
months. And I will give power to my two
witnesses, and they will prophesy for
1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."

11:1 MeasureTerm or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
1
"measure"
(11:1)
"the infallible
promise of
God's future
presence";
"the protec-
tion of God's
eschatologi-
cal
community";
"until the
parousia"
"preservation
of the saints
spiritually in
the coming
great
persecution";
"a prophetic
anticipation of
the final
victory of the
church"
"a mark of
God's favor"
329

A Measuring Rod
for Jerusalem
(Zech. 2:1-4 NLT)
When I looked again, I saw a
man with a measuring line in
his hand. 2"Where are you
going?" I asked. He replied, "I
am going to measure
Jerusalem, to see how wide
and how long it is."

11:1 Temple
Term or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
2
"the temple
(naon)"
(11:1)
"the temple of
the church";
"Christians";
"the whole
covenant
community";
"…believers
undergoing
persecution
yet protected
by God"
heavenly
temple
depicting "the
church,
primarily the
saints of this
final period
but
secondarily
the church of
all ages"
"a future
temple in
Jerusalem
during the
period just
before Christ
returns"
329

11:1 Altar
Term or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
3
"the altar"
(11:1)
"the
suffering
covenant
community"
the
[heavenly]
altar of
incense"
"the brazen
altar of
sacrifice in
the court
outside the
sanctuary"
329

11:2 Gentiles
Term or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
8
"the
Gentiles"
(11:2)
"the
Gentiles
and Jews"
"the church
handed
over to the
Gentiles/
nations for
a time"
"a group [of
non-Jews]
in rebellion
against God
who will
oppress the
Jewish
remnant"
329

11:2 Holy CityTerm or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
10
"the holy
city"
(11:2)
"the initial
form of the
heavenly
city, part of
which is
identified
with
believers
living on
earth"
"the people
of God"
"the literal
city of
Jerusalem
on earth"
329

11:2 Forty-Two MonthsTerm or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
11
"forty-two
months"
(11:2)
"figurative for
the
eschatological
period of
tribulation";
"attack on the
community of
faith
throughout the
church age"
"the great
tribulation
at the end
of history"
"the last
half of
Daniel's
seventieth
week"
330

• For one thing, how could John measure an invisible
body of people, even if the church were still on earth?
• If the temple is the church, then who are the
worshipers and what is the altar?
• And since the church unites Jews and Gentiles in one
body (Eph. 2:11ff), why are the Gentiles segregated in
this temple?
It is best to interpret this temple as an actual building in
the holy city of Jerusalem (Neh. 11:1, 18; Dan. 9:24)."
"To spiritualize Revelation 11:1–2
and make the temple refer to the
church creates a number of
serious problems.
382
Warren Wiersbe, Bible Exposition Commentary

The Two Witnesses (11:3 NLT)
"And I will
give power to
my two
witnesses,
and they will
be clothed in
burlap and
will prophesy
during those
1,260 days."
383

11:3 Two Witnesses
Term or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
12
"the two
witnesses"
(11:3)
the church;
"the whole
community
of faith"
"two major
eschatological
figures… as a
symbol for the
witnessing
church"
two future
prophets,
probably
Moses and
Elijah
330

The Lamp & Olive Trees (Zech. 4:1-14)
"'Zerubbabel is the one who laid the foundation of this
Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the
LORD of Heaven's Armies has sent me. 10Do not despise
these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the
work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand.'
(The seven lamps represent the eyes of the LORD that
search all around the world.)" (Zech. 4:9-10 NLT)

"Don't mess with us!"
330
"These two prophets are the two olive trees and the
two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the
earth. 5If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes
from their mouths and consumes their enemies.
This is how anyone who tries to harm them must
die. 6They have power to shut the sky so that no
rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they
have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into
blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of
plague as often as they wish" (11:4-6 NLT).

The Beast Attacks (11:7 NLT)
"When they complete their testimony, the
beast that comes up out of the bottomless
pit will declare war against them, and he will
conquer them and kill them"
383

Two Witnesses Killed (11:8-9 NLT)
"And their bodies will lie in the main street of
Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called
'Sodom' and 'Egypt,' the city where their Lord
was crucified. 9And for three and a half days,
all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will
stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to
bury them."

11:8 Great CityTerm or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
13
"the great
city"
(11:8)
"Babylon"
= "Rome"
= "the
ungodly
world"
Jerusalem
and Rome;
secondarily,
all cities that
oppose God
Jerusalem
330

11:11-12 Resurrect Two
Witnesses
Term or
Expression
Beale
Symbolic
Osborne
Symbolic-
Literal
Thomas
Literal
14
the
resurrec-
tion and
ascension
of the two
witnesses
(11:11-12)
"divine
legitimiza-
tion of a
prophetic
call"
"A proleptic
anticipation
of the
'rapture' of
the church"
the
resurrection
of the two
witnesses
330

Two Witnesses Ascend (11:11-12 NLT)
"12Then a loud
voice from
heaven called to
the two prophets,
'Come up here!'
And they rose to
heaven in a cloud
as their enemies
watched."
"11But after
three and a
half days, God
breathed life
into them, and
they stood up!
Terror struck
all who were
staring at
them."
383

Two Witnesses Taken to
Heaven (11:11)

III. Heaven's elders will praise God for
his gracious presence (11:15-19).

The 7th
Trumpet
(11:15-18)
383
"Then the seventh
angel blew his trumpet,
and there were loud
voices shouting in
heaven:
'The world has now
become the Kingdom of
our Lord and of his
Christ, and he will reign
forever and ever'"
(11:15 NLT)

"The twenty-four elders sitting on their
thrones before God fell with their faces to the
ground and worshiped him" (11:16 NLT).
17And they said,
"We give thanks to you,
Lord God, the Almighty,
the one who is
and who always was,
for now you have assumed your
great power
and have begun to
reign."


18The nations were filled with wrath, but now
the time of your wrath has come. It is time to
judge the dead and reward your servants the
prophets, as well as your holy people, and all
who fear your name, from the least to the
greatest. It is time to destroy all who have
caused destruction on the earth'" (11:18 NLT)

Heaven's
Temple
(11:19a)
"Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened…"
383

The Ark
(11:19b)
"…and the Ark
of his covenant
could be seen
inside the
Temple…"
383

Lightning
& Hail
(11:19c)
"Lightning flashed,
thunder crashed
and roared, and
there was an
earthquake and a
terrible hailstorm."
383


Jesus will
protect believers
and judge unbelievers
The Main Idea:


Decision Time
1. Will you choose Christ's
grace over his judgment?
2. Who can you help do the
same?

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