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<div2 id="Rev.xii" n="xii" next="Rev.xiii" prev="Rev.xi" progress="97.38%" title="Chapter XI">
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<h2 id="Rev.xii-p0.1">R E V E L A T I O N.</h2>
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<h3 id="Rev.xii-p0.2">CHAP. XI.</h3>
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<p class="intro" id="Rev.xii-p1">In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the
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measuring—reed given to the apostle, to take the dimensions of the
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temple, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p1.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.1-Rev.11.2" parsed="|Rev|11|1|11|2" passage="Re 11:1,2">ver. 1, 2</scripRef>. II. Of
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the two witnesses of God, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p1.2" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.3-Rev.11.13" parsed="|Rev|11|3|11|13" passage="Re 11:3-13">ver.
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3-13</scripRef>. III. Of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and
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what followed upon it, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p1.3" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.14-Rev.11.19" parsed="|Rev|11|14|11|19" passage="Re 11:14-19">ver.
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14</scripRef>, &c.</p>
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<scripCom id="Rev.xii-p1.4" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11" parsed="|Rev|11|0|0|0" passage="Re 11" type="Commentary"/>
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<scripCom id="Rev.xii-p1.5" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.1-Rev.11.2" parsed="|Rev|11|1|11|2" passage="Re 11:1-2" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Rev.11.1-Rev.11.2">
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<h4 id="Rev.xii-p1.6">The Measuring of the Temple. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Rev.xii-p1.7">a.
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d.</span> 95.)</h4>
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<p class="passage" id="Rev.xii-p2">1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod:
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and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God,
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and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the
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court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not;
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for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they
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tread under foot forty <i>and</i> two months.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p3">This prophetical passage about measuring
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the temple is a plain reference to what we find in Ezekiel's
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vision, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p3.1" osisRef="Bible:Ezek.40.3" parsed="|Ezek|40|3|0|0" passage="Eze 40:3">Ezek. xl. 3</scripRef>,
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&c. But how to understand either the one or the other is not so
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easy. It should seem the design of measuring the temple in the
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former case was in order to the rebuilding of it, and that with
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advantage; the design of this measurement seems to be either, 1.
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For the preservation of it in those times of public danger and
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calamity that are here foretold; or, 2. For its trial; that it may
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be seen how far it agrees with the standard, or pattern, in the
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mount; or, 3. For its reformation; that what is redundant,
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deficient, or changed, may be regulated according to the true
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model. Observe,</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p4">I. How much was to be measured. 1. <i>The
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temple;</i> the gospel church in general, whether it be so built,
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so constituted, as the gospel rule directs, whether it be too
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narrow or too large, the door too wide or too strait. 2. <i>The
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altar.</i> That which was the place of the most solemn acts of
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worship may be put for religious worship in general; whether the
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church has the true altars, both as to substance and situation: as
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to substance, whether they take Christ for their altar, and lay
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down all their offerings there; and in situation, whether the altar
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be in the holiest; that is, whether they worship God in the Spirit
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and in truth. 3. The worshippers too must be measured, whether they
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make God's glory their end and his word their rule, in all their
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acts of worship; and whether they come to God with suitable
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affections, and whether their <i>conversation be as becomes the
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gospel.</i></p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p5">II. What was not to be measured (<scripRef id="Rev.xii-p5.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.2" parsed="|Rev|11|2|0|0" passage="Re 11:2"><i>v.</i> 2</scripRef>), and why it should be
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left out. 1. What was not to be measured: <i>The court which is
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without the temple measure it not.</i> Some say that Herod, in the
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additions made to the temple, built an outer court, and called it
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<i>the court of the Gentiles.</i> Some tell us that Adrian built
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the city and an outer court, and called it <i>Ælia,</i> and gave it
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to the Gentiles. 2. Why was not the outer court measured? This was
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no part of the temple, according to the model either of Solomon or
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Zerubbabel, and therefore God would have no regard to it. He would
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not mark it out for preservation; but as it was designed for the
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Gentiles, to bring pagan ceremonies and customs and to annex them
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to the gospel churches, so Christ abandoned it to them, to be used
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as they pleased; and both that and the city were trodden under foot
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for a certain time—<i>forty and two months,</i> which some would
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have to be the whole time of the reign of antichrist. Those who
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worship in the outer court are either such as worship in a false
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manner or with hypocritical hearts; and these are rejected of God,
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and will be found among his enemies. 3. From the whole observe,
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(1.) God will have a temple and an altar in the world, till the end
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of time. (2.) He has a strict regard to this temple, and observes
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how every thing is managed in it. (3.) Those who worship in the
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outer court will be rejected, and only those who worship within the
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veil accepted. (4.) The holy city, the visible church, is very much
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trampled upon in the world. But, (5.) The desolations of the church
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are for a limited time, and for a short time, and she shall be
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delivered out of all her troubles.</p>
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</div><scripCom id="Rev.xii-p5.2" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.3-Rev.11.13" parsed="|Rev|11|3|11|13" passage="Re 11:3-13" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Rev.11.3-Rev.11.13">
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<h4 id="Rev.xii-p5.3">The Two Witnesses. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Rev.xii-p5.4">a.
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d.</span> 95.)</h4>
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<p class="passage" id="Rev.xii-p6">3 And I will give <i>power</i> unto my two
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witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
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<i>and</i> threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These
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are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before
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the God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire
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proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if
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any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6
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These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of
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their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
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and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
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7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the
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beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war
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against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 8 And
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their dead bodies <i>shall lie</i> in the street of the great city,
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which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord
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was crucified. 9 And they of the people and kindreds and
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tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a
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half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
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10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over
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them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because
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these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
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11 And after three days and a half the Spirit of life from God
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entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear
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fell upon them which saw them. 12 And they heard a great
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voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they
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ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
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13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
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tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of
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men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory
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to the God of heaven.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p7">In this time of treading down, God has
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reserved to himself his faithful witnesses, who will not fail to
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attest the truth of his word and worship, and the excellency of his
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ways. Here observe,</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p8">I. The number of these witnesses: it is but
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a small number and yet it is sufficient. 1. It is but small. Many
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will own and acknowledge Christ in times of prosperity who will
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desert and deny him in times of persecution; one witness, when the
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cause is upon trial, is worth many at other times. 2. It is a
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sufficient number; for in the mouth of two witnesses every cause
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shall be established. Christ sent out his disciples two by two, to
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preach the gospel. Some think these two witnesses are Enoch and
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Elias, who are to return to the earth for a time: others, the
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church of the believing Jews and that of the Gentiles: it should
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rather seem that they are God's eminent faithful ministers, who
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shall not only continue to profess the Christian religion, but to
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preach it, in the worst of times.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p9">II. The time of their prophesying, or
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bearing their testimony for Christ. <i>A thousand two hundred and
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threescore days;</i> that is (as many think), to the period of the
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reign of antichrist; and, if the beginning of that interval could
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be ascertained, this number of prophetic days, taking a day for a
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year, would give us a prospect when the end shall be.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p10">III. Their habit, and posture: they
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prophesy in sackcloth, as those that are deeply affected with the
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low and distressed state of the churches and interest of Christ in
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the world.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p11">IV. How they were supported and supplied
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during the discharge of their great and hard work: they stood
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before the God of the whole earth, and he gave them power to
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prophesy. He made them to be like Zerubbabel and Joshua, the two
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olive-trees and candlestick in the vision of Zechariah, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p11.1" osisRef="Bible:Zech.4.2" parsed="|Zech|4|2|0|0" passage="Zec 4:2"><i>ch.</i> iv. 2</scripRef>, &c. God gave
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them the oil of holy zeal, and courage, and strength, and comfort;
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he made them olive-trees, and their lamps of profession were kept
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burning by the oil of inward gracious principles, which they
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received from God. They had oil not only in their lamps, but in
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their vessels—habits of spiritual life, light, and zeal.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p12">V. Their security and defence during the
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time of their prophesying: <i>If any attempted to hurt them, fire
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proceeded out of their mouths, and devoured them,</i> <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p12.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.5" parsed="|Rev|11|5|0|0" passage="Re 11:5"><i>v.</i> 5</scripRef>. Some think this alludes
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to Elias's calling for the fire from heaven, to consume the
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captains and their companies that came to seize him, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p12.2" osisRef="Bible:2Kgs.1.12" parsed="|2Kgs|1|12|0|0" passage="2Ki 1:12">2 Kings i. 12</scripRef>. God promised the
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prophet Jeremiah (<scripRef id="Rev.xii-p12.3" osisRef="Bible:Jer.5.14" parsed="|Jer|5|14|0|0" passage="Jer 5:14"><i>ch.</i> v.
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14</scripRef>), <i>Behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire,
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and this people shall be wood, and it shall devour them.</i> By
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their praying and preaching, and courage in suffering, they shall
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gall and wound the very hearts and consciences of many of their
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persecutors, who shall go away self-condemned, and be even terrors
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to themselves; like Pashur, at the words of the prophet Jeremiah,
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<scripRef id="Rev.xii-p12.4" osisRef="Bible:Jer.20.4" parsed="|Jer|20|4|0|0" passage="Jer 20:4"><i>ch.</i> xx. 4</scripRef>. They
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shall have that free access to God, and that interest in him, that,
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at their prayers, God will inflict plagues and judgments upon their
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enemies, as he did on Pharaoh, <i>turning their rivers into
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blood,</i> and restraining the dews of heaven, shutting heaven up,
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that no rain shall fall for many days, as he did at the prayers of
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Elias, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p12.5" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.17.1" parsed="|1Kgs|17|1|0|0" passage="1Ki 17:1">1 Kings xvii. 1</scripRef>. God
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has ordained his arrows for the persecutors, and is often plaguing
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them while they are persecuting his people; they find it hard work
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to <i>kick against the pricks.</i></p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p13">VI. The slaying of the witnesses. To make
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their testimony more strong, they must seal it with their blood.
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Here observe, 1. The time when they should be killed: <i>When they
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have finished their testimony.</i> They are immortal, they are
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invulnerable, till their work be done. Some think it ought to be
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rendered, <i>when they were about to finish their testimony.</i>
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When they had prophesied in sackcloth the greatest part of the 1260
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years, then they should feel the last effect of antichristian
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malice. 2. The enemy that should overcome and slay them—<i>the
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beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit.</i> Antichrist, the
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great instrument of the devil, should make war against them, not
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only with the arms of subtle and sophistical learning, but chiefly
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with open force and violence; and God would permit his enemies to
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prevail against his witnesses for a time. 3. The barbarous usage of
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these slain witnesses; the malice of their enemies was not satiated
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with their blood and death, but pursued even their dead bodies.
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(1.) They would not allow them a quiet grave; their bodies were
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cast out in the open street, the high street of Babylon, or in the
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high road leading to the city. This city is spiritually called
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Sodom for monstrous wickedness, and Egypt for idolatry and tyranny;
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and here Christ in his mystical body has suffered more than in any
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place in the world. (2.) Their dead bodies were insulted by the
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inhabitants of the earth, and their death was a matter of mirth and
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joy to the antichristian world, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p13.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.10" parsed="|Rev|11|10|0|0" passage="Re 11:10"><i>v.</i> 10</scripRef>. They were glad to be rid of
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these witnesses, who by their doctrine and example had teased,
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terrified, and tormented the consciences of their enemies; these
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spiritual weapons cut wicked men to the heart, and fill them with
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the greatest rage and malice against the faithful.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p14">VII. The resurrection of these witnesses,
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and the consequences thereof. Observe, 1. The time of their rising
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again; after they had lain dead <i>three days and a half</i>
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(<scripRef id="Rev.xii-p14.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.11" parsed="|Rev|11|11|0|0" passage="Re 11:11"><i>v.</i> 11</scripRef>), a short
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time in comparison of that in which they had prophesied. Here may
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be a reference to the resurrection of Christ, who is <i>the
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resurrection and the life. Thy dead men shall live, together with
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my dead body shall they arise.</i> Or there may be a reference to
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the resurrection of Lazarus on the fourth day, when they thought it
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impossible. God's witnesses may be slain, but they shall rise
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again: not in their persons, till the general resurrection, but in
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their successors. God will revive his work, when it seems to be
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dead in the world. 2. The power by which they were raised: <i>The
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spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon
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their feet.</i> God put not only life, but courage into them. God
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can make the dry bones to life; it is the Spirit of life from God
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that quickens dead souls, and shall quicken the dead bodies of his
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people, and his dying interest in the world. 3. The effect of their
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resurrection upon their enemies: <i>Great fear fell upon them.</i>
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The reviving of God's work and witnesses will strike terror into
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the souls of his enemies. Where there is guilt, there is fear; and
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a persecuting spirit, though cruel, is not a courageous, but a
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cowardly spirit. Herod feared John the Baptist.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p15">VIII. The ascension of the witnesses into
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heaven and the consequences thereof, <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p15.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.12-Rev.11.13" parsed="|Rev|11|12|11|13" passage="Re 11:12,13"><i>v.</i> 12, 13</scripRef>. Observe, 1. Their
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ascension. By heaven we may understand either some more eminent
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station in the church, the kingdom of grace in this world, or a
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high place in the kingdom of glory above. The former seems to be
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the meaning: <i>They ascended to heaven in a cloud</i> (in a
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figurative, not in a literal sense) <i>and their enemies saw
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them.</i> It will be no small part of the punishment of
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persecutors, both in this world and at the great day, that they
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shall see the faithful servants of God greatly honoured and
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advanced. To this honour they did not attempt to ascend, till God
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called them, and said, <i>Come up hither.</i> The Lord's witnesses
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must wait for their advancement, both in the church and in heaven,
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till God calls them; they must not be weary of suffering and
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service, nor too hastily grasp at the reward; but stay till their
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Master calls them, and then they may gladly ascend to him. 2. The
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consequences of their ascension—a mighty shock and convulsion in
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the antichristian empire and the fall of <i>a tenth part of the
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city.</i> Some refer this to the beginning of the reformation from
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popery, when many princes and states fell off from their subjection
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to Rome. This great work met with great opposition; all the western
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world felt a great concussion, and the antichristian interest
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received a great blow, and lost a great deal of ground and
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interest, (1.) By the sword of war, which was then drawn; and many
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of those who fought under the banner of antichrist were slain by
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it. (2.) By the sword of the Spirit: <i>The fear of God fell upon
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many.</i> They were convinced of their errors, superstition, and
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idolatry; and by true repentance, and embracing the truth, <i>they
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gave glory to the God of heaven.</i> Thus, when God's work and
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witnesses revive, the devil's work and witnesses fall before
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him.</p>
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</div><scripCom id="Rev.xii-p15.2" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.14-Rev.11.19" parsed="|Rev|11|14|11|19" passage="Re 11:14-19" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Rev.11.14-Rev.11.19">
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<h4 id="Rev.xii-p15.3">The Seventh Trumpet. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Rev.xii-p15.4">a.
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d.</span> 95.)</h4>
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<p class="passage" id="Rev.xii-p16">14 The second woe is past; <i>and,</i> behold,
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the third woe cometh quickly. 15 And the seventh angel
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sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
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kingdoms of this world are become <i>the kingdoms</i> of our Lord,
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and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16
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And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their
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seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying,
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We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and
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art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and
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hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath
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is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and
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that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and
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to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and
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shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 19 And the
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temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his
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temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and
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voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p17">We have here the sounding of the seventh
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and last trumpet, which is ushered in by the usual warning and
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demand of attention: <i>The second woe is past, and, behold, the
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third woe cometh quickly. Then the seventh angel sounded.</i> This
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had been suspended for some time, till the apostle had been made
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acquainted with some intervening occurrences of very great moment,
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and worthy of his notice and observation. But what he before
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expected he now heard—the seventh angel sounding. Here observe the
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effects and consequences of this trumpet, thus sounded.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p18">I. Here were loud and joyful acclamations
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of the saints and angels in heaven. Observe, 1. The manner of their
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adorations: they rose from their seats, <i>and fell upon their
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faces, and worshipped God;</i> they did it with reverence and
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humility. 2. The matter of their adorations. (1.) They thankfully
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recognize the right of our God and Saviour to rule and reign over
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all the world: <i>The kingdoms of this world have become the
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kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ,</i> <scripRef id="Rev.xii-p18.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.15" parsed="|Rev|11|15|0|0" passage="Re 11:15"><i>v.</i> 15</scripRef>. They were always so in title,
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both by creation and purchase. (2.) They thankfully observe his
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actual possession of them, and reign over them; they give him
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thanks because he had taken to him his great power, asserted his
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rights, exerted his power, and so turned title into possession.
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(3.) They rejoice that this his reign shall never end: <i>He shall
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reign for ever and ever,</i> till all enemies be put under his
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feet; none shall ever wrest the sceptre out of his hand.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p19">II. Here were angry resentments in the
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world at these just appearances and actings of the power of God
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(<scripRef id="Rev.xii-p19.1" osisRef="Bible:Rev.11.18" parsed="|Rev|11|18|0|0" passage="Re 11:18"><i>v.</i> 18</scripRef>): <i>The
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nations were angry;</i> not only had been so, but were so still:
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their hearts rose up against God; they met his wrath with their own
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anger. It was a time when God was taking a just revenge upon the
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enemies of his people, recompensing tribulation to those who had
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troubled them. It was a time in which he was beginning to reward
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his people's faithful services and sufferings; and their enemies
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could not bear it, they fretted against God, and so increased their
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guilt and hastened their destruction.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Rev.xii-p20">III. Another consequence was the opening of
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the temple of God in heaven. By this may be meant that here is now
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a more free communication between heaven and earth, prayer and
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praises more freely and frequently ascending and graces and
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blessings plentifully descending. But it rather seems to intend the
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church of God on earth, a heavenly temple. It is an allusion to the
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various circumstances of things in the time of the first temple.
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Under idolatrous and wicked princes, it was shut up and neglected;
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but, under religious and reforming princes, it was opened and
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frequented. So, during the power of antichrist, the temple of God
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seemed to be shut up, and was so in a great degree; but now it was
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opened again. At this opening of it observe, 1. What was seen
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there: <i>the ark of God's testament.</i> This was in the holy of
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holies; in this ark the tables of the law were kept. As before
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Josiah's time the law of God had been lost, but was then found, so
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in the reign of antichrist God's law was laid aside, and made void
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by their traditions and decrees; the scriptures were locked up from
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the people, and they must not look into these divine oracles; now
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they are opened, now they are brought to the view of all. This was
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an unspeakable and invaluable privilege; and this, like the ark of
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the testament, was a token of the presence of God returned to his
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people, and his favour towards them in Jesus Christ the
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propitiation. 2. What was heard and felt there: <i>Lightnings,
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voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.</i> The great
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blessing of the reformation was attended with very awful
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providences; and by terrible things in righteousness God would
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answer those prayers that were presented in his holy temple, now
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opened. All the great revolutions of the world are concerted in
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heaven, and are the answers of the prayers of the saints.</p>
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