RISE AND MEASURE, a command – that we are daily
(unknowingly) obeying
11-20-16
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The height of
our revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines (our
building
blocks)
(Luke
9:23)
And he said to them
all, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself [Gk:
to deny utterly,
disown, abstain], and take up his
cross daily, and follow me.
(Rev 11:1,2)
And there was given me a
reed [Gk: a stem, (by
implic.) a pen] like unto a rod [Gk: scepter, staff] [strong connotation of power;
perhaps a type of
the cross]: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise,
and measure
the
1.
rise
= Gk: (through the idea of collecting ones faculties [syn:
sense, power, ability, talent]), to waken, to rouse (from
sleep), stand /// to gather.
a.
Commentary: examples of biblical “rising” = “dry bones” Ezek 37: 1-14;
rapture 1 Thess 4:17; “first resurrection” Rev 20:5,6.
2.
measure = Gk: to ascertain in size by a
fixed standard, fig. to estimate. [compared
to what standard?]
3.
(1 Cor 6:2,3)
Do ye
not know that the saints shall judge the world [Gk: kosmos; “cosmos”] [(universe)]? and if the world shall be judged by
you, are ye unworthy to judge
the smallest matters? Know ye not that we
shall judge angels? how much more things that
pertain to this life?
4.
(2
Chron 19:6) And
[Jehoshaphat the king of
5.
(John
7:24) Judge
not according to the appearance, but judge righteous [holy] judgment.
6.
(Zech
13:7-9) Awake,
O sword, against my
shepherd,
and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite [Heb:
strike, wound, kill] the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I
will turn mine hand [of
correction] upon the little ones [the sheep]. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD,
two parts [two
thirds (66.6 %)] therein shall be cut
off and die;
but the third [one
third (33.3 %)] shall be left therein. And
I will bring the
third part through the fire, and will refine [Heb: to
fuse (metal):
melt, purify, purge away] them as silver
is refined, and will try [Heb: test] them
as gold is tried: they shall call on my
name, and I will hear them: I will
say, It is my people: and
they shall say, The LORD is
my God.
7.
(1 Cor 3:11-15)
For other foundation
can no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. Now if any man build
upon this foundation [good
unburnable stuff] gold,
silver, precious stones, [bad,
burnable stuff] wood, hay,
stubble; Every man's
work shall be made manifest: for the day
[the second coming of Jesus Christ] shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try [Gk: test] every
man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide [Gk:
continues, remains] which he hath built thereupon, he shall
receive a reward. If
any man's work shall be
burned, he shall suffer loss: but he
himself
shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
MY TWO WITNESSES
(Rev
11:3-6)
And I will give power
unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred
and threescore days [1,260 days = 42 months or 3 ½ years]
[second mention], clothed in
sackcloth [in mourning for the
people]. These are the two
olive
trees [Zech 4:3], and the two candlesticks [the Old and New Testaments]
standing before the God of the earth. And
if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth,
and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner
be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not
in the days
of their prophecy [Elijah: 1 Kings
17:1; Mal 4:5,6; James 5:17,18]: and
have power over waters to turn them to blood [Moses: Exo 7:20,21],
and to
smite the earth with all plagues [Exo
7-11], as often as they will [i.e., the Great Tribulation].
1.
(Jer
23:29) Is not my word like as a fire?
saith the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces?
2.
(Luke
4:25,26) But I tell you of a truth,
many widows were
in Israel in the days of Elijah,
when the heaven was shut up three
years and six months [3 ½
years],
when great famine
was
throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elijah sent, save
unto Sarepta [Heb:
refinement /// to fuse, melt purify, purge away, try], a city of Sidon, unto a
woman [the church] that was
a widow.
PROPHECY: WE ARE REVEALED
(IN JESUS) AS ANGELS OF LIGHT
(Luke
9:28-32) And it
came to pass about an eight days [biblical symbol of “a new beginning”]
after
these sayings, he [Jesus Christ]
took
Peter and John and James, and went
up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the
fashion of his countenance [Gk:
appearance] was
altered, and his raiment [Gk:
clothing] was white and
glistering
[Gk: radiant]. And, behold, there talked with him two men,
which were Moses [“the dead in Christ” company: 1 Thess 4:16] and Elijah [the “we
which are alive and remain” company: 1 Thess 4:17]: Who
appeared in glory,
and spake of his
decease [Gk: exit, death] which he
should accomplish at
1.
(Mat
17:2) And was transfigured
[Gk: transformed, “metamorphose”:
changed] before them: and
his
face did shine as the sun, and his
raiment was white as the light.
2.
(Mark
9:3) And
his raiment
became shining [Gk:
gleaming, to flash intensely], exceeding
white as snow; so as no
fuller [laundry person]
on earth can white them.
3.
glory = Gk: glory (as very
apparent): dignity, honour, praise, worship /// to
think.
4.
glory = Dict: 1. exalted
praise, honor, or distinction, accorded by common consent. 2. adoring
praise or
thanksgiving. 3. resplendent beauty or magnificence. 4. state of
splendor. 5.
the splendor and bliss of heaven. 6. a ring, circle, or surrounding
radiance of
light represented about the head or the whole figure of a sacred
person, as
Christ, a saint; a halo, nimbus, or aureola.
(Rev
11:7-10)
And when they shall have finished their testimony,
the beast that
ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against
them [the two witnesses], and shall overcome them
[Dan 7:21,25; Rev 11:7; 13:7], and kill
them. And their dead bodies shall
lie in the street of the great city [
(Rev
11:11-13)
And after three days and an half [3
½ days] the Spirit of life
from God entered into them, and they
stood upon their feet; and great fear
fell upon them which saw them.
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come
up hither.
And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld
them. And
the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
tenth part of the
city [of
1.
(Jude 1:21-23)
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion
[Gk: pity, mercy],
making a difference
[Gk: to separate thoroughly]: And
others save with fear, pulling them
out of the fire; hating even the
garment [Gk: clothing] [i.e., the
outside covering – even the appearance of sin] spotted
by the flesh.
(Rev
11:14-19) The
second woe is past; and,
behold, the third woe cometh
quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great
voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his
Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four
and twenty
elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and
worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which
art,
and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and
hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is
come, and the
time of the dead, that they should be judged [Rev 20:11-15],
and that
thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the
saints,
and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy
them which
destroy the earth. And the
Amen