Revelation 11:1-19

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-2

I. PRELUDE TO THE SEVENTH TRUMPET. 4. Outlined ground-plan of the events of the Seventh Trumpet; that is, of the whole of Revelation 12:1 to Revelation 22:5, Revelation 11:1-13. a. The mystic Jerusalem=the pure Church, ascertained by measurement, Revelation 11:1-2 . This chapter has been considered the very “cross of interpreters,” so various have been the interpretations. But a careful noting of its various points will, perhaps, clearly show that it is a miniature picture of the great... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

IV. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, Revelation 7:1 to Revelation 20:10. Of the trumpets, the first four are mundane, or earthly; each of the four blasts draws down a judgment upon some creational point, as earth, sea, fountains and rivers; firmamental luminaries. It is the sins of men that draw down these bolts of wrath, rendering every point of creation hostile to our peace. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake,” (Genesis 3:17,) is the key-note. This sad status of humanity has existed through all past... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:2

2. The court The enclosure, or yard, in which the holy temple stands. Measure it not For, though formerly the true Church, it is not now the pure Church, but the apostate. Revelation 11:2. Is given By divine judgment on account of apostasy. Unto the Gentiles For in the apocalypse Israel is the Christic Church, and the Gentiles are antichristic. The holy city Same as the beloved city of Revelation 20:9, of which the holy city of Matthew 27:53 is typical. And here we may notice the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:3

b. The martyr two witnesses=the faithful few, Revelation 11:3-6 . 3. Give power It was to be expected that in the midst of Gentiles these witnesses would hush in silence. Their enemies are thousands, and they are but two. But they have the “gift of power,” and their prophecy will ring through the streets of the city through the whole long, dark period. My The word implies that the speaker is God, and that these witnesses are claimed as his own. See note Revelation 11:1.... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:4

4. Two candlesticks The candlestick, in this book, uniformly represents a church, and the olive trees which supply the oil naturally represent the ministry. Hence the witnesses, as the impersonation of these two bodies, are two. Nothing is more common than the impersonating a collective body in an individual. In this book a nation is a beast, a corrupt church is a harlot. A testifying church and a testifying ministry are two witnesses. The imagery is based, with free modifications,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:5

5. And The imagery of these two verses seems to be based upon the history of Elijah. Will Rather, wills, or purposes to. Fire In 2Ki 1:10 ; 2 Kings 1:12, fire came down from heaven, yet at the words of Elijah’s mouth. The powerful physical images under which the divine judgments following the rejected ministries of the evangelic witnesses need not perplex us. Physical miracles of far more gigantic figure are ascribed to the dragon Revelation 12:4, and to the beast Revelation... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:6

6. As the individual judgment upon rejection of the gospel prophecy is given in Revelation 11:5, so now we have the public judgments. The firmament of God’s goodness becomes brass, and the genial showers of mercy descend not. Waters… blood Nay, the very mercies of God, designed for our life and happiness, are transformed, by the divine judgments, to the very image and essence of curse. The very gospel, the water of life, proves to be the stream of death. As often as they will Which ... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:7

c. Their destruction by the beast, and resurrection triumph and avenging, Revelation 11:7-13 . 7. When they The martyr witnesses of the apostate period. Shall… finished Both individually and collectively. Each individual finishes his testimony and is slain. But, collectively, the entire body represented by the two is slain when the period is completed. The individual death of the two represents or symbolizes the collective death, in series, of the whole. If two represent the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:8

8. The great city In opposition to the holy city of Revelation 11:2; and so identical with the Babylon of Revelation 14:9, the antichristic capital. Lie in the street Picture of most dishonouring exposure. The defeat of the reformation is in its hour of defeat the object of derision through all the ranks of the apostasy. Spiritually called The word figurative is the opposite to literal, and the word spiritual, as an epithet for language, is opposed to secular. Secularly the great... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:9

9. Three days and an half A miniature of the forty and two months, or three years and a half of Revelation 11:2; being “a day for a year.” It is an adverse number, the sacred seven broken into two equal parts. The reduction to a miniature amount, corresponds both to the miniature reduction of the witnesses to two, and to the necessary brevity of time for a corpse to lie unburied. read more

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