Now John says at the start of Revelation 11: "I was given a measuring rod and was told to measure the temple and altar and count the worshippers... excluding the outer court with the Gentiles who will trample the holy city for 42 months... and I will empower my 2 witnesses to prophesy for 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth... and these witnesses, olive trees or lampstands have special defensive mechanisms... and anyone that wants to harm them must die... and the 2 witnesses have power to control rainfall, to turn waters into blood and attack the earth with plagues... but eventually the beast from the Abyss will attack the 2 witnesses and kill them and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city... and for 3 and a half days they will be refused burial... and the people will rejoice over their deaths... but after 3 and a half days a breath of life from God entered them and they stood up... and the people were terror struck... and then the witnesses went up to heaven in a cloud and there was an earthquake which destroyed 10% of the city killing 7,000 people, and the survivors glorified God... then the 7th angel sounded his trumpet and loud voices from heaven announced that the kingdom of the world had become the kingdom of the Lord Jesus and he will reign forever... then the 24 elders worshipped saying... thanks to God who has begun to reign... the time has come for judging the dead... and for rewarding the prophets and saints... and for destroying those who destroy the earth... and God's temple was opened... and the ark was seen as there was lightening and thunder".
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