Revelation 11:1 Cross References

Revelation 11:1

1: 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.

The angel who talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

When the man had finished taking these measurements, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire Temple area.
He measured the east side; it was 875 feet long.
He also measured the north side and got the same measurement.
The south side was the same length,
and so was the west side.

When I looked around me again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
"Where are you going?" I asked. He replied, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."

We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

On April 28, during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity--fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem--the LORD took hold of me.
In a vision of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see what appeared to be a city across from me toward the south.
As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a measuring tape and a measuring rod.
He said to me, "Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen."
I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1/2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1/2 feet thick and 10 1/2 feet high.

And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.

"I will take the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness to check the foundation wall you have built. Your refuge looks strong, but since it is made of lies, a hailstorm will knock it down. Since it is made of deception, the enemy will come like a flood to sweep it away.

Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
God will bring ruin upon anyone who ruins this temple. For God's temple is holy, and you Christians are that temple.

And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: "I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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.
And in his hand was a small scroll, which he had unrolled. He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
And he gave a great shout, like the roar of a lion. And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered.
When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But a voice from heaven called to me: "Keep secret what the seven thunders said. Do not write it down."
Then the mighty angel standing on the sea and on the land lifted his right hand to heaven.

As for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world died long ago, and the world's interest in me is also long dead.
It doesn't make any difference now whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we really have been changed into new and different people.
May God's mercy and peace be upon all those who live by this principle. They are the new people of God.

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

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