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TWIN TREES (21 OF 32)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Revelation 11:1-19
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Title: Twin Trees (21 of 32)
Series: The Book of all Books
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Revelation 11:1-19


I - The Temple Whereabouts Probed (1 - 2)
A) The Glorious Temple (1)
B) The Gentile Throng (2a)
C) The Great Tribulation (2b)

II - The Two Witnesses Presented (3 - 14)
A) The Presentation of the Two Witnesses (3 - 6)
B) The Persecution of the Two Witnesses (7 - 10)
C) The Preservation of the Two Witnesses (11 - 13)

III - The Third Woe Pronounced (14 - 19)
A) The Reigning Ruler (14 - 15)
B) The Redeemed Rejoicing (16)
C) The Recognized Reign (17)
D) The Righteous Rewarded (18)
E) The Region Recognized (19)

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In the scriptures before us, we will find ourselves halfway through the Book of Revelation and the seventh trumpet will be blown, as the third woe is pronounced. The Lord is preparing to come back, bringing his church with him, so the earthly temple becomes a vocal point in the bigger scheme. As of now, there is no temple in Jerusalem, but there will be one, in the not-so-distant future. Let us read the following comments about this coming temple:

The first temple was built in 950 B.C. by King Solomon, and then it was destroyed by Babylon and King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. The second temple was built in 515 B.C. by Zerubbabel after the Israelites returned from the Babylonian Captivity, and then it was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70.

"It has been nearly two thousand years since there has been a Jewish temple on Mt. Moriah. Since A.D. 691 the Muslim shrine, the Dome of the Rock, has stood on the site of the ancient Jewish temple. Ever since the Jewish people began returning to the Promised Land, there has been talk of building a third temple. There is presently a Temple Institute in Jerusalem that is dedicated to reconstructing the instruments of worship for the new temple."
Hindson

"Several passages of Scriptur ...

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