Revelation 11:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

A reed

And the

Revelation 10:1

Rise

1 Peter 2:5

General references

Isaiah 64:10

Bible References

A reed

The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.

“I will make justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.

So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faced toward the east and measured it all around.

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

And the

I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

Rise

They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I will

dwell in them and

walk among them;

And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

General references

Your holy cities have become a wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.