Revelation 11:1

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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

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

Judgment also will I lay to the line and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

And he brought me there, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate facing toward the east and measured it round about.

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

But in no wise should I glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

And the

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Rise

And they departed from Hazeroth and pitched in Rithmah.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God by Jesus, the Christ.

General references

Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.