Revelation 11:19

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Summary

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

The temple

The ark

Hebrews 9:4

And there were

General references

Bible References

The temple

Another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the One who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

After this I looked, and the heavenly sanctuary—the tabernacle of testimony—was opened.

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and His robe filled the temple.

The ark

Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening veil, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

but their minds were closed.

For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.

It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

And there were

At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

The angel took the incense burner, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; there were rumblings of thunder, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

There were flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since man has been on the earth—so great was the quake.

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Put the ark of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the veil.

“Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony

to come up from the Jordan.”

you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.

After this I looked, and the heavenly sanctuary—the tabernacle of testimony—was opened.