The Two Witnesses - Revelation 11:1-14
Understand It
- What was John given? (11:1)
- What was John told to do with the object he had been given? (11:1)
- What was John told to count? (11:1)
- What part of the temple was John to exclude from his "fact-finding mission"? (11:2)
- What important "end times" individuals are mentioned in this passage and what will be their mission? (11:3-6)
- What special protection will be given the ones called the "two olive trees and the two lampstands"? (11:4-5)
- What supernatural powers will the two witnesses possess? (11:6)
- What will happen to the two witnesses when they have finished their God-ordained ministry? (11:7)
- How will the two witnesses die? (11:7)
- What will take place in the three and a half days after the two witnesses die? (11:8-10)
- In John’s vision, what happened three and half days after the two witnesses were killed by the beast? (11:11-12)
- What catastrophic events will follow the two witnesses? (11:13)
Apply It
- How can you be a witness this week to those who don’t know Christ?
- What can you do to show your support this week for ministers, evangelists, and Christian leaders?
- What sins do you need to confess and renounce today in order that the Spirit of God might fill your life with His power?
The Seventh Trumpet - Revelation 11:15-19
Understand It
- What did John observe? (11:15)
- What did John hear? (11:15)
- What did the voices say about the world? (11:15)
- What did the voices say about the reign of Christ? (11:15)
- What group of people in addition to John heard the heavenly voices? (11:16)
- Where were the twenty-four elders seated? (11:16)
- How did the twenty-four elders respond in the wake of the message of the heavenly voices? (11:16)
- How did the elders describe "the Lord God Almighty"? (11:17)
- Why were the elders thankful to God? (11:17)
- How did the elders describe the nations of the world? (11:18)
- In the elders’ prayer, what "time has come"? (11:18)
- Who did the elders describe as deserving a reward? (11:18)
- Who did the elders describe as deserving destruction? (11:18)
- What happened in the heavenly temple of God after the prayer of the elders? (11:19)
- What spectacular phenomena accompanied the opening of the temple? (11:19)
Apply It
- What is one specific act you could perform this week to advance the kingdom of God in your neighborhood, school, office, or home?
- For what spiritual and material blessings will you spend some time today thanking God? How?
