Chapter Twenty-Five/Reviving the Two Witnesses - Measuring the Temple Sanctuary

 John is told to measure the temple sanctuary of God and the altar and those worshiping in it. What does this imply? In the Hebrew Scripture prophecies, such measuring provided a guarantee that justice, tempered with mercy, would be rendered on the basis of Jehovah's perfect standards. In the days of King Manasseh, the prophetic measuring of Jerusalem testified to an unalterable judgment of destruction on that city. (2 Kings 21:13; Lamentations 2:8) Later, however, when Jeremiah saw Jerusalem being measured, this confirmed that the city would be rebuilt. (Jeremiah 31:39; see also Zechariah 2:2-8) Likewise, the extensive and detailed measuring of the visionary temple witnessed by Ezkiel was a guarantee to the Jewish exiles in Babylon that true worship would be restored in their homeland. It was also a reminder that, in view of their errors, Israel henceforth had to measure up to God's holy standards. - EZEKIEL 40:3, 4; 43:10.

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