Chapter Twenty--Five/Reviving the Two Witnesses - The Trampling of the Courtyard - Conclusion

 What, though of the small group of Bible Students? Were they to be measured immediately in 1914 their adherence to divine standards? No. Like the professed Christians of Christendom, they too must be tested. They were 'cast clear out, given to the nations' to be severely tried and persecuted. Many of them realized that they should not go out and kill their fellowman, but as yet they did not fully appreciate Christian neutrality. (Micah 4:3; John 17"14, 16;1 John 3:15) Under pressure from the nations, some compromised.

How was it, though, the holy city was trampled underfoot by those nations? Clearly, this does not refer to the Jerusalem that was destroyed over 25 years before Revelation was written. Rather, the holy city is New Jerusalem, describe later in Revelation, that is represented now on earth by the remaining anointed Christians in the temple's inner courtyard. In time, these also will become a part of the holy city. So trampling on them is tantamount to trampling on the city itself. - REVELATION 21:2, 9-21. 

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