Apocalipsis 11:5-15

5 Y si alguno les quisiere dañar, sale fuego de la boca de ellos, y devora a sus enemigos; y si alguno les quisiere hacer daño, es necesario que él sea así muerto

6 Estos tienen potestad de cerrar el cielo, que no llueva en los días de su profecía, y tienen poder sobre las aguas para convertirlas en sangre, y para herir la tierra con toda plaga cuantas veces quisieren

7 Y cuando ellos hubieren acabado su testimonio, la bestia que sube del abismo hará guerra contra ellos, y los vencerá, y los matará

8 Y sus cuerpos serán echados en las plazas de la gran ciudad, que espiritualmente es llamada Sodoma, y Egipto; donde también nuestro Señor fue colgado en el madero

9 Y los de los linajes, y de los pueblos, y de las lenguas, y de los gentiles verán los cuerpos de ellos por tres días y medio, y no permitirán que sus cuerpos sean puestos en sepulcros

10 Y los moradores de la tierra se gozarán sobre ellos, y se alegrarán, y se enviarán dones los unos a los otros; porque estos dos profetas han atormentado a los que moran sobre la tierra

11 Y después de tres días y medio, el Espíritu de vida, enviado de Dios entró en ellos, y se alzaron sobre sus pies, y vino gran temor sobre los que los vieron

12 Y oyeron una gran voz del cielo, que les decía: Subid acá. Y subieron al cielo en una nube, y sus enemigos los vieron

13 Y en aquella hora fue hecho gran temblor de tierra, y la décima parte de la ciudad cayó, y fueron muertos en el temblor de tierra los nombres de siete mil hombres; y los demás fueron espantados, y dieron gloria al Dios del cielo

14 El segundo ¡Ay! es pasado; he aquí, el tercer ¡Ay! vendrá presto

15 Y el séptimo ángel tocó la trompeta. Y fueron hechas grandes voces en el cielo, que decían: Los reinos de este mundo son reducidos a nuestro Señor y a su Cristo; y reinará para siempre jamás

Apocalipsis 11:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 11

This chapter contains the order to measure the temple of God; an account of the two witnesses, their prophesying: and power, their slaying, resurrection, and ascension to heaven, with what followed upon it; and the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and the effects of that. A measuring rod is given to John, with an order to rise and measure the temple, altar, and worshippers, and to leave out the outer court, which was to be given to the Gentiles, who tread the holy city under foot forty and two months, Re 11:1,2, the same date with the 1260 days the witnesses prophesy in sackcloth, Re 11:3, who are compared to two olive trees and to two candlesticks, and are said to stand before God, Re 11:4, and who are further described by their power to destroy those that hurt them with fire that proceeds out of their mouths; to shut the heaven, that it rain not during their prophecy; to turn water into blood, and smite the earth with all manner of plagues at pleasure, Re 11:5,6; but when the time of their prophecy and testimony is expired, their enemies will have the advantage of them; the antichristian beast of Rome, described by the place of his ascent, the bottomless pit, will fight against them, overcome, and kill them; their dead bodies will be exposed publicly within the Roman jurisdiction, and not suffered to be interred; and their enemies will make a public and general rejoicing over them, Re 11:7-10; but after a short space of time they will revive, and stand upon their feet, to the surprise of all spectators; and being invited by a voice from heaven, will ascend thither, in the sight of their enemies; upon which will be an earthquake, in which the tenth part of the city of Rome will fall, and seven thousand men be slain; which will cause consternation in the rest, and put them upon giving glory to God, Re 11:11-13; and this will put an end to the second woe, and the third will quickly follow, Re 11:14, which is the sounding of the seventh trumpet; the effects of which are, voices heard in heaven, declaring that the kingdoms of the world are become Christ's, and that he shall reign for ever and ever, Re 11:15; upon which the four and twenty elders, that sat on their seats before God, congratulate him, worship, and give thanks unto him, at the Lord God Almighty and eternal; partly because of his visible power and kingdom he now takes to himself; and partly because the time of avenging his people that had suffered for him upon the nations, which makes them angry, was now come; as also because now would be given rewards to all his prophets, saints, and those that feared him, as well as antichrist and his followers would be destroyed, Re 11:16-18; and other effects of this trumpet are, the opening of the temple of God in heaven, a sight of the ark of the testament, lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail, Re 11:9.