Measuring

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Revelation 11

Measuring with a reed like unto a rod

Rev. 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.  11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months. 

John was commanded to measure the church people. The part he was to leave out were non believers.
God measures your heart. He hears everything you say. He even knows what you are thinking. No one else can do that. They can guess. He watches you as you play. He knows if you are cheating in school or stealing. He sees everything. (Psalms 139:4)  He does not measure with a ruler. He measures the heart. Man looks on the outside, but God looks on the heart.

 
In Revelation 21, again, John is measuring. This time after he measures, he says that no one will enter heaven who will do evil things and whoever makes a lie.

Rev. 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 
What is the measuring rod that measures the heart? The Bible has the rules for God's team to live by. Those who are on God's team obey His rules. You cannot forget the rules if you think about them and memorize them. King David did this. He said how he did it in Psalms 119:11 He said he hid God's word in his heart to help him not to sin.

"Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I may not sin against thee" Ps. 119:11

 

Memorizing the ten commandments and repeating it in song is a good way to remember God's rules. The ten commandments teach us how to treat God and each other.

An excellent resource for this is the cassette and illustrated music book put together by Alice Meyer at Route 76 Box 28, Glenville, West Virginia, USA  26351. My children learned this in one day because of the music. Even my youngest at the time at age 3 and 4 was singing it by heart. 

 
Rev. 11 verse 2 continued: "and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months. 
11:3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."