Insight from Revelation 11:<\/p>\n
Chapter 10 ended with John eating the little scroll. The scroll contained God\u2019s plan to end the rebellion on earth and to bring in everlasting worship. The plan was sweet and it was bitter. The fact that John ate the scroll symbolizes the fact that God\u2019s people will be very involved with the plan. The plan is sweet to the people of God, because it brings in all they have hoped and dreamed for. Yet, in order for these sweet things to come, a great deal of pain will come upon the church. This chapter (11) and the two following chapters (12-13) focus on the pain that comes upon the churches as they faithfully follow the plan given to them.<\/p>\n
In Revelation 11, the church is compared to two witnesses. Like witnesses in a trial, the church is a witness in God\u2019s trial against the earth. This chapter teaches that the church and Satan\u2019s \u201cbeast\u201d will be working during the same time period. The \u201cbeast\u201d is not more powerful than the church. The church will be given great power from the Lord. However, when the church has finished its task, then the beast will finally completely conquer the church. The world thinks that it has finally won!<\/p>\n
The chapter does not end with the church in defeat. It ends with the church being resurrected and praise taking place in heaven. The churches must never forget that, even when they are conquered, they still are the conquerors! God is working out his plan!<\/p>\n
Chapters 12 and 13 will explain more about how Satan and his beasts will attack the church during this time period.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4748","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}