Chapter 11 - Bro. Thomas' Translation (Eureka Vol. 3)

The Sixth Trumpet

Or

Second Woe

Western Part

TRANSLATION

Apoc. 11:1-13

1. And there was given to me a reed like a rod: and the angel stood saying, Rise up, and measure the nave of the Deity, and the altar, and those worshipping in it. 2. And the court which is outside of the nave cast away out, and measure it not, for it has been given to the nations; and the Holy City they shall trample forty two months.

3. And I will give to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, having been clothed with sackcloths.

4. These are the two olive trees, and two lightstands, which have stood before the god of the earth. 5. And if any will to injure them, fire bursts forth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies; and if any will to injure them, in this way must he be put to death.

6. These have power to shut the heaven, that rain may not fall in their days of the prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they may have willed.

7. And when they may have finished their testimony, the beast ascending out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and put them to death.

8. And their corpses shall lie upon the breadth of the Great City styled spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9. And they shall see their corpses among the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations three days and a half, and they shall not suffer their corpses to be put into tombs. 10. And they who dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and be exultant: and they shall send gifts to one another; because these two prophets tormented them who dwell upon the earth.

11. And after the three days and a half, spirit of life from the Deity broke in upon them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those who beheld them.

12. And they heard a great voice from the heaven, saying to them, "Ascend hither!" And they ascended into the heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them.

13. And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and there were destroyed in the earthquake seven thousand names of men: and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the Deity of the heaven.

14. The second woe has passed; behold the third woe comes immediately.

The Seventh Trumpet

Or

Third Woe

Judicially Affecting Both East And West

Apoc. 11:15-19

15. And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, the kingdoms of the world have become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for the aions of the aions.

16. And the twenty and four elders sitting upon their thrones in the presence of the Deity, fell upon their faces, and did homage to the Deity, saying, We give thanks to thee, Ο Lord, the almighty Deity, who is and who was and who art THE COMING ONE, because thou hast assumed thy great power, and reignest.

18. And the nations were made angry, and thy wrath came; and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, even to those who fear thy name, to the small and to the great; and to destroy those who corrupt the earth.

19. And the nave of the Deity was opened in the heaven, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his nave: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and earthquake, and great hail.

(Eureka, Volume 3, pages 217-219).