The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

Vessels to honor, made sacred and holy,
Meet for the use of the Master we love,
Ready for service all simple and lowly,
Ready, one day, for the temple above.
Vessels, it may be, all empty and broken,
Marred in the Hand of inscrutable skill
(Love can accept the mysterious token)
Marred but to make them more beautiful still.
Vessels, it may be, not costly or golden;
Vessels, it may be, of quantity small,
Yet by the Nail in the Sure Place upholden,
Never to shiver and never to fall.
Take all Thy vessels, O glorious Finer,
Purge all the dross, that each chalice may be
Pure in Thy pattern, completer, diviner,
Filled with Thy glory and shining for Thee.
Chapter 22: Rev. 11:1-2
Measuring the Temple of God
"And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure
the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 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."--Rev. 11:1,2.
It will be noticed that while this symbolic scene is an entirely new one, it nevertheless is in
close connection with the vision we have been considering. Let us therefore have before
the mind the essential features of the vision recorded in chapter 10.
1. The sudden and startling appearance in the Apocalyptic scenery of the mighty rainbowencircled
angel (messenger), represents Christ acting in behalf of His Church in the most
critical period of her history--the opening of the sixteenth century--the fulfillment of the
vision continuing on to the end of the Age.
2. The little opened book in the hand of this mighty messenger we found to be a symbol of
the Word of God, which had been lost sight of for centuries because of Papal influences.
3. The messenger placing his feet upon the sea and land, teaches that at this time Christ
would in a very special sense exert His power in controlling the affairs of the earth in the
interests of His Church.
4. His cry, as when a lion roars, represents Christ speaking through His true followers of
that time, and since, against the prevailing apostasy in the Church.