[[Rev-11]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Rev-10]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Rev-12]] --- ### They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that the holy city (Jerusalem) will be occupied and oppressed by the nations (Gentiles) for a specific duration of forty-two months (approximately 3.5 years). *Historical context*: Preterist theologians identify this with the Roman siege of Jerusalem during the First Jewish-Roman War, which lasted approximately three and a half years from AD 66 to AD 70. Futurists interpret this as the second half of a future seven-year tribulation period. *Related to*: ### I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth... If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the arrival of two prophetic figures with supernatural powers (commanding fire, shutting the sky, turning water to blood) who will testify for 1,260 days. *Historical context*: Scholars often identify these figures with Moses and Elijah (due to the similarity of their plagues and powers) or as symbols of the Church's witness. There is no widely accepted historical record of two individuals performing these exact supernatural deeds in Jerusalem for this specific timeframe. *Related to*: ### When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city... where also their Lord was crucified. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the martyrdom of the two witnesses by a power called 'the beast' in Jerusalem, where their bodies will be publicly displayed for three and a half days. *Historical context*: The 'great city' is explicitly identified as Jerusalem ('where also their Lord was crucified'). Preterists sometimes associate the 'beast' with Nero or the Roman Empire, but the specific public death and three-day display of these two witnesses lack a corroborated literal historical event in AD 70. *Related to*: ### After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet... I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, 'Come up here!' They went up into heaven in the cloud. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the physical resurrection and bodily ascension of the two witnesses after their death in Jerusalem. *Historical context*: This event is considered unfulfilled and is viewed by most Christian traditions as a future eschatological event associated with the end of the age. *Related to*: ### In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts a massive seismic event in Jerusalem immediately following the witnesses' ascension, resulting in specific structural damage and casualties, leading to widespread repentance or acknowledgement of God. *Historical context*: While Jerusalem is seismically active, there is no historical record from the 1st century (such as in Josephus) or later that matches a specific death toll of exactly 7,000 and a 1/10th city destruction following the public resurrection of two prophets. *Related to*: ### The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Marks the completion of the second set of major divine judgments (the Sixth Trumpet) as previously warned. *Historical context*: This is an internal fulfillment of the sequence established in [[Rev-09#v12|Revelation 9:12]], where it was prophesied that 'two woes more are coming after these things.' This verse signals that the transition to the final woe has begun. *Related to*: [[Rev-09#v12|Revelation 9:12]] ### The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever! *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the final transfer of all earthly sovereignty to the eternal and absolute rule of Jesus Christ. *Historical context*: Considered a central eschatological prophecy of the Second Coming (Parousia) in Christian theology. It is viewed as unfulfilled in a literal, geopolitical sense and represents the ultimate goal of the Book of Revelation. *Related to*: ### the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints... and to destroy those who destroy the earth. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the Final Judgment where the dead are judged and the righteous are rewarded. *Historical context*: Widely recognized across Christian denominations as the 'Last Judgment,' a future event that marks the conclusion of human history and the beginning of the eternal state. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy