CHAPTER 11
And there was given me a (a)reed like to a (b)sceptre: the (c)angel said, "Rise, and measure the Temple of God, and the alter, and them that worship therein."
(b) "Sceptre;" the AV says rod, which is diminishing. Str. No. 4464 gives rod, staff etc., but also royal sceptre etc. The giver denotes the difference. Here, the giver is Divine, so the meaning must be a measuring rod which has Divine Power and Authority, as a Divinely Ordained Sceptre! The area to be measured is also unassailable and protected, and cannot be contested by Satan!
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