Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.  And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship three.

·        The design of this measurement seems to be the preservation of it in those times of public danger and calamity that are here foretold.  (MH)

·        How much was to be measured.  1.  The temple, the gospel church in general.  2.  The altar.  Whether the church was the true altars.  3. The worshippers too must be measured, whether they make God’s glory their end and his word their rule.  (MH)

Ezekiel 40:3  He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze.  He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.

Zechariah 2:1  Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.