Marko Jauhiainen, «The Measuring of the Sanctuary Reconsidered (Rev 11,1-2)», Vol. 83 (2002) 507-526
The act of measuring in Rev 11,1-2 does not portray the Church as spiritually protected but physically vulnerable, as normally thought. Not only are there lexical and interpretive difficulties with the traditional view, it is also not supported by the OT and extra-biblical evidence commonly adduced. Reading two kai/j differently and recognizing an allusion to Ezek 8:16 LXX addresses both the lexical and interpretive issues. The act of measuring is used to communicate the fact that contrary to Ezek 8–9, this time God will not abandon his earthly sanctuary, though idolatry among his people will still be judged.
the teaching of "Balaam", the Nicolaitans, and other opponents of John in the churches53. As Bauckham has pointed out, "the principal danger" for John’s audience was not persecution but "compromise with and assimilation to pagan society"54. Ultimately, the idolaters will be separated from and cast out of the company of the righteous, unless they repent (Rev 2,14-16.20-22)55. This would also fit well the only uses of the phrase "cast outside" in the LXX mentioned earlier. The first passage, Lev 14,34-40, gives instructions regarding a house possibly infected with growth that makes it ritually unclean. The house is given seven days, and if the contamination spreads, the unclean stones must be removed and thrown out of the city. The second passage, 2 Chr 29,16, describes the cleansing and consecration of the temple, and how the priests cast out to the courtyard every unclean thing that was found in the sanctuary.
The proposed new reading also gains support by the inclusion of