He is talking about a literal city, a literal street and the literal murder of two prophets.
That is what your carnal mind wants you to think but that is not what God talked about according to the rest of Scripture.
He even says this is the same city Christ was crucified at and outside the walls is still at the same city.
You missed the point that Christ was trying to tell you. He did NOT tell us to look for a literal city in the Middle East where Christ was crucified since we already knew that. But here in Revelation 11, after the Cross, it is the the New Testament Church that God is talking about here! The home of the camps of the Saints, and the crucified Christ.
When we carefully examine passages like Revelation 11, the two witnesses (representing the elect within the Church - not two men) are overrun there because the leaders, pastors, and ministers are all gone away from the Word of God. They have usurped God's authority by accepting man's authority. In other words, they rule by the precepts of men, rather than God.
It is a sad fact of the Church that Christians today are happy to point at the leaders, nations, politicians, and unbelievers as to the apostasy in the world, but
God points right at them. ...judgment begins at the house of God. They have neglected to look in the mirror at their own wilfull voluntarily neglect of the word of God. And this is the "
why and how!" The
why of the judgment is because of their falling away, the forsaking the precepts of God in favor of the precepts of men. The
how of the judgment is by God recompensing upon their heads exactly what they desire. For they desire the words of men over the word of God, and thus God sends them strong delusion because they have no love for His truth.
They deceitfully handled the word of God, Wilfully sinning against the crucified Christ, who they
claim has died for them but where they are preaching has become spiritually Sodom and Egypt.
Hebrews 10:26-29
- "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
- But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
- He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"
That's why God had before cautioned His House to:
Romans 16:17-18
- "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
- For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple."
The smooth talkers in the Churches, like Joel Osteen, preaching peace and love, where there is no peace and love. The politically correct preachers and leaders whose only desire is to please men, glorify themselves or give themselves an advantage.
So, no, God is NOT talking about literal city, literal temple, literal Jews in the Middle East at all. They already lost the kingdom representation at the Cross which was given to the New Testament congregation where Christ, as chief cornerstone NOW STANDS! And here God is warning that the New Testament congregation will also fall just like Israel was in the same way where the unfaithful are attacking the Chosen believers.