AR 485 - Rods; AR 486 - Measuring; AR 487 - The Court

AR 485 [1, 3]

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.
(Revelation 11:1)

A reed symbolizes weak power,
the kind a person has of himself,
and a rod symbolizes strong power,
the kind a person has from the Lord.
Consequently John's being given
a reed like a measuring rod
symbolizes power from the Lord.

A rod symbolizes power
because in olden times
people in the church made wooden rods,
and wood symbolizes goodness.
It also substituted for the right hand and supported it,
and the right hand symbolizes power.
It is owing to this
that a scepter is a shortened rod,
and a scepter symbolizes the power of a king.
Moreover, "scepter" and "rod" in Hebrew
are the same word.

AR 486 [3]

To measure means, symbolically,
to learn and investigate the character of a thing
because the measure of something
symbolizes its character or state.

AR 487

"But leave out the court which is outside the temple,
and do not measure it."
(Revelation 11:2)

The court outside the temple
symbolizes the church on earth,
because that church is outside heaven,
heaven being the temple.