web view3: 5 “when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute,...

Old Testament Allusions in Revelation

Revelation 13:15Daniel 3: 5 “…when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, you must fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be instantly cast into a white-hot furnace.”

Revelation 14:1Ezekiel 9: 4 …and the LORD said to him: Pass through the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark an X on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the abominations practiced within it.

Revelation 14:2Ezekiel 1: 24 Then I heard the sound of their wings, like the roaring of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty.Ezekiel 43: 2 …and there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east! His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.

Revelation 14:3Texts about singing a new song to the Lord: Psalms 33:3; 40:3; 96:1 98:1 144:9; 149:1; Isaiah 42:10.

Revelation 14:5Psalms 32: 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no deceit.Isaiah 53: 9 He was given a grave among the wicked, a burial place with evildoers, Though he had done no wrong, nor was deceit found in his mouth.Zephaniah 3: 13 They shall do no wrong and speak no lies; nor shall there be found in their mouths a deceitful tongue…

Revelation 14:7Exodus 20: 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.Psalms 146: 6 The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever…

23


Revelation 14:8Isaiah 21: 9 He calls out and says, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods are smashed to the ground!”Jeremiah 51: 7 Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the LORD making the whole earth drunk; the nations drank its wine, thus they have gone mad. 8 Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she can be healed.

Revelation 14:10Genesis 19: 24 …and the LORD rained down sulfur upon Sodom and Gomorrah, fire from the LORD out of heaven.Psalms 11: 6 [The LORD] rains upon the wicked fiery coals and brimstone, a scorching wind their allotted cup.Psalms 75: 9 Yes, a cup is in the LORD’s hand, foaming wine, fully spiced. When God pours it out, they will drain it even to the dregs; all the wicked of the earth will drink.Isaiah 51: 17 Wake up, wake up! Arise, Jerusalem, you who drank at the LORD’s hand the cup of his wrath; who drained to the dregs the bowl of staggering!Isaiah 51: 22 Thus says the LORD, your Master, your God, who defends his people: See, I am taking from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall no longer drink.Jeremiah 25: 15 For thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and have all the nations to whom I will send you drink it.Ezekiel 38: 22 I will execute judgment on him: disease and bloodshed; flooding rain and hailstones, fire and brimstone, I will rain down on him, on his troops and on the many nations with him.

Revelation 14:11Isaiah 34: 10 Night and day it shall not be quenched, its smoke shall rise forever.

Revelation 14:14Daniel 7: 13 As the visions during the night continued, I saw coming with the clouds of heaven, One like a son of man.

24


Revelation 14:15 & 14:18Joel 4: 13 Wield the sickle, for the harvest is ripe…

Revelation 14:20Isaiah 63: 3 “The wine press I have trodden alone, and from the peoples no one was with me. I trod them in my anger, and trampled them down in my wrath; their blood spurted on my garments, all my apparel I stained….”Lamentations 1: 15 All my valiant warriors my Lord has cast away; he proclaimed a feast against me to crush my young men; my Lord has trodden in the wine press virgin daughter Judah.

Revelation 15: 1Leviticus 26: 21 If then you continue hostile, unwilling to obey me, I will multiply my blows sevenfold, as your sins deserve.

Revelation 15:3Exodus 15: 1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea… 11 Who is like you among the gods, O LORD? Who is like you, magnificent among the holy ones? Awe-inspiring in deeds of renown, worker of wonders.

Revelation 15:4Psalms 89: 9 LORD, God of hosts, who is like you? Mighty LORD, your faithfulness surrounds you.Jeremiah 10: 6 No one is like you, LORD, you are great, great and mighty is your name. 7 Who would not fear you, King of the nations, for it is your due! Among all the wisest of the nations, and in all their domains, there is none like you.Malachi 1: 11 From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name is great among the nations; incense offerings are made to my name everywhere, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.

Revelation 15:5

25


Exodus 38: 21The following is an account of the various amounts used on the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant, drawn up at the command of Moses by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

Revelation 15:6Leviticus 26: 21 If then you continue hostile, unwilling to obey me, I will multiply my blows sevenfold, as your sins deserve.

Revelation 15:8Exodus 40: 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.1 Kings 8: 10 When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD 11 so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.Isaiah 6: 4 At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke.Ezekiel 44: 4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the facade of the temple. I looked—and the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’s house! I fell on my face.

Revelation 16:1Psalms 69: 25 Pour out your wrath upon them; let the fury of your anger overtake them.Isaiah 66: 6 A voice roaring from the city, a voice from the temple; the voice of the LORD rendering recompense to his enemies!Jeremiah 10: 25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, on the tribes that do not call your name; for they have utterly devoured Jacob, and laid waste his home.Ezekiel 22: 31 Therefore I have poured out my fury upon them; with my fiery wrath I have consumed them, bringing down their ways upon their heads—oracle of the Lord GOD.Zephaniah 3: 8 Therefore, wait for me—oracle of the LORD—until the day when I arise as accuser; for it is my decision to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, in order to pour out upon them my wrath, all my blazing anger; for in the fire of my passion all the earth will be consumed.

26


Revelation 16:2Exodus 9: 10 So they took the soot from a kiln and appeared before Pharaoh. When Moses scattered it toward the sky, it caused festering boils on human being and beast alike.Deuteronomy 28: 35 The LORD will strike you with malignant boils of which you cannot be cured, on your knees and legs, and from the soles of your feet to the crown of your head.

Revelation 16:3-4Exodus 7: 17 Thus says the LORD: This is how you will know that I am the LORD. With the staff here in my hand, I will strike the water in the Nile and it will be changed into blood. 18 The fish in the Nile will die, and the Nile itself will stink so that the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile. 19 The LORD then spoke to Moses: Speak to Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—its streams, its canals, its ponds, and all its supplies of water—that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the wooden pails and stone jars. 20 This, then, is what Moses and Aaron did, exactly as the LORD had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the waters in the Nile in full view of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water in the Nile was changed into blood. 21 The fish in the Nile died, and the Nile itself stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.Psalms 78: 44 God turned their rivers to blood; their streams they could not drink.

Revelation 16:5Deuteronomy 32: 4 The Rock—how faultless are his deeds, how right all his ways! A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he!Psalms 119: 137 You are righteous, LORD, and just are your judgments.Psalms 145: 17 The LORD is just in all his ways, merciful in all his works.

Revelation 16:6Isaiah 49: 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as though with new wine. All flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your savior, your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

27


Revelation16:10Exodus 10: 21 Then the LORD said to Moses: Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that over the land of Egypt there may be such darkness that one can feel it.

Revelation 16:12Isaiah 11: 15 The LORD shall dry up the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and wave his hand over the Euphrates with his fierce wind, and divide it into seven streamlets, so that it can be crossed in sandals.Isaiah 44: 27 I say to the deep, Be dry! I will dry up your rivers.Jeremiah 50: 38 A drought upon the waters, and they dry up! For it is a land of idols, soon made frantic by phantoms.Jeremiah 51: 36 But now, thus says the LORD: I will certainly defend your cause, I will certainly avenge you; I will dry up her sea, and drain her fountain.

Revelation 16:16Judges 5: 19 The kings came and fought; then they fought, those kings of Canaan, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; no spoil of silver did they take.2 Kings 9: 27 Seeing what was happening, Ahaziah, king of Judah, fled toward Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Him too!” They struck him as he rode through the pass of Gur near Ibleam, but he continued his flight as far as Megiddo and died there.2 Kings 23: 29 In his time Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went up toward the Euphrates River against the king of Assyria. King Josiah set out to meet him, but was slain at Megiddo at the first encounter.Zechariah 12: 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

Revelation 16:17Isaiah 66: 6 A voice roaring from the city, a voice from the temple; the voice of the LORD rendering recompense to his enemies!

Revelation 16:18Exodus 19: 16 On the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar,

so that all the people in the camp trembled.28


Revelation 16:19Psalms 75: 9 Yes, a cup is in the LORD’s hand, foaming wine, fully spiced. When God pours it out, they will drain it even to the dregs; all the wicked of the earth will drink.Jeremiah 25: 15 For thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and have all the nations to whom I will send you drink it.

Revelation 16:21Exodus 9: 24 There was hail and lightning flashing here and there through the hail, and the hail was so fierce that nothing like it had been seen in Egypt since it became a nation.

Revelation 17:1-2Isaiah 23: 17 At the end of the seventy years the LORD shall visit Tyre. She shall return to her hire and serve as prostitute with all the world’s kingdoms on the face of the earth.

Revelation 17:4Jeremiah 51: 7 Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the LORD making the whole earth drunk; the nations drank its wine, thus they have gone mad.Ezekiel 28: 13 …precious stones of every kind were your covering: Carnelian, topaz, and beryl, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, garnet, and emerald.

Revelation 17:8Texts about being blotted out of the book of life: Exodus 32: 32-33; Psalms 69:28; Daniel 12:1 (See Rev 3:5 above.)

Revelation 17:12Daniel 7: 24 The ten horns shall be ten kings rising out of that kingdom…

Revelation 17:14Deuteronomy 10: 17 For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome…

29


Daniel 2: 47 To Daniel the king said, “Truly your God is the God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries; that is why you were able to reveal this mystery.”

Revelation 18:2Isaiah 13: 21 But desert demons shall rest there and owls shall fill the houses; there ostriches shall dwell, and satyrs shall dance.Isaiah 21: 9 Here he comes—a single chariot, a pair of horses—he calls out and says, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon!”Isaiah 34: 11 But the desert owl and hoot owl shall possess it, the screech owl and raven shall dwell in it.

Revelation 18:4Isaiah 51: 20 Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea!Isaiah 52: 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, touch nothing unclean! Out from there! Purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.Jeremiah 50: 8 Flee from the midst of Babylon, leave the land of the Chaldeans, be like rams at the head of the flock.Jeremiah 51: 6 Flee from Babylon; each of you save your own life, do not perish because of her guilt; this is a time of retribution from the LORD… 45 Leave her, my people; each of you save your own life from the burning wrath of the LORD.

Revelation 18: 7-8Isaiah 47: 7 You said, “I shall remain always, a sovereign mistress forever!” You did not take these things to heart, but disregarded their outcome. 8 Now hear this, voluptuous one, enthroned securely, saying in your heart, “I, and no one else! I shall never be a widow, bereft of my children”—9 Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you despite your many sorceries and the full power of your spells…

Revelation 18:9-10Ezekiel 26: 16 All the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed in mourning, they will sit on the ground and tremble, horror-struck and appalled at you. 17 They will raise lament over you and say to you: How you have perished, gone from the

30


seas, renowned City! Once she was mighty on the sea, she and her inhabitants, those who spread their terror to all who dwelt nearby.

Revelation 18:11 & 15Ezekiel 27: 36 The traders among the peoples now hiss at you; you have become a horror, you shall be no more.

Revelation 18:12-13Ezekiel 27: 12 Tarshish traded with you, so great was your wealth, exchanging for your wares silver, iron, tin, and lead. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech also traded with you, exchanging slaves and bronze vessels for your merchandise. 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah also traded with you, exchanging for your wares the very best spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

Revelation 18:17-19Ezekiel 27: 27 Your wealth, your goods, your wares, your sailors, your crew, the caulkers of your seams, those who traded for your goods, all the warriors with you, the whole crowd with you sank into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. 28 At the sound of your sailors’ shouts the waves shudder, 29 down from their ships come all who ply the oars; sailors, all the seafaring crew, stand on the shore. 30They raise their voices over you and shout their bitter cries; they pour dust on their heads and cover themselves with ashes. 31 For you they shave their heads bald and put on sackcloth; for you they weep bitterly, in anguished lament. 32 They raise a lament for you; they wail over you: “Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the sea?” 33 By exporting your goods by sea you satisfied many peoples, with your great wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth. 34 Now you are wrecked in the sea, in the watery depths; your wares and all your crew have fallen down with you.

Revelation 18:20Jeremiah 51: 48 Then heaven and earth and everything in them shall shout over Babylon with joy, when the destroyers come against her from the north—oracle of the LORD.

Revelation 18:21

31


Jeremiah 51: 63 When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates, 64 and say: Thus Babylon shall sink. It will never rise, because of the disaster I am bringing upon it.”Ezekiel 26: 21 I will make you a horror, and you shall be no more; you shall be sought for, but never found again—oracle of the Lord GOD.

Revelation 18:22Isaiah 24: 8 Stilled are the cheerful timbrels, ended the shouts of the jubilant, stilled the cheerful harp.Ezekiel 26: 13 I will bring an end to the noise of your songs; the music of your lyres will be heard no more.

Revelation 18:23Isaiah 23: 8 Who has planned such a thing against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the earth’s honored men?Jeremiah 7: 34 I will silence the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will be turned to rubble.Jeremiah 16: 9 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Before your eyes and in your lifetime, I will silence in this place the song of joy and the song of gladness, the song of the bridegroom and the song of the bride.Jeremiah 25: 10 Among them I will put to an end the song of joy and the song of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstone and the light of the lamp.

Revelation 18:24Jeremiah 51: 49 Babylon, too, must fall, you slain of Israel, because by the hand of Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.

Revelation 19:1Tobit 13: 18The gates of Jerusalem will sing hymns of gladness, and all its houses will cry out, Hallelujah! Blessed be the God of Israel for all ages! For in you the blessed will bless the holy name forever and ever.

Revelation 19:2

32


Deuteronomy 32: 43 Exult with him, you heavens, bow to him, all you divine beings! For he will avenge the blood of his servants, take vengeance on his foes; he will requite those who hate him, and purge his people’s land.2 Kings 9: 7 You shall destroy the house of Ahab your master; thus will I avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the other servants of the LORD shed by Jezebel.Psalms 19: 9 The precepts of the LORD are right…Psalms 79: 10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes make known to the nations that you avenge the blood of your servants which has been poured out.Psalms 119: 137 You are righteous, LORD, and just are your judgments.

Revelation 19:3Isaiah 34: 10 Night and day it shall not be quenched, its smoke shall rise forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste, never again shall anyone pass through it.

Revelation 19:5Psalms 115: 12 The LORD remembers us and will bless us… 13 will bless those who fear the LORD, small and great alike.Psalms 134: 1 O come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD…Psalms 135: 1 Praise the name of the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD…

Revelation 19:6Ezekiel 1: 24 Then I heard the sound of their wings, like the roaring of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty.Ezekiel 43: 2 …and there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east! His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.Zechariah 14: 9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth; on that day the LORD will be the only one, and the LORD’s name the only one.

Revelation 19:8

33


Isaiah 61: 10 I will rejoice heartily in the LORD, my being exults in my God; for he has clothed me with garments of salvation, and wrapped me in a robe of justice, like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Revelation 19:11Psalms 96: 13 …the LORD who comes, who comes to govern the earth, to govern the world with justice and the peoples with faithfulness.Isaiah 11: 4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide fairly for the land’s afflicted.Ezekiel 1: 1 In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens opened, and I saw divine visions.

Revelation 19:12Daniel 10: 6 …his eyes were like fiery torches…

Revelation 19:13Isaiah 63: 1 Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments, from Bozrah? Who is this, glorious in his apparel, striding in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, I who announce vindication, mighty to save. 2 Why is your apparel red, and your garments like one who treads the wine press? 3 “The wine press I have trodden alone, and from the peoples no one was with me. I trod them in my anger, and trampled them down in my wrath; their blood spurted on my garments, all my apparel I stained.

Revelation 19: 15Psalms 2: 9 …with an iron rod you will shepherd them, like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.Isaiah 49: 2 He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword…Lamentations 1: 15 My Lord has trodden in the wine press virgin daughter Judah.Joel 4: 13 Come and tread, for the wine press is full; the vats overflow, for their crimes are numerous.

Revelation 19:16

34


Deuteronomy 10: 17 For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome…Daniel 2: 47 To Daniel the king said, “Truly your God is the God of gods and Lord of kings…”

Revelation 19:17-18Ezekiel 39: 17 As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Say to birds of every kind and to every wild beast: “Assemble! Come from all sides for the sacrifice I am making for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel. You shall eat flesh and drink blood! 18 You shall eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth: rams, lambs, and goats, bulls and fatlings from Bashan, all of them. 19 From the sacrifice I slaughtered for you, you shall eat fat until you are sated and drink blood until you are drunk. 20 At my table you shall be sated with horse and rider, with warrior and soldier of every kind—oracle of the Lord GOD.

Revelation 19:19Psalms 2: 2 Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one…

Revelation 19:20Isaiah 30: 33 For his Tophet has long been ready, truly it is prepared for the king; his firepit made both deep and wide, with fire and firewood in abundance, and the breath of the LORD, like a stream of sulfur, setting it afire.

Revelation 20:4Daniel 7: 9 As I watched, thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took his throne… 22 …and judgment was pronounced in favor of the holy ones of the Most High, and the time arrived for the holy ones to possess the kingship…. 27 Then the kingship and dominion and majesty of all the kingdoms under the heavens shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High, whose kingship shall be an everlasting kingship, whom all dominions shall serve and obey.

Revelation 20:6

35


Exodus 19: 6 You will be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites.Isaiah 61: 6 You yourselves shall be called “Priests of the LORD,” “Ministers of our God” you shall be called. You shall eat the wealth of the nations and in their riches you will boast.

Revelation 20:8Ezekiel 7: 2 Thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end comes upon the four corners of the land!Ezekiel 38: 2 Son of man, turn your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

Revelation 20:92 Kings 1: 10 Elijah answered the captain, “Well, if I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.Ezekiel 39: 6 I will send fire against Magog and against those who live securely on the seacoast, and they will know that I am the LORD.

Revelation 20:10Genesis 19: 24 …and the LORD rained down sulfur upon Sodom and Gomorrah, fire from the LORD out of heaven.Psalms 11: 6 And rains upon the wicked fiery coals and brimstone, a scorching wind their allotted cup.Isaiah 30: 33 For his Tophet has long been ready, truly it is prepared for the king; his firepit made both deep and wide, with fire and firewood in abundance, and the breath of the LORD, like a stream of sulfur, setting it afire.Ezekiel 38: 22 I will execute judgment on him: disease and bloodshed; flooding rain and hailstones, fire and brimstone, I will rain down on him, on his troops and on the many nations with him.

Revelation 20:11-12Daniel 7: 9 As I watched, thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took his throne. His clothing was white as snow, the hair on his head like pure wool; his throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. 10 A river of fire surged

36


forth, flowing from where he sat; thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads stood before him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Revelation 20:12-13Psalms 28: 4 Repay them for their deeds, for the evil that they do. For the work of their hands repay them; give them what they deserve.Psalms 62: 12 …strength belongs to God; 13 so too, my Lord, does mercy, for you repay each man according to his deeds.Proverbs 24: 12 Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows and will repay all according to their deeds.Isaiah 59: 18 According to their deeds he repays his enemies…Jeremiah 17: 10 I, the LORD, explore the mind and test the heart, giving to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their deeds.

Revelation 21:1Isaiah 65: 17 See, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered nor come to mind.

Revelation 21:2Isaiah 61: 10 I will rejoice heartily in the LORD, my being exults in my God; for he has clothed me with garments of salvation, and wrapped me in a robe of justice, like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Revelation 21:3Leviticus 26: 11 I will set my tabernacle in your midst, and will not loathe you. 12 Ever present in your midst, I will be your God, and you will be my people…2 Chronicles 6: 18 “Is God indeed to dwell with human beings on earth? If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this house which I have built!”Ezekiel 37: 27 My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.Zechariah 2: 14 Sing and rejoice, daughter Zion! Now, I am coming to dwell in your midst—oracle of the LORD.

37


Revelation 21:4Isaiah 25: 8 He will destroy death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces; the reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken.Isaiah 35: 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; they meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.Isaiah 65: 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying…

Revelation 21:6Psalms 36: 9 They feast on the rich food of your house; from your delightful stream you give them drink.Isaiah 44: 6 Thus says the LORD, Israel’s king, its redeemer, the LORD of hosts: I am the first, I am the last; there is no God but me.Isaiah 48: 12 Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I called! I, it is I who am the first, and I am the last.Isaiah 55: 1 All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, buy grain and eat; come, buy grain without money, wine and milk without cost!Jeremiah 2: 13 Two evils my people have done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; they have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Revelation 21:72 Samuel 7: 14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me…

Revelation 21:10Ezekiel 40: 2 In a divine vision he brought me to the land of Israel, where he set me down on a very high mountain. In front of me, there was something like a city built on it.

Revelation 21:11

38


Isaiah 60: 1 Arise! Shine, for your light has come, the glory of the LORD has dawned upon you. 2 Though darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds, the peoples, upon you the LORD will dawn, and over you his glory will be seen. 19

Revelation 21:12-13Exodus 28: 21 …twelve of them to match the names of the sons of Israel, each stone engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.Ezekiel 48: 30 These are the exits from the city: On the north side, measuring forty-five hundred cubits— 31 the gates are named after the tribes of Israel—on the north, three gates: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one. 32 On the east side, measuring forty-five hundred cubits, three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one. 33 On the south side, measuring forty-five hundred cubits, three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 On the west side, measuring forty-five hundred cubits, three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one. 35 The circuit of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. From now on the name of the city is “The LORD is there.”

Revelation 21:15-17Ezekiel 40: 3 …He held in his hand a linen cord and a measuring rod. 5 There an outer wall completely surrounded the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six cubits long, each cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth; he measured the width of the structure, one rod, and its height, one rod.Ezekiel 48: 16 These are the dimensions of the city: the north side, forty-five hundred cubits; the south side, forty-five hundred cubits; the east side, forty-five hundred cubits; and the west side, forty-five hundred cubits. 17 The pasture land for the city extends north two hundred fifty cubits, south two hundred fifty cubits, east two hundred fifty cubits, and west two hundred fifty cubits.

Revelation 21:19Isaiah 54: 11 O afflicted one, storm-battered and unconsoled, I lay your pavements in carnelians, your foundations in sapphires; 12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

Revelation 21:23

39


Isaiah 60: 19 No longer shall the sun be your light by day, nor shall the brightness of the moon give you light by night; rather, the LORD will be your light forever, your God will be your glory. 20 No longer will your sun set, or your moon wane; for the LORD will be your light forever, and the days of your grieving will be over.

Revelation 21:24Isaiah 60: 3 Nations shall walk by your light, kings by the radiance of your dawning. 5 Then you shall see and be radiant, your heart shall throb and overflow. For the riches of the sea shall be poured out before you, the wealth of nations shall come to you.

Revelation 21:25-26Isaiah 60: 11 Your gates shall stand open constantly; day and night they shall not be closed so that they may bring you the wealth of nations, with their kings in the vanguard.Zechariah 14: 7 There will be one continuous day—it is known to the LORD—not day and night, for in the evening there will be light.Psalms 72: 10 May the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute, the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. 11 May all kings bow before him, all nations serve him.

Revelation 21:27 Isaiah 52: 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion; put on your glorious garments, Jerusalem, holy city. Never again shall the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you.

Revelation 22:1Ezekiel 47: 1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and there! I saw water flowing out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east. The water flowed out toward the right side of the temple to the south of the altar.Joel 4: 18 On that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills flow with milk, all the streams of Judah will flow with water. A spring will rise from the house of the LORD…

40


Revelation 22:2Genesis 2: 9 Out of the ground the LORD God made grow every tree that was delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.Genesis 3: 22 Then the LORD God said: See! The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil! Now, what if he also reaches out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life, and eats of it and lives forever?Ezekiel 47: 12 Along each bank of the river every kind of fruit tree will grow; their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fresh fruit because the waters of the river flow out from the sanctuary. Their fruit is used for food, and their leaves for healing.”

Revelation 22:3Zechariah 14: 11 The city will be inhabited; never again will it be doomed. Jerusalem will dwell securely.

Revelation 22:4Psalms 17: 15 I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.Psalms 42: 3 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When can I enter and see the face of God?

Revelation 22:5Isaiah 60: 19 No longer shall the sun be your light by day, nor shall the brightness of the moon give you light by night; rather, the LORD will be your light forever, your God will be your glory. 20 No longer will your sun set, or your moon wane; for the LORD will be your light forever, and the days of your grieving will be over.Daniel 7: 18 But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingship, to possess it forever and ever. 27 Then the kingship and dominion and majesty of all the kingdoms under the heavens shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High, whose kingship shall be an everlasting kingship, whom all dominions shall serve and obey.Zechariah 14: 7 There will be one continuous day—it is known to the LORD—not day and night, for in the evening there will be light.

41


Revelation 22:6Daniel 2: 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what is to happen in the last days; this was your dream, the visions you saw as you lay in bed. 29 To you in your bed there came thoughts about what should happen in the future, and he who reveals mysteries showed you what is to be. 45 …The great God has revealed to the king what shall be in the future; this is exactly what you dreamed, and its meaning is sure.

Revelation 22:10-11Daniel 12: 4 “As for you, Daniel, keep secret the message and seal the book until the end time; many shall wander aimlessly and evil shall increase.”

Revelation 22:12Isaiah 40: 10 Here comes with power the Lord GOD, who rules by his strong arm; here is his reward with him, his recompense before him.Isaiah 62: 11 The LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to daughter Zion, “See, your savior comes! See, his reward is with him, his recompense before him.”

Revelation 22:16Numbers 24: 17 …A star shall advance from Jacob…Isaiah 11: 1 But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. 10 On that day, the root of Jesse, set up as a signal for the peoples—him the nations will seek out; his dwelling shall be glorious.

Revelation 22:18-19Deuteronomy 4: 2 In your observance of the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I am commanding you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it.Deuteronomy 13: 1 Every word that I command you, you shall be careful to observe, neither adding to it nor subtracting from it.

42

web view3: 5 “when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute,...

Documents