Appendix 2 - Old Testament References

A selective reference to Old Testament passages to which allusion is made in the book of Revelation. Within the 404 verses of the book there are 518 quotations from the Old Testament, quite apart from countless allusions to it, and references to the Apocrypha.

The Opening Vision

1:12-18

Ex. 25:31. Cf. Zech. 4:2; Dan. 7:9, 13; 10:6; Ez. 1:5ƒ; 43:2; Cf. Matt. 5:14; 17:2

The Throne in Heaven

4:1-5, 14

Isa. 6; Ez. 1:27-28; 10:2, 20; Dan. 7:9-10; Zech. 4:10. Cf. Matt. 5:34

The Four Horsemen

6:1-8

Zech. 1:8; 6:1-8; Ez. 14:21; Jer. 15:2-3 Cf. Matt. 24:6-7; Luke 21:10-11

The Great Earthquake

6:12-17

Joel 2:30-31; Isa. 2:19; 34:4; Hos. 10:8; Ez. 32:7. Cf. Matt. 24:29ƒ; Luke 23:30

The Sealing of God's People

7:1-8

Ez. 9:4

The Vision of the Redeemed

7:9-17

Zech. 3:4; Isa. 1:18; 49:10 Cf. John 12:13

The Four Trumpets

8:7-12

Joel 2:1; Ex. 9:24; 7:17-21; 10:21-23

The Three Woes

8:13-9:21

Isa. 14:12, 31; Joel 2:1-11; Isa. 5:26-30; Cf. Luke 8:31; 10:18-19

The Little Book

10:1-11

Ex. 2:8 - 3:3; Jer. 15:16

The Temple Measured

11:1-2

Zech. 2:1-5; Ez. 40:5f. Cf. Luke 21:24

The Two Witnesses

11:3-13

Zech. 4:11; Mal. 4:5; Ex. 37:10.Cf. Mark 9:13

The Dragon and the Beasts

12:-13:18

Dan. 7:1 - 12:13. Cf. I Peter 5:8

The War in Heaven

12:7-9

Isa.14:12; Enoch 29:4-5.Cf. Lk 10:18; Jn 12:31

The Great Harvesting

14:14-20

Joel 3:13; Isa. 63:1-6. Cf. Matt. 13:39-42

Nero Redivivus

17:8-18

Sib. Or. Bk IV, line 119ƒ; Bk V, l.336ƒ

The Fall of Babylon

18:1-3

Isa. 21:9; Jer. 51:7, 8, 13; Nah. 3:4

The Dirge over Babylon

18:4-24

Ex. 26:1 - 28:6; Isa. 13; 14; 34; Jer.50:51

The Marriage of the Lamb

19:5-9

Hos. 2:19; Isa. 54:1-8. Cf. Luke 14:12-24

The Divine Warrior

19:11-16

Isa. 63:1-6; 11:4; Ps. 2:9

The Millennial Reign

20:4-6

Enoch 32:2 - 33:2 Cf. Mt.19:28; Lk. 22:30

Gog and Magog

20:7-10

Ez. 38:1-39 :29

The Last Judgment

20:11-15

Dan. 7:9-10; 12:1-2 Cf. Matt. 25:31-46; 22:11-14

The New Jerusalem

21:1-22:5

Isa. 65:17; 64:4; 54:11-12; 61:10 - 62:5; Ez. 40:1- 48:35; Zech. 14:8, 11; Ex.28:17 Cf. Heb. 12:22

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