1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having seven plagues, the last ones, for with them the wrath of God is completed.
2And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who were victorious over the beast and over its image and over the number of its name standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.
3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways, King of the nations.
4Who will not fear, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
5And after these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened,
6and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in clean bright linen and girded around their chests with golden sashes.
7And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.
The Last Seven Plagues
parallelRevelation 11:15— The opening of the heavenly temple recurs as the setting for the bowl judgments in Revelation.
allusion1 Kings 8:10— The glory-cloud filling the temple so that none could enter echoes the dedication of Solomon's temple.
allusionDeuteronomy 32:1— The 'song of Moses' also echoes the Deuteronomic song praising God as righteous and true in his ways.
allusionExodus 15:1— The 'song of Moses' refers to the victory song at the Red Sea, celebrating God's mighty deliverance.
echoed inExodus 40:34— John echoes the glory-filled sanctuary that none could enter, using the same imagery of the temple filled so entrance is impossible.
allusionIsaiah 6:4— The temple filled with smoke from God's glory parallels Isaiah's vision of the temple filling with smoke.
allusionJeremiah 10:7— Shared rhetorical question of who will not fear the King of the nations.
echoed inJeremiah 10:1— The title 'King of the nations' and the rhetorical 'Who would not fear you' are echoed in Revelation's hymn.
allusionPsalms 111:2— Shared praise of God's works as great and marvelous.
allusionPsalms 145:17— Echoes the psalmist's declaration that the Lord is righteous in all his ways.
allusionPsalms 86:9— Shared expectation that all nations will come and worship before God.
echoed inPsalms 86:8— Shares the vision of all nations coming to worship and glorify God's name.
echoed inRevelation 16:1— The doxology 'true and righteous are your judgments' repeats the song of Moses and the Lamb.
thematicLeviticus 26:21— The seven plagues completing God's wrath develop the covenantal motif of sevenfold judgment.