Old testament references in the book of revelation

The Book of Revelation never quotes the Old Testament (OT) , it only alludes to it with a word here, a phrase there, a name somewhere else. Revelation is filled with the language, ideas, places, and people of the OT. Although it is a New Testament book, the basic language structure of the Book of Revelation builds on the experiences [...]

And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the Altar the souls

9-11: And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the Altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held; and they cried with a great voice, saying: “How long, O Master, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on them that [...]

And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake

12-14: And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell to the Earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. And the sky was split [...]

And the kings of the Earth, and the nobles, and the..

15-17: And the kings of the Earth, and the nobles, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every slave and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; and they say to the mountains and to the rocks: “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on [...]

For the mark of God is upon the righteous that they may be saved

7:1-3: After this I saw four Angels standing at the four corners of the Earth, holding the four winds of the Earth, that the wind may not blow upon the Earth, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree. And I saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he [...]

The Blessed John and His Apocalypse – Epigram of Beda

An exile from the busy haunts of men, Forbidden now to see his country’s soil, He, loved of God, to heaven triumphant soars, And joins the choir around the high-throned King. His sacred eye the world below surveys, As o’er its waters pass the fleeting ships. Babel and Solyma in conflict join Their several hosts. In quick succession here They [...]

Living Creatures of the Apocalypse

living creature. The living creatures are interpreted in various ways. But the blessed Augustine‘, to follow the order in this book, says, that Matthew is intended in the lion, in that he describes the ancestral line of regal dignity in Christ, Who also has conquered as the lion of the tribe of Judah, for “Judah is a lion’s whelp *;” [...]

Antichrist Will Come From Tribe of Dan

Judah. With good reason, he begins with Judah, from which tribe our Lord sprang; and has omitted Dan, from whom, as it is said, Antichrist is to be born; for it is written i, “Let Dan become an adder in the way, a horned‘ serpent in the path, biting the horse-hoofs, that his rider may fall.” For he has not [...]

The Apocalypse of St. John – Bede Letter to Eusebius

LETTER OF BEDA TO EUSEBIUS To The Beloved Brother, Eusebius, Beda Sends Greeting. ‘”THE Apocalypse of St. John, in which God was pleased to reveal by words and figures the wars and intestine tumults of the Church, seems to me, brother Eusebius, to be divided into several sections. * This ” Explanation” is inserted by Beda in the list of [...]