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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Revelation 1:1 → Daniel 2:28-30

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 1:1BSB

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Earlier text

Daniel 2:28-30, 45-47BSB

Open the passage to read it in full.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square13:53

Significance

The entire book is patterned after Daniel 2's apocalyptic vision structure. John's shift from Daniel's "in the latter days" to "soon/quickly" (ἐν τάχει) indicates that the eschatological fulfillment begins in John's own generation rather than the distant future. The use of σημαίνω ("signify") signals that symbolic, not literal, vision should be expected throughout the book. This opening verse establishes Revelation's hermeneutical framework as a prophetic-apocalyptic work rooted in Daniel's visions.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression + Promise-Fulfillment

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 2