NT Text: Revelation 15:4
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Psalm 86:9 expresses the hope that "all the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name." Revelation 15:4 proclaims this as accomplished: "All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed." The verbal correspondence — "all nations will come and worship before you" — is nearly exact. What was prayer and prophetic hope in the Psalm becomes eschatological reality in Revelation. The addition of "for Your righteous acts have been revealed" connects universal worship to the bowl judgments, showing that God's justice compels the acknowledgment of His sovereignty. This allusion demonstrates the canonical trajectory of Gentile inclusion that runs from Abrahamic promise through the Psalter to its consummation.