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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 21:2 → Isaiah 61:10

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 21:2BSB

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Earlier text

Isaiah 61:10BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:44

Significance

Isaiah 61:10 rejoices in salvation garments using bridal imagery: "as a bride adorns herself with her jewels." Revelation 21:2 describes the New Jerusalem "prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." The bridal-adornment metaphor connects city and bride: the New Jerusalem IS the bride, adorned for her wedding. This identification of city-as-bride is one of Revelation's most distinctive theological contributions, merging the prophetic traditions of Zion-as-woman (Isaiah 54, 62) with the bridal imagery of Isaiah 61. The city's precious stones (21:19-21) fulfill the "jewels" of Isaiah 61:10. Where Isaiah used bridal metaphor to describe salvation joy, John sees the literal descent of the glorified community. This allusion creates a second connection between Rev 21:2 and Isaiah 61:10 (complementing the Rev 19:7-8 allusion), showing that the same Isaianic text illuminates both the wedding and the city.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme

Linked Mentions 4

Trajectory Tables 3

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 61:1-2 — The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me