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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 22:12b → Isaiah 40:10

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 22:12bBSB

“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

Earlier text

Isaiah 40:10BSB

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:48

Significance

Isaiah 40:10 describes YHWH's coming: "See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and He rules with a mighty arm. See, His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him." Revelation 22:12 puts these words in Christ's mouth: "My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done." The verbal correspondence — "reward/recompense with Him" (sekaro itto / ho misthos mou met' emou) — is precise. Isaiah 40 is the great comfort chapter announcing the end of exile and YHWH's personal coming to shepherd His people. By placing Isaiah 40:10's words on Jesus' lips, Revelation makes an extraordinary christological claim: Christ's parousia IS the coming of YHWH that Isaiah announced. This is reinforced by Isaiah 62:11, which repeats the same formula. The "reward with Me" motif underscores that judgment and salvation are personal — brought by the returning Christ Himself.

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