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Revelation 15 General Notes
Structure and formatting
In this chapter John describes events and pictures that occur in heaven.
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in verses 3-4.
Special concepts in this chapter
"Victorious over the beast"
Those who are "victorious over the beast" are spiritually victorious. While most spiritual battles cannot be seen, the Book of Revelation pictures spiritual battles as openly occurring. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/spirit and rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-apocalypticwriting)
"The temple having the tent of witness was open in heaven"
Scripture elsewhere indicates the earthly temple copied God's perfect dwelling place in heaven. Here John seems to refer to God's heavenly dwelling place or temple. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven and rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-apocalypticwriting)
Songs
The Book of Revelation often describes heaven as a place where people sing. They worship God with songs. This illustrates that heaven is a place where God is always worshiped.