diff --git a/rev/19/intro.md b/rev/19/intro.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bc8f597f --- /dev/null +++ b/rev/19/intro.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Revelation 19 General Notes + +#### Structure and formatting + +The beginning of chapter 19 concludes the topic of Babylon falling. + +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 1-8. + +#### Special concepts in this chapter + +##### 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. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]) + +##### Wedding celebration + +The wedding celebration or feast is an important image in Scripture. Jewish culture often pictured paradise, or life with God after death, as a feast. Here, the wedding feast is for the Lamb, who is Jesus, and his bride, who is all his people. + +## Links: + +* __[Revelation 19:01 Notes](./01.md)__ + +__[<<](../18/intro.md) | [>>](../20/intro.md)__