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While Revelation’s apocalyptic vision has much in common with the Synoptic Gospels and Old Testament texts like Daniel, the view of paradise that this book offers comes right out of the prophetic tradition. Notice below the themes shared by Revelation and the Prophets. Consider which of them seem most important to you as you read them. In the exercise that follows, you’ll add your responses.

Theme	Revelation	Prophets
Peace among animals	5:13	Isaiah 11:6-7; 65:25
New heaven and new earth	21:1	Isaiah 65:17; 66:22
Fellowship with God	21:3, 7; 22:3	Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 43:7; 48:35; Hosea 2:19-20; Zephaniah 3:15-17
No death	21:4	Isaiah 25:8; 26:19
No mourning or crying	21:4	Isaiah 25:8; 65:19; Jeremiah 31:13
No disease	21:4; 22:2	Isaiah 65:20; Ezekiel 47:12; Malachi 4:2
Abundant water	21:6; 22:1, 17	Isaiah 35:6-7; 41:18-19; 43:19; 55:1; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Joel 3:18; Zechariah 14:8
Glory of God present	21:23	Isaiah 66:18-19; Ezekiel 43:2-5; 44:4
Salvation of the nations	21:24	Isaiah 66:20-21
Peace among the nations	21:25	Isaiah 2:4; 9:6-7; Hosea 2:18; Micah 4:3-4; Zechariah 9:10
Worship by all nations	21:26	Isaiah 2:2-3; 19:21; 66:23
Place of moral purity	21:27; 22:15	Ezek 36:25; 43:7; Zechariah 13:1-2; Malachi 3:2-5
Great fruitfulness	22:2	Isaiah 35:1-2; Jeremiah 31:12; Ezekiel 47:12; Hosea 2:22; Joel 3:18; Amos 9:13-14
Curse lifted	22:3	Isaiah 65:22-23

Quoted from: Mark Wilson, Charts on the Book of Revelation, 2007, p. 103.

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