REVELATION CHAPTER 18
TABLE #1
OLD COVENANT
Tabernacle /"Tent" in the wilderness --> Temple in Jerusalem
NEW COVENANT
Tabernacle/"Tent" of our earthly bodies --> God's heavenly Jerusalem
"..for we are well aware that when the tent that
houses us on earth is folded up, there is a house for us from God, not made by
human hands, but everlasting, in the heavens."
1Corinthians 5:1
TABLE #2
The 5 laments sung over the "Great City"
| 1. Revelation 18:2-3 | The messenger who illuminates the earth |
| 2. Revelation 18:9-10 | The kings of the earth |
| 3. Revelation 18:11-17a | The merchants of the earth |
| 4. Revelation 18:17b-19 | The seamen of the earth |
| 5. Revelation 18:20-24 | The Church |
TABLE #3
Those who are influenced by, corrupted by, and mourn over the "Great City"
| Revelation 17:15 | Revelation 18:3 | Revelation 18:9-19 |
| Populations | Nations | Kings |
| Nations | Kings | Merchants |
| Languages | Merchants | Seafarers |
TABLE #4
The 5 Part Lament of the Church versus the Temple function and liturgy
| The 5 Part Lament of the Church |
| 1. Music: harpists, minstrels, flute players, trumpeters |
| 2. Productivity of the people: craftsmen |
| 3. Productivity of the land: millers |
| 4. God's word: the light of the lamp in you |
| 5. Covenantal union: the voice of the Bridegroom and the Bride |
| The Temple Function and Liturgy |
| 1. Music: the Levitical orchestra and choir's function in the liturgy (1Chronicles 25) |
| 2. Craftsmen: Bezalel, Oholiah, Hiram, etc. who built the Temple (see Exodus 31:1-11 & I Kings chapter 5) |
| 3. Mill: the Temple itself = the "threshing floor" (see 2Chronicles 3:1) |
| 4. Lamp: the Lampstand(s) that symbolized the Presence of God in the Temple (see Exodus 25:31-40 & 2 Chronicles 4:19-22) |
| 5. Marriage: the marriage of Yahweh and Israel (see Ezekiel 16:1-14) |
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