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Revelation 11:18
Revelation 11:15–19 sounds the seventh trumpet and announces that the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom of the Lord and of His Christ. Heavenly worship celebrates God’s reign and coming judgment, while the opened heavenly temple reveals the ark of the covenant. The passage joins kingdom consummation, covenant presence, reward, and judgment in one climactic trumpet scene.
Revelation 11:18’s “nations were angry” strongly echoes Psalm 2:1’s raging nations and places apocalyptic rebellion inside the same scriptural pattern of resistance to divine kingship. Revelation then carries that rebellion toward final judgment and kingdom consummation.
Revelation 11:18’s wrath-and-nations sequence probably continues Psalm 2’s rebellion-and-judgment pattern: the nations rage, then divine wrath answers their resistance. The verbal link is less exact than Revelation’s use of Psalm 2:1–2, but the contextual reuse remains strong.
Revelation 11:18’s reference to “those that fear thy name” probably echoes Psalm 61:5’s language about the heritage of those who fear God’s name. The relationship is meaningful but likely participates in a broader psalmic source field rather than depending on one verse alone.
Revelation 11:18 probably echoes Psalm 115:13’s blessing of those who fear the LORD, “both small and great.” The combination of fear-language and the “small and great” pair is distinctive enough to support a probable allusion within Revelation’s judgment-and-reward scene.
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