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# Revelation 15 General Notes
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### Structure and formatting
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In this chapter John describes events and pictures that occur in heaven.
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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.
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### Special concepts in this chapter
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#### "Victorious over the beast"
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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]])
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#### "The temple having the tent of witness was open in heaven"
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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]])
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#### Songs
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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.
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## Links:
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* __[Revelation 15:1 Notes](./01.md)__
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__[<<](../14/intro.md) | [>>](../16/intro.md)__
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