{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000445",
  "slug": "sea-of-glass",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/sea-of-glass/",
  "canonical_name": "Sea (of Glass)",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
    "IMAGE",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "APOCALYPTIC"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001012",
      "label": "Sea of glass as recurrent crystalline heavenly-throne imagery",
      "classification": "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Revelation recurrently presents a glasslike or crystalline sea in heavenly scenes associated with God’s throne and victorious worshipers.",
      "not_always": "The recurrence establishes the image and its heavenly-throne/victory setting; Revelation does not provide a one-word inspired interpretation of the sea’s symbolic meaning.",
      "scope_note": "The recurrence establishes the image and its heavenly-throne/victory setting; Revelation does not provide a one-word inspired interpretation of the sea’s symbolic meaning.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001012",
          "statement": "Revelation 4:6 and 15:2 recurrently present a sea like glass in heavenly scenes associated with God’s throne and the victorious worshipers, strongly establishing a crystalline apocalyptic image of heavenly splendor and ordered presence.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "APOCALYPTIC_SYMBOL",
            "IMAGE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "The recurrence establishes the image and its heavenly-throne/victory setting; Revelation does not provide a one-word inspired interpretation of the sea’s symbolic meaning.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001483",
              "osis_start": "Rev.4.6",
              "osis_end": "Rev.4.6",
              "display_label": "Revelation 4:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001484",
              "osis_start": "Rev.15.2",
              "osis_end": "Rev.15.2",
              "display_label": "Revelation 15:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001013",
      "label": "Sea of glass as a fixed symbol of peace and tranquillity",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Peace and tranquillity may be a visual inference from glasslike stillness but are not supplied as the inspired interpretation of the apocalyptic image.",
      "not_always": "The text explicitly says the sea is like glass/crystal and locates it in heavenly scenes; interpreters must distinguish that description from a claimed fixed meaning of peace.",
      "scope_note": "The text explicitly says the sea is like glass/crystal and locates it in heavenly scenes; interpreters must distinguish that description from a claimed fixed meaning of peace.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001013",
          "statement": "Revelation never interprets the sea of glass as a symbol of peace or tranquillity; those ideas may be a visual inference from the glasslike image, but the legacy fixed equation lacks sufficient biblical evidence.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "The text explicitly says the sea is like glass/crystal and locates it in heavenly scenes; interpreters must distinguish that description from a claimed fixed meaning of peace.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ESCHATOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001483",
              "osis_start": "Rev.4.6",
              "osis_end": "Rev.4.6",
              "display_label": "Revelation 4:6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001484",
              "osis_start": "Rev.15.2",
              "osis_end": "Rev.15.2",
              "display_label": "Revelation 15:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}