A Chiasm of Seven Chiasms

Abstract

""Rev 19:l-21:8, the Millennia1 Vision, constitutes the penultimate division of the revelation given to John.' The vision is made up of many scenes set in many places-earth, air, abyss, heaven. Some things are seen and some heard; some scenes are stationary and some animated. One of the most obvious features of the vision is that it seems repetitious: What is said once is restated several verses later, then returned to in a later chapter. The repetitious nature of the vision has, in fact, made a sound exegesis of the text difficult and led scholars to lean toward several3"