{"id":1350,"date":"2016-12-07T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2016-12-07T20:47:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:47:30","slug":"revelation-5-chiastic-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/revelation-5-chiastic-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Revelation 5 Chiastic Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alittleperspective.com\/revelation-5-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Originally posted at A Little Perspective<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=rev%205&amp;version=NKJV\" target=\"_blank\">Read Revelation 5 at Bible Gateway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Rev 4:2-5:14 chiastic structure<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1a)<\/strong> Rev 4:2-11, The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>glory of the Lord<\/strong><\/span> on His throne\/ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>4 living creatures<\/strong><\/span> + <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>24 elders worship Him<\/strong><\/span>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">1a) Rev 4:2-3, The <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">glory of the Lord<\/span> + of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">His throne<\/span>;<br \/>\n1b) Rev 4:4-6a,\u00a0The thrones of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">24 elders<\/span> \/ the glory of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the throne<\/span> room;<br \/>\n1c) Rev 4:6b-8a, The <span style=\"color: #de0043;\">4 living creatures<\/span> in the midst of <span style=\"color: #de0043;\">the throne<\/span>;<br \/>\n<em>central axis) Rev 4:8b, And they do not rest day or night, saying: \u201cHoly, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n2c) Rev 4:9,\u00a0When the <span style=\"color: #de0043;\">living creatures<\/span> give glory to Him who sits on <span style=\"color: #de0043;\">the throne<\/span>;<br \/>\n2b) Rev 4:10, The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">24 elders<\/span> worship Him + cast their crowns before <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the throne<\/span>;<br \/>\n2a) Rev 4:11, Extolling the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">glory of the Lord<\/span> + <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">His majesty<\/span>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\"><strong>1b)<\/strong> Rev 5:1, I saw, in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>the right hand of Him<\/strong> <strong>who sat on the throne<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>a book<\/strong><\/span> written inside + outside, sealed shut with seven seals;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1c)<\/strong> Rev 5:2-3, <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Who<\/strong><\/span> is worthy to <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>open the book<\/strong><\/span> + <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>break its seals<\/strong><\/span>\/ No one in heaven, earth, under the earth;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">1a) Rev 5:2, I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, \u201cWho is worthy to <span style=\"color: #008000;\">open the book<\/span> + <span style=\"color: #008000;\">break its seals<\/span>?\u201d<br \/>\n<em>central axis) Rev 5:3a,\u00a0No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth; <\/em><br \/>\n2a) Rev 5:3b, Was able to <span style=\"color: #008000;\">open the book<\/span>, or to <span style=\"color: #008000;\">look in it<\/span>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>central axis) Rev 5:4-5a, I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book + look in it. One of the elders said to me, Don\u2019t weep;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>2c)<\/strong> Rev 5:5b-6, <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The Lion<\/strong><\/span> of Judah is He who <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>opens the book<\/strong><\/span> + <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>its seals<\/strong><\/span>\/ <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>the Lamb<\/strong><\/span> who was slain;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">1a) Rev 5:5b, Behold, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">the Lion<\/span> who is of the tribe <span style=\"color: #008000;\">of Judah<\/span>, the Root of David;<br \/>\n<em>central axis) Rev 5:5c, Has overcome; He who opens the book + its seven seals;\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n2a) Rev 5:6,\u00a0I saw in the midst of the throne + 4 living creatures + elders, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">a Lamb<\/span> standing, as though it <span style=\"color: #008000;\">had been slain<\/span>, having 7 horns + 7 eyes (7 Spirits of God), sent out into all the earth;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\"><strong>2b)<\/strong> Rev 5:7,\u00a0Then He came + took <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>it<\/strong><\/span> out of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>the right hand of Him<\/strong> <strong>who sat on the throne<\/strong><\/span>;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2a)<\/strong> Rev 5:8-14,\u00a0 The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>worth of the Lamb<\/strong><\/span>\/ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>4 living creatures<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>24 elders<\/strong><\/span>, angels, all creation <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>worship Him<\/strong><\/span>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">1a) Rev 5:8,\u00a0When he had taken the book, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">4 living creatures<\/span> + <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">24 elders fell down<\/span> before the Lamb, each with a harp + golden bowls of incense (prayers of the saints);<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">shim<\/span>1b) Rev 5:9-10,\u00a0They sang a new song: \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You are worthy<\/span> to take the book + open its seals\/ You were killed + bought us for God with Your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, nation + made us kings, priests to our God + we will reign on earth;\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">shim<\/span>2b) Rev 5:11-13 (repeated 2x for emphasis), Angels + living creatures + elders cry <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Worthy is the Lamb<\/span>!\/ All creation cries <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Worthy is the Lamb<\/span>!<br \/>\n2a) Rev 5:14,\u00a0The <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">4 living creatures<\/span> said, \u201cAmen!\u201d The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">elders fell down<\/span> + worshiped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alittleperspective.com\/revelation-5\/\">My Revelation 5 notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alittleperspective.com\/revelation\/\">Revelation index of studies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alittleperspective.com\/revelation-scripture-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Revelation Scripture Pictures<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alittleperspective.com\/scripture-pictures-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">terms of use<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1351\" src=\"http:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rev-5-5-ww-stock-9x.jpg\" alt=\"Rev 5:5 | revelationrevealed.online\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rev-5-5-ww-stock-9x.jpg 900w, https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rev-5-5-ww-stock-9x-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rev-5-5-ww-stock-9x-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rev-5-5-ww-stock-9x-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted at A Little Perspective. 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Rev 4:2-5:14 chiastic structure 1a) Rev 4:2-11, The glory of the Lord on His throne\/ 4 living creatures + 24 elders worship Him; 1a) Rev 4:2-3, The glory of the Lord + of His throne; 1b) Rev 4:4-6a,\u00a0The thrones of the 24 elders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-revelation-4-5","8":"category-the-things-which-are","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelationrevealed.online\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}