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Rev 21:8-27 chiastic structure: The Bride/ New Jerusalem
1a) Rev 21:8, But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death;
1b) Rev 21:9-11, Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying: Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God/ Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
1c) Rev 21:12-14, Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb;
1d) Rev 21:15, And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall;
1e) Rev 21:16a, The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth;
central axis) Rev 21:16b, And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs;
2e) Rev 21:16c, Its length, breadth, and height are equal;
2d) Rev 21:17-18a, Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel/ The construction of its wall was of jasper;
2c) Rev 21:18b-21, The city of pure gold/ adornment of its twelve foundations + twelve gates;
1a) Rev 21:18b, And the city was pure gold, like clear glass;
1b) Rev 21:19a, The [twelve] foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones;
central axis) Rev 21:19b-20, The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst;
2b) Rev 21:21a, The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl;
2a) Rev 21:21b, And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass;
2b) Rev 21:22-23, But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple/ The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it + The Lamb is its light;
2a) Rev 21:24-27, Those who are saved will walk in it/ those who defile will by no means enter it;
1a) Rev 21:24a, And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light;
1b) Rev 21:24b, And the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it;
central axis) Rev 21:25a, Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there);
2b) Rev 21:26, And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;
2a) Rev 21:27, But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Rev 21:1-23 chiastic structure
1a.1) Rev 21:2, New Jerusalem/ the Bride: Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband;
1a.2) Rev 21:3a, And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people;
1b) Rev 21:3b-4, God Himself will be with them and be their God/ He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away;
1c) Rev 21:5a, He who sat on the throne said: Behold, I make all things new;
central axis) Rev 21:5b, He said: Write, for these words are true and faithful;
2c) Rev 21:6a, He said: It is done! I am the Alpha + Omega/ Beginning + End;
2b) Rev 21:6b-8, I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son/ The cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death;
2a.1) Rev 21:9-22, Description of the Lamb’s wife/ New Jerusalem;
2a.2) Rev 21:22-23, But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty + the Lamb are its temple/ The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it + the Lamb is its light.
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