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Rev 21:5-22:6a chiastic structure
1a) Rev 21:5-6, Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts;”
1b) Rev 21:7-8, “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 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;”
1c) Rev 21:9-23, The New Jerusalem/ her clear light, no need of the sun, for the Lamb is its light;
1d) Rev 21:24-27a, Its gates shall not be shut/ there shall be no night there;
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 21:25, 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 21:27a, But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie;
1e) Rev 21:27b, But only those [whose names] are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life;
1f) Rev 22:1, And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb;
central axis) Rev 22:2, In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month/ the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations;
2f) Rev 22:3, And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him;
2e) Rev 22:4, They shall see His face, and His name shall be [written] on their foreheads;
2d) Rev 22:5a, There shall be no night there;
2c) Rev 22:5b, They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light;
2b) Rev 22:5c, And they shall reign forever and ever;
2a) Rev 22:6a, Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.”
Rev 22:6b-20 chiastic structure
1a) Rev 22:6b-9, “Behold, I am coming quickly!”
1a) Rev 22:6b, And the Lord God of the holy prophets;
1b) Rev 22:6c, Sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place;
central axis) Rev 22:7, “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book;”
2b) Rev 22:8, Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things;
2a) Rev 22:9, Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God;”
1b) Rev 22:10-11, And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand/ He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still;”
1c) Rev 22:12, I am coming to you: “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work;”
1d) Rev 22:13, “I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last;”
1e) Rev 22:14a, Blessed are those who do His commandments;
central axis) Rev 22:14b, That they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city;
2e) Rev 22:15, But outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexually immoral, murderers, idolaters, whoever loves + practices a lie;
2d) Rev 22:16, “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I AM the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star;”
2c) Rev 22:17, You come to Me: And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely;
2b) Rev 22:18-19, “For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book;”
2a) Rev 22:20, He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Rev 22:6b-21, Concluding blessings, also mirrors Rev 1:1-3:22, Introductory blessings, in reverse order.
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