01/17/2026
This is so cool. The entire Book of Revelation is a giant chiasm. 🤯
What's a Chiasm?
An Unusual Literary Style in the Bible. A chiasm (or chiasmus if you rather) is a writing style that uses a unique REPETITION PATTERN for clarification and emphasis.
For example, A chiasm is a literary device where ideas unfold in ORDER (A B C) and then repeat in REVERSE ORDER (C B A), that aids memory and draws attention to the most powerful part of the structure, the central point (C).
If you map it out (A-B-C-D-E-D-C-B-A), the bullseye lands right on Chapters 12–14: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Lamb on Mount Zion.
It begins with 1:1. Things that must happen quickly.
It ends with 22:20. I am coming quickly.
And right in the MIDDLE, is the cosmic WAR between the Seed of the Woman and the Serpent, that began it ALL back in Genesis 3:15.
King Jesus is coming back. The ENTIRE book of Revelation is ALL ABOUT REVEALING JESUS. This chart is another AMAZING out of this world example.