Chiasm of Revelation 12

 

Revelation 12 Chiasm

(1) A great sign in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,

and on her head a crown of twelve stars. (v 1)

(2) She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth. (v 2)

(3) Another sign in heaven. a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. (v 3)

His tail drew one third of the stars, threw them to the earth.

The dragon stood before the woman so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. (v 4)

(4) She gave birth to a son to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.

Her child was caught up to God, to his throne. (v 5)

(5) The woman fled into the wilderness, a place prepared by God,

they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days. (v 6)

(6) There was war in heaven. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon.

The dragon and his angels made war. (v 7)

(7) They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven. (v 8)

(8) The dragon was thrown down, the deceiver of the whole world,

thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (v 9)

I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,

"Now is come the salvation, power, Kingdom of our God,

the authority of his Christ (v 10)

(8) the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,

who accuses them before our God day and night. (v 10)

(7) They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, word of their testimony.

They didn't love their life, even to death. Rejoice heavens, you who dwell in them. (v 11-12)

(6) Woe to the earth and sea, the devil has gone down to you,

having great wrath, he has but a short time." (v 12)

the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth,

he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. (v 13)

(5) Two wings of the great eagle given to the woman to fly into the wilderness to her place,

to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time (v 14)

(4) from the face of the serpent. (v 14)

(3) The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river,

that he might cause her to be carried away. (v 15)

(2) The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river

which the dragon spewed out of his mouth. (v 16)

(1) The dragon grew angry, went away to make war with the rest of her seed,

who keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony. (v 17)