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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
...This is just FOOD FOR THOUGHT! I am following a Bible study on Revelation. I have had a lot of questions on the book..still do but one thing I am truly convinced now, is Revelation is not written in chronological order, that is from left to right.
Carol
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Well, Carol, in this point--at least for Rev. 16, Matt agrees with you! See Matt's Post #164 . I've also read other authors who note the same thing in an outline of Revelation with "parenthetical" chapters.
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Originally Posted by Matt Anderson
...The challenge with the seven bowls in Revelation 16 is that this chapter is not set in sequential order in the Book of Revelation.
I believe Revelation is structured as follows:
Chapter 1-3 - Introduction & Seven Churches
Chapter 4-11 - Main sequential narrative starting before the Great Tribulation (3.5 years) all the way to the end of the Great Tribulation, God's Wrath. I believe the change over to the Millenial Kingdom is minimally referenced at the end of Chapter 11.
Chapter 12-19 - Expanded Descriptions (or Appendices) which elaborate on the main characters and events of the sequential narrative from Chapter 4-11
Chapter 20-22 - Continuance of Main sequential narrative including Satan's imprisonmnent, the Millenial Kingdom through to the New Heaven/Earth, New Jerusalem, etc.
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Nell