The Book of Revelation by Design
The following studies reveal the Author's literary structure in a linear stroll through the entire book of Revelation, exposing the many intriguing relationships. This highly ordered divine narrative is presented herein as expressing through 1532 lines of text. (Version: NASB 95)
Revelation 1 - 71 lines
Revelation 2-3 - 198 lines
Revelation 4-5 - 99 lines
Revelation 6 - 53 lines
Revelation 7 - 55 lines
Revelation 8-9 - 116 lines
Revelation 10-11 - 134 lines
Revelation 12-13 - 136 lines
Revelation 14 - 89 lines
Revelation 15:1-16:1 - 35 lines
Revelation 16:2-21 - 58 lines
Revelation 17 - 64 lines
Revelation 18 - 92 lines
Revelation 19 - 60 lines
Revelation 20 - 61 lines
Revelation 21 - 126 lines
Revelation 22 - 85 lines
The interactive features will vividly illustrate the structural design. Pass your mouse cursor over the passage. Hovering over a vertical bar or a line of text will cause it to be highlighted together with its matching elements. If you see a bar or a line of text called out for special attention, click it to open a Commentary Window (which can be repositioned by dragging) and freeze the relevant background highlighting.
When a presentation is too big to fit on your device screen, you can make adjustments that will allow you to see the elements of interest together onscreen for easier comparison. Right-clicking on a bar will collapse it together with the lines spanned to the height of a single line - a very useful feature! Make your browser full screen - try F11. You can also adjust the zoom (ctrl- or ctrl+ to zoom out or in). If you have a monitor that rotates into a portrait orientation, leveraging all that vertical real estate can be very helpful.
The interactive presentations were generated by the Chiasmatron 2000. The ability to generate interactive presentations is an essential feature. Yet, I believe the greater benefit is in how this software utility facilitates the analysis of the patterns that weave throughout the biblical text. The satisfactory version of the ambitious project featured above was developed as I pressed the Author for insight and used the software tool He had led me to develop. Perhaps you possess the intellect and capacity to remember and process complex ideas to explore multiple layers of the Author's design without such a tool. I personally do not. I'm extremely grateful for the tool and the skill to use it for its intended purpose. (Bob Schlenker - 2026)