14. Literary Structure
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2 Gregory K. Beale, The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999), 108.
3 Robert H. Mounce, The Book of Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1977), 46.
4 Ibid., 45.
5 John A. McLean, “Structure of the Book of Revelation,” in Mal Couch, ed., Dictionary of Premillennial Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1996), 373.
6 Adela Yarbro Collins, “Book of Revelation,” in David Noel Freeman, ed., The Anchor Bible Dictionary (New York, NY: Doubleday, 1996, c1992), 5:696.
7 “The seven visions are as follows: (1) Seven churches (Rev. Rev. 1:9+-Rev. 3:22+); (2) Seven seals (Rev. Rev. 4:1+-Rev. 8:1+); (3) Seven trumpets (Rev. Rev. 8:2+-Rev. 11:19+); (4) Seven symbolic figures (Rev. Rev. 12:1+-Rev. 14:20+); (5) Seven bowls (Rev. Rev. 15:1+-Rev. 16:21+); (6) Seven judgments (Rev. Rev. 17:1+-Rev. 19:10+); (7) Seven triumphs (Rev. Rev. 19:11+-Rev. 22:5+).”—Edward Hindson, Revelation: Unlocking the Future (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2002), 5.
8 “When God has described a scene as taking place ‘in Heaven’, and caused Heavenly voices to give the key to what is to follow in another scene which immediately takes place ‘on earth’; and this is done seven consecutive times; is it not strange that writers on the Apocalypse should overlook this exceedingly simple arrangement.”—E. W. Bullinger, Commentary On Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1984, 1935), 117.
9 Merrill C. Tenney, Interpreting Revelation (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1957), 32-33.