I've been really loving Richard Bauckham's cracking The Climax of Prophecy as I prepare to preach it next year, and here is my summary of his structure. It's worth reading the whole section in depth if you can, but it's genius and simple at the same time.
A few things that stand out is how he's identified the overlapping structure, where sets of seven begin before the previous one is finished. He's also showed how the letters to the seven churches fill out the inaugural vision of Christ, and also how the seven seals/trumpets/bowls are part of the vision of the throne room.
What is also nice is the structural marker of the escalating series of lighting & thunder & earthquake & hail & plague to signal the end of sections.
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