The Chiastic structure of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is recognized by Hebrew Scholars. Our dear Lord, Who is Wonderful in counsel, clearly knew that there could be problems with false interpretations arising and so He designed the whole book in a perfect pattern called a Chiasm and it is similar, in a way, to the patterns we see in our poetry. The first and last sections line up and then the second and second to last and so on—in the center, which consists of chapters 10-17 we find clearly depicted the events of the final part of the Great Controversy including the pre-advent judgment. The chapters leading up to this are events that take place before the close of probation and the chapters that follow are events that take place after the close of probation.

This Chiastic structure forbids the taking of any section of prophecy and moving it in application into another part of the Chiasm—to do this is to break the structure and it results in confusion. To take the 7 Trumpets, for example, and apply them in the future, just before or after the close of probation breaks the structural rules of the book of Revelation, rules that were built into the book by Jesus Himself to prevent this very thing happening. Here are some charts to help us to see this pattern clearly: