“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;”
Write therefore the things that you have seen, the things that are, and the things that are about to take place after this — the threefold structure (past vision, present reality, future unfolding) organizes the entire book: the initial theophany, the present state of the churches, and the eschatological future. This is not arbitrary division but theological framework organizing John's prophetic message.
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