A chiasm is a literary structure where the words the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. The center of Joel 2:28-29 is a prophecy indicating on whom the Holy Spirit would be poured on the Day of Pentecost (Joel 2:28c-e).
The Chiasm of Joel 2:28-29
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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