The "victorious-introduction" Scenes in the Visions in the Book of Revelation

This article is a follow-up to my earlier essay on the basic literary structure of the eight major visions of the book of Revelation.' For the sake of convenient reference, Diagram 3 of my previous article is here reproduced (on the following page) as Diagram 1 for the present article. The blocs of text upon which our attention focuses in this study are those designated "A" in this Diagram; namely, those carrying the caption "Victorious-Introduction Scene with Temple Setting." We first take an overview of the content of these scenes for visions I through VIII, and then consider some of the specific phenomena and theological implications.