I took my kids up to the Alpine Slide in Park City a couple of week ago. The rolller coaster ride looked a little safer for my 6 year old to ride, so we decided to ride the roller coaster ride instead. Luckily I brought my camera on the ride... I snapped this photo quickly while riding on the track. This is the best illustration of a chiasm in the man-made world.
I have posted about chiams before on my blog, but for those who are unfamiliar with the term, a chiasm is usually referring to a literary structure used in ancient literature where concepts are placed in a symmetric order to emphasize them. The ideas converge at the center or the focal point of the thought. In the scriptures the focal point is usually Christ.
Here is a beautiful one that I just found in the New Testament in Matthew 11:28-30.
Come unto me:
All ye that LABOUR and are HEAVY laden.
.........take my YOKE upon you
...................LEARN of me
.................................FOR I AM meek and lowly in heart
.....................FIND rest unto your souls
...........for my YOKE is easy
my BURDEN is LIGHT.
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