OUTLINE OF REVELATION

INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL (Re 1:1-3:22)
1. Introduction (Re 1:1-20)
a. Prologue and blessings (Re 1:1-3)
b. Greetings and doxology (Re 1:4-6)
c. Prophecy and proclamation (Re 1:7-8)
c. Vision of Christ among the lampstands (Re 1:9-20)
2. Letters to the seven churches of Asia (Re 2:1-3:22)
a. The church at Ephesus (Re 2:1-7)
b. The church at Smyrna (Re 2:8-11)
c. The church at Pergamos (Re 2:12-17)
d. The church at Thyatira (Re 2:18-29)
e. The church at Sardis (Re 3:1-6)
f. The church at Philadelphia (Re 3:7-13)
g. The church at Laodicea (Re 3:14-22)

I. VISIONS OF JUDGMENT AGAINST JERUSALEM (Re 4:1-11:19)

A. THE THRONE SCENE (Re 4:1-5:14)
1. God on the throne (Re 4:1-11)
2. The Lamb worthy to open the scroll (Re 5:1-14)

B. THE OPENING OF SEVEN SEALS (Re 6:1-8:1)
1. First seal: The white horse and its rider (Re 6:1-2)
2. Second seal: The red horse and its rider (Re 6:3-4)
3. Third seal: The black horse and its rider (Re 6:5-6)
4. Fourth seal: The pale horse and its riders (Re 6:7-8)
5. Fifth seal: The martyrs under the altar (Re 6:9-11)
6. Sixth seal: Cataclysmic disturbances (Re 6:12-17)
7. Interlude (Re 7:1-17)
a. Sealing of the 144,000 on earth (Re 7:1-8)
b. The great multitude in heaven (Re 7:9-17)
8. Seventh seal: Silence in heaven (Re 8:1)

C. THE SOUNDING OF SEVEN TRUMPETS (Re 8:2-11:19)
1. Seven angels prepare to sound their trumpets (Re 8:2-6)
2. First trumpet: Third of vegetation destroyed (Re 8:7)
3. Second trumpet: Third of sea creatures and ships destroyed
(Re 8:8-9)
4. Third trumpet: Third of rivers and springs become bitter,
many die (Re 8:10-11)
5. Fourth trumpet: Third of sun, moon, and stars struck,
affecting day and night (Re 8:12)
6. Three-fold woe announced (Re 8:13)
7. Fifth trumpet (first woe): Locusts from the bottomless pit,
sent to torment men (Re 9:1-12)
8. Sixth trumpet (second woe): Four angels with an army of two
hundred million, killing a third of mankind (Re 9:13-21)
9. Interlude (Re 10:1-11:14)
a. The angel with the little book (Re 10:1-11)
b. The two witnesses and destruction of Jerusalem (Re 11:1-13)
10. Seventh trumpet (third woe): The victory of Christ and His
kingdom proclaimed (Re 11:14-19)

II. VISIONS OF JUDGMENT AGAINST ROME (Re 12:1-19:21)

A. THE GREAT CONFLICT (Re 12:1-14:20)
1. The Woman, Child, Dragon, and rest of the Woman's offspring
(Re 12:1-17)
2. The beast from the sea (Re 13:1-10)
3. The beast from the land (Re 13:11-18)
4. The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion (Re 14:1-5)
5. Proclamations of three angels (Re 14:6-13)
6. Reaping the earth's harvest, and the grapes of wrath (Re
14:14-20)

B. THE SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH (Re 15:1-16:21)
1. Prelude to pouring out the seven bowls of wrath (Re 15:1-8)
2. First bowl: Sores on those who worshipped the beast and his
image (Re 16:1-2)
3. Second bowl: Sea turns to blood, all sea creatures die (Re
16:3)
4. Third bowl: Rivers and springs turn to blood (Re 16:4-7)
5. Fourth bowl: Men are scorched by the sun (Re 16:8-9)
6. Fifth bowl: Pain and darkness upon the beast and his kingdom
(Re 16:10-11)
7. Sixth bowl: Euphrates dried up, three unclean spirits gather
the kingdoms of the earth for the battle at Armageddon (Re
16:12-16)
8. Seventh bowl: Great earthquake, great city divided, Babylon
is remembered, cataclysmic events (Re 16:17-21)

C. THE FALL OF BABYLON, THE HARLOT (Re 17:1-19:10)
1. The scarlet woman and the scarlet beast (Re 17:1-6)
2. The mystery of the woman and beast explained (Re 17:7-18)
3. The fall of Babylon the great proclaimed and mourned (Re
18:1-24)
4. The exaltation in heaven over the fall of the great harlot
(Re 19:1-5)
5. The announcement of the marriage supper of the Lamb (Re 19:6-10)

D. THE DEFEAT OF THE BEAST AND FALSE PROHET (19:11-21)
1. Christ the victorious warrior and King of kings (Re 19:11-16)
2. The beast, his armies and false prophet (land beast) are
defeated (Re 19:17-21)

III. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE AND BEYOND (Re 20:1-22:5)

A. THE REIGN OF CHRIST AND HIS SAINTS (Re 20:1-6)
1. Satan bound for a thousand years, unable to deceive nations
(Re 20:1-3)
2. Saints (martyrs and faithful) reign with Christ (Re 20:4-6)

B. THE RELEASE AND DEFEAT OF SATAN (Re 20:7-10)
1. Satan released to deceive the nations once more (Re 20:7-8)
2. Makes one last effort, but defeated once for all (Re 20:9-10)

C. THE FINAL JUDGMENT (Re 20:11-15)
1. Great white throne judgment, with earth and heaven no more (Re
20:11-13)
2. Death and Hades cast into the lake of fire, along with those
whose names were not in the Book of Life (Re 20:14-15)

D. ETERNAL DESTINY OF THE REDEEMED (Re 21:1-22:5)
1. The new heaven and new earth, God dwelling with His people in
the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven(Re 21:1-8)
2. The New Jerusalem described (Re 21:9-27)
3. The water of life, tree of life, throne of God and the Lamb
(Re 22:1-5)

CONCLUDING MATERIAL (Re 22:6-21)
1. The time is near, do not seal up the book (Re 22:6-11)
2. The testimony of Jesus, the Spirit, and the bride (Re 22:12-17)
3. Warning not to tamper with the book, and closing prayers (Re
22:18-21)

Compiled from various sources by Mark Copeland

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