The Book of Revelation

A comprehensive study of the end times, as portrayed in Revelation, takes many months, sometimes years, to write and present. For now, I am posting a general outline called Revelation In 4 Sections.

The Book of Revelation in Four Sections

Section 1 = The Revelation of Christ — Chapters 1-5

PROLOGUE

General introduction (1:1-7)

First vision —a vision of Christ (1:8-20)

SEVEN CHURCHES

(1st) Ephesus (2:1-7)

(2nd) Smyrna (2:8-11)

(3rd) Pergamum (2:12-17)

(4th) Thyatira (2:18-29)

(5th) Sardis (3:1-6)

(6th) Philadelphia (3:7-13)

(7th) Laodicea (3:14-22)

SEVEN SCENES IN HEAVEN

(1st) The elders around the throne (4:1-5)

(2nd) The four living creatures (4:6-11)

(3rd) The sealed scroll (5:1-4)

(4th) The worthy Lamb (5:5-7)

(5th) Song of the creatures & elders (5:8-10)

(6th) Song of the angels (5:11-12)

(7th) Song of the universe (5:13-14)

Section 2 = Times of Tribulation — Chapters 6-11

SEVEN SEALS

(1st) White horse of earthly conquest and dominion (6:1-2)

(2nd) Red horse of slaughter and bloodshed (6:3-4)

(3rd) Black horse of commerce and economic crisis (6:5-6)

(4th) Pale horse of death (6:7-8)

(5th) The little while (6:9-11)

(6th) The day of God’s wrath (6:12-17)

   ~ The multitudes of saved (7:1-17)

(7th) Seventh Seal Broken (8:1-5)

SEVEN TRUMPETS AND SCOURGES

(1st) Scourge of earth (8:6-7)

(2nd) Scourge of sea (8:8-9)

(3rd) Scourge of rivers (8:10-11)

(4th) Scourge of the heavens (8:12)

   ~ Eagle announces three woes (8:13)

   ~ The bottomless pit (9:1-2)

(5th) 1st woe, Plague of locusts (9:3-12)

(6th) 2nd woe, The killing horses (9:12-21)

   ~ The little book (10:1-11)

   ~ The two witnesses prophesy (11:1-6)

   ~ The two witnesses killed (11:7-13)

(7th) 3rd woe, God’s wrath and the Eternal Kingdom (11:14-19)

Section 3 = The Judgment of the Beasts — Chapters 12-20

SEVEN SIGNS

(1st) A splendid woman gives birth to a man child (12:1-4)

(2nd) The dragon appears from the sky (12:4)

   ~ The man child’s ascension (12:5-6)

   ~ The dragon’s defeat in heaven (12:7-9)

   ~ Heaven’s victory song (12:10-12)

   ~ The woman’s escape (:13-17)

(3rd) The Beast

   ~ Appears from the sea (13:1-2)

   ~ Has dragon’s authority (13:3-10)

(4th) The False prophet

   ~ Appears from the earth (13:11)

   ~ Has beast’s authority (13:12)

   ~ His great deception (13:13-14)

   ~ The image he made live (13:15)

   ~ The mark of the beast (13:16-17)

   ~ The number of the beast (13:18)

(5th) The Lamb on Mount Zion (14:1-5)

(6th) Three angelic messengers (14:6-13)

(7th) The two reapers (14:14-20)

SEVEN PLAGUES

The Seven Angels (15:1-8)

SEVEN BOWLS

(1st) Sores on those with the mark of the beast (16:1-2)

(2nd) Blood in the seas causing death (16:3)

(3rd) Blood in the rivers and springs (16:4-7)

(4th) The Sun scorches with fire (16:8-9)

(5th) Throne of the beast into darkness (16:10-11)

(6th) Euphrates dried up, preparation for Armageddon (16:12-16)

(7th) The air filled with noise and lightening, Babylon destroyed (16:17-21)

SEVEN FINAL VISIONS

(1st) The atrocious woman, Mother of Harlots (17:1-6)

   ~ An angel explains (17:11-18)

(2nd) Seven songs of woe to “Babylon”

   ~ The angel from heaven (18:1-3)

   ~ Second voice from heaven (18:4-9)

   ~ Kings of earth (18:9-10)

   ~ The merchants (18:11-16)

   ~ The sailors (18:17-20)

   ~ A mighty angel (18:21-24)

   ~ Multitude in heaven (19:1-6)

(3rd) The wedding supper announced (19:7-10)

(4th) King on a white horse (19:11-21)

(5th) The Abyss and thousand years (20:1-10)

(6th) The dead are judged (20:11-15)

Section 4 = The Beauty of Heaven — Chapters 21-22

(7th) Heaven for the Saved

   ~ New heavens and new earth (21:1-8)

   ~ The heavenly city (21:9-27)

   ~ The heavenly Eden (22:1-5)

EPILOGUE

The last words of Jesus (22:6-21)