REVELATION: OUTLINE

1. Prologue (1:1-20)

1.1. Superscription (1:1-3)

1.2. Salutation and doxology (1:4-8)

1.3. Commission to the writer (1:9-20)

2. Letters to the 7 churches (2:1—3:22)

2.1. Ephesus (2:1-7)

2.2. Smyrna (2:8-11)

2.3. Pergamum (2:12-17)

2.4. Thyatira (2:18-29)

2.5. Sardis (3:1-6)

2.6. Philadelphia (3 :7-13)

2.7. Laodicea (3 :14-22)

3. Adoration in the court of heaven (4:1—5:14)

3.1. Worship of God as Creator (4:1-11)

3.2. Worship of the Lamb (5:1-14)

4. The 7 seals (6:1—7:17)

4.1. First 4 seals: the 4 horsemen (6:1-8)

4.2. 5th seal: cry of the martyrs (6:9-11)

4.3. 6th seal: the great earthquake (6:12-17)

4.4. INTERLUDE 1: visions of salvation (7:1-17)

4.4.1. Sealing of the 144,000 (7:1-8)

4.4.2. Great multitude (7:9-17)

5. The 7 trumpets (8:1—11:19)

5.1. 7th seal: a dramatic pause (8:1)

5.2. Preparation for the 7 trumpets (8:2-5)

5.3. First 4 trumpets (8:6-13)

5.4. 5th trumpet (first woe): demonic locusts (9:1-12)

5.5. 6th trumpet (second woe): fiendish cavalry (9:13-21)

5.6. INTERLUDE 2: visions of the prophetic role (10:1—11:14)

5.6.1. The mighty angel and the little scroll (10:1-11)

5.6.2. The 2 witnesses (11:1-14)

5.7. 7th trumpet: announcement of the end (11:15-19)

6. Conflict between the church and the powers of evil (12:1—14:20)

6.1. The woman, dragon, and male child (12:1-6)

6.2. War in heaven (12:7-12)

6.3. War on earth (12:13-17)

6.4. The beast from the sea (13:1-10)

6.5. The beast from the earth (13:11-18)

6.6. The redeemed and the Lamb on Mt. Zion (14:1-5)

6.7. INTERLUDE 3: visions of final judgment (14:6-20)

6.7.1. Impending judgment announced (14:6-13)

6.7.2. Harvest of the earth (14:14-20)

7. The 7 bowls (15:1—16:21)

7.1. Preparation for the bowl-plagues (15:1-8)

7.2. Plagues poured out (16:1-21)

8. The fall of Babylon (17:1—18:24)

8.1. The prostitute and the scarlet beast (17:1-18)

8.2. Babylon destroyed (18:1-24)

9. The final victory (19:1—20:15)

9.1. Hymn of vindication (19:1-5)

9.2. Marriage of the Lamb announced (19:6-10)

9.3. The Warrior-Messiah appears (19:11-16)

9.4. Antichrist and allies destroyed (19:17-21)

9.5. Satan bound (20:1-3)

9.6. Millennial reign (20:4-6)

9.7. Satan destroyed (20:7-10)

9.8. Final judgment (20:11-15)

10. The new heaven and the new earth (21:1—22:21)

10.1. The new creation (21:1-8)

10.2. The new Jerusalem (21:9-27)

10.3. Eden restored (22:1-5)

10.4. Epilogue (22:6-21)