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)