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Revelation the Book

Now before we proceed with our studies of the book of Revelation, I would like to provide you with an outline of the Book of Revelation as a useful guide to your study of the book. This outline shows you the structure of the book. Use this outline for reference as you study.

Outline of Revelation

1 The Revelation of Christ (Rev 1-5)

PROLOGUE

The book’s own introduction to itself (Rev 1:1-7)
First vision —a vision of Christ (Rev 1:8-20)

SEVEN CHURCHES

(1st) Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7)
(2nd) Smyrna (Rev 2:8-11)
(3rd) Pergamum (Rev 2:12-17)
(4th) Thyatira (Rev 2:18-29)
(5th) Sardis (Rev 3:1-6)
(6th) Philadelphia (Rev 3:7-13)
(7th) Laodicea (Rev 3:14-22)

SEVEN SCENES IN HEAVEN

(1st) The elders around the throne (Rev 4:1-5)
(2nd) The four living creatures (Rev 4:6-11)
(3rd) The sealed scroll (Rev 5:1-4)
(4th) The worthy Lamb (Rev 5:5-7)
(5th) Song of the creatures & elders (Rev 5:8-10)
(6th) Song of the angels (Rev 5:11-12)
(7th) Song of the universe (Rev 5:13-14)

2 Times of Tribulation (Rev 6-11)

SEVEN SEALS

(1st) White horse of earthly conquest and dominion (Rev 6:1-2)
(2nd) Red horse of slaughter and bloodshed (Rev 6:3-4)
(3rd) Black horse of commerce and economic crisis (Rev 6:5-6)
(4th) Pale horse of death (Rev 6:7-8)
(5th) The little while (Rev 6:9-11)
  The day of God's wrath (Rev 6:12-17)
(6th) The multitudes of saved (Rev 7:1-17)
(7th) Seventh Seal Broken (Rev 8:1-5)

SEVEN TRUMPETS

(1st) Scourge of earth (Rev 8:6-7)
(2nd) Scourge of sea (Rev 8:8-9)
(3rd) Scourge of rivers (Rev 8:10-11)
(4th) Scourge of the heavens (Rev 8:12)
  Eagle announces three woes (Rev 8:13)
  The bottomless pit (Rev 9:1-2)
(5th) 1st woe, Plague of locusts (Rev 9:3-12)
(6th) 2nd woe, The killing horses (Rev 9:12-21)
  The little book (Rev 10:1-11)
  The two witnesses prophesy (Rev 11:1-6)
  The two witnesses killed (Rev 11:7-13)
(7th) 3rd woe, God's wrath and the Eternal Kingdom (Rev 11:14-19)

3 The Judgment of the Beasts (Rev 12-20)

SEVEN SIGNS

(1st) A splendid woman gives birth to a man child (Rev 12:1-4)
(2nd) The dragon Appears from the sky (Rev 12:5-6)
   ~ The man child's ascension (Rev 12:5-6)
   ~ The dragon's defeat in heaven (Rev 12:7-9)
   ~ Heaven's victory song (Rev 12:10-12)
   ~ The woman's escape (Rev 12:13-17)
(3rd) The Beast
   ~ Appears from the sea (Rev 13:1-2)
   ~ Has dragon's authority (Rev 13:3-10)
(4th) The False prophet
   ~ Appears from the earth (Rev 13:11)
   ~ Has beast's authority (Rev 13:12)
   ~ His great deception (Rev 13:13-14)
   ~ The image he made live (Rev 13:15)
   ~ The mark of the beast (Rev 13:16-17)
   ~ The number of the beast (Rev 13:18)
(5th) The Lamb on Mount Zion (Rev 14:1-5)
(6th) Three angelic messengers (Rev 14:6-13)
(7th) The two reapers (Rev 14:14-20)

SEVEN PLAGUES

The heavenly singers (Rev 15:1-8)
The bowls of God's wrath (Rev 16:1-21)

SEVEN FINAL VISIONS

(1st) The atrocious woman, Mother of Harlots (Rev 17:1-6)
   ~ An angel explains (Rev 17:11-18)
(2nd) Seven songs of woe to "Babylon"
   ~ The angel from heaven (Rev 18:1-3)
   ~ Second voice from heaven (Rev 18:4-9)
   ~ Kings of earth (Rev 18:9-10)
   ~ The merchants (Rev 18:11-17)
   ~ The sailors (Rev 18:18-20)
   ~ A mighty angel (Rev 18:21-24)
   ~ Multitude in heaven (Rev 19:1-6)
(3rd) The wedding supper announced (Rev 19:7-10)
(4th) King on a white horse (Rev 19:11-21)
(5th) The Abyss and thousand years (Rev 20:1-10)
(6th) The dead are judged (Rev 20:11-15)

4 The Beauty of Heaven (Rev 21-22)

(7th) Heaven for the Saved
   ~ New heavens and new earth (Rev 21:1-8)
   ~ The heavenly city (Rev 21:9-27)
   ~ The heavenly Eden (Rev 22:1-5)

EPILOGUE

The last words of Jesus (Rev 22:6-21)