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.

A Useful Outline of Revelation

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PROLOGUE

The book’s own introduction to itself 1:1-7
First vision ~ Christ speaks 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

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
suppl The day of God's wrath 6:12-17
(6th) The multitudes of saved 7:1-17
(7th) Seventh Seal Broken 8:1-5

SEVEN TRUMPETS

(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
(5th) The bottomless pit, locusts (1st woe) 9:1-11
(6th) The killing horses (2nd woe) 9:12-21
   ~ The little scroll 10:1-11
   ~ The two witnesses 11:1-12
(7th) God's wrath (3rd woe) 11:13-19

SEVEN SIGNS

(1st) The birth of a man child
   ~ The woman in labour pains 12:1-4
(2nd) The dragon
   ~ Appears from the sky 12:3-4
   ~ The man child's ascension 12:5-6
   ~ The dragon's fall 12:7-9
   ~ Heaven's victory song 12:10-12
   ~ The woman's escape 12:13-17
(3rd) The Beast
   ~ Appears from the sea 13:1-2
   ~ Has dragon's authority 13:3-10
(4th) The False prophet
   ~ Appears from the earth13:11
   ~ Has beast's authority 12:12
   ~ His great deception 12:13-14
   ~ The image he made live 12:15
   ~ The mark of the beast 12:16-18
(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 heavenly singers 15:1-4
The bowls of God's wrath 15:5 to 16:21

SEVEN FINAL VISIONS

(1st) The prostitute 17:1-18
(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 18:11-17
   ~ The sailors 18:18-20
   ~ A mighty angel 18:21-24
   ~ Multitude in heaven 19:1-3
(3rd) The wedding supper announced 19:4-10
(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
(7th) The heavenly city 21:1 to 22:5

EPILOGUE

Christ speaks 22:6-21

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