Outline of Revelation I. Past: The things which you have seen 1:1-20 A. The prologue 1:1-8 1. The preface 1:1-3 2. The salutation 1:4-8 B. The vision of Christ 1:9-20 1. The setting 1:9-11 2. The revelation 1:12-18 3. The instruction 1:19 4. The interpretation 1:20 II. Present: The things which are 2:1-3:22 A. The letter to the church at Ephesus 2:1-7 B. The letter to the church at Smyrna 2:8-11 C. The letter to the church at Pergamos 2:12-17 D. The letter to the church at Thyatira 2:18-29 E. The letter to the church at Sardis 3:1-6 F. The letter to the church at Philadelphia 3:7-13 G. The letter to the church at Laodicea 3:14-22 III. Future: The things which shall be hereafter 4:1-22:21 A. Introduction: the judge 4:1-5:14 1. The throne of God 4:1-11 2. The scroll and the Lamb 5:1-14 B. The seven seals 6:1-8:1 1. The first seal: conquest 6:1-2 2. The second seal: war 6:3-4 3. The third seal: inflation and famine 6:5-6 4. The fourth seal: death 6:7-8 5. The fifth seal: martyrdom 6:9-11 6. The sixth seal: natural disasters 6:12-17 7. Parenthesis: the redeemed of the Tribulation 7:1-17 a. The 144,000 of Israel 7:1-8 b. The multitude of Gentiles 7:9-17 8. The seventh seal: the seven trumpets 8:1 C. The seven trumpets 8:2-11:19 1. Introduction 8:2-6 2. The first trumpet: on the vegetation 8:7 3. The second trumpet: on the sea 8:8-9 4. The third trumpet: on the fresh water 8:10-11 5. The fourth trumpet: on the light 8:12-13 6. The fifth trumpet: demons and pain 9:1-12 7. The sixth trumpet: demons and death 9:13-21 8. Parenthesis: the witnesses of God 10:1-11:13 a. The little book 10:1-11 b. The measuring of the temple 11:1-2 c. The two witnesses 11:3-13 9. The seventh trumpet: the end of the age 11:14-19 D. The movements of the Tribulation 12:1-14:20 1. The program of Satan 12:1-13:18 a. The woman, the son, and the dragon 12:1-6 b. The war in heaven 12:7-12 c. The persecution on earth 12:13-17 d. The beast from the sea: the Antichrist 13:1-10 e. The beast from the earth: the False Prophet 13:11-18 2. The program of God 14:1-20 a. The Lamb and the 144,000 14:1-5 b. The three angels 14:6-13 c. The harvest of the earth 14:14-20 E. The seven bowls 15:1-18:24 1. The prelude 15:1-16:1 2. The first bowl: sores 16:2 3. The second bowl: on the sea 16:3 4. The third bowl: on the fresh water 16:4-7 5. The fourth bowl: scorching 16:8-9 6. The fifth bowl: darkness 16:10-11 7. The sixth bowl: the battle of Armageddon 16:12-16 8. The seventh bowl: the fall of Babylon 16:17-21 9. The judgment of Babylon the great 17:1-18:24 a. The great harlot 17:1-18 b. The great city 18:1-24 F. The return of Christ 19:1-21 G. The millennial kingdom of Christ 20:1-15 H. The eternal state 21:1-22:5 1. The new heaven and new earth 21:1 2. The descent of the New Jerusalem 21:2-8 3. The description of the New Jerusalem 21:9-22:5 I. Conclusion 22:6-21