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
