- I. INTRODUCTION: 1:1-8
1. The caption and salutation (1-3)
2. The Address to the seven churches of Asia and a doxology (4-6)
3. Summary theme: Christ is coming! (7) – The Revelation of Jesus Christ (1)
4. Jesus’ Own Self-Designation (8)
II. JOHN’S VISION OF CHRIST (1:9-20)
III. LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (2:1 – 3:22)
1. The church at Ephesus (2:1-7)
2. The church at Smyrna (2:8-11)
3. The church at Pergamos (2:12-17)
4. The church at Thyatira (2:18-29)
5. The church at Sardis (3:1-6)
6. The church at Philadelphia (3:7-13)
7. The church at Laodicea (3:14-22)
IV. TWO VISIONS OF THE THRONE SCENE (CHAPTERS 4-5)
1. Vision of the rule of the Godhead on the throne (4:1-11)
2. Vision of the lion who alone is worthy to open the seven-sealed scroll (5:1-4)
V. VISION OF SIX SEALS OPENED BY THE LION/LAMB (CHAPTER 6)
1. The Four Horsemen (6:1-8) introduced by one of the 4 living ones
a.) First seal: White horse and its rider (1-2)
b.) Second seal: Red horse and its rider (3-4)
c.) Third seal: Black horse and its rider (5-6)
d.) Fourth seal: Pale horse and its rider (7-8)
2. Fifth seal: Souls of martyrs under the altar (9-11)
3. Sixth seal: Cataclysmic language of judgment (12-17)
VI. VISION OF THE 144,000 SEALED & REDEEMED OUT OF ISRAEL (7:1-8)
VII. VISION OF A GREAT MULTITUDE BEFORE THE THRONE (7:9-17)
VIII. VISION OF THE SEVENTH SEALS OPENED (8:1 – 11:19)
1. Silence in heaven (8:1)
2. Sounding of the seven trumpets by seven angels (8:2 – 11:19)
a.) Seven angels prepare to sound their trumpets (8:2-6)
b.) First four Trumpets (7-12)
(1) First Trumpet: Hail, fire & blood (1/3 part of vegetation destroyed (8:7)
(2) Second trumpet: Burning mount cast in the sea (1/3 of sea creatures & ships destroyed, 8:8-9)
(3) Third trumpet: Great star falls on rivers (1/3 of rivers & springs become bitter, (8:10-11)
(4) Fourth trumpet: No visible agent as the other three (third part of the sun, moon, stars – 8:12)
c.) VISION OF THE EAGLE DECLARING THREE WOES (8:13) Coincides with the sounding of the final three trumpets: the siege (9:1-12), Jerusalem’s destruction (9:13-11:14), and eternal judgment (11:15-19)
d.) Fifth Trumpet (First Woe): Locusts from the bottomless pit (9:1-12)
e.) Sixth trumpet (Second Woe): Four angels with an army of 200 million (9:13-21)
f.) The vision of a strong angel and a little open book (Chapter 10)
g.) The Two witnesses (11:1-13) Continuation of chapter 10 vision
h.) Seventh Trumpet (Third & Final Woe): Final judgment & victory (11:14-19)
[PRECEEDING VISIONS ARE SKETCHY; NEXT HALF HAS FULLER DETAIL]
I. CONFLICT SEEN IN THE VISION OF THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON (CH.12)
II. VISION OF THE SEA BEAST (13:1-10): COVERS SAME GROUND AS 12:13 – 17
III. VISION OF THE EARTH BEAST (13:11-18)
IV. VISION OF THE LAMB AND 144,000 ON MOUNT ZION (14:1-5)
V. VISION OF THE THREE ANGELS AND THEIR PROCLAMATION (14:6-13)
1. First: Had an eternal gospel to proclaim (14:6-7)
2. Second: “There fell Babylon the Great” (14:8)
3. Third: Warning to those who follow the beast (14:9)
4. Voice out of heaven: “Blessed are the dead..” (14:13)
VI. VISION OF THE TWO SICKLES (14:14-20)
VII. VISION OF SEVEN ANGELS WITH SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH (Ch.15-16)
1. Prelude to the seven bowls, each containing a plague (ch. 15)
2. First Bowl: Sores on those who worshipped the beast (16:1-2): THE EARTH
3. Second Bowl: Sea turns to blood and sea creatures die (16:3): THE SEA
4. Third Bowl: Rivers and streams turn into blood (16:4-7): RIVERS
5. Fourth Bowl: Men are scorched by the sun (16:8-9): SUN
6. Fifth Bowl: Pain and darkness upon the beast and his kingdom (16:10-11): DARKNESS
7. Sixth Bowl: The Euphrates dried up, three unclean spirits gather the kingdoms of the earth
for the battle at Armageddon (16:12-16): EUPHRATES
8. Seventh Bowl: Great Earthquake: Great Babylon is fallen (16:17-21)
VIII. VISION OF A HARLOT & THE FALL OF BABYLON THE GREAT (17:1-19:10)
1. The woman and the beast (17:1-6)
2. The woman and the beast explained (17:7-18)
3. The fall of Babylon, and the Mourning (18:1-24)
a.) The first part of the vision (1-3)
b.) The second part of the vision ((4-19)
c.) The third part of the vision (20-24)
4. Doxology to God for his judgment on the harlot & the marriage supper (19:1-10)
IX. THE BATTLE AND DEFEAT OF THE BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET (19:11-21)
1. Christ is the victorious KING OF KINGS (11-16)
2. Defeat of His enemies (17-21)
X. THE 1000 YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST AND THE BINDING OF SATAN (20:1-6)
XI. SATAN IS RELEASED FOR A SEASON AFTER THE 1000 YEAR REIGN (20:7-10)
XII. THE FINAL JUDGMENT (20:11-15)
XIII. THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH (21:1 – 22:5)
XIV. CONCLUSION (22:6-21)