Revelation

Outline

Introduction 1:1-8

I. Section one 1:9-3:22

   A. vision 1:9-20

   B. seven churches 2:1-3:22

      1. Ephesus 2:1-7

      2. Smyrna 2:8-11

      3. Pergamum 2:12-17

      4. Thyatira 2:18-29

      5. Sardus 3:1-6

      6. Philadelphia 3:7-13

      7. Laodicea 3:14-22

II. Section two 4:1-8:1

   A. vision 4:1-5:14

   B. seven seals (opened seals reveal) 6:1-8:1

      1. white horse: Christ 6:1-2

      2. red horse: war 6:3-4

      3. black horse: famine and economic adversity 6:5-6

      4. ashen horse: death 6:7-8

      5. cry from under the altar 6:9-11

      6. earthquake 6:12-17

INTERLUDE: sealing of the faithful 7:1-17

      7. pause (then seven trumpets) 8:1

III. Section three 8:2-11:19

   A. vision 8:2-5

  B. seven trumpets (trumpets warn) 8:6-11:19

      1. against the earth 8:7

      2. against the sea 8:8-9

      3. against the fresh waters 8:10-11

      4. against the heavens (firmament) 8:12-13

      5. the first woe: deceit and destruction 9:1-12

      6. the second woe: war 9:13-21

INTERLUDE: to set apart the faithful 10:1-11:14

      7. the third woe (seven cups-see section five) 11:15-19

IV. Section four 12:1-14:20

   A. vision 12:1-2

   B. three adversaries 12:3-14:20

      1. the dragon 12:3-17

      2. the beast from the sea (government) 13:1-10

         a. seven heads                Daniel                Revelation

            1) Augustus                       (1)

            2) Tiberius                         (2)

            3) Gaius Caligula              (3)              five fallen (17:10)

            4) Claudius                        (4)

            5) Nero                              (5)         beast which was (17:11)

            6) Galba                          three

            7) Otho                         uprooted

            8) Vitellius

            9) Vespasian                   (6)                  one is (17:10)

            10) Titus                          (7)    to come-little while (17:10)

            11) Domitian                   (8)

      3. the beast from the earth (religion) 13:11-18

INTERLUDE

V. Section five 15:1-16:21

   A. vision 15:1-8

   B. seven cups (cups are poured out; action is taken) 16:1-21

      1. against the earth 16:2

      2. against the sea 16:3

      3. against the fresh waters 16:4-7

      4. against the heavens 16:8-9

      5. against the throne of the beast 16:10-11

      6. against the Euphrates river 16:12-16

      7. against Babylon 16:17-21

VI. Section six 17:1-20:10

   A. vision of judgment; explanation 17:1-18

   B. judgment

      1. against Babylon 18:1-24

      2. against the two beasts 19:1-21 (reverse from appearance)

      3. against the dragon 20:1-15

VII. Section seven 21:1-22:5

   A. vision of comfort & punishment 21:1-8

   B. the New Jerusalem 21:9-22:5

conclusion 22:6-21