Outline

• Introduction (1:1-8)

  • Prologue (1:1-3)

  • Greetings and Doxology (1:4-8)

• Jesus among the Seven Churches (1:9-20)

• The Letters to the Seven Churches (chs. 2-3)

  • Ephesus (2:1-7)

  • Smyrna (2:8-11)

  • Pergamum (2:12-17)

  • Thyatira (2:18-29)

  • Sardis (3:1-6)

  • Philadelphia (3:7-13)

  • Laodicea (3:14-22)

• The Throne, the Scroll and the Lamb (chs. 4-5)

  • The Throne in Heaven (ch. 4)

  • The Seven-Sealed Scroll (5:1-5)

  • The Lamb Slain (5:6-14)

• The Seven Seals (6:1;8:1)

  • First Seal: The White Horse (6:1-2)

  • Second Seal: The Red Horse (6:3-4)

  • Third Seal: The Black Horse (6:5-6)

  • Fourth Seal: The Pale Horse (6:7-8)

  • Fifth Seal: The Souls under the Altar (6:9-11)

  • Sixth Seal: The Great Earthquake (6:12-17)

  • The Sealing of the 144,000 (7:1-8)

  • The Great Multitude (7:9-17)

  • Seventh Seal: Silence in Heaven (8:1)

• The Seven Trumpets (8:2;11:19)

  • Introduction (8:2-5)

  • First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Mixed with Blood (8:6-7)

  • Second Trumpet: A Mountain Thrown into the Sea (8:8-9)

  • Third Trumpet: The Star Wormwood (8:10-11)

  • Fourth Trumpet: A Third of the Sun, Moon and Stars Struck (8:12-13)

  • Fifth Trumpet: The Plague of Locusts (9:1-12)

  • Sixth Trumpet: Release of the Four Angels (9:13-21)

  • The Angel and the Little Scroll (ch. 10)

  • The Two Witnesses (11:1-14)

  • Seventh Trumpet: Judgments and Rewards (11:15-19)

• Various Personages and Events (chs. 12-14)

  • The Woman and the Dragon (ch. 12)

  • The Two Beasts (ch. 13)

  • The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5)

  • The Harvest of the Earth (14:6-20)

• The Seven Bowls (chs. 15-16)

  • Introduction: The Song of Moses and the Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues (ch. 15)

  • First Bowl: Ugly and Painful Sores (16:1-2)

  • Second Bowl: Sea Turns to Blood (16:3)

  • Third Bowl: Rivers and Springs of Water Become Blood (16:4-7)

  • Fourth Bowl: Sun Scorches People with Fire (16:8-9)

  • Fifth Bowl: Darkness (16:10-11)

  • Sixth Bowl: Euphrates River Dries Up (16:12-16)

  • Seventh Bowl: Tremendous Earthquake (16:17-21)

• Babylon: The Great Prostitute (17:1;19:5)

  • Babylon Described (ch. 17)

  • The Fall of Babylon (ch. 18)

  • Praise for Babylon's Fall (19:1-5)

• Praise for the Wedding of the Lamb (19:6-10)

• The Return of Christ (19:11-21)

• The Thousand Years (20:1-6)

• Satan's Doom (20:7-10)

• Great White Throne Judgment (20:11-15)

• New Heaven, New Earth, New Jerusalem (21:1;22:5)

• Conclusion and Benediction (22:6-21)