THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

of "the things shortly to come to past"

An Outline

1. Prologue: Christ Communicating (1:1-8)
   
   1. Title (1:1)
      
   2. Agent (1:2)
      
   3. Commendation (1:3)
      
   4. Destination (1:4-5a)
      
   5. Dedication ((1:5b-6)
      
   6. Motto (1:7)
      
   7. Imprimatur (1:8)
   
   
2. Vision I: Christ in the Church: The Living One (1:9-3:22)
   Place: Patmos
   
   1. The Portrait (1:9-20)
      
   2. The Messages (2:1-3:22)
      
      1. To Ephesus (2:1-7)
         
      2. To Smyrna (2:8-11)
         
      3. To Pergamum (2:12-17)
         
      4. To Thyatira (2:18-29)
         
      5. To Sardis (3:1-6)
         
      6. To Philadelphia (3:7-13)
         
      7. To Laodicea (3:14-22)
   
   
3. Vision II. Christ in the Cosmos: Redeemer (4:1-16:21)
   Place: Heaven
   
   1. The Scene in Heaven (4:1-5:14)
      
   2. The Seven Seals (6:1-8:5)
      
      1. The white horse (6:1-2)
         
      2. The red horse (6:3-4)
         
      3. The black horse (6:5-6)
         
      4. The pale horse (6:7-8)
         
      5. The souls of martyrs (6:9-11)
         
      6. The signs in heaven (6:12-17)
         Parenthesis: The sealing of 144,000 (7:1-17)
         
      7. The silence in heaven (8:1-5)
      
      
   3. The Seven Trumpets (8:6-11:19)
      
      1. Hail, fire, and blood (8:7)
         
      2. Sea turned into blood (8:8-9)
         
      3. Star falling upon waters (8:10-11)
         
      4. Sun, moon, and stars darkened (8:12-13)
         
      5. Opening of bottomless pit (9:1-12)
         
      6. Loosing of four angels (9:13-21)
         

         Parenthesis: (10:1-11:14)
         (1) The little book (10:1-11)
         (2) Measuring of temple (11:1-3)
         (3) Two witnesses (11:4-14)

      7. Announcement of consumation (11:15-19)
      
      
   4. The Signs (12:1-16:21)
      
      1. The woman (12:1-2)
         
      2. The dragon (12:3-4)
         
      3. The man-child (12:5-6)
         
      4. Michael, the archangel (12:7-17)
         
      5. The beast from the sea (13:1-10)
         
      6. Another beast from the earth (13:11-18)
         
      7. The Lamb on Mt. Zion (14:1-5)
         
      8. The angelic messages: (14:6-12)
         
         1. The call to judgment (14:6-7)
            
         2. The fall of Babylon (14:8)
            
         3. The warning of wrath (14:9-12)
      9. The blessing of the dead (14:13)
         
      10. The call to harvest (14:14-16)
          
      11. The reaping of grapes of wrath (14:17-20)
      
      
   5. The Seven Bowls of Wrath (15:1-16:21)
      
      1. The scene in heaven (15:1-8)
         
      2. The bowls of wrath (16:1-21)
         
         1. The sores on men (16:2)
            
         2. Turning of sea into blood (16:3)
            
         3. Turning of fountains into blood (16:4-7)
            
         4. Increase of heat of sun (16:8-9)
            
         5. Darkness (16:10-11)
            
         6. Unclean spirits (16:12-15)
            
         7. Consumation (16:17-21)
   
   
4. Vision III: Christ in Conquest: The Warrior (17:1-21:8)
   Place: Wilderness
   
   1. The Destruction of Babylon (17:1-18:24)
      
   2. The Rejoicing in Heaven (19:1-10)
      
   3. The Overthrow of the Beast (19:11-21)
      
   4. The Binding of Satan (20:1-3)
      
   5. The Millennial Reign (20:4-6)
      
   6. The Final Rebellion (20:7-10)
      
   7. The White Throne Judgment (20:11-15)
      
   8. The New Heavens and the New Earth (21:1-8)
   
   
5. Vision IV: Christ in Consummation: The Lamb (21:9-22:5)
   Place: A Mountain
   
   1. The City of God (21:9-21)
      
   2. The Worship of God (21:21-27)
      
   3. The Blessing of God (22:1-5)
   
   
6. Epilogue: Christ Challenging (22:6-21)
   
   1. Testimony to the truth of this prophecy (22:6-10)
      
   2. Reward (22:11-15)
      
   3. Invitation (22:16-17)
      
   4. Warning (22:18-20)
      
   5. Benediction (22:21)