Outline of Revelation
—A useful guide for study
The Revelation of Christ (Revelation 1-5) >The Prologue >The Introduction >Resource: Outline of visions John saw and recorded
Now before we proceed further with our studies of the book of Revelation, I would like to provide you with an outline of the book as a useful guide to your study. This outline shows you the structure of the book. Use this outline for reference as you study.
1 The Revelation of Christ (Revelation 1-5)
PROLOGUE
The book’s own introduction to itself (Revelation 1:1-7)
First vision —a vision of Christ (Revelation 1:8-20)
SEVEN CHURCHES
(1st) Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7)
(2nd) Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)
(3rd) Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17)
(4th) Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29)
(5th) Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6)
(6th) Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13)
(7th) Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22)
SEVEN SCENES IN HEAVEN
(1st) The elders around the throne (Revelation 4:1-5)
(2nd) The four living creatures (Revelation 4:6-11)
(3rd) The sealed scroll (Revelation 5:1-4)
(4th) The worthy Lamb (Revelation 5:5-7)
(5th) Song of the creatures & elders (Revelation 5:8-10)
(6th) Song of the angels (Revelation 5:11-12)
(7th) Song of the universe (Revelation 5:13-14)
2 Times of Tribulation (Revelation 6-11)
SEVEN SEALS
(1st) White horse of earthly conquest and dominion (Revelation 6:1-2)
(2nd) Red horse of slaughter and bloodshed (Revelation 6:3-4)
(3rd) Black horse of commerce and economic crisis (Revelation 6:5-6)
(4th) Pale horse of death (Revelation 6:7-8)
(5th) The little while (Revelation 6:9-11)
(6th) The day of God’s wrath (Revelation 6:12-17)
~ The multitudes of saved (Revelation 7:1-17)
(7th) Seventh Seal Broken (Revelation 8:1-5)
SEVEN TRUMPETS AND SCOURGES
(1st) Scourge of earth (Revelation 8:6-7)
(2nd) Scourge of sea (Revelation 8:8-9)
(3rd) Scourge of rivers (Revelation 8:10-11)
(4th) Scourge of the heavens (Revelation 8:12)
~ Eagle announces three woes (Revelation 8:13)
~ The bottomless pit (Revelation 9:1-2)
(5th) 1st woe, Plague of locusts (Revelation 9:3-12)
(6th) 2nd woe, The killing horses (Revelation 9:12-21)
~ The little book (Revelation 10:1-11)
~ The two witnesses prophesy (Revelation 11:1-6)
~ The two witnesses killed (Revelation 11:7-13)
(7th) 3rd woe, God’s wrath and the Eternal Kingdom (Revelation 11:14-19)
3 The Judgment of the Beasts (Revelation 12-20)
SEVEN SIGNS
(1st) A splendid woman gives birth to a man child (Revelation 12:1-4)
(2nd) The dragon appears from the sky (Revelation 12:4)
~ The man child's ascension (Revelation 12:5-6)
~ The dragon's defeat in heaven (Revelation 12:7-9)
~ Heaven's victory song (Revelation 12:10-12)
~ The woman's escape (Revelation 12:13-17)
(3rd) The Beast
~ Appears from the sea (Revelation 13:1-2)
~ Has dragon's authority (Revelation 13:3-10)
(4th) The False prophet
~ Appears from the earth (Revelation 13:11)
~ Has beast's authority (Revelation 13:12)
~ His great deception (Revelation 13:13-14)
~ The image he made live (Revelation 13:15)
~ The mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16-17)
~ The number of the beast (Revelation 13:18)
(5th) The Lamb on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1-5)
(6th) Three angelic messengers (Revelation 14:6-13)
(7th) The two reapers (Revelation 14:14-20)
SEVEN PLAGUES
The heavenly singers (Revelation 15:1-8)
The bowls of God’s wrath (Revelation 16:1-21)
SEVEN FINAL VISIONS
(1st) The atrocious woman, Mother of Harlots (Revelation 17:1-6)
~ An angel explains (Revelation 17:11-18)
(2nd) Seven songs of woe to "Babylon"
~ The angel from heaven (Revelation 18:1-3)
~ Second voice from heaven (Revelation 18:4-9)
~ Kings of earth (Revelation 18:9-10)
~ The merchants (Revelation 18:11-16)
~ The sailors (Revelation 18:17-20)
~ A mighty angel (Revelation 18:21-24)
~ Multitude in heaven (Revelation 19:1-6)
(3rd) The wedding supper announced (Revelation 19:7-10)
(4th) King on a white horse (Revelation 19:11-21)
(5th) The Abyss and thousand years (Revelation 20:1-10)
(6th) The dead are judged (Revelation 20:11-15)
4 The Beauty of Heaven (Revelation 21-22)
(7th) Heaven for the Saved
~ New heavens and new earth (Revelation 21:1-8)
~ The heavenly city (Revelation 21:9-27)
~ The heavenly Eden (Revelation 22:1-5)
EPILOGUE
The last words of Jesus (Revelation 22:6-21)
