1. PROLOGUE (1:1–20)
- a. Introduction (1:1–3)
- b. Salutation (1:4–8)
- c. The first vision (1:9–20)
- i. The command to write (1:9–11)
- ii. The vision of the glorious Lord (1:12–20)
2. THE LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES (2:1–3:22)
- a. To the church of Ephesus (2:1–7)
- b. To the church of Smyrna (2:8–11)
- c. To the church of Pergamum (2:12–17)
- d. To the church of Thyatira (2:18–29)
- e. To the church of Sardis (3:1–6)
- f. To the church of Philadelphia (3:7–13)
- g. To the church of Laodicea (3:14–22)
3. VISION OF HEAVEN (4:1–11)
4.THE SEVEN SEALS (5:1–8:5)
- a. The unopened book (5:1–4)
- b. The Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5–14)
- c. The first seal (6:1–2)
- d. The second seal (6:3–4)
- e. The third seal (6:5–6)
- f. The fourth seal (6:7–8)
- g. The fifth seal (6:9–11)
- h. The sixth seal (6:12–17)
- i. An interlude (7:1–17)
- i. The sealing of the servants of God (7:1–8)
- ii. The great multitude (7:9–17)
- j. The seventh seal (8:1–5)
5. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS (8:6–11:19)
- a. The first trumpet (8:6–7)
- b. The second trumpet (8:8–9)
- c. The third trumpet (8:10–11)
- d. The fourth trumpet (8:12)
- e. The eagle (8:13)
- f. The fifth trumpet (9:1–12)
- g. The sixth trumpet (9:13–21)
- h. An interlude (10:1–11:14)
- i. The little book and the seven thunders (10:1–4)
- ii. The angel’s oath (10:5–7)
- iii. The little book (10:8–11)
- iv. The two witnesses (11:1–14)
- i. The seventh trumpet (11:15–19)
6. SEVEN SIGNIFICANT SIGNS (12:1–14:20)
- a. The woman clothed with the sun (12:1–6)
- b. Satan cast out (12:7–12)
- c. War between Satan and the woman and her son (12:13–17)
- d. The beast from the sea (13:1–10)
- e. The beast from the earth (13:11–18)
- f. The Lamb on Mount Zion (14:1–5)
- g. The harvest of the earth (14:6–20)
- i. Three angels proclaim judgment (14:6–12)
- ii. The dead who die in the Lord (14:13)
- iii. The reaper on the cloud (14:14–16)
- iv. The vintage (14:17–20)
7. THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES (15:1–16:21)
- a. Preliminaries (15:1–8)
- b. The first bowl (16:1–2)
- c. The second bowl (16:3)
- d. The third bowl (16:4–7)
- e. The fourth bowl (16:8–9)
- f. The fifth bowl (16:10–11)
- g. The sixth bowl (16:12–16)
- h. The seventh bowl (16:17–21)
8. THE TRIUMPH OF ALMIGHTY GOD (17:1–20:15)
- a. The judgment of the great whore (17:1–18)
- i. The woman seated on the beast (17:1–6)
- ii. The significance of the woman and the beast (17:7–14)
- iii. The punishment of the whore (17:15–18)
- b. The judgment of Babylon (18:1–19:5)
- i. The fall of Babylon (18:1–3)
- ii. A call to leave the city (18:4–5)
- iii. Judgment on the city (18:6–8)
- iv. A lament over the city’s fall (18:9–19)
- v. The destruction of the city (18:20–24)
- vi. A thanksgiving for the judgment of Babylon (19:1–5)
- c. The marriage of the Lamb (19:6–10)
- d. The final victory (19:11–20:15)
- i. One called ‘the Word of God’ (19:11–16)
- ii. The overthrow of the beast and of the false prophet (19:17–21)
- iii. Satan bound (20:1–3)
- iv. The first resurrection (20:4–6)
- v. Satan’s final overthrow (20:7–10)
- vi. The last judgment (20:11–15)
9. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH (21:1–22:5)
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a. ‘God … with them’ (21:1–4)
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b. Separation between good and evil (21:5–8)
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c. The holy city (21:9–21)
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d. ‘No night there’ (21:22–22:5)
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EPILOGUE (22:6–21)