- 1:1–8 Revelatory-epistolary prologue
- 1:9–20 John’s commission and vision of Jesus
- 2:1–3:22 Messages to the assemblies in the seven cities
- 4:1–5:14 Worship in heaven
- 6:1–17 The opening of the seven seals of the scroll (completed in 8:1)
- 7:1–17 Interlude: a twofold vision of the people of God
- 8:2–9:21 The blowing of the seven trumpets (completed in 11:15–19)
- 10:1–11:14 Interlude: the prophetic task of John and God’s people
- 12:1–17 The woman, the dragon and the male child
- 13:1–18 The beast from the sea and the beast from the land
- 14:1–20 The 144,000 and the visions of harvest
- 15:1–16:21 The pouring out of the seven bowls
- 17:1–19:10 The great prostitute and the scarlet beast
- 19:11–20:15 Visions of God’s eschatological victory
- 21:1–22:5 The ultimate vision: the New Jerusalem
- 22:6–21 Revelatory-epistolary epilogue
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