Monday, October 24, 2016

Book of Revelations: Outline

Book of Revelations Outline 
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Outline
INTRODUCTION (1:1-20)
  1. Introduction and benediction (1-3)
  2. Greetings to the seven churches of Asia (4-6)
  3. Announcement of Christ's coming (7)
  4. The Lord's self-designation (8)
  1. A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CONFLICT (1:9-11:19)
    1. VISION OF CHRIST AMONG THE LAMPSTANDS (1:9-20)
    2. LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (2:1-3:22)
      1. The church at Ephesus (2:1-7)
      2. The church at Smyrna (2:8-11)
      3. The church at Pergamos (2:12-17)
      4. The church at Thyatira (2:18-29)
      5. The church at Sardis (3:1-6)
      6. The church at Philadelphia (3:7-13)
      7. The church at Laodicea (3:14-22)
    3. THE THRONE SCENE (4:1-5:11)
      1. God on the throne (4:1-11)
      2. The Lamb worthy to open the seven-sealed scroll (5:1-14)
    4. THE OPENING OF THE SEVEN SEALS (6:1-8:1)
      1. First seal: The white horse and its rider (6:1-2)
      2. Second seal: The red horse and its rider (6:3-4)
      3. Third seal: The black horse and its rider (6:5-6)
      4. Fourth seal: The pale horse and its rider(s) (6:7-8)
      5. Fifth seal: The martyrs under the altar (6:9-11)
      6. Sixth seal: Cataclysmic disturbances (6:12-17)
      7. Interlude: Sealing of the 144,000 on earth, and the great multitude in heaven (7:1-17)
      8. Seventh seal: Silence in heaven (8:1)
    5. THE SOUNDING OF SEVEN TRUMPETS (8:2-11:19)
      1. Seven angels prepare to sound their trumpets (8:2-6)
      2. First trumpet: Third of vegetation destroyed (8:7)
      3. Second trumpet: Third of sea creatures and ships destroyed (8:8-9)
      4. Third trumpet: Third of rivers and springs become bitter, many men die (8:10-11)
      5. Fourth trumpet: Third of sun, moon, and stars struck, affecting day and night (8:12)
      6. Three-fold woe announced (8:13)
      7. Fifth trumpet (first woe): Locusts from the bottomless pit, sent to torment men (9:1-12)
      8. Sixth trumpet (second woe): Four angels with an army of two hundred million, killing a third of mankind (9:13-21)
      9. Another interlude (10:1-11:14)
        1. The angel with the little book (10:1-11)
        2. The two witnesses (11:1-13)
      10. Seventh trumpet (third woe): The victory of Christ and His kingdom proclaimed (11:14-19)
  2. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CONFLICT (12:1-22:5)
    1. THE GREAT CONFLICT (12:1-14:20)
      1. The Woman, the Child, the Dragon, and the rest of the Woman's offspring (12:1-17)
      2. The beast from the sea (13:1-10)
      3. The beast from the land (13:11-18)
      4. The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion (14:1-5)
      5. Proclamations of three angels (14:6-13)
      6. Reaping the earth's harvest, and the grapes of wrath (14:14-20)
    2. THE SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH (15:1-16:21)
      1. Prelude to pouring out the seven bowls of wrath (15:1-8)
      2. First bowl: Sores on those who worshipped the beast and his image (16:1-2)
      3. Second bowl: Sea turns to blood, all sea creatures die (16:3)
      4. Third bowl: Rivers and springs turn to blood (16:4-7)
      5. Fourth bowl: Men are scorched by the sun (16:8-9)
      6. Fifth bowl: Pain and darkness upon the beast and his kingdom (16:10-11)
      7. Sixth bowl: Euphrates dried up, three unclean spirits gather the kingdoms of the earth for the battle at Armageddon (16:12-16)
      8. Seventh bowl: Great earthquake, the great city divided, Babylon is remembered, cataclysmic events (16:17-21)
    3. THE FALL OF BABYLON, THE HARLOT (17:1-19:10)
      1. The scarlet woman and the scarlet beast (17:1-6)
      2. The mystery of the woman and beast explained (17:7-18)
      3. The fall of Babylon the great proclaimed and mourned (18:1-24)
      4. The exaltation in heaven over the fall of the great harlot (19:1-5)
      5. The announcement of the marriage supper of the Lamb (19:6-10)
    4. THE DEFEAT OF THE LAMB'S ENEMIES (19:11-20:15)
      1. Christ the victorious warrior and King of kings (19:11-16)
      2. The beast, his armies, and the false prophet (land beast) are defeated (19:17-21)
      3. Satan is bound for a thousand years, while those martyred reign with Christ (20:1-6)
      4. Satan released to deceive the nations once more, but is finally defeated once for all (20:7-10)
      5. The final judgment (20:11-15)
    5. THE ETERNAL DESTINY OF THE REDEEMED (21:1-22:5)
      1. The new heaven and new earth, the New Jerusalem, God dwelling with His people (21:1-8)
      2. The New Jerusalem described (21:9-27)
      3. The water of life, the tree of life, and the throne of God and the Lamb (22:1-5)
CONCLUSION (22:6-21)
  1. The time is near, do not seal up the book (22:6-11)
  2. The testimony of Jesus, the Spirit, and the bride (22:12-17)
  3. Warning not to tamper with the book, and closing prayers (22:18-21)
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