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Outline of Revelation

I. Introduction, 1:1-3. II.
II. The letters to the seven churches, 1:4 to 3:22.
A. Salutation, 1:4-8.
B. Revelation of Christ (In the heavenly sanctuary), 1:9-20.
C. Message to Ephesus, 2:1-7.
D. Message to Smyrna, 2:8-11.
E. Message to Pergamos, 2: 12-17.
F. Message to Thyatira, 2:18-29
G. Message to Sardis, 3:1-13
H. Message to Philadelphia, 3:7-15.
I. Message to Laodicea, 3:14-22.
III. The throne of God and the book with seven seals, 4:1 to 8:1.
A. The throne of God, 4:1-11.
B. The triumph of the Christ, 5:1-14.
C. The first six seals, 6:1-17.
  1. The first seal: the white horse, 6:1, 2.
  2. The second seal: the red horse, 6:3, 4.
  3. The third seal: the black horse, 6;5, 6.
  4. The fourth seal: the pale horse, 6:7, 8.
  5. The filth seal: the plea of the martyrs, 6:9-11.
  6. The sixth seal: the day of God's wrath, 6:12-17.
D. The sealing of the 144,000, 7:1-8.
E. The great multitude, 7:9-17.
F. The seventh seal, 8:1.
IV. The seven trumpets  8:2 to 11:19.
A. Sanctuary introduction to the trumpets, 8:2-6.
B. The first six trumpets, 8:7 to 9:21.
  1. The first trumpet,  8:7.
  2. The second trumpet, 8:8, 9.
  3. The third trumpet, 8:10, 11.
  4. The fourth trumpet, 8:12, 13.
  5. The fifth trumpet, 9:1-12.
  6. The sixth trumpet, 9:13-21.
C. Little book, 10:1-11.
D. Measuring the temple, 11:1, 2.
E. The two witnesses, 11:3-14.
F. The seventh trumpet, 11:15-19.     
G. Fourth Sanctuary 11:19
V. The end time events in the controversy between Christ and Satan, 12:1 to 20:15.
A. Satan makes war upon the remnant Church, 12:1 to 13:14.
  1. The Woman, 12:1-6.
  2. The war in Heaven, 12:7-12.
  3. The war on earth, 12:13-17.
  4. The leopard beast, 13:1-10.
  5.The two-horned beast, 13:11-14.
B. Issues involved in the last conflict, 13:15 to 14:20.
  1. Satan's ultimatum to the people of God: the image and mark of the beast,  13:15-18.
  2. Triumph of the 144,000 over the beast, its image, and mark, 14:1-5.
  3. The three angels' messages, 14:6-12.
   a. First - Everlasting gospel
   b. Second -Babylon is Fallen
   c. Third - Come out of Babylon
   d. The responders to the Messages 
  4. Defeat for those who reject God's final appeal, 14:13-20.
C. The seven last last plagues: divine judgments upon the wicked, 15:1 to 17:18.
  1. An affirmation of divine justice, 15:1-4.
  2. The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven, 15:5-8
  3. Preparation for the wrath of God, 15:5 to 16:1.
  4.  The seven last plagues, 16:2-21.
  5. The arraignment of Babylon the great, 17:1-18.
D. The final call to leave Babylon, 18:1-4.
E. The desolation of Babylon, 18:5-24.
F. The coronation of Christ as King of kings, 19:1-10.
G. Christ's second advent and conquest of this earth, 19:11-21.
H. The millennium: the extermination of sin and sinners, 20:1-15.
VI. The New Earth , 21:1 to 22:5.
A. The New Jerusalem, 21.1-27.(only brief comments see "The New Earth")
B. The river and tree of life, 22:1, 2.
C. The eternal reward of the saints, 22:3-5.
VII. Conclusion: Admonition and Invitation, 22:6-21.
A. Reception of the book and its message, 22:6-10.
B. The Final Appeal, 22:11-21.