outline of Revelation

1.  Introduction (ch. 1)

1. Prologue (1:1-3)
2. Greeting and Praise (1:4-8)
3. Vision of Christ the Judge (1:9-20)

2.  Exhortations to the Seven Churches (chs. 2; 3)

1. Ephesus (2:1-7)
2. Smyrna (2:8-11)
3. Pergamum (2:12-17)
4. Thyatira (2:18-29)
5. Sardis (3:1-6)
6. Philadelphia (3:7-13)
7. Laodicea (3:14-22)

3.  Heavenly Visions (4:1-22:5)

1. Cycle One:  The Scroll and Its Seven Seals (4:1-8:1)

   1.  God the King, and Christ the Worthy One (chs. 4; 5)
   2.  Opening Six Seals (ch. 6)
   3.  Care for the Saints (ch. 7)
   4.  Opening the Seventh Seal (8:1)
    

2. Cycle Two:  Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets (8:2-11:19)

   1.  Seven Angels Before God (8:2-6)
   2.  Six Angels Blow Their Trumpets (8:7-9:21)
   3.  Care for John and the Two Witnesses (10:1-11:14)
   4.  The Seventh Angel Blows His Trumpet (11:15-19)
    

3. Cycle Three:  Seven Symbolic Histories (chs. 12-14)

   1.  Principal Personages:  the People of God versus Satan (12:1-6)
   2.  Six Symbolic Histories Unfold (12:7-14:11)
        a.  History of the Dragon (12:7-12)
        b.  History of the Woman (12:13-17)
        c.  History of the Beast from the Sea (13:1-10)
        d.  History of the Beast from the Earth--the False Prophet (13:11-18)
        e.  The 144,000 (14:1-5)
        f.  Three Angelic Messengers (14:6-11)
   3.  Care for the Saints (14:12, 13)
   4.  The Seventh Symbolic History (One Like the Son of Man) Unfolds (14:14-20)
    

4. Cycle Four:  Seven Bowls of God's Wrath from the Temple (chs. 15; 16)
5. Cycle Five:  Judgment on Babylon and Vindication of the Church (17:1-19:10)
6. Cycle Six:  The Final Battle (19:11-21)
7. Cycle Seven:  The Reign of the Saints and the Last Judgment (20:1-21:8)
8. The New Jerusalem (21:9-22:5)

4.  Final Exhortations (22:6-20)

5.  Closing Blessing (22:21)