Revelation: Table of Contents

Preface

3

Table of Contents

5

Reprint Guidelines

8

References and Abbreviations

9

Introduction to the Book of Revelation

11

 

Influence

11

 

Type of Literature

12

 

Date and Author

12

 

Intended Readers

13

 

Purpose and Theme

13

 

Structure

13

 

Interpretation

14

 

Principles of Interpretation

15

 

Translation

15

 

How This Study Works

16

1. Christ in the Midst of the Lampstands (chapter 1)

18

 

Prologue (1:1-3)

19

 

Greetings (1:4-5a)

20

 

Numbers in the Bible

20

 

Doxology and Response (1:5b-7)

21

 

Tribulation (1:9)

22

 

Geography (1:9-11)

23

 

Symbolic Representation of Christ (1:12-20)

23

2. Letters to the Seven Churches (chapters 2-3)

26

 

The Church in Ephesus (2:1-7)

26

 

The Church in Smyrna (2:8-11)

28

 

The Church in Pergamum (2:12-17)

29

 

The Church in Thyatira (2:18-29)

29

 

The Church in Sardis (3:1-6)

30

 

The Church in Philadelphia (3:7-13)

31

 

The Church in Laodicea (3:14-22)

32

3. The Lion That Is the Lamb (chapters 4-5)

34

4. The 144,000 (chapters 6-10)

39

 

The Seven Seals (6:1-17)

40

 

The 144,000 (7:1-8)

42

 

The Great Multitude in White Robes (7:9-17)

44

 

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer (8:1-5)

46

 

The Seven Trumpets (8:6-9:21)

46

 

The Angel and the Little Scroll (10:1-11)

48

5. By the Blood of the Lamb (chapters 11-13)

51

 

The Two Witnesses (11:1-14)

51

 

The Seventh Trumpet (11:15-19)

55

 

The Woman and the Dragon (12:1-13:1a)

55

 

The Beast out of the Sea (13:1b-10)

58

 

The Beast out of the Earth (13:11-18)

59

6. Alas, Babylon! (chapters 14-18)

62

 

The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5)

62

 

The Three Angels (14:6-13)

63

 

The Harvest of the Earth (14:14-20)

64

 

Seven Angels with Seven Plagues (15:1-8)

65

 

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath (16:1-21)

66

 

The Woman on the Beast (17:1-18)

68

 

The Fall of Babylon (18:1-24)

69

7. The Millennium (chapters 19-20)

71

 

Praise from the Heavenly Multitude (19:1-10)

71

 

The Rider on the White Horse (19:11-21)

73

 

The Thousand Years (20:1-15)

74

8. We Shall See His Face (chapters 21-22)

80

 

The New Jerusalem (21:1-27)

80

 

The River of Life (22:1-6)

84

 

Jesus Is Coming (22:7-21)

85

Appendix 1: Questions for Group Participants

87

Appendix 2: Charts

99

Appendix 3. Songs and Hymns Based on Revelation

109

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