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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