Bible Study - Revelation Overview

Revelation Outline

A General Outline by Merrill C. Tenny

Prologue - Christ Communicating

• Rev 1:1      Title
• Rev 1:2      Agent
• Rev 1:3      Commendation
• Rev 1:4-5   Destination
• Rev 1:5-6   Dedication
• Rev 1:7      Motto
• Rev 1:8      Imprimatur

                  

Rev 1:9 to Rev 3:22     

Vision 1: Christ in the church: The Living One   

Place: Patmos

• Scene in heaven, 24 elders, 4 living creatures, angels 
  Rev 4:1-11 to Rev 5:1-14   (Luk 22:30)
• Christ revealed as the Lamb of God 
  Rev 5:6, Isa 53:1, John 1:29, John 1:35
• Christ revealed as the Lion of the tribe of Judah 
  Rev 5:5, Gen 49:9-10, Gen 43:9, Gen 44:1-34 
• Christ revealed as the root of David 
• Rev 5:5, 2 Sam 7:16, Psa 89:1-52, Psa 132:11, Isa 11:1-10

Rev 4:1 to Rev 16:21   

Vision 2: Christ in the cosmos: The Redeemer   

Place: Heaven

• The 7 seals  Rev 6:17 to Rev 8:1-5
• Rev 6:1-2       1 - White horse - goes out conquering (antichrist)
• Rev 6:3-4       2 - Red horse - takes peace from the earth (war)
• Rev 6:5-6       3 - Black horse - weighs goods, scarcity of goods  (famine)
• Rev 6:7-8       4 - Pale horse - brings death and hades, power to kill 1/4 of remaining survivors with sword, hunger, beast of the earth
• Rev 6:9-11     5 - Souls of the martyrs under the alter.
• Rev 6:12-17   6 - Great earthquake and signs in the heavens, everyone hides
• Rev 7:1-17                 The sealing of the 144,000, of the 12 tribes of Israel (Luk 22:30)
• Rev 8:1-5       7 - Silence in heaven for 1/2 hour at the opening of the 7th seal, then voices, thunderings, lightenings, an earthquake
  

• The 7 Trumpets  Rev 8:6-13 to Rev 11:1-19
• Rev 8:7           1 - 1/3rd of trees and grass burnt
• Rev 8:8-9        2 - great mountain burning into the sea, 1/3rd of sea turned to blood, 1/3rd of sea creatures die, 1/3rd of ships at sea destroyed.
• Rev 8:10-11     3 - burning star, Wormwood, turns 1/3rd of waters bitter and many die
• Rev 8:12-13    4 - 1/3rd of Sun, moon and stars darkened, 3 woes for next three trumpets
• Rev 9:1-12      5 - 1st woe - Opening of the bottomless pit, locust (demons) released, with power to sting like scorpions for 5 monts, men seek death but don't find it.
• Rev 9:13-21   6 - 2nd woe - loosing of the 4 angels bound in the Euphrates to destroy 1/3rd of men left alive, the army of 200,000, 000, people do not repent.
  Rev 11:3-12         The two witnesses 
• Rev 11:15-19  7 - 3rd woe - kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of the Lord.voices, thunderings, earthquake, and great hail.

• The Signs  Rev 12:1-17 to Rev 16:1-21
• Personages
• Rev 12:1-2           The woman (Israel)
• Rev 12:3-4          The dragon
• Rev 12:5-6           The man child
• Rev 12:7-17         Michael, the archangel
• Rev 13:1-10         The beast from the sea
• Rev 13:11-18       The beast from the earth
• Rev 14:1-5           The Lamb on Mt. Zion

• The Angelic Messages
• Rev 14:6-7          The call to judgment
• Rev 14:8              The fall of Babylon
• Rev 14:9-12         The warning of wrath
• Rev 14:13            The blessing of the dead
• Rev 14:14-16       The call to harvest 
• Rev 14:17-20      The reaping of the grapes of wrath

• The 7 Bowls  Rev 15:1-8 to Rev 16:1-21
• Rev 15:1-8           The scene in heaven
• Rev 16:1-21         The judgments
• Rev 16:2         1 - The sore on men
• Rev 16:3         2 - Turning of the sea to blood
• Rev 16:4-7      3 - Turning the fountains into blood
• Rev 16:8-9      4 - Men scorched by the sun
• Rev 16:10-11   5 - Darkness
• Rev 16:12-16   6 - Unclean spirits
• Rev 16:17-21   7 - Consummation, 100 lb hail, greatest earthquake,

Rev 17:1 to Rev 21:8   

Vision 3: Christ in conquest: The Warrior                      

Place: Wilderness

• Rev 17:1-18 to Rev 18:1-24    The destruction of Babylon
• Rev 19:1-10           Rejoicing in heaven
• Rev 19:7-9             Marriage supper of the Lamb
• Rev 19:10              The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy
• Rev 19:11-21         The overthrow of the beast, the revelation of Jesus on the white horse.
• Rev 20:1-3            The binding of Satan
• Rev 20:4-6            The millennial reign
• Rev 20:11-15         The judgment of the dead
• Rev 21:1-8            The new heavens and the new earth

Rev 21:9 to Rev 22:5

Vision 4: Christ in consummation: The Lamb                

Place: A mountain

• Rev 21:9-21      The city of God
• Rev 21:22-27    The worship of God
• Rev 22:1-5        The blessings of God

Epilogue: Christ Challenging

• Rev 22:6-21     Challenge to obedience - will
• Rev 22:10-15   Challenge to reward - intellect
• Rev 22:16-20   Challenge to fellowship - emotions
• Rev 22:21        Benediction