Revelation of John

REVELATION OF JOHN

picture of the first page of the Book of Revelation

This Book is often called just “Revelation”. It has the proper title of “The Revelation of John”.

Revelation = “apôkalupsis” – meaning disclosure, be revealed; the root word means to take off the cover.

Priority before a study of Revelation of John

These links ate to items that must be understood and reviewed BEFORE any study of Revelation can be started:

“Prerequisites in Scripture for Revelation”

“Study on End Times Prophecy”

OUTLINE OF THE BOOK

Chapter 1 is an Introduction by the Apostle John. He lays out his credentials and background before he shares what God commissioned him to do, which he tells us in chapter 1:19:

“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter”

The Book of Revelation is laid out in that format:

“the things which thou hast seen”

Chapter 1: His Vision of Christ

“and the things which are”

Chapter 2-3: Letters to the seven churches.

“the things which shall be hereafter”

The Rapture of the Saints has taken place.

Chapter 4 Glorious view before the throne of God!

Chapter 5 Opening of the Book with Seven Seals

Daniels Seventieth Week begins

Chapter 6 The First Six of the Seven Seals

Chapter 7 Sealing of 144,000

Chapter 8 The Seventh Seal with Trumpets

Chapter 9 Trumpet 5 and the First Woe

Chapter 10 Trumpet 6 and the Thunders

Chapter 11 Two Witnesses and Trumpet Seven

Chapter 12 Dragon and Sun Clothed Woman

Chapter 13 Two Beasts: Antichrist and False Prophet

Chapter 14 Angelic Declarations

Chapter 15-16 Seven Vials

Chapter 17-18 Babylon The Great

Chapter 19 Marriage Supper and War with God

One Thousand Years of Peace follows 70^th week

Chapter 20 Millennial Reign of Christ

Eternity with the Creator of it all

Chapter 21 New Heaven and Earth

Chapter 22 Tree of Life and Eternity

Throughout the Book of Revelation the Apostle John is a witness to items referred to as: Seals, Trumpets, Woes, Thunders and Vials. This can be confusing when studing to remember location chronologically. This chart will be of aid in that area.

Chart Outlining the sequence of the Seals,

Trumpets, Woes, Thunders and Vials.

Seven Seals – consists of:

First 6 of 7 seals – (Chapter 6)

Seal 1 – White Horse: conquering diplomatically

Seal 2 – Red Horse: political upheaval, no peace, people killing people

Seal 3 – Black Horse: cost of “bread”, famine

Seal 4 – Pale Horse: ¼ population killed by beasts, swords, hunger

Seal 5 – Martyrdom for Faith: death for Word of God receive white robes

Seal 6 – Earthquake, stars fall, sun black, physical world gone berserk

Seal 7 – (Chapter 8) consists of 7 Trumpets (Chapters 8-11)

Trumpet 1 (8:7) – hail and fire mixed with blood

Trumpet 2 (8:8) – mountain burning with fire

Trumpet 3 (8:10) – star falls from Heaven

Trumpet 4 (8:12) – darkness

Trumpet 5 (9:1-12) FIRST WOE: star falls, bottomless pit opened

Trumpet 6 (9:13-21) SECOND WOE: 4 angels kill 1/3 of men

7 Thunders uttered - described in Chap 10

Two Witnesses (11:3) appear: testify for 1260 days, killed and resurrected 3.5 days later. Earthquake and 7000 die. Then WOE 2 ends.

Trumpet 7 (11:15-19) THIRD WOE: WRATH OF GOD

Temple of God opens in Heaven (11:15)

Seven Vials / Bowls / Plaques (Chapters 15-16)

First 4 on Men – last 3 on kingdom of Anti-christ

Vial 1 – Sores on wearers of mark required by Beast

Vial 2 – Sea turned to Blood

Vial 3 – Rivers and Water Sources turned to Blood

Vial 4 – Sun given power to scorch the Earth

Vial 5 – Seat of Beast attacked darkness, pain, sores

Vial 6 – Euphrates River dried up for Kings of East

Vial 7 – It is Done!

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An excellent resource site to aid in the study can be found at:

The Christian Resource Center of New Hampshire.

https://www.crcnh.org/

Please support them by visiting them directly.

Examples of their work which relates to this topic include:

Future Prophesy Timeline.pdf

Seven Churches of Revelation.pdf

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Book of Revelation chart by Clarence Larkin