I. Introduction (1:1–3:22)

A. Title and Blessing (1:1–3)

B. Epistolary Introduction (1:4–8)

C. Narrative Introduction (1:9–20)

1. Setting (1:9–11)

2. Vision of the Son of Man (1:12–16)

3. Jesus’ Message (1:17–20)

D. Letters to the Seven Churches (2:1–3:22)

1. Ephesus: Lost Love (2:1–7)

2. Smyrna: Suffering Saints (2:8–11)

3. Pergamum: Fornicating Faction (2:12–17)

4. Thyatira: Compromising Christians (2:18–27)

5. Sardis: Sinful Slumber (3:1–6)

6. Philadelphia: Persevering Pillars (3:7–13)

7. Laodicea: Prosperous Paupers (3:14–22)

II. Visions of the Heavenly Temple (4:1–5:14)

A. Worship in Heaven (4:1–11)

B. Worthy to Open the Book (5:1–7)

C. In Praise of the Lamb (5:8–14)

III. The Seals (6:1–8:1)

A. The Horse Riders (6:1–8)

1. Conquest (6:1–2)

2. War (6:3–4)

3. Famine (6:5–6)

4. Death by Various Means (6:7–8)

B. Martyrdom and Doomsday (6:9–17)

1. Martyred for Their Good News (6:9–11)

2. Cosmic Dissolution (6:12–17)

C. Interlude: Saints on Earth and in Heaven (7:1–17)

1. God’s End-Time Army (7:1–8)

2. The Multicultural Multitude of Martyrs (7:9–17)

D. The Seventh Seal (8:1)

IV. The Trumpets (8:2–11:19)

A. Prayers as the Preface of Judgment (8:2–6)

B. First Four Plagues (8:7–13)

C. Two Plagues of Invasions (9:1–21)

1. A Demonic Locust Army (9:1–12)

2. Demonic Parthians (9:13–21)

D. Second Interlude (10:1–11)

1. Seven Secret Thunders (10:1–7)

2. A Prophetic Commission (10:8–11)

3. Measuring the Oppressed Temple (11:1–2)

4. God’s Two Witnesses (11:3–14)

E. Final Trumpet: End of the Age (11:15–19)

V. The Saints Versus the Serpent (12:1–14:20)

A. The Woman and Her Seed (12:1–17)

1. God’s People, Christ and Satan (12:1–6)

2. Heavenly Warfare (12:7–12)

3. The Dragon’s Persecution (12:13–17)

B. The Dragon’s Two Beasts (13:1–18)

1. The False Messiah (13:1–10)

2. The False Priest (13:11–18)

C. The Victorious Martyrs (14:1–5)

D. God’s Triumph Over Babylon (14:6–20)

1. Songs of God’s Triumph Over Babylon (14:6–8)

2. Beast-Worshipers’ Damnation (14:9–11)

3. Saints Rest in Peace (14:12–13)

4. Judgments Against the World (14:14–20)

VI. Bowls of Anger (15:1–16:21)

A. Narrative Introduction to the Bowls (15:1–16:1)

1. Announcement of Plagues (15:1)

2. Victorious Martyrs of the New Exodus (15:2–4)

3. Judgments From Heavenly Temple (15:5–16:1)

B. Bowls of Plagues (16:2–21)

1. Five Plagues (16:2–11)

2. Armageddon (16:12–16)

3. Destruction of the World Order (16:17–21)

VII. The Fate of Babylon (17:1–19:21)

A. Babylon, the Great Prostitute (17:1–18)

1. Viewing the Epitome of Spiritual Immorality (17:1–5)

2. Explaining the Mystery (17:6–18)

B. Lamenting Fallen Babylon (18:1–19:4)

1. Mock Lament for the Prostitute (18:1–3)

2. Call to Resist the World’s Seduction (18:4–8)

3. Mourning of Kings (18:9–10)

4. Mourning Merchants (18:11–19)

5. Summons for God’s Allies to Rejoice (18:20)

6. Avenging the Oppressed (18:21–24)

7. Heaven Celebrates Babylon’s Death (19:1–4)

C. Christ Comes in Judgment (19:5–21)

1. Marriage Supper for Righteous (19:5–10)

2. The Avenging Divine Warrior (19:11–16)

3. Feast on the Wicked (19:17–21)

VIII. The Hope of the Saints (20:1–22:5)

A. Judgments for Righteous and Wicked (20:1–15)

1. Binding the Devil (20:1–3)

2. Resurrection of the Righteous (20:4–6)

3. The Devil’s Last Stand (20:7–10)

4. The Final Judgment of the Damned (20:11–15)

B. New Jerusalem, the Lamb’s Bride (21:1–22:5)

1. The New Creation (21:1–8)

2. The Wealth of New Jerusalem (21:9–22)

3. The Glory of New Jerusalem (21:23–27)

4. The New Eden (22:1–5)

IX. Conclusion (22:6–21)

A. Focus on God, not His Agents (22:6–7)

B. Closing Exhortations (22:10–17)

1. The Time Is at Hand (22:10–12)

2. Jesus’ First Divine Imprimatur (22:13)

3. Fate of Righteous and Wicked (22:14–15)

4. Jesus’ Second Divine Imprimatur (22:16)

5. Invitation to Jesus and to the Audience (22:17)

C. Do Not Tamper With the Book (22:18–19)

D. Jesus’ Promised Coming (22:20)

E. Epistolary Close (22:21)