OUTLINE OF REVELATION 1 – 5

INTRODUCTION (1:1-20)

   1. Introduction and benediction (1-3)

   2. Greetings to the seven churches of Asia (4-6)

   3. The Lord Jesus announces His coming (7)

   4. The Lord Jesus identifies Himself (8)

THE VISION OF JESUS CHRIST AMONG THE LAMPSTANDS (1:9-20)

   1. John instructed to write to the seven churches (9-11)

   2. John’s vision of the seven golden lampstands (12)

   3. John’s description of the Son of Man (13-16)

   4. The Lord comforts John (17-18)

   5. John’s command to write (19)

   6. Description of the stars and the lampstands (20)

THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (2:1-3:22)

   1. The church at Ephesus (2:1-7)

   2. The church at Smyrna (2:8-11)

   3. The church at Pergamos (2:12-17)

   4. The church at Thyatira (2:18-29)

   5. The church at Sardis (3:1-6)

   6. The church at Philadelphia (3:7-13)

   7. The church at Laodicea (3:14-22)

THE THRONE ROOM IN HEAVEN (4:1-11)

   1. John taken up to heaven (1)

   2. God’s throne (2-6)

   3. The living creatures around the throne (6-8)

   4. The twenty-four elders worship God (9-11)

THE ONLY ONE WORTHY TO TAKE THE SCROLL (5:1-14)

   1. The Lamb takes the scroll (1-7)

   2. Songs of worship (8-14)