THE REVELATION TO JOHN - (THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN)

1. THE REVELATION TO JOHN

2. The Seven Churches of the Revelation
(Revelation, 2:1-3:22)

3. INTRODUCTION TO
THE REVELATION TO JOHN
Author: John Date: 90s
Authorship According to the book itself the author’s name
was John (1:4,9; 22:8), a prophet (22:9). Traditionally this
John hasbeen identified asJohn the apostle, the son of Zebedee
(see the Introduction to 1 John does no prove that the
Revelation is different from that of the gospel and the three
epistles literature, the fact that this revelation was given in a
vision, and the circumstances of John’s being a prisoner could
easily account for the differences in style.
Date Clearly the Revelation was written in a period when
Christianswere threatened by Rome, undoubtedly by pressure
to make them recant their faith and accept the cult of emperor
worship. Some maintain that the book was written during
Nero’s persecution of Christians after the burning of Rome in
A.D. 64. However, the more probable date is during the harsh
reign of that warped personality Domitian (A.D. 81-96). This
later date for the book was held by the church Father Irenaeus
and other early Christianwrites, and it agrees better with the
picture of complacency and defection of the churches in
chapters 2 and 3. This dating is widely accepted by modern
scholars.
Interpretation There are four principal viewpoints
concerning the interpretation of this book: (1) the preterist,
which viewsthe propheciesofthe book as having been fulfilled
in the early history of the church; (2) the historical, which
understandsthe book as portraying a panorama of the history
of the church from the days of John to the end of time; (3) the
idealist, which considersthe book a pictorialunfolding of great
principles in constant conflict, without reference to actual
events; and (4) the futurist is the viewpoint taken in these
notes, based on the principle of interpreting the text plainly.
The book is a revelation, or apocalypse (1:1), and as such
is expected to be understood. Much of it is frighteningly clear.
Some symbolsare explained (1:20; 17:1,15), others are no. It is
alwaysimportant tonotice carefully the words “like,” “as” and

4. “as it were” (6:1; 9:7), for these words indicate a comparison,
not an identification.
Contents Thisis the revelationof Jesus Christ, and He is the
center of the entire book (1:1). In His risen glory (chap. 1) He
directs His churches on earth (caps. 2-3). He is the slain and
risen Lamb to whom all worship is directed (chaps. 4-5). The
judgements of the coming seven-year period of tribulation on
this earth are the display of the wrath of the Lamb (chaps. 6-
19; see especially 6:16-17), and the chapter 20, and the new
heavens and new earth in chapters 21 and 22.
The outline of the book is indicated in1:19. The things that
John had seen include the vision of the risen Christ in chapter
1. “What isnow” is described inthe lettersto the seven churches
of Asia Minor in chapters2 and 3. “What will take place later”
are the prophecies of chapters 4-22.

5. OUTLINE OF REVELATION
I. The Prologue, 1:1-8
A. Superscription, 1:1-3
B. The Salutation, 1:4-8
II. “What You Have Seen,” 1:9-20
A. Circumstances of the Vision, 1:9-11
B. Content of the Vision, 1:12-16
C. Consequences of the Vision, 1:17-20
III. “What Is Now,” 2:1-3:22
A. The Message to Ephesus, 2:1-7
B. The Message to Smyrna, 2:8-11
C. The Message to Pergamum, 2:12-17
D. The Message to Thyatira, 2:18-29
E. The Message to Sardis, 3:1-6
F. The Message to Philadelphia, 3:7-13
G. The Message to Laodicea, 3:14-22
IV. “What Will Take Place Later,” 4:1-22:5
A. The Tribulation Period, 4:1-19:21
1. The throne in heaven, 4:1-11
a. The throne, 4:1-3
b. The throng, 4:4-8
c. The theme, 4:9-11
2. The scroll in heaven, 5:1-14
a. The scroll, 5:1
b. The search, 5:2-5
c. The Savior-Sovereign, 5:6-7
d. The Song, 5:8-14
3. The seal judgments, 6:1-17
a. First seal: cold war, 6:1-2
b. Second seal: open war, 6:3-4
c. Third seal: famine, 6:5-6
d. Fourth seal: death, 6:7-8
e. Fifth seal: martyrdom, 6:9-11
f. Sixth seal: physical disturbances, 6:12-17
4. Interlude: the redeemed of the Tribulation, 7:1-17
a. The 144.000 Jews, 7:1-8
b. The multitude of Gentiles, 7:9-17
5. The six trumpet judgments, 8:1-9:21
a. The seventh seal opened, 8:1-6
b. First trumpet: the earth smitten, 8:7

6. c. Second trumpet: the sea smitten, 8:8-9
d. Third trumpet: the waters smitten, 8:10-11
e. Fourth trumpet: the heavens smitten, 8:12-13
f. Fifth trumpet: men smitten, 9:1-12
g. Sixth trumpet: men killed, 9:13-21
6. The little scroll, 10:1-11
7. The two witnesses, 11:1-19
a. Temple, 11:1-2
b. Time, 11:3
c. Traits, 11:4-6
d. Termination, 11:7-10
e. Translation, 11:11-14
f. Seventh trumpet, 11:15-19
8. War, 12:1-17
a. War on earth: phase I, 12:1-6
b. War in heaven, 12:7-12
c. War on earth: phase II, 12:13-1a
9. The beast and his prophet, 13:1b-18
a. The beast, 13:1-10
b. The false prophet, 13:11-18
10. Various announcements, 14:1-20
a. Concerning the 144.000, 14:1-5
b. Concerning the everlasting gospel, 14:6-8
c. Concerning beast worshipers, 14:9-13
d. Concerning the harvesting of the earth, 14:14-20
11. Prelude to the bowl judgments, 15:1-8
12. The bowl judgments, 16:1-21
a. First bowl: painful sores, 16:1-2
b. Second bowl: seas smitten, 16:3
c. Third bowl: rivers smitten, 15:4-7
d. Fourth bowl: scorching, 16:8-9
e. Fifth bowl: darkness, 16:10-11
f. Sixth bowl: Euphrates dried, 16:12-16
g. Seventh bowl: widespread destruction, 16:17-21
13. Religious Babylon, 17:1-18
a. The description, 17:1-7
b. The interpretation, 17:8-18
14. Commercial Babylon, 18:1-24
a. Announcement, 18:1-3
b. Appeal, 18:4-8
c. Anguish, 18:9-19
d. Acclaim, 18:20-24
15. The second coming of Christ, 19:1-21
a. Announcements, 19:1-10
b. Advent of Christ, 19:11-16
c. Armageddon, 19:17-21
B. The Millennium, 20:1-15
1. Satan bound, 20:1-3
2. Saints resurrected, 20:4-6
3. Sinners rebelling, 20:7-9

7. 4. Satan doomed, 20:10
5. Sinners judged, 20:11-15
C. The Eternal State, 21:1-22:5
1. Descent of the New Jerusalem, 21:1-8
2. Description of the New Jerusalem, 21:9-27
3. Delights of the New Jerusalem, 22:1-5
V. Epilogue, 22:6-21
A. Words of Comfort, 22:6-17
B. Words of Warning, 22:18-19
C. Closing Benediction, 22:20-21
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Caldwell Ryrie, Th.D., Ph.D.

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