The Book of Revelation

Outline

Chapter one begins the Revelation given unto Jesus Christ by God. He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John to show His servants things which must shortly come to pass: for the time is at hand.

I. Revelation 1:1 – 1:20.

A. The seven churches which are in Asia are addressed.

1. Speaking to the churches from the third day of the foundation of the world. The day that Noah, his sons and daughters walk out of the ark onto dry land.

2. God called the dry land earth.

3. There the story of the Revelation of the seven days of Jesus Christ begins.

B. From The Word of God and the seven Spirits which are before His throne;

C. From Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1. John tells how Christ will return and that everyone will see Him. Signified by the Lord, the Almighty.

2. John gives credentials

3. And from whence the enlightenment began: the isle of Patmos.

D. John was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and heard behind him a great voice telling him to write what he sees in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia.

1. He turned to see the voice that spoke to him and he saw seven golden candlesticks and in the midst of the golden candlesticks one like unto the Son of man.

a. What He wore.

b. The appearance of His head.

c. Of His feet and the sound of His voice.

d. Seven stars in His right hand and out of His mouth went a sharp two edged sword and His countenance as the sun shining in his strength.

2. John falls at His feet and He laid His hand on him, and told him to fear not that He is the first and the last, He that liveth, and was dead, and is alive for evermore.

a. John, a prophet of the LORD is to write things seen, things which are, and things which shall be hereafter.

b. He is given the mystery of the seven stars seen in His right hand, and seven golden candlesticks.

i. The seven stars are the seven Angels of the seven churches.

ii. The seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

II. Revelation 2:1 – 3:22.

A. The Spirit speaks to the seven churches.

a. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus

b. Unto the angel of the church of Smyrna

c. Unto the angel of the church of Pergamos

i. The Spirit knows their works and where they dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is.

ii. He knows they did not deny His faith when Satan cast darkness upon the face of the deep.

iii. When Antipas, the commandment of God was martyred, slain among them, where Satan dwelleth. And the devil was a murderer from the beginning and the father of all liars.

iv. But He has a few things against them.

v. Because among them are those that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac, and also them that hold the doctrine of Nicolaitans, which thing He hates.

vi. They must repent or else He will come unto them quickly and fight against them with the sword of His mouth.

vii. He will reward him that overcometh.

d. Unto the angel of the church of Thyatira

e. Unto the angel of the church of Sardis

f. Unto the angel of the church of Philadelphia

g. Unto the angel of the church of Laodicea

B. The Spirit stands at the door and knocks; if any man hears His voice and opens the door, He will come in to him and sup with him.

a. To him that overcometh He will grant privilege to sit with Him in His throne,

b. Even as He overcame and is set down with His Father in His throne.

III. Revelation 4:1 – 5:14.

A. John looked, and a door opened in heaven: and the first voice he heard, as a trumpet talking to him; which said, “Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”

B. Immediately John was in the spirit, and a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

i. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

ii. And round about the throne are four and twenty seats: and upon the seats, four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment, wearing crowns of gold.

iii. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

iv. A sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes fore and aft.

v. Description of the wings of the beast that do not rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.”

vi. And when those beast give glory and honour and thanks to Him that sat on the throne the four and twenty elders fall down before Him, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne.

vii. And to The Word of God that sat on the throne they say, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

C. The prophet saw The Word of God on the throne and in His right hand a book written within with the Revelation of the seven days of Jesus Christ, and on the backside sealed with seven seals.

a. A strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?”

b. And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

c. John wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read, neither to look thereon.

d. One of the elders said to John, “Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”

e. John beheld in the midst of the throne and of the four beast, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God.

D. The Lamb is worthy and came and took the book out of the hand of Him that sat on the throne.

a. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

b. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;.

c. The voice of many angels can be heard round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

d. Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

e. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

f. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

IV. Revelation 6:1 – 8:1.

A. The Lamb opened one of the seals, beginning the prophetic Revelation of the seven days of Jesus Christ and as the noise of thunder one of the four beast said, “Come and see”.

1. The first day and a white horse and The Word of God sat on Him.

a. The Word of God is known to be the rider of the white horse because He rides again in Revelation 19:11 with the crowns the four and twenty elders cast before the throne.

b. He had a bow; and a crown was given to Him: and He went forth conquering, and to conquer.

c. This is regarding the first day, when man was created and made from the waters.

d. Man loses his faith and dies this day.

e. The Lamb is slain, and His faith in The Word of God takes away the sin of Adam.

f. Darkness is conquered, but the unrighteous must be destroyed.

2. And He opened the second seal and the second beast said, “Come and see”.

a. The second day and there went out another horse that was red:

b. And power was given to Him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:

c. And He was given a great sword.

d. And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, destroys the unrighteous with a flood of waters upon the earth.

3. And He opened the third seal and the third beast said, “Come and see”.

a. The third day and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in His hand.

b. Value is registered in the wheat and the barley, the herb of the field,

c. Regard is given not to hurt the oil and the wine.

4. And He opened the fourth seal and the fourth beast said, “Come and see”.

a. The fourth day, Today, the fourth part of the earth.

b. A pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

c. And power was given them on this day to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beast of the earth.

d. The day Jesus died on the cross at Calvary, but lives!

5. And He opened the fifth seal.

a. John saw under the alter the souls of them slain for The Word of God, and the testimony which they held.

b. And they cried, and wanted the Lord to judge and avenge their blood on them that dwell on the earth.

c. They were given white robes, and they were told to wait a little season, until their fellow servants should be killed as they were, fulfilled.

6. He opened the sixth seal, beginning that prophesied in Matthew 24:29-31.

a. The day of the Wrath and Revelation of the Righteous Judgment of God.

b. There is a great earthquake and the sun became black and the moon as blood, and every mountain and island are moved out of their places.

c. The four angels hold the four winds of the earth till they have sealed the servants of our God.

d. And the angel of the Spirit of the LORD ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God.

e. And there were sealed an hundred and forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

7. And when He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven about the space of half an hour.

a. And the seven angels prepare themselves to sound the seven trumpets.

b. After six of the seven trumpets sounded, the Son of man appears coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud with power and great glory.

c. And there is given literal history with the second coming of Christ, Revelation 8:2 – 20:21.

d. Culminating with The Word of God riding a white horse, completing this historical prophecy.

B. Literal history of the fifth day, a day as a thousand years, Revelation 20:1- 20:6.

1. An angel comes down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

4. And there are thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

C. Literal history of the sixth day, a thousand years as a day (Revelation 20:7 – Revelation 20:15), and preparation of the seventh day (Revelation 21:1 – Revelation 22:20).

1. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

a. And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

b. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

c. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

d. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

e. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

f. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

g. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

h. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

2. Literal history of preparation for the coming of the seventh day.

D. There is no script for the seventh day, for on that day God rested from all His work which He created and made.

Conclusion: The Holy Bible is one book, by one author: God. In Genesis chapter one it introduces the days of Jesus Christ from the beginning of the works of the LORD. In the book of Revelation it gives the Revelation of Jesus Christ, after the Son finished his work for the LORD. The entire volume is self-aware with threads of information adding to this Revelation and giving glory to the Father through the Son.