Revelation Flashcards
Revelation - Overview
Theme: John writes about a vision he received directly from Christ about eschatological events as a warning to churches on the verge of apostasy and a prophecy about eschatological events.
Author: John
Date/Location: Written A.D. 94-96 from Patmos
Audience: Churches in Asia Minor
Revelation 1
The things which you have seen
Greetings and blessings on the readers (1:1 - 8)
Vision of Christ (1:9 - 20)
Revelation 2
Letter to Ephesus (2:1 - 7)
Letter to Smyrna (2:8 - 11)
Letter to Pergamum (2:12 - 17)
Letter to Thyatira (2:18 - 29)
Revelation 3
Letter to Sardis (3:1 - 6)
Letter to Philadelphia (3:7 - 13)
Letter to Laodicea (3:14 - 22)
Revelation 4 - 22
The things that will take place
Revelation 4 - 5
Heavenly worship
Revelation 6 - 18
The great tribulation
Seal judgments (Revelation 6)
Trumpet judgments (Revelation 8 - 9, 11)
Bowl Judgments (Revelation 16)
Revelation 19
Armageddon & return of the King
Revelation 20
Millennium and great white throne of judgments
Revelation 21
New heavens, Earth, and new Jerusalem
Revelation 22
The eternal state