Handout for Revelation 34    

                                                                                Structure of Revelation

                Comment                         Chapter                       Content.

                One like the Son of                1                               Revelation from Father to Jesus to us. 

                Man – glorified                                                        v 19 sums up the rest of Revelation:-   

                                                               “has seen”            Rev 1

                                 “which are”          Rev 2 & 3

                                 “which shall be”   Rev 4 to the end.

                Present (& future)               2 & 3                          Letters to 7 churches.

                                                                                             Throne room of God – very inadequate

                                                              4                             description of power, authority,

                Sets the scene in                                                   glory, omniscience – worthy of worship.

                heaven 

                                                              5                              Lamb takes the scroll.

                Chronology                            6                             Seals 1 to 6.

                [In Parenthesis]                      7                             144,000 Tribulation saints sealed.      

                                                                                             Evangelism in Tribulation.

                Chronology                            8                             Seal 7 divided into 7 trumpets.   

                                                                                 Trumpets 1 to 4.

                Chronology                            9                             Trumpet 5 (including first woe).

                                 Trumpet 6 (including second woe).

                [In Parenthesis]             10 & 11:1-12                    2 witnesses in Jerusalem.

                [In Parenthesis]                 11:13-19                       2^nd woe of  6^th trumpet.  7^th trumpet

                       sounded.  Effect in Heaven..                                 

                                                                    Mid Tribulation Lull

                [In Parenthesis]                  12 – 14                      Satan’s attempt to exterminate Jews. 

                                                                                            Satan cast out of heaven.

                                                                                            Antichrist becomes world leader and persecutes

                                                                                            believers

                    All others worship him.

                                                                                            False prophet, mark of the Beast. 

                                                                                            Jesus beats the Beast

                                                                  2^nd Half of the Tribulation

                Chronology                           15                            7^th trumpet divided into 7 bowls.

                Chronology                           16                            Bowls 1 – 7

                [In Parenthesis]                   17-18                        Mystery Babylon

                                                                                            Religious system & political system

                                                                                            overthrown.

                Chronology                           19                           Joy in Heaven – invitations to marriage    

                                                                                            supper of the Lamb

                                                                                            Jesus returns with army of angels and

                                                                                            saints (who died or were raptured).

                                                                                            Armageddon

                                                        Antichrist & False Prophet thrown into the                                       

                                                        Lake of Fire

                                                                                            All other unbelievers are killed & birds eat

                                                                                            their flesh

                Chronology                           20                            Angel throws Satan into abyss. 

                                                                                            Christ’s reign of 1,000 years on earth

                                ( 1^st  Resurrection)

                                                                                            Satan released.  Gog & Magog rebellion.  

                                                                                            Satan defeated & cast into the Lake of Fire.

                                Great White Throne Judgement. 

                                All unbelievers into Lake of Fire          

                    (2^nd Resurrection)

                Chronology                           21-22                       Eternal State.

                                                                                             The New Jerusalem.

                                                                                             The River of Life.