BIBLE SUMMARY: REVELATION

Book of Revelation Synopsis: Statistics And Summary of Main Topics.

Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter Summary.

REVELATION TOTAL CHAPTERS: 22

REVELATION TOTAL VERSES: 404

TOTAL WORDS: 12,000

DATE WRITTEN: 90’s AD

AUTHOR: John

REVELATION THEME: 

God is sovereign over the course of history. Triumph Of The Cause: The future of the Church.

MAJOR CHARACTERS:

John(The Narrater), God, Jesus, Lamb, Angels, Dragon, The Sea Beast, The Earth Beast, The Woman Clothed with the Sun, Four Horsemen, The False Prophet, The Whore of Babylon, Man on the White Horse.

BOOK OF REVELATION KEY VERSES:

1:19: Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

3:21: He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.

13:16-17: He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

19:11: I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

20:11: Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.

21:1: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

21:6: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the Water of Life.

REVELATION SUMMARY

 The last book of the New Testament is also called the Prophecy Book and “The revelation of Jesus Christ.” The author of this Book is John son of Zebedee. The apostle of Jesus and the author of the Gospel of John and the three letters of NT. He was a first Cousin of Jesus and was exiled to the Greek island of Patmos because of his faith. Patmos was a rocky island in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Asia Minor that served as a prison where prisoners were sent. Jesus himself appears to John and instructs him to write down what he will see and hear. The book was penned down around 65 to 95AD as a letter from John to the seven churches around Asia Minor in what is today Turkey. John describes of a voice talking to him while he was on the island of Patmos and he was told to write to the seven churches evaluating the churches and telling them to become interested and passionate about the Christ. Book of Revelation is actually a Christian prophecy book filled with Old Testament-style language and imagery narrating events and descriptions like the mark of the beast, the battle of Armageddon, the binding of Devil, the Rule of the Lord, the Great White Throne of Judgment and the finally the nature of the eternal city of God. The number seven looks very important as it is repeated 52 times in the book. The book deals with the afflictions, tribulations and ultimate salvation of God’s people and emphasizes that God’s vengeance will come upon his enemies. Revelation closes with a vision of the future restored paradise in the new heavens and the new earth where righteous dwell securely forever.

CHAPTER WISE SUMMARY:

Chapter#1. Introduction. Greetings To The Churches. “I am the Alpha and the Omega.” John’s Vision Of The Son Of Man. Christ appears in a glorified state.
Chapter#2. The Seven Churches. Jesus dictates letters to four churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira.
Chapter#3. The Seven Churches. Jesus dictates letters to three more churches in Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
Chapter#4. The Heavens Opened. God on his throne receives praise. The 24 elders on thrones. The elders say, “You created all things.” The four living creatures say, “Holy, holy, holy.
Chapter#5. The Seven Seals. A scroll with seven seals. The lamb takes the sealed scroll.
Chapter#6. The Seven Seals Opened. The first six seals are broken. What followed thereupon, containing a prophecy to the end of the world. Conqueror on the white horse. The rider of fiery colored horse to take away peace. Rider of black horse to bring famine. Rider of pale horse is named Death. Slaughtered ones under the altar. A great earthquake.
Chapter#7. Sealing of the 144,000. An angel seals the servants of God on their foreheads. 144,000 followers of the Lamb are sealed. A great crowd in white robes before the Throne.
Chapter#8. The Opening Of The Seventh Seal. The Seven Trumpets. The seventh seal is broken, and the first four trumpets are blown and a third of the earth was destroyed. Three woes announced.
Chapter#9. The Trumpets Opened. The fifth trumpets sounded. At the sounding of the fifth, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit. He opens the pit. Tormenting Locusts From The Abyss. The first Woe. The sixth trumpet sounds.
Chapter#10. The Mighty Angel and the Little Book. “No delay any longer”. John eats a little scroll.
Chapter#11. The Two Witnesses. The Blowing Of The Seventh Trumpet. Prophesying 1,260 days in sackcloth. The Witnesses Martyred and in 3.5 days resurrected.
Chapter#12. The Seven Personages. The Woman and her son vs. The Dragon. The dragon persecutes the male child. Michael battles the dragon. Satan Thrown Down From Heaven To Earth. Devil knows he has a short time. The dragon cast down into the earth, and it persecutes the woman.
Chapter#13. The Sea Beast and the Earth Beast. The seven headed beast comes up out of the sea. It spoke blasphemy against God. Two-horned beast from the earth. Mark and number of the wild beast. Its number is 666.
Chapter#14. The vision of the Lamb & the 144,000. The Three Angels And Their Messages. Fortunate are those who die in union with Christ. The earth is harvested.
Chapter#15. Seven angels with seven last plagues. The Seven Vials of God’s Wrath. The song of Moses is sung that overcame the beast.
Chapter#16. The Bowls Opened. The seven vessels of wrath are poured out on the earth, the sea, the rivers, the sun, the throne of the wild beast, the Euphrates and the air. Armageddon.
Chapter#17. Religious Babylon. A woman (great Prostitute) sits on a scarlet Beast. Ten horns to fight the Lamb. Ten horns to hate the prostitute. The Significance Of The Woman And Of The Beast.
Chapter#18. Commercial Babylon. Babylon the Great falls. The World Mourns Babylon’s Fall. The saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon her.
Chapter#19. The Second Advent. God’s people rejoice as the Whore and beast is punished. The marriage of the Lamb. The angel will not be worshipped. The Rider on a white horse. The Beast And His Armies Defeated.
Chapter#20. The Great White Throne. Satan bound for 1,000 years. Satan released, then destroyed. Gog and Magog. The dead arrives at the throne and are judged. The last and general resurrection.
Chapter#21. The New Heavens, New Earth, & New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem comes down out of the sky. The rulers of the earth bring their riches unto her.
Chapter#22. Eternity. River of water of life. Paradise Restored. All is well in God’s city. “Behold, I am coming soon. I am the