The English title “Revelation” comes from the first word of the book in Greek. That word is apokalypsis, which means “the unveiling of something previously unrevealed. In Revelation Christ and His eternal program are fully revealed, so that the book provides a fitting capstone to the New Testament revelation. Revelation is prophetic in form. It was written during a time of persecution by John, the author of the Gospel John. The book is filled with visions and the style is generally figurative and symbolic. The book contains many symbols and signs, such as numbers, colors, animals, stones, persons, groups and places. Some symbols are interpreted in the text itself; others have to be interpreted in the light of the Old Testament; and others may have no previous biblical connection. Revelation is commonly referred to by the Christian believers when discussing things such as end times, rapture, tribulation, the mark of the beast and Judgment Day.
Revelation 1
1:1-3 The revelation of Jesus Christ
1:4-8 Greetings to the seven churches
1:9-20 A vision of the Son of Man
Revelation 2
2:1-7 The message to the church at Ephesus
2:8-11 The message to the church at Smyrna
2:12-17 The message to the church at Pergamos
2:18-29 The message to the church at Thyatira
Revelation 3
3:1-6 The message to the church at Sardis
3:7-13 The message to the church at Philadelphia
3:14-22 The message to the church at Laodicea
Revelation 4
4:1-11 Around God’s throne
Revelation 5
5:1-4 The sealed book
5:5-14 The Lion and the Lamb
Revelation 6
6:1-17 The seals
Revelation 7
7:1-8 The 144,000 sealed
7:9-17 The numberless multitude
Revelation 8
8:1-5 The seventh seal
8:6-13 The trumpets
Revelation 9
9:1-21 The trumpets (continued)
Revelation 10
10:1-11 The angel and the little book
Revelation 11
11:1-14 The two witnesses
11:15-19 The seventh trumpet
Revelation 12
12:1-2 The sun-clad woman
12:3-4 The great red dragon
12:5-6 The man child
12:7-9 Michael
12:10-17 The blood of the Lamb
Revelation 13
13:1-10 The first beast
13:11-18 The second beast
Revelation 14
14:1-5 The Lamb
14:6-13 The messages of the angels
14:14-20 The harvest of the earth
Revelation 15
15:1-8 Preparation of the seven vials
Revelation 16
16:1-21 The vials of wrath
Revelation 17
17:1-18 The doom of Babylon predicted
Revelation 18
18:1-24 The fall of Babylon
Revelation 19
19:1-5 Those in heaven praise God
19:6-10 The marriage supper of the Lamb
19:11-21 The rider on the white horse
Revelation 20
20:1-15 Satan bound for a thousand years
Revelation 21
21:1-8 The new heaven and the new earth
21:9-27 The new Jerusalem
Revelation 22
22:1-5 The new Jerusalem (continued)
22:6-21 Christ is to come quickly
