| Ch. 2, 3 | Ch. 4 - 6 | Ch. 7, 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 | Ch. 14 | 15,16 | Ch. 17 | Ch. 18-21 | Ch. 22 | |
| Evil begins | 4, 7 war in heaven | ||||||||||||
| Christ born | 5a "Man" born | ||||||||||||
| Ascension, Pentecost | 4:5-9 Lamb worthy | 5b Ascen. Pentecost | |||||||||||
| Church begins | 1-7 Ephesus | ||||||||||||
| Pagan persec. | 8-11 Smyrna | ||||||||||||
| False teachings | 2:12-17 Pergamos | ||||||||||||
| Papacy, persecution & Reformation | 18-29 Thyatira | 6:9 martyrs | 3 two witnesses [OT & NT], 1260 days in sackcloth | 6&14 woman in wilderness 1260 days | 1-10 beast from sea, false worship | ||||||||
| Counter Reformation | 3:1-6 Sardis | 9 witnesses dead for 3½ days | 3 sea beast wounded | ||||||||||
| Time of the end | 7-13 Philadelphia | 6:12, 13 6th seal warning signs | 6 [prophetic] time no longer | 11 witnesses stand (Dan. 12:13; 10:19) | 16 earth helps woman | 11 beast arises from earth | |||||||
| 9-11 5th seal disappointment of souls | 10:10 disappointment from little book | 6-8 first and 2nd angels' messages | |||||||||||
| Judgment | 14-22 Laodicea | 6:1-4 1st & 2nd seals; judgment of the dead | 7:1-9 servants of God sealed | 11:1,2 measure- ment of temple, altar, worshipers | 12 witnesses ascend to heaven | 6-12 messages of all three | |||||||
| 6:5-8 3rd & 4th seals; judgment of the living | 8:1 silence in heaven [time of Jacob's trouble] | 5th trumpet anger of nations [Righteous threatened] | 13 rest feared, glory to God; 18 Nations angry | 17 dragon makes war on saints | 12-18 image set up, demands mark of beasts | 12 patience of saints | 16:1-16 plagues begin; kings gathered | 1-13 prostitute on beast; 14a kings against Lamb | 18:1-3 final call to leave Babylon | ||||
| Time of trouble | 14-16 grain harvest | 15:8 smoke in temple | 4-20 prostitute judged, burned, mourning | 22:11 human probation closed | |||||||||
| 6:14-17 6th seal; signs in earth & sky; wrath of L. | 6th trumpet, wrath of God | 18 Wrath of God | 17-20 grapes into winepress | 16:17 7th plague, wrath of God | 14b Lamb overcomes kings | 19:11-16 Christ on horse; treads winepress | |||||||
| Victory | 7:9 multitude, palm branches, victory | 18 7th trumpet; reign of Christ | 14:1-5 victory of 144,000; forehead | 15:1-5 victory over beast | 10:1-4 dragon in pit; resurrection of righteous | 22:14 saints enter city [in heaven] | |||||||
| The thousand years | 7:15 multitude serve God in His temple | 18 Judgment of dead (only wicked are dead) | 20:4 reign/judge w Christ for 1000 yrs. | ||||||||||
| End of the thousand years | 5, 9 wicked raised, surround city | ||||||||||||
| White throne judgment | 11-13 final judgment | ||||||||||||
| Second death | 15 wicked permanently destroyed | ||||||||||||
| Evil ends: God again dwells with man | 21:3; 22:3 God with man forever |