To the
Church
Image of
Christ,
To the angel of the church
in Ephesus, write this:
The one who holds the
seven stars in his right hand
and walks in the midst of
the seven gold lampstands
says this:
I know your works, your
labor, and your endurance,
and that you cannot tolerate
the wicked; you have tested
those who call themselves
apostles but are not, and
discovered that they are
impostors. Moreover, you
have endurance and have
suffered for my name, and
you have not grown weary.
Yet I hold this against you:
you have lost the love you
had at first. Realize how
far you have fallen.
Repent, and do the works
you did at first. Otherwise,
I will come to you and
remove your lampstand
from its place, unless you
repent.
To the angel of the church
in Smyrna, write this:
The first and the last, who
once died but came to life,
says this:
To the angel of the church in
Pergamum, write this:
The one with the sharp twoedged sword says this:
To the angel of the church in
Thyatira, write this:
The Son of God, whose eyes are
like a fiery flame and whose feet
are like polished brass, says this:
To the angel of the church in
Sardis, write this”
The one who has the seven
spirits of God and the seven
stars says this:
To the angel of the church in
Philadelphia write this:
The holy one, the true, who holds the
key of David, who opens and no one
shall close, who closes and no one
shall open, says this:
I know your tribulation
and poverty, but you are
rich. I know the slander of
those who claim to be
Jews and are not, but
rather are members of the
assembly of Satan.
I know that you live where
Satan’s throne is, and yet you
hold fast to my name and have
not denied your faith in me,
not even in the days of
Antipas, my faithful witness,
who was martyred among you,
where Satan lives.
I know your works, your love,
faith, service, and endurance, and
that your last works are greater
than the first.
I know your works, that you
have the reputation of being
alive,
I know your works (behold I have left an
open door before you, which no one can
close). You have limited strength, and
yet you have kept my word and have not
denied my name. Behold, I will make
those of the assembly of Satan who claim
to be Jews and are not, but are lying,
behold I will make them come and fall
prostrate at your feet, and they will
realize that I love you.
Yet I have a few things against
you. You have some people
there who hold to the teaching
of Balaam, who instructed
Balak to put a stumbling block
before the Israelites: to eat
food sacrificed to idols and to
play the harlot. Likewise, you
also have some people who
hold to the teaching of the
Nicolaitans.
Yet I hold this against you, that you
tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls
herself a prophetess, who teaches and
misleads my servants to play the harlot and
to eat food sacrificed to idols, I have given
her time to repent, but she refuses to repent
of her harlotry. So I will cast her on a
sickbed and plunge those who commit
adultery with her into intense suffering
unless they repent of her works. I will also
put her children to death. Thus shall all
the churches come to know that I am the
searcher of hearts and minds and that I will
give each of you what your works deserve.
Message
But you have this in your
favor: you hate the works
of the Nicolaitans, which I
also hate.
Therefore, repent. Otherwise,
I will come to you quickly and
wage war against them with
the sword of my mouth.
But I say to the rest of in Thyatira,
who do not uphold this teaching
and know nothing of the so-called
deep secrets of Satan: on you I will
place no further burden, except that
you much hold fast to what you
have until I come.
Whoever has
ears to hear
and the victor
will be given
Whoever has ears ought to
hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. To the victor
I will give the right to eat
from the tree of life that is
in the garden of God.
Do not be afraid of
anything that you are
going to suffer. Indeed,
the devil will throw some
of you into prison, that
you may be tested, and
you will face an ordeal for
ten days. Remain faithful
until death, and I will give
you the crown of life.
Whoever has ears ought to
hear what the Spirit says
to the churches. The
victor shall be not be
harmed by the second
death.
Whoever has ears ought to
hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. To the victor I shall
give some of the hidden
manna; I shall also give a
white amulet upon which is
inscribed a new name, which
no one knows except the one
who receives it.
To the victor, who keeps to my
ways until the end, I will give
authority over the nations. He
will rule them with an iron rod.
Like clay vessels will they be
smashed, just as I received
authority from my Father. And
to him I will give the morning
star. Whoever has ears ought to
hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.
I know,
usually
praiseworthy
Yet, usually
critical
To the angel of the church in
Laodicea, write this:
The Amen, the faithful and
true witness, the source of
God’s creation, says this:
but you are dead. Be
watchful and strengthen
what is left, which is
going to die, for I have
not found your works
complete in the sight of
my God. Remember then
how you accepted and
heard; keep it, and repent.
If you are not watchful, I
will come like a thief,
and you will never know
at what hour I will come
upon you.
However, you have a few
people in Sardis who have
not soiled their garments;
they will walk with me
dressed in white, because
they are worthy.
The victor will thus be dressed
in white, and I will never erase
his name from the book of life
but will acknowledge his name
in the presence of my Father and
his angels. Whoever has ears
ought to hear what the Spirit
says to the churches.
.I know your works; I know that you are
neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either
cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm,
neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my
mouth. For you say, “I am rich and affluent
and have no need of anything.” and yet do not
realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor,
blind, and naked. I advise you to buy from
me gold refined by fire so that you may be
rich, and white garments to put on so that
your shameful nakedness may not be
exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your
eyes so that you may see. Those whom I love
I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore,
and repent
Because you have kept my message of
Behold, I stand at the door
endurance, I will keep you safe in the
and knock. If anyone
time of trial that is going to come to the
hears my voice and opens
whole world to test the inhabitants of the
the door, then I will enter
earth. I am coming quickly. Hold fast to his house and dine with
what you have, so that no one may take
him, and he with me.
your crown.
The victor I will make into a pillar in the
temple of my God, and he will never
leave it again. On him I will inscribe the
name of my God and the name of the city
of my God, the new Jerusalem, which
comes down out of heaven from my God,
as well as my new name. Whoever has
ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to
the churches.
I will give the victor the
right to sit with me on my
throne, as I myself first
won the victory and sit
with my Father on his
throne. Whoever has ears
ought to hear what the
Spirit says to the churches.
Book of Revelation to John or Apocalypse
Outline of the Book
Tuesdays with the Bible
1) Prologue (1:1-3)
2) Letters to the Churches of Asia (1:4-3:22)
a)
Greeting (1:4-8)
b)
The First Vision (1:9-20)
c)
To Ephesus (2:1-7)
d)
To Smyrna (2:8-11)
e)
To Pergamum (2:12-17)
f)
To Thyatira (2:18-19)
g)
To Sardis (3:1-6)
h)
To Philadelphia (3:7-13)
i)
To Laodicea (3:14-22)
3) God and the Lamb in Heaven (4:1-5:14)
a)
Vision of Heavenly Worship (4:1-11)
b)
The Scroll and the Lamb (5:1-14)
4) The Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Plagues with Interludes (6:1-16:21)
a)
The First Six Seals (6:1-17)
b)
The 144,000 Sealed (7:1-17)
c)
The Seven Trumpets (8:1-3a)
d)
The Golden Censer (8:3b-5)
e)
The First Four Trumpets (8:6-13)
f)
The Fifth Trumpet (9:1-12)
g)
The Sixth Trumpet (9:13-21)
h)
The Angel with the Small Scroll (10:1-11)
i)
The Two Witnesses (11:1-14)
j)
The Seventh Trumpet (11:15-19)
k)
The Woman and the Dragon (12:1-18)
l)
The First Beast (13:1-10)
m)
The Second Beast (13:11-18)
n)
The Lamb's Companions (14:1-5)
o)
The Three Angels (14:6-13)
p)
The Harvest of the Earth (14:14-20)
q)
The Seven Last Plagues (15:1-8)
r)
The Seven Bowls (16:1-21)
5) The Punishment of Babylon and the Destruction of Pagan Nations (17:1-20:15)
a)
Babylon the Great (17:1-6a)
b)
Meaning of the Beast and Harlot (17:6b-18)
c)
The Fall of Babylon (18:1-19:4)
d)
The Victory Song (19:5-10)
e)
The King of Kings (19:11-21)
f)
The Thousand-year Reign (20:1-10)
g)
The Large White Throne (20:11-15)
6) The New Creation (21:1-22:5)
a)
The New Heaven and the New Earth (21:1-8)
b)
The New Jerusalem (21:9-22:5)
7) Epilogue (21:6-21)
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK
1. Prologue (1:1-3)
2. Letters to the Churches of Asia (1:4-3:22)
3. God and the Lamb in Heaven (4:1-5:14)
4. The Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Plagues with Interludes (6:1-16:21)
a. The Seven Seals (6:1-8:5)
b. The Seven Trumpets (8:6-11:19)
c. The woman and the Dragon (12)
d. The Two Beasts (13)
e. Salvation and Judgment (14)
f. The Last Plagues (15-16)
5. The Punishment of Babylon and the Destruction of Pagan Nations (17:1-20:15)
6. The New Creation (21:1-22:5)
7. Epilogue (21:6-21)