I. Prologue - 1:1-20

II. Letters to the seven churches - 2:1 ­ 3:22

A. Letter to Ephesus - 2:1-7
B. Letter to Smyrna - 2:8-11
C. Letter to Pergamum - 2:12-17
D. Letter to Thyatira - 2:18-29
E. Letter to Sardis - 3:1-6
F. Letter to Philadelphia - 3:7-13
G. Letter to Laodicea - 3:14-22

III. Breaking of the seals - 4:1 ­ 8:1

A. The heavenly throne-room - 4:1 ­5:14; 7:1-17
B. Seven seals broken - 6:1-17; 8:1

IV. Sounding of the trumpets - 8:2 ­ 11:19

A. Seven trumpets sounded - 8:2 ­ 9:21; 11:15-19
B. Interlude - 10:1 ­ 11:14

V. The Dragon, the Beasts and the Lamb - 12:1 ­ 15:4

A. The Dragon - 12:1-17
B. The Beasts - 13:1-18
C. Christian victors - 14:1 ­ 15:4

VI. The fall of Babylon - 15:5 ­ 19:10

A. Seven bowls poured out - 15:5 ­ 16:21
B. Babylon the great - 17:1 ­ 18:24
C. Hallelujah chorus - 19:1-10

VII. The defeat of evil; the reign of life - 19:11 ­ 21:5

A. Victory and defeat - 19:11 ­ 20:15
B. Reign of life - 21:1 ­ 22:5

VIII. Epilogue - 22:6-21