The Outline of the Book of Revelation From a Jewish Perspective The basis for this commentary and outline is taken from Arnold Fruchtenbaum s book The Footsteps of the Messiah and Ariel Ministries in San Antonio, Texas. The Book of Revelation From a Jewish Perspective (Ac) Apocalyptic Literature (Ad) The Use of Symbols in the book of Revelation (Ae) Revelation in Relation to Genesis (Af) The Importance of the Number Seven in the book of Revelation (Ag) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, Which God Gave Him 1:1-3 (Ah) Look, He is Coming With the Clouds 1:4-8 (Ai) I. Write, Therefore, What You Have Seen - 1:9-20 (Aj) A. John was On the Island of Patmos because of the Testimony of Jesus 1:9-11 (Ak) B. I Turned Around and Saw Someone like a Son of Man - 1:12-16 (Al) C. I Hold the Keys of Death and Hades - 1:17 20 (Am) II. The Times of the Gentiles Luke 21:24 (An) A. The First Beast of Dani el: A Lion with a Head of Gold Dani el 2:37-38 (Ao) B. The Second Beast of Dani el: A Bear with a Chest and Arms of Silver Daniel 2:33a (Ap) C. The Third Beast of Dani el: A Leopard with Thighs of Bronze Dani el 2:39b (Aq)
D. Finally, There will be a Fourth Beast That Smashes Everything Dani el 2:40-43 (Ar) 1. The Fourth Beast: The Roman Empire Stage Dani el 2:40 and 7:23a (As) 2. The Fourth Beast: The Balance of Power Stage Dani el 2:41 (At) 3. The Fourth Beast: The One World Government Stage Dani el 7:23b and c (Au) 4. The Fourth Beast: The Ten Kingdoms Stage Dani el 2:42-43 and 7:24a (Av) 5. The Fourth Beast: The Antichrist Stage Dani el 7:24b-26 (Aw) E. A Rock Not Cut by Human Hands Dani el 2:34, 44-45a, 7:18 and 28 (Ax) III. Write, Therefore, What Is Now 2:1 to 3:22 (Ay) A. The Church at Ephesus - 2:1-7 (Az) B. The Church at Smyrna 2:8-11 (Ba) C. The Church at Pergamum 2:12-17 (Bb) D. The Church at Thyatira 2:18-29 (Bc) E. The Church at Sardis 3:1-6 (Bd) F. The Church at Philadelphia 3:7-13 (Be) G. The Church at Laodicea 3:14-22 (Bf) IV. The Sequence of Pretribulational Events (Bg) A. The Northern Alliance and the Invasion of Isra el - Ezekiel 38:1 to 39:16 (Bh) 1. The Chief Prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal Ezekiel 38:1-6 (Bi) 2. In Future Years You Will Invade the Land, Advancing Like a Storm 38:7-9 (Bj) 3. I Will Invade a Land of Unwalled Villages Ezekiel 38:10-13 (Bk) 4. You Will Advance Against My People Isra el Ezekiel 38:14-16 (Bl) 5. There Shall be a Great Earthquake in the Land of Isra el Ezekiel 38:17-23 (Bm) 6. I Will Bring You Against the Mountains of Isra el Ezekiel 39:1-6 (Bn)
7. I Will Make Known My Holy Name Among My People Ezekiel 39:7-8 (Bo) 8. For Seven Years They Will Use Them for Fuel Ezekiel 39:9-10 (Bp) 9. For Seven Months the house of Isra el Will Bury Them Ezekiel 39:11-16 (Bq) C. It Will Devour the Whole Earth, Trampling It Down Dani el 7:23 (Br) D. The Ten Horns are Ten Kings Who Will Come From This One Nation Dan 7:24a (Bs) E. The Man of Lawlessness 2 Thess 2:1-3; Dani el 7:4-8, and 24b; Rev 13:1-2 (Bt) F. When People Say Peace and Safety, Destruction Will Come 1 Thess 5:1-3 (Bu) G. The Sun Will Be Turned to Darkness and the Moon to Blood Joel 2:30-31 (Bv) H. See, I Will Send You the Prophet Elijah Before the LORD Comes Mal 4:4-5 (Bw) I. The Tribulation Temple 11:1-2 (Bx) J. The Rapture of the Church First Thessalonians 4:13-18 (By) K. The Signing of the Seven-Year Covenant with the Antichrist (Bz) V. Write, Therefore, What Will Take Place Later 4:1 to 22:5 (Ca) A. Events in Heaven Preceding the Great Tribulation 4:1 to 5:14 (Cb) 1. We Must All Appear Before the Judgment Seat of Christ 2 Corinthians 5:10 (Cc) 2. And There Before Me was a Throne in Heaven 4:1-11 (Cd) 3. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David Has Triumphed 5:1-5 (Ce) 4. You Are Worthy To Take The Scroll - 5:6-14 (Cf) B. The Great Tribulation 6:1 to 18:24 (Cg) 1. The Beginning of the Great Tribulation Dani el 9:24-27 and Isa 28:14-22 (Ch) 2. The Events in the First Half of the Great Tribulation 6:1 to 9:21 (Ci) 3. The Number Seven (Cj) a. The Seven Seals of the Lamb 6:1-17 (Ck) 1) The First Seal: A White Horse 6:1-2 (Cl) 2) The Second Seal: A Red Horse 6:3-4 (Cm)
3) The Third Seal: A Black Horse 6:5-6 (Cn) 4) The Fourth Seal: A Pale Horse 6:7-8 (Co) 5) The Fifth Seal: I Saw Those Who Had Been Slain - 6:9-11 (Cp) 6) The Sixth Seal: The Sun Turned Black Like Sackcloth 6:12-17 (Cq) b. Then I Heard the Number of Those Who Were Sealed 7:1-8 (Cr) c. God Will Wipe Away Every Tear From Their Eyes 7:9-17 (Cs) 7) The Seventh Seal: Silence in Heaven 8:1 (Ct) d. The Seven Trumpets 8:2 to 9:21 (Cu) 1) The Angel Took the Censer and Hurled It On the Earth 8:2-5 (Cv) 2) The First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Mixed with Blood 8:6-7 (Cw) 3) Second Trumpet: A Third of the Sea Turned Into Blood 8:8-9 (Cx) 4) Third Trumpet: The Name of the Star is Wormwood 8:10-11 (Cy) 5) Fourth Trumpet: The Lights Darkened - 8:12-13 (Cz) 6) The Fifth Trumpet: Locusts Like Scorpions 9:1-12 (Da) 7) Sixth Trumpet: A Third of Mankind Killed 9:13-21 (Db) e. I Will Give Power to My Two Witnesses to Prophesy 11:1-6 (Dc) f. I Saw a Woman Holding a Golden Cup 17:1-6a, 15 and 18 (Dd) 3. The Events in the Middle of the Great Tribulation 10:1 to 14:20, 17:16 (De) a. Another Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 (Df) b. The King of the South Will Engage Him in Battle Dani el 11:40-45 (Dg) c. The Antichrist Appears to be Killed Dan ch 7 vrse 11 and ch 11 verse 45b (Dh) d. There Was War in Heaven, and Satan was Hurled Down - ch 12 verses 7-12 (Di) e. The Antichrist Seems to be Resurrected - ch 13 verse 3 (Dj) f. Three Kings Killed and Seven Submit Dani el ch 7 verse 24 (Dk) g. The Destruction of Religious Babylon - ch 17 verse 16 (Dl) h. The Resurrection of the Two Witnesses - ch 11 verses 7-13 (Dm)
i. All the Inhabitants of the Earth Worship the Beast - ch 13 verses 3-10 (Dn) j. The Beast Out of the Earth: False Prophet - ch 13 verses 11-15 (Do) k. The Mark is the Name of the Beast - ch 13 verses 16-18 (Dp) l. The Breaking of the Seven Year Covenant Dani el 9:27a (Dq) m. The Abomination That Causes Desolation Dan 9:27b, 12:11 and Mt 24:15 (Dr) n. The Woman and the Dragon Rev ch 12 vers 1-6, 13-17, and Mt 24:15-28 (Ds) o. And They Sang a New Song Before the Throne - ch 14 verses 1-5 (Dt) p. The Hour of His Judgment Has Come - ch 14 verses 6-11 (Du) q. Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord - ch 14 verses 12-13 (Dv) r. The Blood Flowed as High as the Horses Bridles ch 14 verses 14-20 (Dw) s. The Seventh Trumpet: God s Temple in Heaven ch 11 verses 14-19 (Dx) 4. The Events in the Second Half of the Great Tribulation 15:1 to 16:21 (Dy) a. The Seven Angels With Seven Last Plagues 15:1-8 (Dz) b. The Seven Bowls of God s Wrath 16:1-21 (Ea) 1) Ugly and Painful Sores Broke Out 16:1-2 (Eb) 2) The Sea Turned into Blood 16:3 (Ec) 3) The Rivers and Springs of Water Became Blood 16:4-7 (Ed) 4) The Sun, Scorching People with Fire 16:8-9 (Ee) 5) The Throne of the Beast, Plunged into Darkness 16:10-11 (Ef) 6) I Saw Three Evil Spirits That Looked Like Frogs 16:12-16 (Eg) 7) God said, It is Done! 16:17-21 (Eh) 5. The Woman Who Sits On the Beast 17:6b to 18:24 (Ei) a. They Will Make War Against the Lamb, But He Will Overcome 17:6b-14 (Ej) b. The Beast Will Hate the Prostitute and Bring Her to Ruin 17:16-17 (Ek) c. The Fall of Commercial and Political Babylon 18:1-24 (El) 1) Fallen is Babylon! She Has Become a Home for Demons 18:1-3 (Em)
2) Come Out Of Her, So That You Will Not Share in Her Sins 18:4-5 (En) 3) In One Day Her Plagues Will Overtake Her 18:6-8 (Eo) 4) Woe! In One Hour She Has Been Brought to Ruin 18:9-19 (Ep) 5) God Has Judged Her for the Way She Treated You 18:20 (Eq) 6) Babylon Will Never Be Found Again 18:21-23a (Er) 7) By Your Magic Spell All Nations Were Led Astray 18:23b-24 (Es) C. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ 19:1-19 (Et) 1. Hallelujah! The Smoke From Her Goes Up Forever and Ever 19:1-5 (Eu) 2. The Basis of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Zechariah 12:10 (Ev) 3. He is Dressed in a Robe Dipped in Blood 19:11-18 and 21 (Ew) 4. The Eight Stage Campaign of Armageddon 19:19 (Ex) D. The Seventy-five Day Interval Dani el 12:11-12 (Ey) 1. The Removal of the Abomination That Causes Desolation Dani el 12:11 (Ez) 2. The Beast was Captured, and with Him the False Prophet 19:20 (Fa) 3. He Seized the Dragon, or Satan, and Bound Him for a Thousand Years 20:1-3 (Fb) 4. The Sheep and the Goats 19:21 (Fc) 5. The Resurrection of the Righteous of the TaNaKh Dani el 12:2 (Fd) 6. I Saw Those Who Had Been Beheaded for the Testimony for Jesus 20:4 (Fe) 7. Blessed and Holy Are Those who have Part in the First Resurrection 20:5-6 (Ff) 8. Blessed Are Those Invited to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb 19:6-10 (Fg) E. The Dispensation of the Messianic Kingdom (Fh) 1. The Government of the Messianic Kingdom (Fi) 2. My Chosen People Will Inherit My Mountains (Fj) 3. Gentiles in the Messianic Kingdom (Fk)
F. When The Thousand Years Are Over 20:7-15 (Fl) 1. Satan Will Be Released from His Prison and Deceive the Nations 20:7-10 (Fm) 2. The Second Resurrection 20:13 (Fn) 3. The Great White Throne Judgment 20:11-12 (Fo) 4. The Lake of Fire is the Second Death 20:14-15 (Fp) G. The Eternal State 21:1 to 22:5 (Fq) 1. Then I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth 21:1-8 (Fr) 2. The Eternal New Jerusalem 21:9 to 22:5 (Fs) a. Come, I Will Show You the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb 21:9-10 (Ft) b. A Great High Wall with Twelve Gates 21:11-21 (Fu) c. Nothing Impure Will Enter New Jerusalem 21:22-27 (Fv) d. Then the Angel Showed Me the River of the Water of Life 22:1-2 (Fw) e. They Will See His Face, His Name Will Be On Their Foreheads 22:3-5 (Fx) H. Behold, I Am Coming In the Twinkling of an Eye - 22:6-21 (Fy) I. These Words Are Trustworthy and True 22:6-9 (Fz) J. I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last - 22:10-15 (Ga) K. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright Morning Star 22:16 (Gb) L. Whoever is Thirsty, Let Them Take the Free Gift of the Water of Life 22:17 (Gc) M. If Anyone Adds to the Words of This Book, God Will Add to Them 22:18-19 (Gd) N. He Who Testifies to These Things Says: Yes, I Am Coming Soon 22:20 (Ge) O. The Grace of the Lord Jesus Be With God s People 22:21 (Gf)