Revelation: an introduction and commentary

Cover
 Short Title Page
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 General preface
 Author's preface to the first edition
 Preface to the second edition
 Chief abbreviations
 Introduction
 1. Interpretation
 a. The 'preterist' view
 b. The 'historicist' view
 c. The 'futurist' view
 d. The 'idealist' view
 2. The Revelation of St John and apocalyptic
 3. Authorship
 4. Date
 5. Sources
 Analysis
 Commentary
 1. Prologue (1:1-20)
 a. Introduction (1:1-3)
 b. Salutation (1:4-8)
 c. The first vision (1:9-20)
 i. The command to write (1:9-11)
 ii. The vision of the glorious Lord (1:12-20). 2. The letters to the churches (2:1-3:22)a. To the church of Ephesus (2:1-7)
 b. To the church of Smyrna (2:8-11)
 c. To the church of Pergamum (2:12-17)
 d. To the church of Thyatira (2:18-29)
 e. To the church of Sardis (3:1-6)
 f. To the church of Philadelphia (3:7-13)
 g. To the church of Laodicea (3:14-22)
 3. A vision of heaven (4:1-11)
 4. The seven seals (5:1-8:5)
 a. The unopened book (5:1-4)
 b. The Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5-14)
 c. The first seal (6:1-2)
 d. The second seal (6:3-4)
 e. The third seal (6:5-6)
 f. The fourth seal (6:7-8)
 g. The fifth seal (6:9-11). H. The sixth seal (6:12-17)i. An interlude (7:1-17)
 i. The sealing of the servants of God (7:1-8)
 ii. The great multitude (7:9-17)
 j. The seventh seal (8:1-5)
 5. The seven trumpets (8:6-11:19)
 a. The first trumpet (8:6-7)
 b. The second trumpet (8:8-9)
 c. The third trumpet (8:10-11)
 d. The fourth trumpet (8:12)
 e. The eagle (8:13)
 f. The fifth trumpet (9:1-12)
 g. The sixth trumpet (9:13-21)
 h. An interlude (10:1-11:14)
 i. The little book and the seven thunders (10:1-4)
 ii. The angel's oath (10:5-7)
 iii. The little book (10:8-11)
 iv. The two witnesses (11:1-14). I. The seventh trumpet (11:15-19)6. Seven significant signs (12:1-14:20)
 a. The woman clothed with the sun (12:1-6)
 b. Satan cast out (12:7-12)
 c. War between Satan and the woman and her son (12:13-17)
 d. The beast from the sea (13:1-10)
 e. The beast from the earth (13:11-18)
 f. The Lamb on Mount Zion (14:1-5)
 g. The harvest of the earth (14:6-20)
 i. Three angels proclaim judgment (14:6-12)
 ii. The dead who die in the Lord (14:13)
 iii. The reaper on the cloud (14:14-16)
 iv. The vintage (14:17-20)
 7. The seven last plagues (15:1-16:21)
 a. Preliminaries (15:1-8). B. The first bowl (16:1-2)c. The second bowl (16:3)
 d. The third bowl (16:4-7)
 e. The fourth bowl (16:8-9)
 f. The fifth bowl (16:10-11)
 g. The sixth bowl (16:12-16)
 h. The seventh bowl (16:17-21)
 8. The triumph of almighty God (17:1-20:15)
 a. The judgment of the great whore (17:1-18)
 i. The woman seated on the beast (17:1-6)
 ii. The significance of the woman and the beast (17:7-14)
 iii. The punishment of the whore (17:15-18)
 b. The judgment of Babylon (18:1-19:5)
 i. The fall of Babylon (18:1-3)
 ii. A call to leave the city (18:4-5)
 iii. Judgment on the city (18:6-8).