Revelation 4 and 5 NLT

Outline

I.                  Introduction (1:1-8)

A.    Prologue (1:1-3)

B.    Greetings and Doxology (1:4-8)

                 II.         Jesus among the Seven Churches (1:9-20)

III.         The Letters to the Seven Churches (chs. 2 - 3)

 .      Ephesus (2:1-7)

A.    Smyrna (2:8-11)

B.    Pergamum (2:12-17)

C.    Thyatira (2:18-29)

D.    Sardis (3:1-6)

E.    Philadelphia (3:7-13)

F.    Laodicea (3:14-22)

               IV.         The Throne, the Scroll and the Lamb (chs. 4-5)

 .      The Throne in Heaven (ch. 4)

A.    The Seven-Sealed Scroll (5:1-5)

B.    The Lamb Slain (5:6-14)

                 V.         The Seven Seals (6:1;8:1)

 .      First Seal: The White Horse (6:1-2)

A.    Second Seal: The Red Horse (6:3-4)

B.    Third Seal: The Black Horse (6:5-6)

C.    Fourth Seal: The Pale Horse (6:7-8)

D.    Fifth Seal: The Souls under the Altar (6:9-11)

E.    Sixth Seal: The Great Earthquake (6:12-17)

F.    The Sealing of the 144,000 (7:1-8)

G.   The Great Multitude (7:9-17)

H.    Seventh Seal: Silence in Heaven (8:1)

               VI.         The Seven Trumpets (8:2;11:19)

 .      Introduction (8:2-5)

A.    First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Mixed with Blood (8:6-7)

B.    Second Trumpet: A Mountain Thrown into the Sea (8:8-9)

C.    Third Trumpet: The Star Wormwood (8:10-11)

D.    Fourth Trumpet: A Third of the Sun, Moon and Stars Struck (8:12-13)

E.    Fifth Trumpet: The Plague of Locusts (9:1-12)

F.    Sixth Trumpet: Release of the Four Angels (9:13-21)

G.   The Angel and the Little Scroll (ch. 10)

H.    The Two Witnesses (11:1-14)

I.      Seventh Trumpet: Judgments and Rewards (11:15-19)

VII.         Various Personages and Events (chs. 12-14)

 .      The Woman and the Dragon (ch. 12)

A.    The Two Beasts (ch. 13)

B.    The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5)

C.    The Harvest of the Earth (14:6-20)

VIII.         The Seven Bowls (chs. 15-16)

 .      Introduction: The Song of Moses and the Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues (ch. 15)

A.    First Bowl: Ugly and Painful Sores (16:1-2)

B.    Second Bowl: Sea Turns to Blood (16:3)

C.    Third Bowl: Rivers and Springs of Water Become Blood (16:4-7)

D.    Fourth Bowl: Sun Scorches People with Fire (16:8-9)

E.    Fifth Bowl: Darkness (16:10-11)

F.    Sixth Bowl: Euphrates River Dries Up (16:12-16)

G.   Seventh Bowl: Tremendous Earthquake (16:17-21)

IX.         Babylon: The Great Prostitute (17:1;19:5)

 .      Babylon Described (ch. 17)

A.    The Fall of Babylon (ch. 18)

B.    Praise for Babylon's Fall (19:1-5)

X.         Praise for the Wedding of the Lamb (19:6-10)

XI.         The Return of Christ (19:11-21)

XII.         The Thousand Years (20:1-6)

XIII.         Satan's Doom (20:7-10)

XIV.         Great White Throne Judgment (20:11-15)

XV.         New Heaven, New Earth, New Jerusalem (21:1;22:5)

XVI.         Conclusion and Benediction (22:6-21)

Revelation 4 NLT

1 Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” 

2 And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. 

3 The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. 

4 Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. 

5 From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit of God. 

6 In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. 

7 The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. 

8 Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” 

9 Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), 

10 the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say, 

11 “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

Revelation 5 NLT

1 Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals. 

2And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: “Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?”

3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it. 

4 Then I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it. 

5 But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.” 

6 Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth. 

7 He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.

8 And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 

9 And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. 

10 And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.” 

11 Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders.

12 And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.” 

13And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.” 

14 And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.