A Bible Study Companion
The Book of Revelation, chapter by chapter — broken down so it makes sense whether you're opening this book for the first time or the fiftieth.
A simple reading plan
22 days, one chapter a day. Read the chapter at your depth, sit with the reflection, then take the short quiz. Mark each chapter as read to track the journey. If you have more time, take three or four days in the letters to the seven churches (chapters 2–3) and in the vision of the end (chapters 19–22).
How to read it
Pick your depth
Kid Friendly (ages 6–12) — an easier translation children can understand (NLT), with a quick story, simple words, and read-together notes.
Beginner — the story summed up first, then the plain scripture text.
Intermediate — the default: full scripture, then summary and study notes.
Advanced — scripture with underlined cross-references and margin notes, plus full study notes.
Biblical Scholar — the King James Version, one verse per page, with the full annotated cross-reference apparatus.
Beginner — the story summed up first, then the plain scripture text.
Intermediate — the default: full scripture, then summary and study notes.
Advanced — scripture with underlined cross-references and margin notes, plus full study notes.
Biblical Scholar — the King James Version, one verse per page, with the full annotated cross-reference apparatus.
The Book of Revelation
01
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
The book opens as "The Revelation of Jesus Christ," which God gave him to show his servants "things which must shortly come to pass." It was sent by h…
02
Messages to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira
Jesus tells John to write to the angels of four churches. Each letter opens by describing Jesus, promises a reward to him "that overcometh," and urges…
03
Messages to Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea
Jesus gives John three more letters. To Sardis he says, "thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." They must be watchful, strengthen what rema…
04
Scene in Heaven
After this, John saw a door opened in heaven, and the voice like a trumpet said, "Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.…
05
The Book with Seven Seals
In the right hand of the one sitting on the throne, John saw a book written within and on the backside, "sealed with seven seals." A strong angel crie…
06
The Seven Seals Opened
The Lamb began opening the seals. At each of the first four, one of the four beasts said, "Come and see." First came a white horse; its rider had a bo…
07
An Interlude — The 144,000 and the Great Multitude
After this, John saw four angels holding back the four winds of the earth. Another angel, "ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God,…
08
The Seventh Seal — The Trumpets Begin
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, "there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." The seven angels who stood before God were given…
09
Trumpets Five and Six — Locusts and the Army from the East
At the fifth trumpet, John saw a star fall from heaven to the earth, "and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit." When the pit was opened, sm…
10
The Angel and the Little Book
John saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, "clothed with a cloud," with a rainbow upon his head, a face like the sun, and feet "as pillars o…
11
The Two Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet
John was given a reed and told to measure "the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein." The outer court was left out, "for it is…
12
The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child
A great wonder appeared in heaven: "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." She was abo…
13
The Beast from the Sea and the Beast from the Earth
John saw a beast rise up out of the sea, "having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy."…
14
The Lamb, the 144,000, Three Angels, and the Harvest
John saw the Lamb standing on mount Sion with the 144,000, who had "his Father's name written in their foreheads." A sound came from heaven like many…
15
A Scene of Heaven — Seven Angels with Seven Plagues
John saw another sign in heaven, "great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God." He als…
16
The Seven Bowls of Wrath
A great voice from the temple told the seven angels, "Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." The first vial brought…
17
The Doom of Babylon
One of the seven angels with the vials carried John "in the spirit into the wilderness" to show him the judgment of the woman "that sitteth upon many…
18
Babylon Is Fallen
Another angel came down from heaven with great power, "and the earth was lightened with his glory." He cried, "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,…
19
The Fourfold Hallelujah and the Rider on the White Horse
John heard much people in heaven cry, "Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God," for he had judged the woman who…
20
Satan Bound, the Millennium, and the Great White Throne
An angel came down from heaven with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain. He laid hold on "the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil…
21
The New Heaven and New Earth
John saw "a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." He saw "the holy city,…
22
The River and Tree of Life — Closing Words
The angel showed John "a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." Beside it grew the tree…