1. Hermeneutics to the Book of Revelation . . .
   1. General hermeneutics
   2. Special hermeneutics for the Book of Revelation
2. Internal contexts . . .
   1. Immediate context – Sentence, paragraph, book
   2. Remote contexts – author's corpus and New Testament
   3. Remote contexts – Old Testament
3. External contexts . . .
   1. Geographical and historical backgrounds
   2. Literary and cultural contexts
4. The various interpretations of the book . . .
   1. Premillennialism: Christ will return before a literal 1000-year reign. . . .
      1. Chiliasm (post-tribulational)
      2. Dispensationalism (pre-tribulational)
   2. Postmillennialism: Christ will return again, after the "millennium"
   3. Amillennialism: No literal millennium has occurred, nor will occur . . .
      1. Spiritualist
      2. Continuous historical
      3. Preterist . . .
      • Destruction of Jerusalem
      • Domitianic persecution
   4. Bonus essay: Predictions of the return of Christ
5. Authorship of the Book of Revelation . . .
   1. The alternatives regarding authorship
   2. What is the evidence for and against each of these alternatives?
   3. Conclusion about the authorship of Revelation
6. Date of the Writing of the Book of Revelation . . .
   1. The alternatives regarding date: early, middle, and late.
   2. Conclusion about date
7. Purposes of the Book of Revelation
8. Sources of the Book of Revelation . . .
   1. Old Testament symbolism of numbers and colors
   2. Symbolism derived from the Jewish cultus
   3. Symbolism of the Exodus

1. The vision of the Son of Man (chap. 1) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
2. What Christ thinks of the Church (chaps. 2–3) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
3. Creator God, Redeemer Lamb (chaps. 4–5) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
   3. Bonus essay: "Worthy is the Lamb" – The Christology of Revelation 5
4. The seven seals (chap. 6) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
5. Sealed for God (chap. 7) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
6. The seven trumpets (chaps. 8–9) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
   3. Bonus essay: Why would God allow this to happen?
7. The prophet and the witnesses (chaps. 10–11) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
8. The spiritual conflict (chaps. 12–13) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
   3. The demise of Satan in the Book of Revelation
   4. Bonus essay: Can we solve the 666 puzzle? . . .
   1. The mystery of the number
   2. Context is important
   3. An overview of Revelation
   4. The immediate context
   5. Lexical and grammatical considerations
   6. A gematria riddle the best possibility
   7. Two solutions point to Domitian
   8. Less likely solutions to the puzzle
   9. Many, many dead ends
   10. Beware our true Enemy
   11. In Christ is the only safety
9. The harvest of the earth (chap. 14) . . .
   1. Overview essay
   2. Notes on the text
10. The seven bowls of wrath (chaps. 15–16) . . .
    1. Overview essay
    2. Notes on the text
    3. Bonus essay: Recapitulation in the Book of Revelation
11. The Fall of “Babylon the Great” (chaps. 17–18) . . .
    1. Overview essay
    2. Notes on the text
12. Victory at last (chaps. 19–20) . . .
    1. Overview essay
    2. Notes on the text
    3. Bonus essay: How should we view the millennium?
    4. Bonus essay: Who are Gog and Magog?
13. The new Jerusalem (chaps. 21–22) . . .
    1. Overview essay
    2. Notes on the text

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bonus: Scripture Index to Spiritual Songs referring to Revelation

Bonus essay: The End of the Urge?

Bonus section: BEHIND “LEFT BEHIND”