Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Introduction (1:1-3:22) -- A. Prologue -- B. Commissioning of John: Vision of the Son of Man -- Excursus: Son of Man -- C. Letters of preparation to the seven churches -- Excursus: The seven letters of preparation -- To the angel of Ephesus -- To the angel of Smyrna -- To the angel of Pergamum -- To the angel of Thyatira -- To the angel of Sardis -- To the angel of Philadelphia -- To the angel of Laodicea -- II. The prophetic message (4:1-22:5) -- A. The inaugural vision of heaven, introducing the message -- Excursus: The inaugural vision of heaven -- The throne of God and His heavenly court -- The coronation and enthronement of the Lamb: The seven-sealed scroll -- Excursus: The Lamb of God -- B. The prophecy -- Excursus: Three prophetic visions of history, each from Christ's ascension to the end -- 1. First sevenfold vision of history from the cross to the end (The seven-sealed scroll introduced by the Lamb) -- a. The first six seals: Tribulations and the end -- The first four seals: The four horsemen -- The fifth seal: The saints beneath the altar -- The sixth seal: The end and its terror -- b. Interlude: The church militant and the church triumphant -- Excursus: Angelic mediators in Jewish tradition and the Book of Revelation -- 2. Second sevenfold vision of history from the cross to the end (The seven trumpet-angels): Disorders in nature accompanied by sufferings of evil afflict humanity -- a. The first four trumpet-angels: Upheavals in nature -- b. The fifth and sixth trumpet-angels: Demons from the abyss and the last battle -- c. First scene of the interlude: The mighty angel from heaven commissions John -- Excursus: The identity and function of the mighty angel of revelation 10 -- Excursus: The mediators of Revelation: Guides to the structure of the book -- d. SEcond scene of the interlude: The temple measured and the two witnesses -- e. The seventh trumpet-angel: the end and its joy -- Excursus: The missiology of Revelation -- 3. Interregnum: The cosmic war between Christ and Satan, between God's saints and the forces of evil -- a. The woman with child and the dragon -- b. The evil forces of the dragon: The beast from the sea and the beast from the earth -- c. The conquering Lamb and the victory song of the saints -- Excursus: 144,000 -- d. The defeat of the dragon and his beasts announced -- 3. The Son of Man and the harvest at the end -- 4. Third sevenfold vision of history from the cross to the end (the seven censer-angels): Plagues of God's wrath as God's judgment is poured out on the human race -- a. Preparation for the last plagues: Introduction of the seven censer-angels -- b. The first five censers of God's wrath -- c. The sixth censer of God's wrath: Armageddon -- d. The seventh censer of God's wrath: The end -- C. The conclusion: The end and the New Heaven and New Earth (17:1-22:5) -- 1. The judgment and overthrow of the forces of the dragon -- a. The judgment of the harlot -- b. The fall of Babylon and the rejoicing of the saints -- Excursus: Is the harlot the Antichrist? -- 2. Victorious celebration -- a. A song of victory and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb -- b. The Second Coming of Christ at the end -- Excursus: The use of the definite article with "God" -- Excursus: The Great Te Deum of praise in Revelation -- 3. The judgment and overthrow of the dragon -- Excursus: The Millennium -- a. The Millennium: The New Testament era, when the dragon's power is restricted -- b. The Battle of God and Magog and the final doom of Satan -- 4. The bodily resurrection and the Last Judgment -- 5. The New Heaven and New Earth portrayed as the heavenly city Jerusalem -- a. The New Heaven and New Earth -- b. The New Jerusalem -- c. The garden restored -- Excursus: The restored physical creation -- III. Epilogue (22:6-21) -- Excursus: Summary of the Christology of Revelation.