Revelation
The Apocalypse of John — the sealed scroll of the last dispensation opened verse by verse.
“The Apocalypse is a purely literary record,” Joseph Smith taught, “of things which John saw in vision.” Its seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven vials are not random sequence — they are a cosmic chiasm with the Lamb of God at the center. Begin with the study guide below: the seven churches read as the seven dispensations of time.
Study Guide
The Seven Churches & Seven Dispensations
A Study of Revelation 1–3 · Revelation 1–3
An interpretation of the unveiling vision and the seven letters — the seven churches read as the seven dispensations of time, with the figure standing among the lampstands as their common keeper.
Featured Companion Revelation
All 22 chapters
- The Unveiling20v
John’s Patmos vision of the glorified Son of Man; the charge to write what he sees; the seven lampstands and seven stars.
- Letters to Four Churches29v
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira — their commendations, warnings, and promises to overcomers.
- Letters to Three Churches22v
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea — the open door, the key of David, and the counsel to the lukewarm.
- The Throne Room11v
John caught up to heaven; the rainbow throne; the four living creatures; the twenty-four elders.
- The Lamb and the Sealed Book14v
The sealed book no one can open; the Lamb "as it had been slain"; the new song of the redeemed.
Companion - The Six Seals17v
Four horsemen (conquest, war, famine, death), martyrs under the altar, cosmic signs at the sixth seal.
- The 144,000 and the Great Multitude17v
Sealing of the tribes of Israel; the innumerable multitude from every nation before the throne.
- The Seventh Seal and First Four Trumpets13v
Silence in heaven; the prayers of the saints; the first four trumpets sound judgment on creation.
- The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets21v
Locusts from the pit; the loosing of the four angels; 200 million horsemen; persistent unrepentance.
- The Angel with the Little Book11v
John commanded to eat the little book — sweet in the mouth, bitter in the belly; the sealed thunders.
- The Two Witnesses19v
Measuring the temple; the two prophets of the last days; their death, resurrection, and ascension.
- The Woman and the Dragon17v
The woman clothed with the sun; the man-child; Michael’s war; Satan cast to the earth.
- The Two Beasts18v
The beast from the sea; the beast from the earth; the mark, the name, and the number 666.
- The Lamb and the 144,00020v
The redeemed on Mount Zion; the three angels’ messages; the harvest and the winepress.
- The Seven Vial Angels8v
The sea of glass mingled with fire; the song of Moses and the Lamb; preparation for the final plagues.
- The Seven Vials Poured Out21v
Plagues upon the beast’s kingdom; Euphrates dried up; Armageddon; the great city split in three.
- Mystery Babylon18v
The great whore upon many waters; the scarlet beast; the seven heads and ten horns interpreted.
- The Fall of Babylon24v
The merchants’ lament; the call to come out of her; the millstone cast into the sea.
- The Marriage Supper and the Return21v
Hallelujahs in heaven; the marriage of the Lamb; Faithful and True on the white horse; the beast cast into the lake of fire.
- The Millennium and Final Judgment15v
Satan bound 1000 years; the first resurrection; Gog and Magog; the great white throne.
- New Heaven, New Earth, New Jerusalem27v
The holy city descending; no more death or pain; the measurements of the city; the glory of the Lamb as its light.
- The River of Life21v
The river and tree of life; the invitation of the Spirit and the Bride; the warning not to add or diminish; "Surely I come quickly."
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