Following the great white throne judgment of chapter 20, John sees a new heaven and a new earth.

John sees an angel binding Satan with a great chain and confining him to the bottomless pit for a thousand years.

John witnesses prayers from heaven which precede a great celebration, followed by the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to earth.

In chapter 18, John's vision shifts to describe the fall of a slightly different "Babylon." In this context, Babylon is a political and economic entity.

At this point in Revelation, the bowl judgments have been described, and all that remains of the tribulation is the second coming of Christ.

Revelation 16 resumes the account of God's judgments on the wicked.

Revelation 15 is a short chapter, bridging two sections in John's series of visions.

Between chapters 11 and 16, Revelation pauses its in-order description of the end times to introduce certain figures and highlight certain events. One of these events, shown in chapter 14, is a celebration which occurs very near the end of the tribulation.

This chapter contains four of the most iconic concepts contained in Revelation. The two "beasts" described here are the figures often referred to as the Antichrist and the False Prophet.

Starting in chapter 12, Revelation takes a detour from the step-by-step narrative of the end times. The events described occur over a wide variety of eras, including past, present, and future.