The Book of Revelation

 
 

 Prelude to Great Tribulation (~2.5 centuries) 
 Great Tribulation  •  Daniel's 70th Week (Daniel 9:27)  •  2,520 Days (7 "Prophetic Years") 
 Second Coming / Resurrection/Rapture 
 Consummation of Kingdom of God  •  1,000 Years ("Millennial Reign") 
 New Heaven / Earth / Jerusalem → 
 
 1,260 Days • First Half of Tribulation 
 (focus: World System) 
 
 1,260 Days • First Half of Tribulation 
 (focus: Abomination of Desolation) 
 1,260 Days • Second Half of Tribulation 
 (focus: Abomination of Desolation) 
 1,260 Days • Second Half of Tribulation 
 (focus: World System) 
 
 7 Seals  •  Events/Conditions leading up to Great Tribulation  •  Matthew 24:4—14 
 7 Trumpets  •  plagues from God (type of Egyptian plagues) 
 7 Bowls  •  God's final judgment upon World System 
 
                          1st Seal     2nd Seal     3rd Seal     4th Seal     5th Seal     6th Seal                 7th Seal
  Start of
Great Tribulation
 
1st Trumpet     2nd Trumpet     3rd Trumpet     4th Trumpet     5th Trumpet     6th Trumpet                 7th Trumpet  
  MIDPOINT OF
GREAT TRIBULATION
 
                                1st Bowl     2nd Bowl     3rd Bowl     4th Bowl     5th Bowl     6th Bowl     7th Bowl              
  END OF
GREAT TRIBULATION
 
                                           
  Introduction
1:1—1:20
    Seven Letters to Seven Churches
2:1—3:22
    Prelude to Prophecy
4:1—4:11
    Scroll with 7 Seals
5:1—5:14
    "White Horse"
6:1—6:2
    "Red Horse"
6:3—6:4
    "Black Horse"
6:5—6:6
    "Pale Horse"
6:7—6:8
    Cry of the Martyrs
6:9—6:11
Major Calamity
6:12—6:17
    144,000 Sealed
7:1—7:8
    Tribulation Saints in Heaven
7:9—7:17
    7 Trumpets Prepared
8:1—8:6
Vegetation Struck
8:7
    Ocean Struck
8:8—8:9
    Water Supply Struck
8:10—8:11
    Atmosphere Struck
8:12—8:13
     Locusts 
9:1—9:12
     Myriad Pandemic 
9:13—9:21
     The Angel and
the Little Book 

10:1—10:11
     The Two Witnesses 
11:1—11:14
     Kingdom of Christ Proclaimed 
11:15—11:19
                                        The Woman in the Wilderness 
12:1—12:17
    The Two Beasts /
The Mark of the Beast

13:1—13:18
    The Lamb and the 144,000
14:1—14:13
    Picture/Prophecy of
Second Coming / Resurrection/Rapture

14:14—14:20
    Completion of God's
Wrath Initiated

15:1—16:1
    Sores
16:2
    Oceans Die
16:3
    Fresh Waters Die
16:4—16:7
    Scorching Heat
16:8—16:9
    Darkness / Pain
16:10—16:11
    Prelude to Armageddon
16:12—16:16
    Global Quake / Great Hail
16:17—16:21
    Fall of Babylon
17:1—18:24
    Invitation to Marriage Supper of Lamb
19:1—19:10
                                        
Final Battle of War of Armageddon
19:11—19:21
    Satan Bound
for 1,000 Years

20:1—20:3
    Christ's Government
20:4—20:6
    Satan Briefly Released
20:7—20:10
    Great White
Throne Judgment

20:11—20:15
    New Heaven, Earth, Jerusalem
21:1—21:27
    "Garden of Eden" Restored
22:1—22:5
    Conclusion
22:6—22:21
 
 
7-Year
Peace Treaty
Major Cosmic
Impact Event
 
  The Abomination
of Desolation
 
  Second Coming of Christ  


Revelation of actual things that will take place, presented using symbolism... (Revelation 1:1)

Who Jesus Is to Us
Letters constitute message
to Church as a whole

(especially the End Times Church)

Who We Are to Jesus

The Throne Room of Heaven;
John prepared to receive prophecy


24 Elders, 4 Living Creatures



Only Jesus found worthy
to break seals and open scroll

Scroll is God's Decree of Judgment
upon World System
Global Imperialism:
military/economic/political conquest


1776: United States (final hegemon) established; Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

Global War

1914 - 1918: World War I
1939 - 1945: World War II
1947 - 1991: Cold War
2001 - Present: Great End Times War *

* Great End Times War:
Islamism vs. Western Civilization
Progressivism vs. Judeo-Christianism
Iran (Russia) vs. Israel (United States)


Global Economic Disparity:
"First World" vs. "Third World"


Top 10% of world: 76% of wealth
Bottom 50% of world: 2% of wealth

Global Death:
War / Disease / Famine


Global Martyrs
(Christians throughout history)


Global Catastrophic Meteor Storm

Taurid Meteor Shower
(Northern Taurids & Southern Taurids; annually in September/October; coincides with Sukkot)




People of God Sealed
for Protection from
God's Tribulation Plagues
(type of Passover)


(12 Tribes of Israel
times 12 Disciples of Christ
times 1,000 [perfection]
equals 144,000)
Picture of Saints
who will be martyred
during Great Tribulation


Comet Thrust Toward Earth

"Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth"

      Daniel 9:27
"Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week..."
Daniel 11:21-24

Taurid Meteor Storm
Remains from tail of Comet Encke; occurs annually in September/October; coincides with Jewish High Holiday of Sukkot
Daniel 2:34-35
     
Massive Meteor Shower
(Cometary Debris)


Burns up all grass,
one–third of trees around Earth


Massive Meteorite Strikes
Pacific Ocean


Kills one-third of sea life,
destroys one–third of ships

Causes 300-foot tidal waves around
Pacific Rim; destroys U.S. West Coast


Massive Meteorite Explodes
Over Land Mass (Siberia?)


"Wormwood" ("bitter");
contaminates one–third of world's
fresh water supply


Heavy Particulates Due
To Cosmic Impact Event

(First Three Trumpets)

Pollutes atmosphere;
blocks one-third of light from Sun/Moon/stars;
starts mini ice age


(Tribulation Plagues are
type of Egyptian Plagues)


Actual locusts: "commanded not to harm... any green thing... but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads"

One Third of Mankind
Killed by Three Major Pandemics
(pretext for Mark of Beast?)


John Prepared to
Prophesy Further


Construction of Third Temple begins

Two witnesses prophesy to Jews against Antichrist during Tribulation's first half; murdered by Antichrist, resurrected, ascend to Heaven


Lightning, thunder, earthquake, great hail

Ark of the Covenant
seen in Heaven

NOTE: 7th Trumpet is same
as "last trumpet" in 1 Corinthians 15:52

Matthew 24:29-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
Isaiah 27:12-13


On Day of Dedication of Third Temple, Antichrist sits on throne (Ark of the Covenant?) in Holy of Holies and "shows himself to be God"

Moshiach → Mahdi
Maitreya, Kalki, secular savior

Great Apostasy

Daniel 7:8
Isaiah 14:12-15
Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Daniel 11:29-31, 36-39
Satan cast out of Heaven,
persecutes/pursues God's people

Daniel 7:19-25
Daniel 11:32-25


U.S. helps Israeli Jews flee to southern Jordan (type of Exodus); U.S. forces protect Jews there throughout last half of Great Tribulation
Daniel 11:41

Christians persecuted worldwide



The Antichrist and
the False Prophet

The Mark of the Beast ("666")

(related to Myriad Pandemic [6th Trumpet]?)
Jews and Christians
standing in victory


(12 Tribes of Israel
times 12 Disciples of Christ
times 1,000 [perfection]
equals 144,000)


The "Harvest of the Earth"
and the "Grapes of Wrath"


The final separation of righteous and unrighteous
is prophesied/pictured


"seven angels (carrying) seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God"

"a foul and loathsome sore
came upon the men who
had the mark of the beast"


All sea life dies

All fresh water becomes "blood"

Greenhouse effect resulting
from Cosmic Impact Event
(four trumpets at start
of Great Tribulation)


(naturally follows after
several years of mini ice age)


"his kingdom became full of darkness;
and they gnawed their tongues
because of the pain"


Euphrates River dries up;
armies from the east
summoned to Plains of Megiddo




Daniel 11:30, 44-45
- Global earthquake
- Babylon divided
- Great hail


Final hegemon (the United States; more precisely New York City) destroyed with nuclear weapon by Antichrist
(this in response to the U.S.'s actions in defense of Israel; see Daniel 11, Revelation 12)



Bride of Christ (Church)
declared ready for Resurrection/Rapture
("coming back for Church
without spot or wrinkle")
     
  • Coincides with Taurids/Sukkot
  • Christ Returns with Armies of Heaven
  • Resurrection/Rapture
  • Armies of World Defeated
  • Antichrist Thrown into Lake of Fire
  • All Jews are Saved (Paradise emptied?)
  • God's Manifest Kingdom Established
Matthew 24:29-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
1 Corinthians 15:50-55
Daniel 12
Daniel 9:24; Romans 9-11
Zechariah 14
Daniel 2:44-45
Daniel 7:11-14
     
Christ and His Army (angels and spirits/souls of deceased saints) come to Earth to defeat armies of Antichrist

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven,
having the key to the bottomless pit
and a great chain in his hand.
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old,
who is the Devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years


Tribulation Martyrs constitute
Jesus' central government
in Jerusalem


Gog/Magog War
Ezekiel 38

Satan cast into Lake of Fire



"And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
was cast into the lake of fire."
 


Wall around New Jerusalem: 12 gates with names of "twelve tribes of the children of Israel", 12 foundations with names of "twelve apostles of the Lamb"   River of Life and Tree of Life
"Behold, I am
coming quickly . . ."


 Taurid Meteor Shower (annually in September/October; coincides with Sukkot) 
 1st Woe (5th Trumpet
 2nd Woe (6th Trumpet
 3rd Woe (7th Trumpet
  "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"  
  Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets  
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