Revelation Prophecy Timeline

The Revelation Prophecy

The Apocalypse – ἀποκάλυψις – apokalupsis

Timeline

Cross referenced with Jesus’ discourse in Matthew

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

Revelation 1:1 “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

– Chapter One –

Beginning of the Church Age

The Breaking of

The Tribulation Seals

(the beginning of the “Birth Pangs” of the tribulation – Acts 2 & Matthew 24:3-8)

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

Revelation 1:1 “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

The Revelation was written by John the Elder around 95 A.D.

The Tribulation Seals were being opened at this time

– Chapter Two –

Birth Pangs

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Times of Sorrows

The Beginnings

The Tribulation Seal Judgments

which lead to the End of the Age

(Concern yourself with the first 6 Seals)

  1. 1st Tribulation Seal – International (Global) conquest and political intrigue

  2. 2nd Tribulation Seal – Wars and Rumors of War

  3. 3rd Tribulation Seal – Famine

  4. 4th Tribulation Seal – Death

  5. 5th Tribulation Seal – Martyrs, persecution, falling away (apostasy)

  6. 6th Tribulation Seal – Cosmic disturbances, blood moon, darkened sun, terror, calamity;

    1. The Sealing of the 144,000

    2. The Rapture

    3. Multitude from the tribulation before the Throne of God

“THE GREAT TRIBULATION”

now it begins

such as never occurred and never will again

JESUS OPENS

THE FIRST SEAL OF TRIBULATION

(THIS SEAL WAS BROKEN in A.D. 1 – see Acts 2:14-21)

Matthew 24:6 “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

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Revelation 6:1 ¶ Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.”

2 I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

JESUS OPENS

THE SECOND SEAL OF TRIBULATION

(THIS SEAL WAS BROKEN in A.D. 1 – and is In Process)

Matthew 24:7 “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

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Rev 6:3 ¶ And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

JESUS OPENS

THE THIRD AND FOURTH SEALS OF TRIBULATION

(THIS SEAL WAS BROKEN in A.D. 1 – and is In Process)

Matthew 24:7 “…and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.”

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Revelation 6:5 “And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 “And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

8 “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

JESUS OPENS

THE FIFTH SEAL OF TRIBULATION

(JESUS HAS BROKEN THIS SEAL – and it is In Process)

Matthew 24:9 “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10 “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

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Revelation 6:9 ¶ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

JESUS WILL BREAK THE SIXTH SEAL OF TRIBULATION

(THIS SEAL HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN – YET)

This will be the starting point of “A TIME, TIMES AND A HALF TIME”,

which is the “70th week of Daniel” and will last for 7 years.

Matthew 24:29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30 “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

31 “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

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Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Rev 7:11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

12 saying, “Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”

13 ¶ Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”

14 I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

IMPORTANT NOTE: At this point, only SIX SEALS have already been broken, therefore those who have been killed in the tribulation were killed / martyred in the FIRST FIVE SEAL period!

Revelation 9:13 “Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. 16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.

Revelation 7:1 “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree…

Revelation 7:2 “And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

The Sealing of

Revelation 7:4 “And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

5 from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, 6from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 7from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, 8from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

– The Rapture –

The Multitude from The Tribulation Before the Throne

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– The two witnesses –

Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
“Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 11And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying,
“Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”

13Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”

14 “I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me,

“These are the ones who come out of the Great Tribulation,

and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15“For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. 16“They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; 17for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 7:13 “Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”

14 “I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me,

“These are the ones who come out of the Great Tribulation,

and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15“For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. 16“They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; 17for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

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JESUS WILL BREAK

THE 7th TRIBULATION SEAL

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SILENCE in HEAVEN

Revelation 7:1 “When The Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.”

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Tribulation Timeline Summary