Book Of Revelation Chronological Order - Pursuing Intimacy With God
BOOK OF REVELATION CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
The book of Revelation is written by the Apostle John after Christ appeared to Him and gave him a revelation of the things to come in the end times. John was exiled on the island of Patmos at the time he wrote the Book of Revelation. John was the only one of the original apostles not killed for his faith in Jesus Christ.
The following phrases and verses show that the Book of Revelation has a chronological order. There are some “parenthetical” sections and chapters in the book of Revelation that appear in the midst of the chronological order to present more details or to take a break from the chronological order for a moment.
Here is the chronological order of the things to come in the Book of Revelation:
THE REVELATION TO JOHN
1.”Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later” (Rev. 1:19)
THE LETTERS TO THE 7 CHURCHES
2.”After this (the present Church Age in Revelation 2 & 3) … the voice I had first heard … “I will show you what must take place after this” (Rev. 4:1)
3. The RAPTURE OF THE SAINTS (Rev. 4 & 5)
4. BEGINNING OF THE TRIBULATION (7 years) … Opening of the 6 seals … 1/4th of population is wiped out by now (Rev. 6:8)
7 SEALS:
5.”I watched as the Lamb opened the first of seven seals” (Rev. 6:1)
6. “the second seal” (Rev. 6:3)
7. “the third seal” (Rev. 6:5)
8. “the fourth seal” (Rev. 6:7)
9. “the fifth seal” (Rev. 6:9)
10. the sixth seal (Rev. 6:12)
11. “after these things…” (Rev. 7:1)… A parenthetical portion detailing the sealing of 144,000 Israelite soul winners who win multitudes to Christ, but are murdered sometime during the first half or at the mid-point of the Tribulation (Rev. Chapter 7)
12. “after this…” (Rev. 7:9)
13.”when he had opened the seventh seal … I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.” (Rev. 8:1-2)
7 TRUMPETS:
“Woe, woe, woe” (Rev. 8:13)
14. “the first angel sounded” (Rev. 8:7)
15. “the second angel sounded” (Rev. 8:8)
16. “the third angel sounded” (Rev. 8:10)
17. “the fourth angel sounded” (Rev. 8:12)
18. “the fifth angel sounded” (Rev. 9:1)
19. “One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter” (Rev. 9:12)
20.”the sixth angel sounded” (Rev. 9:13)
21. The sounding of the 5th and 6th trumpets – Chapter 9 … Up to this point 1/2 of Earth’s population has been wiped out (1/4th in Rev. 6:8 + 1/3rd in Rev. 9:15) all within the first half of the Tribulation.
The MIDDLE OF THE TRIBULATION
– Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are parenthetical chapters which give details about the middle of the Tribulation:
-a mighty angel with a little book (Chapter 10)
-God’s 2 witnesses and the passing of the second “woe” (Chapter 11)
-Satan is cast out of Heaven and his attempts to destroy Israel (Chapter 12)
-the Antichrist, his False Prophet and the Image of the beast (Chapter 13)
-the revealing of the 144,000 in Heaven, angels flying in heaven preaching the everlasting Gospel to them that dwell on the earth and prophesying doom to the lost, and the reaping of the lost and the treading of the winepress of the wrath of God (Chapter 14)
22. “The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comes quickly.” (Rev. 11:14)
23. “the seventh angel sounded” (Rev. 11:15)
24″… Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you … he hath but a short time.” (Rev. 12:12)
25. “the seven last plagues” (Rev. 15:1)
26. “after that” (Rev. 15:5)
7 PLAGUES:
27. “the first angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:2)
28. “the second angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:3)
29. “the third angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:4)
30. “the fourth angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:8)
31. “the fifth angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:10)
32. “the sixth angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:12)
33. “the seventh angel poured out his vial” (Rev. 16:17)
34. 2 more parenthetical chapters that describe the fall of Religious Babylon (Chapter 17) and Economic Babylon (Chapter 18)
35. After these things there is great joy in Heaven in anticipation of the coming of the Lord (Rev. 19)
THE LORD’S RETURN TO REIGN
36. the Lord returns to destroy all of God’s enemy that remain on Earth (Rev. 19)
37. Battle of Armageddon (Rev. 16:16, Rev. 19:11-15,19)
38. He casts the Beast and his the false prophet alive into a lake of fire (Rev. 19:20)
39. then He casts Satan into the bottomless pit (Rev. 20:1-3)
THE LORD JESUS REIGNS ON EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS
40. the Lord raises all the Tribulation martyrs to reign with Him for 1000 years (Rev. 20:4-6)
41. the Lord reigns on Earth for 1000 years (Rev. 20:4-6)
END OF JESUS’ 1000 YEAR REIGN ; FINAL JUDGEMENT
42. the rest of the saints that died before the Tribulation and were raptured await the end of the 1000 year reign (Rev. 20:5), the final judgement (Rev. 20:11-15), and the coming of the new Jerusalem and new Heaven and Earth (Rev. 21 and 22)
43. when the 1000 years reign on Earth are over those who were born during this time who did not receive Christ will rebel when He releases Satan for a short while (Rev. 20:7-9)
44. Satan is thrown into the lake of fire forever (Rev. 20:10)
45. White throne judgment – the Lord will judge all people of all ages and cast those without true faith in Christ into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:11-15)
A NEW HEAVEN & EARTH
46.The description of the new Heaven and Earth and the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21 & 22)
47.Invitation and Warning (Rev. 22:12-21)
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