A CHRONOLOGY OF END TIME EVENTS

THE APOSTACY / THE REBELLION

The apostasy begins before and includes the time of the coming of the Beast

(the Antichrist).

The apostle Paul says that the Spirit of God says plainly

That in the last times some will abandon the faith

And follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. (1 Timothy 4:1-2)

In Daniel 8:10-14, Daniel also sees the apostasy that Paul speaks of;

Daniel calls it a rebellion.

It is a rebellion against Christ and His Word.

Because of this, God allows the Beast to stop the worship of God

(The daily sacrifice).

It is this rebellion that allows the Beast, the Antichrist, to place

The “abomination that causes desolation”, which is his “image”,

In the “Church” of God.

And require that all people worship this “image”.

THE BEAST OUT OF THE SEA (Revelation 13:1-10)

John sees a Beast, the Antichrist coming out of the sea;

Out of the midst of the people of the world.

The Beast has ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns,

And each head had a blasphemous name.

The dragon gives his power to the Beast.

The Beast has a fatal wound that is healed,

And the whole world is astonished by this apparent miracle and follows the Beast.

The Beast is given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies

And is given authority (by God) for three and one-half years.

He is given power to make war against the saints and to defeat them.

These are those in the Outer Court that John did not measure.

And he is given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.

All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the Beast--

All those whose names have not been written in the Book of LIFE.

THE BEAST OUT OF THE EARTH,

THE FALSE PROPHET (Revelation 13:11-18)

John then sees another beast coming out of the earth.

He has two horns like a lamb, but he speaks like a dragon.

He has all the authority of the first Beast and acts on his behalf.

He makes the people of the earth worship the first Beast

Whose fatal wound was healed.

The False Prophet performs great and miraculous signs,

Causing fire to come down from heaven to earth that everyone can see.

Because of the signs he performs on behalf of the Beast,

He deceives the people of the earth.

The False Prophet orders people to set up an “image” in honor of the Beast

Who was fatally wounded by the sword yet lived.

He was given power to give breath to the “image”,

So that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the “image” to be killed.

He forces everyone, regardless of social or economic status

To receive a “mark” on his right hand or forehead,

So that no one can buy or sell unless he has the “mark” of the Beast.

This “mark” is the name of the Beast and the number of his name.

His number is 666.

THE ETERNAL GOSPEL PROCLAIMED (Revelation14:6-7)

Then John sees another angel flying in the air.

The angel loudly proclaims the eternal gospel

To all the people on the earth.

Every nation, tribe, and language.

He tells everyone to fear God and give Him glory

Because the time of His judgment is at hand.

He tells the people to worship Him who created all that is.

Every living person is given the opportunity to accept Christ Jesus

As their Savior and Lord.

WARNING AGAINST WORSHIPING THE BEAST

OR RECEIVING HIS MARK (Revelation14:9-13)

John sees a third angel loudly warning everyone on earth

Not to worship the Beast or to receive his “mark.”

He tells them that if they do so they will suffer the wrath of God.

THE TWO WITNESS (Revelation 11:3-14)

God places two witnesses in the street of Jerusalem,

Who prophesy for 1,260 days, three and one-half years,

The time of The Great Tribulation.

These two witnesses call down all the judgments of God upon the earth,

Just like God through Moses called down the plagues upon Egypt.

THE FIRST THROUGH THE SIXTH SEALS OPENED

THE LAMB OPENS THE FIRST SEAL (Revelation 6:1-2)

Christ Jesus is the rider on the white horse

With a bow and a crown,

Riding out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

Christ Jesus said that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church.

He came to destroy the works of the devil, to set His people free.

He has been gathering His people to Himself since His resurrection;

Those who hear and respond to His voice.

This effort now intensifies in the three and one-half years

Prior to The Great Tribulation.

THE LAMB OPENS THE SECOND SEAL (Revelation 6:3-4)

The fiery red horse is given the power

To take peace from the earth.

From the time of the resurrection of Christ the world has had little peace.

This lack of peace intensifies until the beginning of The Great Tribulation

When there is no peace at all.

THE LAMB OPENS THE THIRD SEAL (Revelation 6:5-6)

As the Lamb opens the Third Seal, John sees a black horse.

Its rider is holding a pair of scales in his hand.

A voice declares, a days wages will only buy a quart of wheat

Or three quarts of barley.

God sends a famine upon the earth to all who have rejected His Christ.

The voice also says, do not touch the oil and the wine.

I believe that this means

That he is not to touch the Bride of Christ in the desert.

THE LAMB OPENS THE FOURTH SEAL (Revelation 6:7-8)

With the opening of the Fourth Seal John sees a pale horse.

Is rider is named Death, and Hades was close behind.

He is given the power to kill by sword, famine and plague,

And by the wild beasts of the earth.

THE LAMB OPENS THE FIFTH SEAL (Revelation 6:9-11)

As the Fifth Seal is opened John sees under the altar of God

The souls of those who have been slain up to and including the present time

Because of the Word of God and the testimony of their faithfulness to God.

The slain ask God,

How long before He judges the people of the earth for their treachery.

They are told it will be when the last of their brothers has been killed.

THE LAMB OPENS THE SIXTH SEAL (Revelation 6:12-17)

As the Lamb opens the Sixth Seal there is a great earthquake.

The sun turns black and the moon turns blood red.

The stars in the sky fall to the earth, like figs from a shaken tree.

The sky rolls up like a scroll,

And every mountain and island are removed from their places.

THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE GOLDEN SENSOR (Revelation 8:1-5)

When the Seventh Seal is opened

There is silence in heaven for about half an hour.

John sees seven angels standing before God who are given seven trumpets.

Another angel who has a golden censer,

Comes and stands at the altar, before the throne.

The angel fills the censer with fire from the altar, and hurls it to the earth

This causes peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS (Revelation 8:6-13, 9:1-21)

The first angel sounds his trumpet, and there is hail and fire mixed with blood,

That is hurled down upon the earth.

A third of the earth and a third of the trees are burned up,

And all the green grass is burned up. (Revelation 8:6-7)

The second angel sounds his trumpet,

And what appeared to be a huge mountain,

On fire was thrown into the sea.

A third of the sea turned to blood,

A third of the sea creatures died,

And a third of the ships on the sea were destroyed. (Revelation 8:8-9)

The third angel sounds his trumpet, and a enormous star like a blazing torch,

Came from the sky and fell on a third of the rivers and springs of waters;

The name of the star is Wormwood.

A third of the waters turn bitter, and many people die from them.

(Revelation (8:10-11)

The fourth angel sounds his trumpet,

And a third of the sun and moon are struck, so that a third of them turns dark.

A third of daytime is now dark and also a third of the night. (Revelation 8:12-13)

As John continues to watch, he hears an angel in the sky calling out in a loud voice;

'Woe! Woe! To the people of the earth,

Because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the next three angels!'

The fifth angel sounds his trumpet,

And John sees a star that has fallen from the sky to the earth.

The star is given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.

He opens the Abyss and smoke rises from it like a enormous furnace.

The sun and sky are darkened by the smoke.

Out of the smoke come locusts that descend upon the earth,

And they are given power similar to scorpions.

They were instructed not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,

But only people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

The locusts are given the power to torture the people for five months

But not to kill them.

The pain inflicted on the people was like that of a scorpion sting.

During this time men seek death, but are unable to die.

The locust have the appearance of horses ready for battle.

They wore what looked like gold crowns on their heads,

And their faces were like those of humans.

Their hair was like a woman's and their teeth were like lions.

They wore breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings

Was like the the thundering of horses and chariots rushing into battle.

Their tails had the sting of scorpions,

And they tormented the people for five months.

Their king was the angel of the Abyss.

His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. (Revelation 9:1-12)

The first woe is finished, but two more are about to come.

The sixth angel blew his trumpet,

And John hears a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar before God.

It says to the sixth angel, with the trumpet,

'Release the four (fallen) angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.'

God had kept these four (fallen) angels for this exact hour, day, month and year,

To kill a third of the people of the earth.

There were two hundred million mounted troops with them.

The horses and riders that John saw in his vision

Were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur.

The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions;

Out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur.

The power of the horses was in their mouths and tails;

Their tails were like snakes with heads that inflict injury.

Even after seeing the terrible judgment of God upon the people and the earth,

Those who were not killed by the plagues would still not repent of their deeds;

They continued to worship demons,

And idols of gold and silver, bronze and stone and wood.

Idols that are merely the work of the hands of men, that cannot hear, see or walk.

They would not repent of their murders, magic arts, thefts

Or their sexual immorality. (Revelation 9:13-21)

THE ANGEL WITH THE LITTLE SCROLL (Revelation 10:1-11)

After this John sees another mighty angel coming down out of Heaven;

Robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head;

His face was like the sun, and His legs were like fiery pillars.

This is Christ Jesus who John saw in Revelation Chapter 1.

He held a little scroll open in His hand.

Christ Jesus says that there will be no more delay,

The mystery of God will be accomplished.

Just as has been foretold by Scripture.

John is told to eat the little scroll, which he does.

It is sweet in his mouth but turns his stomach sour;

Just as the promises of God are sweet to those who believe

But the judgment of God is an terrible for those who do not.

THE LAST SEVEN PLAGUES (Revelation 15)

Next come the last seven plagues.

John sees those who have been victorious over the Beast.

Then out of the temple come the seven angels with the last seven plagues.

They hold seven bowls filled with the wrath of God.

The temple is filled with smoke from the glory of God,

And no one can enter the temple until the seven plagues are completed.

THE SEVEN BOWLS OF GOD'S WRATH (Revelation 16)

The angels are told to pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth.

The first angel pours out his bowl and painful sores break out on those

Who have received the “mark” of the Beast. (Revelation 16:2)

The second angel pours out his bowl and the sea turns to blood

And every living thing in the sea dies. (Revelation 16:3)

The third angel pours out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water

And they be come blood.

The people of the earth have shed the blood of the saints of God

And God has given them blood to drink. (Revelation 16:4-7)

The fourth angel pours out his bowl on the sun

And this causes the sun to scorch people with fire.

The people curse the name of God, but refuse to repent. (Revelation 16:8-9)

The fifth angel pours out his bowl on the throne of the Beast

And darkness covers it.

Men gnaw their tongues in agony and curse the God of Heaven

Because of their pains and sores, but they refuse to repent. (Revelation 16:10-11)

The sixth angel pours out his bowl on the river Euphrates,

And this allows the kings from the East to cross it with their army.

Evil spirits come out of the mouth of the Beast and the False Prophet

And go to the kings of the earth, performing miraculous signs,

And gathers them to The Battle of Armageddon

The Great Day of God Almighty. (Revelation 16:12-16)

The seventh angel pours out his bowl

And a voice from the temple declares, “It is done!”

The city Babylon breaks into three parts

And the cities of the nations collapse.

One hundred pound hailstones crush the cities and their inhabitants,

And the people of the earth curse God. (Revelation 16:17-21)

THE TWO WITNESSES ARE KILLED AND COME BACK TO LIFE

(Revelation 11:7-14)

It is now the end of The Great Tribulation

And the two witnesses have finished their ministry.

For three and one half years they have represented God

And have called down from Heaven all the tribulations upon the earth and its people.

The Beast comes up from the Abyss and is allowed to kill them.

Their bodies lie in the street of Jerusalem for three and one-half days.

The people of the earth celebrate their deaths,

However, a voice comes out of Heaven and says: “Come Up Here!”

And the breath of life comes into them, they stand to their feet,

And rise up to Heaven in a cloud.

At the same time a severe earthquake shakes the city, Jerusalem.

A tenth of the city collapses, and seven thousand people are killed.

THE WOMAN ON THE BEAST (Revelation 17)

John is shown the “great prostitute,” Babylon

Who has dominating influence over the peoples of the world.

He is told he will see her punishment,

Because she has committed adultery with the kings of the earth,

And the people of the earth are intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.

John is taken away in the Spirit into a desert.

There he is shown the woman dressed like a queen

Sitting on a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names.

She held a cup filled with abominable things, the filth of her adulteries.

She was drunk with the blood of God's saints, from the beginning of time, until now;

The blood of those whose lives were a testimony for Christ Jesus.

This title was written on her forehead:

MYSTERY BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

John was astonished at her sight.

The angel explains to John that this woman obtains her influence from

The Beast that comes out of the Abyss.

The Beast who the kings of the earth give their power and authority.

God allows them to have power and authority for one hour.

They use this power and authority to make war against the Lamb, Christ Jesus,

But the Lamb overcomes them, because He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.

The Beast and the kings of the earth come to hate the prostitute

And destroy her with fire, because God has put this in their hearts to do so.

The woman is the great city, Babylon, who rules over the kings of the earth;

The greatest city of the greatest nation on earth,

As she has always been throughout history;

Satan's harlot bride.

And she goes the way of all her predecessors, all the “Babylons” before her;

Complete destruction, by the hand of God.

God has told His people earlier, to come out of her.

THE FALL OF BABYLON (Revelation 18)

John sees another angel come down out of Heaven declaring the fall of Babylon.

She boasted that she was a queen and would never be a widow.

But now she is totally destroyed, never to rise again.

In one hour she has come to nothing.

There was never a city like this city, and who lived in such luxury;

Who exerted such power over all the rulers and people of the earth.

On her hands is the blood of the prophets and the saints

And all who have been killed on the earth.

THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE (Armageddon)

(Revelation19:11-21)

Heaven opens and John sees a white horse.

It's rider is called Faithful and True and whose name is the Word of God.

The nations of the world have gathered to fight against Him,

Under the deception of the Beast;

But He strikes them down with the sword of His mouth,

And the carnivorous birds then gorge themselves on their flesh.

THE SEVENTH TRUMPET (Revelation 11:15-19)

The seventh angel sounds his trumpet and voices in Heaven declare:

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord

And of His Christ.

And He will reign forever and ever.”

The Great Tribulation is over with the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet;

With the defeat of Satan and the kings of the earth at The Battle of Armageddon;

With the fall of Babylon The Great Prostitute.

THE GREAT MULTITUDE IN WHITE ROBES (Revelation 7:9-17)

John sees a great multitude that no one could count,

Standing before the throne of God and before the Lamb.

They are from every nation, tribe, people and language.

They are wearing white robes and holding palm branches, and praising God.

John asks the angel who they are,

And he is told that they are those who have come out of The Great Tribulation.

They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.

Christ Jesus leads them to springs of Living Water,

And they serve Him day and night, forever.

THE WEDDING SUPPER OF THE LAMB (Revelation 19:7)

All of Heaven rejoices because Christ Jesus now rules and reigns on the earth.

The thousand years of rest, the millennium,

Begins with the wedding supper of the Lamb,

For His Bride has made herself ready.

The Bride includes the saints of all ages.

SATAN IS BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS (Revelation 20:1)

A mighty angel comes down out of Heaven, seizes Satan,

And binds him with chains in the Abyss for a thousand years.

CHRIST RULES AND REIGNS FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

(Revelation 20:4-5)

The dead in Christ rise,

Those who's names are contained in the Lambs Book of LIFE,

And they rule and reign with Him for a thousand years.

SATAN'S DOOM (Revelation 20:7-10)

At the end of the thousand years Satan is released for a short time.

He proceeds to deceive the nations and to gather them against God

And to surround His City.

However, fire from Heaven comes down and destroys Satan

And all those who followed him.

He is then thrown into the Lake of Fire, forever.

THE DEAD ARE JUDGED (Revelation 20:11-15)

John sees a white throne and Him who sits on it.

He sees the dead of all social status, standing before the throne,

And the books were opened.

Another book was opened, the Book Of LIFE.

The dead are judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.

Those whose names were not found in the Lamb's Book Of LIFE

Were thrown into the Lake of Fire, the second and final death.

THE NEW JERUSALEM (Revelation 21)

At the end of the thousand years

God creates a new Heaven and a new earth.

The first heaven and the first earth have passed away.

The Holy City, the New Jerusalem comes down out of Heaven as a Bride

Dressed beautifully for her Husband.

And Christ Jesus and His Bride live happily ever after.

THE RIVER OF LIFE (Revelation 22:1-6)

The angel shows John the River of LIFE, crystal clear,

Flowing from the throne of God,

Down the middle of the great street of the City of God.

The River nourishes the Tree of LIFE on each side of the River.

The leaves of the Tree are for the healing of the nations.

All of the saints in Heaven have drunk the Water of LIFE,

From the River of LIFE.

JESUS COMING SOON! (Revelation 22:7-21)

The Book of Revelation ends with Christ Jesus declaring that He is coming soon!

He says that His reward for the faithful is with Him,

And that those will be blessed who keep the words of His prophecy.

Blessed are those who wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb

And have the right to the Tree of LIFE.

Whoever is thirsty, let him take the free gift of the Water of LIFE.