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Revelation Timeline

QUESTION: What is the Revelation timeline?

ANSWER:

It can be difficult to develop a timeline of the Book of Revelation because Revelation is not entirely in chronological order. Revelation chapters 6, 8-9, 15-16, 19-20 are chronological, but chapters 7-14 seem to describe events dispersed in between the other chapters. A basic Revelation timeline would be as follows:
  • The First Seal (Revelation 6:1-2), likely the coming of the antichrist.
  • The Beasts and Mark of the Beast (Revelation chapter 13), the antichrist enforces loyalty.
  • The 144,000 (Revelation chapter 7), evangelists sent out into the world.
  • The Second Seal (Revelation 6:3-4), warfare.
  • The Third Seal (Revelation 6:5-6), famine.
  • The Fourth Seal (Revelation 6:7-8), plague.
  • The Fifth Seal (Revelation 6:9-11), the martyred saints asking God for revenge.
  • The Sixth Seal (Revelation 6:12-17), a powerful earthquake.
  • The Seventh Seal (Revelation 8:1-5), the beginning of the Seven Trumpets.
  • The Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:1-12), two powerful adversaries to the antichrist.
  • The First Trumpet (Revelation 8:7), a third of the earth is burned.
  • The Second Trumpet (Revelation 8:8-9), a third of sea life is destroyed.
  • The Third Trumpet (Revelation 8:10-11), a third of the water is poisoned.
  • The Fourth Trumpet (Revelation 8:12-13), darkness on the earth.
  • The Fifth Trumpet (Revelation 9:1-12), attack of demonic locusts.
  • The Sixth Trumpet (Revelation 9:13-21), attack of demonic armies.
  • The Seventh Trumpet (Revelation 11:15-19), the beginning of the Seven Bowls.
  • The First Bowl (Revelation 16:1-2), painful sores.
  • The Second Bowl (Revelation 16:3), the seas turned into blood.
  • The Third Bowl (Revelation 16:4-7), the rivers turned into blood.
  • The Fourth Bowl (Revelation 16:8-9), scorching heat.
  • The Fifth Bowl (Revelation 16:10-11), darkness and pain.
  • The Sixth Bowl (Revelation 16:12-16), preparation for Armageddon war.
  • The Seventh Bowl (Revelation 16:17-21), huge earthquake and hailstones.
  • The destruction of Babylon (Revelation chapters 17-18), one-world system comes to an end.
  • The Second Coming of Christ (Revelation 19:1-16).
  • The Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19:17-20).
  • The 1000 year millennial reign of Christ (Revelation 20:1-6).
  • The last great rebellion at the end of the 1000 years (Revelation 20:7-10).
  • The Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15).
  • The New Heavens and New Earth (Revelation chapters 21-22).
    • Again, it is difficult to place all the events in Revelation in a timeline. We know the above events will occur just as the Bible describes them. What we do not know is precisely when the events will occur in relation to each other.

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