Timeline and Outline of the Book of Revelation - meant to be used while reading Revelation - the book is not in strict order:
⁃ [ch.6] 1st horseman went forth - THE GOSPEL (from its beginning) - conquering and openly victorious over powers & principalities; a sWord, not peace.
⁃ Followed shortly by war, which is rider (and Seal) 2, which (eventually) is given a long/great sword/weapon (“wars are decreed to the end” Dan.9:26) and by the companions of war - rider 3 - inequity, shortage and - rider 4 - plague, which during its ride/progression includes (logically) manufactured plague, chemical and biological - the grave follows this rider (including the mass grave) and its FULL effects and progression are summarized.
⁃ And martyrdom - Seal 5 - continues, the blood crying out to God like that of Abel’s had.
⁃ In 1945, the “long sword” given to war/rider 2 (Rev.6:4) is unleashed - as Seal 6 on the scroll - it is described as its FULL effects from first to last, when it is first broken open, veiling what it is.
⁃ [ch.7] Then four angels are holding those Seal 6 winds in check until the foreheads of the servants of God are sealed, 144,000 of Israel (and another group at the time having been sealed “too many to count or number, of every tribe, nation & ethnicity”)
- [ch.8] When the 7th seal is broken open, 7 angels with trumpets prepare to sound and there is silence in heaven for what seemed to John like a half an hour, then another angel takes fire from the altar, mixes it with the prayers of God’s people and throws it on the Earth. There are thunders, lightnings, and earthquake (thermonuclear lightning?)
⁃ The seven angels sound their trumpets - the 1st trumpet sounds, there is hail, fire, blood - and 1/3 of trees and grass are burnt (hail forms by moisture rising so fast it freezes, the higher it rises, the bigger the hail) - at the 2nd sounding, something like a fiery mountain into the sea and waters turn red, 1/3 creatures in the sea and 1/3 trade by sea dies - 3rd, a star blazing like a torch, called wormwood, falls on the rivers and streams making the waters bitter - 4th, the sun and moon’s light decrease by a third, and for a third of the time - [ch.9] 5th trumpet sounds (key “out of the smoke”) a star (Rev.1:20 “the stars are angels”) fallen from heaven opens an abyss and out of the smoke comes what looked to John like loud locusts which can sting from their head and tail by which they torment mankind for five months, but they are commanded not to harm any trees, or grass, etc. - 6th, troops on horses resembling (to John) lions cross the dried Euphrates and 1/3 of people are killed with fire, smoke and brimstone from their mouth, but man does not repent of their thefts, murders, idols or sorcery (pharmakos) and the two witnesses of God are killed and ppl celebrate but after 3 days they rise and there is a great earthquake “the nations were angry” it’s time to judge and reward - 7th and last trumpet is sounded, there are lightnings, noises, an earthquake, and great hail.
MEANWHILE [ch.13-16] - Rev.13:13 was the first Seal 6 event of 1945, which event pinpoints an office, not an individual.
[Rev.12 is an insert & stand alone history - vs 17 needs Mt.23:39.]
Rev.13:1-10 w/ Dan.7:7,19 - the day’s many headed geopolitical beast with ten horns - man’s last great idol to replace God Most High - ‘steps up’ [when the 7:1 holding back of the winds of Seal 6 is interrupted] along with the smaller beast of 13:13, who is given power by the wonders (modern miracles?) he is granted by, logically, the “false prophet” - of the day - and he, 2nd beast of Rev.13, causes mankind to build an image to the larger beast which was, then wasn’t, then was again, and he’s granted power (capability?) to give breath to the image that it should speak and cause all to worship it or be killed (which escalates from?) cannot buy or sell without its identifying(?) mark on forehead or right hand.
[ch.14] The Lamb and 144,000 having the Father’s name on their forehead stand atop Mt.Zion - an angel in midheaven cries out “fear God and give glory to Him for the hour of judgment has come..” - another angel follows saying “Babylon is fallen! is fallen, that great $ity that made all nations drink the wine (intoxication) of her immoralities” - and another angel “if anyone worships the beast & its image and receives its mark he himself will drink the wine of His wrath/the results and consequences.. fire and brimstone” for tares (Mt.13:30 - when?!) “And the smoke of it shall rise forever” (in all memories? Gen.2:17) - after these proclamations - two harvests, the fruits are ripe! The wheat; and the tares/grapes of wrath gathered to the winepress outside the city.
[ch.15,16] Seven angels have the seven last plagues in bowls/pitchers to be poured out (which are in the sounding of the 7th trumpet) - 1st bowl, the mark of the beast causes painful boils - 2nd, is poured on the sea and every creature of it dies - 3rd, on the rivers and streams and they become blood (shed) - 4th, the sun(?) scorches men and they curse God - 5th, the throne/kingdom of the beast is in darkness - 6th, River Euphrates is dried and troops from the East cross.. and John saw three spirits like frogs which come from the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet (who enabled 13:13 and seats man, via its strong delusion, as in the temple of God, as god/highest power) - these draw the kings/politicians to the last great battle at Amageddon Valley - 3 in 1 spirits? - atheism-> socialism -> totalitarianism - behold He comes as a thief - 7th bowl poured upon air, noises, thunderings, great hail, and an earthquake greater than any other, the cities of the nations fall.
[ch.17,18] Meanwhile Babylon the Great which made the merchants wealthy - her beguilements having sold their long list of luxuries and products, including the bodies and lives of humans - the kings/politicians of earth were in bed with her, and her forehead is Mystery Babble (all confusion) which is “responsible for all slain on Earth” - ‘she’ who ruled over the kings of earth is fallen - THE TEN horns/toes(Dan.2:32-45)/kings (“last hour” divisions?) having consumed/depleted her and razed her with fire because that was God’s will concerning her. She rode the huge beast, but when it rides her?
[ch.19] It is finished, the ride of the rider on the white horse - the huge beast and the false prophet perish in the Armageddon lake of fire.
[ch.22,21] The dragon is locked into the abyss, during “the thousand years” the first part of the Lord’s long second advent. After which there is a final battle with the dragon who then perishes in a great fire (fiery lake?) - after which “the rest of the dead” rise upon Judgment ‘Day’ - at the close of which is a fiery Regenesis, 2Pet.3:12-13, when the “elements melt in furious heat” and “God will now tabernacle/tent/dwell with mankind” upon Earth made anew.
[Ch.22] has in it narrative from outside of the vision.
