The Book of RevelaTion
in ChRonologiCal oRdeR
The True Church
is Raptured
1:1-1:9
Intro-
duction
1:10-1:20
Description
of Christ as
Judge in
glory and
as the risen
Gloried
Lord.
a) 7 real church-
es in Asia Minor
b) Practical les-
sons for us today
c) Each of the 7
churches repre-
sents a period of
Church history.
Description of heaven with the
gloried redeemed company in-
cluding the Church (The Church
age of Ch. 2&3 is followed by
the Rapture of the true Church)
Six seal
Judgments
opened
which
starts the 7
year Great
Tribulation
period
Seventh
seal
opened
which
brings in
six trum-
pet judg-
ments
The
seventh
trumpet
judgment
The seven
bowl Judg-
ments
The
Second
Coming
of Christ
and the
defeat of
the Beast
and his
empire.
The
1000yr.
Millen-
nium
-Satan
bound
-Saints
rule with
Christ
The last Sa-
tanic rebel-
lion and the
Great White
Throne
judgment
(i.e. the end
of earth’s
history)
New
Cre-
ation
Final
warnings,
promises
and re-
sponsibili-
ties
God and the
throne (God
as Creator)
The Lamb and
the book (Christ
as the owner of
the earth)
describing a specic group
from Israel and a great
multitude from all nations
that will be saved during the
Tribulation
God will never aban-
don His creation
(ch.10)
God’s Judg-
ment on
Babylon the
religious and
economic
entity
God will never
abandon His
city Jeruselem
The Two wit-
nesses
First 3 1/2yrs
of Tribulation
The description of the New Jerusalem
(The Bride of Christ) which is eternal
Boxes in yellow mean it takes place in Heaven
Boxes with a gradient mean that it happens
somewhere in that time.
The purpose
of Satan
to destroy
Israel (the
middle of the
7yr period)
The pup-
pets of
Satan i.e.
the two
beasts
The prelude
to Satan’s
defeat and
Christ’s vic-
tory
Leonard VandenBerg
